Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-19
WASTE OF WATERS.
rsE WESTERN rLooDs REcEDiha

People Within Falls. II
Though the waters have subsidized some
what at Cincinnati the extent Of the dam
age cannot be estimated until the river I
fats back into its natural banks. The
telephone company have lost all their in
struments and switchboards in the sub
merged district and some, of their wires
are down. They estimate their loss at
twents. five thousand dollars. TIE gas
company place the damage to their prop
erty at one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. A dozen railroad companies had
their lines buried SO deep under water that
their cars were submerged in some in
stances to the very roofs. A district a
mile and a-baf in length and AL average
of a third of mile in breadth which is
crowded with wholesale and commission
houses, warehouses and manufactures is |
still under water The water also covered
much larger district, which is occupied |
by coal ard lumber yards, distilleries,
slaughter houses, etc. The area embraced
in these two districts, and that covered
more or less cl sely by dwellings, all with
in the city limits, is estimated at ten
square miles. Al this property, goods,
machinery, buildings, materials for manu-
| factories, furniture, etc is more or less
damaged. TO be added to all this is the
loss Of the business Of the whole city for
at least two weeks. Where SO many in
terests have suffered the aggregate loss
seems almost incalculable.
the Weather SuddepIy Cold.
The weather has suddenly changed from
that of May to freezing, a cold west wind
prevailing. This will increase the amount
of suffering two fold. Much the larger
proportion of those whom the water has
surrounded here remain in the upper
stories of their houses. Coal can only be
got to them in small quantities, and even
if they had an abundance of fuel it would
be impossible to make their buildings
comfortable. with three Or four feet of
water still remaining on the first floor
There are number of families, particular
ly of Covington and Newport, who are in
good circumstances and move in good So
cietO, who are living i'll the second stories
of their houses. They have moved their
carpets and lighter furniture to the second
floor, but pianos in many instances could
not be got up stairs. They were placed on
high blocks in the hope that the water
would not rise high enough to touch them,
but the food rose above them and has, Of
course, ruined them.
Houses Full OF Mud.
These houses, as we'll as those Of the
poorer classes, are full of mud and drift
and more damp and unwhOlesOme than 4
wet aud dirty cellar To add cold weather
t to the discomfOrts of such surrouudings!s is
= to Increase suffering to the full limit of
5 endurance for the most robust constitu-
tions. Hundreds of women and children
y will certainly be Frustrated with sickness.
r Every precaution possible is being taken
a to reduce the conditions which will cause
$ sickness to the minimum. Pearl street is
. out of water and large force of men are
= at work scraping up and carrying away
l.. the mud and rubbish that has been depos
: tied. This work will be continued OF
other streets as fast as the water recedes,
Il but this precaution can only prevent, in q
measure, the formation of malariAl poisOns
!. and in DO way improve the conditions
l. which cold water imposes.
q So far as feeding the people is concerned
"a the work has now become so we'll organ
d ganized that it is doubtful if much suffer
4 ing remains for want of food. Many o
s the Door people have more food now thai
y they did before the flood came. SOM
difficulty has been experienced i'll provid
r ing blankets, but the supply has become
n better and had the weather remained
Ia moderate would by this time had beel
it. sufficient.
~ 1t would be impossible to make fire
,e hot enough to prevent pneumonia ant
q kindred diseases when the lower floor
# have from two to six feet of water in them
At Besides their coal, even if they are wei
lv supplied, as many we're, is inaccessible
20 aad only enough can be distributed t.
n, prevent freezing. Of course everything
ST being done that human means and cage
hands can do, but it will be impossible t.
!, prevent great suffering, aud sickness Wi
IS be almost inevitable.
rd Merchants are preparing to resume,
IN many instances have done so, III hal!
a way fashion, but business III bulk canna
at be done for long time yet in most OF tb
=. flooded districts. The generous proffei'
m of extension of credit is untold instance:
:c by foreign creditors, has been of great a:
,A sistance to many merchants, whole busl
at ness has been at a stanostiil for two weeks
at The damage done by the fall OF til
Id water to buildings has not yet been niue
10 more than an Indication OF what may b
at possibly expected, and it is likely to
ee very heavy People are beginning
he figure on amounts, but there is M
enough Intelligent data yet to be definite
Probably 1900 engines, largo and smal
were flooded in the three cities, and
put each one in repair would cost trol
$25 to ten times that sum. SO some ide
or can be had of the aggregate. II woul
nd not be too much to say that SIC, ,OOO 600
ed tho three cities will be little enough
of put things back as they were before.
of In Cincinnati many warehouses vi
ed have to be repaired. One man had pile
or pig iron by the bar on his floor, but
he was not evenly disturbed and the wat
,ic literally raised it on its end aud tilted Il
N: iron off on one side. Tens of th'usan'
RI of dollars of damage are known to ha
G. been done, and the chances ale that tt
,al loss will be found to be very wide spre:
ed when opportunity is had to mako al
mn examination.
", "A Disaster at JeilersonviIle.
zee One of the most frightful disasters
es, the flood, occurred across the river
I'd Jeffersonville. on Saturday evening. Near
, a 800 sufferers who had been driven fro
led their homes by the waters, were huddl
his together in an old brick building, occ
it'll pied in former years as soldiers hon
ed 1t was thought to be safe from the highe
re- water, but the floods soaked through t
var foundations, and while all were uncO
MS sc1ous of their danger the walls sudden
fell with a frightful crash, burying
their ruins all those who had fled the
er- for shelter.
The cries that came up from the falli
ew walls, the screams of the women and ch
al dren, the shrieks for help, now and th
ur- silenced for a moment by the roar
led another falling wall or floor of the gre
am brick building, made the scene one of