Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-02-16
tel { G R AP hIC.
THE GREAT FLOODS IN
THE EAST. E
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS
FOR AMERICAN HEIRS.
A STAR REUTER- ABOUT
TO MAKE A CLEAN
B r f A $ L.
4 FAT l. SEWER GAS
EXPLOSION.
The Floods.

| stands at forty one feet SIX lnches and
is rising an inch an hour There Is
| immense excitement on account of the
rise above here Business is at a stand.
still and no boats arriving. Many trains
are stopping, and all run irregularly.
River men predict tina. the river will
not soon recede. Water surrounds the
entire CITY. The widest estimates OF
damages are made; none reliable.
Nothing more is Known.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Feb. IA L uses
by the flood are Dot less than $3.50, 600.
No lives lost. Farmers along the river
suffer greatly, many losing their entire
crops. Six hundred families are house
less and many destitute. The manu-
| factories are stopped.
A Jacksonville dispatch says : The
city is flooded from two to twenty feet.
Five Thousand people are homeless.
Many cottages in the lower part of the
city are swept away. Hubdreds are
CHARTERED in the second stories OF public
buildings and stores. Food is sent them
Ia skiffs. The water is filthy from
sewers. The suffering is appalling. 1t
is still raining and the river rising. Loss,
over $500, 900. Contributions are asked
for.
Lawrenceburg is likely to be most
damaged. The people of that place re-
ceiveo car of provisions in good shape
this morning. No lives are lost. The
water is six feet deep a. the fords Of
Timers creek.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-THE Legisla.
ture appropriated $40. 900 for Llwrence-
burg this morning. The Board of
Trade has Sl5, 900 for the same object.
Another carload of provisions was sent
to-day. 1903 at...#
GRAYsoN, KY, Feb. IA The floods
have cut off communication since Satur.
day. The attorneys are away, and Neal
and Crafts trial is therefore not progress
sing. The soldiers are still in camr, and
everything is quiet.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb 1.-THE Ken
lucky river is stationary at thirty -four
feet.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. IA The river has
risen slowly all day and is now rising
an inch an hour. Owing to prepare
lions less damage is being done than at
the beginning. To-day water has been
creeping in the second stories of build
ings, widening in extent toward the
western boundary OF the city. Perhaps
100 additional buildings have been filled
since the last report. 4 heavy enbank-
mept on the Short Line railroad broke
a. the foot of Clay street for 80 feet,
one part OF the earth being swept away.
The road is under water from First to
Wensell street, a distance of nine
squares, at depth OF "A feet. A lot of
freight cars, kept on the track to pre-
vent the break we're tossed aside like
bubbles. The break caused - houses
to be inundated. No loss of life.
At 10 A. u a man aud woman with a
trunk were seen in portion OF the
cut off known as the Chute" They
had no oars 20 propel the skiff. A party
set off to rescue them, but before they
could be reached the skiti struck log
and broke in two parts, and the man
and woman were lost before the rescu-
ers could reach them. There was
child with them, as the trunk found
contained child's clothing. 4 package
of visiting cards found IN the trunk
bore the name of Rosina NJ. Griesbaum
In The cutoff district $50 families,
living in most substantial two-stOry
houses, have not removed and are fur.
nished supplies by boats. Thieves are
plundering in every direction at every
available opportunity. Police are pa
trolling the. district 10 boats.
Two brothers, George and John
Gray, lie in the garnet of their home in
the cutoff portion, ill with small. pox,
without attention. DR.. Corrigan rowed
out to their relief this evening and gave
them medical attention. They will be
removed to the pest house.
Police Lieutenant Brewing and fam
lily, who were supposed to be lost, were
discovered to-day on some timbers sup
porting the roof of a stable near their
former home, which has been washed
away.
LOUISVILLE, Feb IL Midnight
The river rising an incn- an hour, and is
43 feet at the head of the caual. AT
Portland 1900 persons are homeless.
The water is driving cut those in the
second stories of the houses. The
steamer Hayes made trip with the
Mayor and party through the sue
merged districts. A man hailed the
steamer and called for a physician.
One was sen. OUT in a SIX fl to the upper
story OF a house where woman was
found sick. A child was born during
the physicians stay. An old woman.
Nancy johnson, found alone in house,
reported she had had no food since be-
ing cut off by the break. She refused
TO leave her home, and said she would
go down with it if it went. William
Stone, very old and partly paralyzed,
was found alone in a house aud yearly
starved.
Sewer Gas Explosion
CINCINNATI, Feb. Is At | o'clock
this morning the people in the vicinity
of No. 80 Wilstach street, on the Dor
der of the inundated district in the
western part Of the city, were startled
by loud explosion, which broke the
glass in the windows. a three-story