The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-14
WATERY GRAVES.
The Cincinnati Southern Depot
Gone Down.
Over a Hundred People Go Down, and
Many Lives Lost-The Worst
Not Yet Known.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 13.-The river at II
o'clock this morning was "a feet IL in
ehes, and still rising slowly. 1t will GER
ta1nly reach 65 feet before 1t begins to
fall. The weather is cloudy and warm.
The water works engines are all idle,
and there is water enough in the reser-
VOir to last six days. The police report
no increase in crime consequent upon
the lack of gas last night. A brick dwell
ling house on Oehler street fell this NOR
ming. No lives lost. Much sickness is
is found among the imprisoned people
in tenement houses. Relief boats are
busy visiting all such places, and ample
means are at hand to prevent suffering.
shocking disaster is reported by tel
ephone from the western part of the city
Both the freight and passenger depots
or the Cincinnati Southern r. r. were
undermined and fell into the surround
ing water, carrying with them 100 or
more people. The depOts were one story
frame structures, resting on Mclean aV-
enue fill, which was almost covered by
water. On both sides the fill the water
from 30 to 30 feet deep. The earth
had become so soaked as to melt, and the
catastrophe was further hastened by the
breaking Of the sewer, which sent the
current along the bank. Crowds of peO-
pie have been in that vicinity looking
at the floods. 1t is supposed they are
victims Of the disaster.
I 1t Is impossible yet to tell the extent
of the disaster to the Southern r. r. de-
pot, as only the freight depot went down.
Great crowds of people were looking at
the flood, when Ryan's restaurant, a
small building near BY, went down. The
crowd rushed over the platform of the
depot to see what was the matter, when
suddenly the whole building collapsed
and sunk in the water. The track was
at the same time depressed, and cars
standing close by ran into the depress-
ion, covering the people who had gone
down with the full structure. Not one
body has been recovered at o'clock, nor
could the bystanders give any intelli-
gent account of how many escaped.
CINCINNATI, Feb. I3.-Later informa-
tiOn makes 1t definite that three BOYS,
two freight handlers, and four members
OF COups Circus were drowned. No
bodies have yet been recovered. The
names of members of COup's Circus re-
ported missing are Harris COTdOni, Eng
land; Miss Fanny Reindolf, New York;
WIN. +. Franklin, VIM. C.. Matthews, st.
Louis. The baggage master says he
heard a rushing noise when Ryan's sa-
loon went down, and hurried round and
saw the depot give way. He is sure
that at least fifty people were thrown
into the water. 1t now appears certain
that the disaster was caused by the
breaking of the great sewer. Twenty
five feet at one end of the freight depot
and half of the passenger depot is gone
the latter being separated at the par
titiOn between the waiting room and
the ticket Office. Books, tickets, the safe,
etc, were gone in an instant.
The recommendation of the Common
Council to ask the Legislature for aid
was sent by telegraph, the Western
Union Company giving free use of their
wires for the purpose. Within half an
hour the bill was introduced and passed
in the Senate authorizing the city to
borrow 100000, and the bill was sent to
the House.
Among the contributions here TODAY
is $1,000 from R. B. Springer; 800 from
David SintOn, and S25 from a Chicago
firm.
In Newport 26O acres are said to be
covered with water; 1000 houses inun-
dated, and $500 families are homeless.
The greatest distress is at Lawrence
burg, Ind, twenty-five miles below here.
This town of 5000 people has two feet
of water in its highest part, and the
suffering there is great and the destitu-
ttOn utter and almost indescribable. No
coal can be gotten at and there are no
stoves to burn it in. Relief is being
constantly sent there from here. Ali
the small villages along the Ohio River
are in much the same situation, but no
particularsare now at hand. There are
no steamboats, plying now except some
small ones to local points. About fifteen
boats are caught between the two
bridges and cannot get out till the river
falls several feet. ..
NEW ALBANY, IND, Feb. I3.-The river
rose eighteen inches last night and is
still rising. All houses and factories
along the river are abandoned. The
water got into the glass works furnaces
last night and the fires are all out. Mr..
Depauw will lose at least 100000.
About 5000 persons are thrown out OF
employment. There Is no estimate Of
the loss yet made. From 300 to 500
families have had to move. Every avail
able room on high ground is filled. The
railroad track between here and Jeffer-
sonville is abandoned. The ferry boats
are only making an occasional trip to
the Kentucky side.
The following dispatch has been re-
eeived' by the agent of the Associated
Press from the c., l., st. L. s. c. r. r.
station near Lawrenceburg:
'HARDENTowN, IND, Feb. 13.-No loss
of life so far as we can learn. The dam
age will be very heavy, but cannot esti-
mate 1t till the water goes down. 1t is
now about three feet higher than it was
last February, and up to this morning
has raised about an inch per hour. Law
renceburg Is entirely covered, some Of
the houses to the second floor. The entire
village of HardentOwn is covered; some
OF the people had to abandon their houses
entirely"
Milton, KY, opposite Madison, is en-
tirely covered by water. Several build
ings fOated off this morning, including
the warehouses belonging to Ben Nor
rts, Cassidy's wagon factory, and other
buildings. At JeffersOnville large por-
ton of the city is inundated, and hun
dreds of families are hOuseless and des-
tttute. The gas works are flooded and
the lights have gone out at New Al
bany.