The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-15
The Ohio River Still Rising
at Cincinnati.
I4LIVES LOST ATTHE CINCIN-
NATI & SOUTHERN DtPOT.
Cincinnati's Railway Connections
Almost Entirely Cut Off.
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE HOMELESS
AT JEFFERSON, IND.

CINCINNATI, Feb 14.-Additional gloom L
over the people this morning caused by the
fact that the river, after falling to ga feet and
~ inches, began to rise under the influence OF
steady hard rain. The rain advanced from
the West, thus checking the fall and extended
tnls morning as far as Pittsburg. Unless 1t stops
| speedily there is no hope of the river receding,
while there are the gravest fears that the great
| height reached yesterday will be surpassed.
| The rain also seriously embarrasses the work Of
| the relief committee, but they are doing ali
they can to distribute food Many cases Of ex-
IRENE restitution are reported BY the relief
boats. There have been some fears of meat
famine on account of the difficulty in receiv-
| ing iive stock, but several Thousand distillery
c'ttle can be utilized in case of necessity
NEW ALBANY, Feb. 14.-The loss nv food
here IS not less than $3.50. GOO No lives lost
Farmers along the Ohio will suffer greatly.
many losing their entire crops. Six hundred
families are houseless and many destitute. All
the manufactures have stopped
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14-The river is rising an
inch in half an hour. 1t stood 65 feet and 1-2
inches at II O'Clock. The weather is warm
and 1t is still raining. Reports both from up
and down the river show rain. The river is
falling at Portsmouth and Maysvile SLOWLY.
The flrst authentic report concerning the less
of life at the Cincinnati & Southern depot YES
terday was made to-day to the police by Her
/ man Wllsberg, q boy. He says he and his
Drotner. Joseph, with thirteen other bows vera
on platform when the water broke through
mclean avenue and that the entire party were
tnrown into the water, that he swan to Gest
street, escaped and went home. That his
brother and all the other boys were drowned.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1.-THE Legislature
appropriated $4,000 this moruing for the Law
renceburg sufferers.
JEFFERsONvILLE Ind, Feb 14-The city Is
hooded from two to twenty feet deep. Five
Thousand people are homeless. Many have
O hnrt 4.
OF cottages are swept away. The scenes of
suffering are appalling. The loss will reach
over Sl,00O,000. No lives have been lost.
LOUISVILLE; KY, Feb. l4.-The Ohio river
mas mas reached height of Al feet inches and is
still rising an inch an hour. Reports from
tne upper points OF rain and continued rise of
the Ohio creates an intense ex element Busi-
ness is at a stand-still No boats arrive or de-
part. Trains on railroads are irregular and
many have stopped entirely. Nothing further
is known regarding the loss of life by the cut
OF disaster, but it is not considered large.
CHICAGO. Feb. 14.-Committees have been
appointed in behalf of the Board of Trade to
collect and forward money and materials for
the relief OF sufferers by the Ohio river over
flow.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Lighthouse
Board has instructed the inspector for the Gin
cinnati district to render all possible assistance
to the authorities of that city and to allow
the service on the Ohio river to aid in lighting
the city at uight. This action on the part Of
the Lighthouse Board was in response to an
appeal from Cincinnati.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb 14.-The committee sent
TO Lawrenceburg last night reported all the
PROVISIONS were delivered at 2 O'Clock today;
that the suffering is increasing and more asss-
lance is needed Immediately. Another car
load of provisions, barrels of coal, oil, several
ooxes OF candles AID delicacies for the sick go
CINCINNATI, Fsb. Ii. riso S5gIru ITvor- az 81
o,el-'ck tonight marked &C feet aud three-quar-
terS of an inch and was rising slowly. The day
has been the gloomiest in the history of the
CITY, Business was wholly neglected on
change, all attention being given to saving
property and affording relief Rain is falling
above aud below here. The weather is warm
and almosG sultry. Merchants are again re-
moving to higher levels vast quantities of
goods hitherto supposed to be above the reach
of the water. This is done with immense la
Dor and under the most trying circumstances,
the men standing in the water. Little Miami
depot is flooded Wagons are no longer able
to cross Newport bridge. Louisville and Nash
Will 'rains It celve passengers on the treste at
Cincinnati end of the bridge, they reching it
by boats. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton road, which has been The only outlet for
trains north and east, tonight went under the
II niod to such an extent that no trains could
pass. This leaves the city practically cut off
from the rest of the world to the northeast and
west by rail communication except that the
Bee li"e road still runs trains leaving from the
stock-yards station. This outlet is also accessi-
BILE to the Cincinnati, Washington and Balti-
more trains and they may enter and depart in
that way.
Three hundred passengers are waiting at
Winton place for transportation by omnibus
into the city. The Cincinnati Southern rail-
road sent out train to-nigh6 and received one,
but the water has SO permeated Mclean ave.
nue. that wagons sank to their hubs while re-
moving express and baggage, and fears are en-
tertained that the whole street will sink under
train. No effort will be made Tomorrow to
run trains on this road into the city. There is
no point this side of the bridge where passen-
gers can be taken Cd the cars Only ore road
is now able to reach its depot, namely the Gin
cinnati Northern, which comes into into the
CITY over a hill top and has depot ten squares
from the river. Not a steamer is running,
there being no place to land. Coal barges have
to-day been towed up Central avenue TO Pearl
street, where carts ran alongside and received
their loads. The city is partly lighted tonight
BY coal oil lamps set inside of the gas lamps
The work of relief has gone on vigorously TO-
day and many tonchiDg scenes were witnessed