Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-15

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bic to estimate the extent of the coming rise
but no one can tell when the rain will cess
along the river. Here the clouds brok,
away late in the afternoon, but gathered
again before 10 O'Clock. Rain is falling abov.
and below. The weather is warm, slmos
sultry. The effect Of this uncertainty is tc
cause another lifting to higher levels Of vast
quantities of goods hitherto supposed to be
above the reach Of the water. This is done
at immense labor under the most trying cir.
cumstances, the men standing in the water
The water now stands in the cutters on the
south side OF Pearl street. On Walnut street
the Little Miami depot is flooded Wagons
are no longer able 10 cross Newport bridge.
Louisville and Nsshville trains receive pas
ssngers on the trestle at the Cincinnati end
of the bridge, they reaching it by boats The
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road,
which has been the only outlet for trains
| North and East, tonight went under the
| Hood 10 such an extent that no trains could
pass. This leaves the city practically cut off
from the rest of the world to the north,
east and west by rail communication, ex-
| cept that the Bee Line road still runs trains,
leaving from the Stock Yards station. This
outlet is ALEC accessible by the Washington
and Baltimore trains, and they may enter
and depart in that way. The officially on
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road
is not fully understood, though the water on
their track in the city limits is sufficient to
account for the stoppage. Three hundred
passengers are waiting at Winston Place for
transportation by omnibus into the city. The
Cincinnati Southern railroad sent out a
train 10 night and received one, but the
water has 80 permeated Mclean avenue
that wagons sank to the hubs in removing
the express and baggage, and the most lively
fears are entertained that the whole street
will sink uuder the trains. No effort will
be made to-morrow to run on this road at all
into the city. There is no point on this side
OF the bridge where passengers can be taken
on the cars, and it cannot yet be told what
arrangements will be made for forwarding
mail, or even what will be done about run
ming trains. The main fact is tn at whatever
is done long haul must be made 10 reach
the trains. But single road is now able to
reach its depot, and that is the Cincinnati
Northern, the narrow-gauge, which comes
into the city over the hilltop, and has a de-
pot ten squsres from the river. There is
not steamer running, there being no place
to land. The little steamer used by the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad to convey pas
sengers from Storrs Station to Aurora, Ind
on its return last night had fearful expert
ence, fog overtakirg it, and it was unable
to proceed with safety, and found almost
equal difficulty in finding place to tie up.
1t finally succeeded, and reached Storrs Sta
tion this morning. The coal barges have
been towed up Central avenue to Pearl,
where carts run along the side and receive
loads. Stories have been current of
MoBs OF LAwLEss MEN
standing at the waters edge and demanding
whisky and doing other Iawless acts, but
careful inquiry shows no reason for such
stories. The fact is creditable, even 10 crimi-
male, that they either have enough heart to
behave properly in the face of this great
calamity, or that they are restrained by a
wholesome fear from pillage or lawlessness.
No doubt swift punishment would follow the
discovery Of crime. 10 addition to the pre-
caution Of the increased police force, the
city is partly lighted Tonight by coal-oil
lamps set inside the gas lamps. The work Of
relief has gone on vigorously to-day, and
Witnessed
The citizens have not waited for
The cry of distress before extending
help, but have taken seps 10 prevent suffer-
ing. The gratitude of the recipients cannot
be told. The Rslief Committee is composed
OF the leading citizens, who attend person.
ally 10 the work, rem aiming all day at the
Office or going out with relief boats. The
work is done most thoroughly and promptly.
Though no appeal has been made for help
from abroad, assistance has been sent.
Among these are $2500 reported by Moses
Moser, cent him by III. Fl. Warner & Co.,
Rochester, n. Y; $1,000 from the Adams Ex-
press Company of New York, through A. L.
Fogg, local agent, and $3.50 from the propri-
etor of GiIsey House, New York. The
Masonic fraternity organized a special relief
force, and telegraphed 10 Cleveland, San
dusky and Toledo for boats Among the in-
cidents of the food was the finding Of baby
asleep in its crib in house floating at Fern
Bank, below the city. The little waif was
rescued aud taken care OF by the Catholic
Orphan Society. A barn with fine barouche
10 il foated by the city to-day. The parties
finding il were unable to secure the prize.
REPORTS RECEIVED TONIGHT
show that the river is rising at Pittsburg,
and raining sll day. A greater rise is e1-
pected. At Zinesville the Muskiugum is
rising fast. 1t was raining all day. AT
Pomeroy the river is falling one and one
fourth inches per hour, with a steady rain
this morning. At Paducab, KY, it
is rising an inch per hour; heavy
rain last night. Hamilton, o., is shut
off from Cincinnati by rail, and all traffic
North and south stopped; meeting of the
citizsns tonight to relieve the distressed.
At fremont, O., there was a heavy rain, and
at o'clock this afternoon the dam gave way
and about the same time the trestle-work for
the new bridge on the Lake Shore road was
swept away.
No Estimating the Destruction at Gin.
cinBati.
We are permitted to copy the following
private telegram, received in this city yester-
day from Capt. G. W. Thompson, of the
Andy Baum, to Capt. II. ]. Vinton, of the
Ohio:
CINCINNATI, February IA, 1888.