Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14
PEOPLE FLEEING FOR LIFE.
Great Distress Among the asPOOr Who
are Driven From Home.
CincianGti.
TIE MORNING AT CINCINNATI.


CINCINNATI. Feb. 13.-Thc river at II
o'clock is sixty-four feet eleven inches, and
rising slowly. II viii certainly reach sixty
five feet before it begins to fall. The
weather is cloudy and warm. The water
works engines are all idle, and the water
IN the reservoir is enough for six days.
The poll ce report no increase of crime
consequent on the lack of gas last night.
A brick dwelling house on Ochler street,
it is reported, fell this morning. No lives
lost. Much sickness is found among the
imprisoned people in the tenement houses.
The relief boats are busy visiting all such
places. Ample means are at hand to pre-
vent suffering.
a HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
shocking disaster is reported by tel
ephone from the western part of the city.
Both the freight and passenger depots of
the Cincinnati Southern railway were
undermined and fell into the surrounding
water, carrying with them a hundred or
more people. The depots were one story
frame structures, resting on Mclean
|avenue, which was almost covered by
water Both sides fell in water thirty to
fifty feet deep. The earth has become so
soaked as to melt and the catastrophe was
further hastened by the breaking of a
bank. Crowds of people have been in
that vicinity looking at the floods. 1t is
supposed these are the victims.
1t is impossible yet to tell the extent of
the disaster at the Southern railroad depot.
Only the freight depot went down. A great
crowd of people we're there looking at the
flood. When Ryan's restaurant, small
building near by went down, the crowd
rushed over on the platform to see what
was the matter, when suddenly the whole
depot collapsed and sank in the water.
The track was at the same time depressed,
and cars standing close by ran into the
depression, covering the people who
had gone down with the falling structure.
Not one body had been recovered at
o'clock, nor could any of the bystanders
give any intelligent account of how many
escaped. The work of recovering the
drowned will be exceedingly difficult, as
the place is isolated, with danger of other
parts of the street melting as this portion
did. It is possible, however, that the
break in the great sewer in MCLEAN street
caused the depot to sink.
The common council to-day voted to
recommend an appropriation of $4,000,
and to ask aid from the legislature.
Later information makes it definite that
three boys, two freight handlers, and four
members of Coup's circus were drowned.
No bodies are apt to be recovered. The
names of the members OF Coup's circus re-
ported missing, are:
Harry Cordoine, England.
Miss Fannie Reindalf, New York.
Wm. F. Franklin.
VIM. G. Mathews, st. Louis.
The baggage master says he heard a
rushing noise when Ryan's saloon went
down, and hurried round and saw the de.
pot give way. He is sure at least fifty
people we're thrown in the water. It now
appears certain the disaster was
caused by the breaking
of the great sewer. Twenty-Five feet OF
one end of the freight depot, and half OF
the passenger depot are gone, the latter
being separated at the partition between
the waiting room and ticket office
The books, tickets, safe, ETC., were gone III
an instant.
The recommendation of the common
council to ask the legislature for aid was
sent by telegraph, the Western Union com
pany giving the free use of its wires for this
purpose. Within half an hour bill wa:
introduced and passed in the senate au
thorizing the city to borrow 100000, ant
the bill sent TO the house. Among tn,
contributions here to-day are $1,000 from
R. r. Springer. $500 from David Sinton
ana a Chicago firm sent $3.50.
LATEST FROM THE CINCINNATI DISASTER.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 13.-There is strong
ground for hope that in the disaster to the
Southern railroad depot the loss of lift
will not be so great as reported. The mat
ter has been very carefully investigated
and but for the positive statement of on
man, it would be difficult to say that an,
lives were lost That man is the baggage
master. He says there were great mum
Der of people on the depot platform, AM
says at least twenty five went down in tn
water. This statement and opinion h
repeats. All other persons say they say
no one in the water, but they alladmi
there was great alarm and hurriedfight
so people might have been engulfed and
not seen by those fleeing. Lathman, tn