The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-27

The damage done by the Ohio foods 10 prop
erty is reckoned by millions. Isolated dwellings
and small hamlets. as well as towns and cities
along the course Of the river, have their quotas
OF disaster 10 add TO the sum Total. Cincinnati
had 10000 people in urgent need. Lawrence
burg, a place of about 5000 inhabitants, was
practically swept away. II was Considered
questionable that when the water should recede
and uncover the area the town occupies.
whether a single house will remain remarkable
The basis on which this conjecture rested must
be considered ample if it be true. as reported
from the locality, that people move about in
skiffs, searching for their homes. and anxiuusly
feeling below the surface of the water with rods
stood the floods and remain in position Some
eight hundred heads of families in Lawrence
burg were deprived of;heir only source OF income,
and for the time being are absolutely dependent
upon charity for the necessaries of life Distress
and want appear on every side. The damage
wrought in Louisville involves distress to several
thousands. Jacksonville, place Of 10, 400 peo-
pie, opposite Louisville, was very nearly oblit.
Grated by the food. Four-fifths of this town
tants were without homes and personal effects
beyond the clothes they wore. Half the business
men Of the place are ruined financially There
were situated here extensive car-works, glass
works and ship yards. employing $500 hands,
most Of whom were made dependent upon char
ity for sustenance New Albany, "A city of TO-
400 people, likewise opposite Louisville, is also
IN bad condition. Over 800 residences are
overturned. factories are stopped. and business
is brought to a staudstill The OVERLOOKING
water extended beyond the city rearward some
four miles, taking in several suburbs l. wer
New Albany, Port Union and Falling Run are
reported as absolutely wiped off the map" The
loss in the larger town is placed at 81 600 900,
and some II 900 homeless people are reported
huddled into close, uncomfortable and necessa-
rily unhealthy quarters, many of them scantily
clad, the large majority penness. and all out of
employment, with no prospect for work for some
weeks to come A great many have lost nearly
all Of their household effects and nearly all are
dependent upon puclic charity. Aurora loses
800 houses GAINESVILLE was under water and
half the town is washed away. Hardentown
and North Bend were submerged to the roofs of
the houses, with what results to the people in
the loss of property may be imagined. To be
added to the losses from the food were the dep
relations Of pirates" who plundered partially
flooded and abandoned houses and even stole
the ropes by means of which it was sought to
prevent dwellings from floating away. AS is
usual when mullitudes Of people are thrown to-
gether in uncomfortable and unhealthy quarters,
with insufficient and unwholesome food, disease
contributes its share Ia the ierrors Of the situa-
ton. While the water was up It alone destroyed
Now that it has fallen and exposed the moist
earth. dotted here and there with puddles
warmed in the sun. malzrial and other fevers en-
sue.