The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-15
The situation at Cincinnati -.


The Situation at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Feb. H.-Additional gloom
has been cast over the people this morning,
caused by the fact that the river, after fall
ing to sixty-iour feet ten and three-quarter
inches, began to rise under the influence of
steady, hard rain. The rain has advanced
from the west. thus checking the fall, and
extends this morning as Iar as Plttsburg
Unless 1t stops speedily, there is no hope of
the river falling, while there are gravest
fears OF great height being reached. The
rain seriously embarrasses the work of the
relief committee, but they are doing all
they can to distribute food. Soup-houses
will be opened to-day in various parts OF the
city, to iced those able to go to them. Bishop
Elder has ordered all Catholic churches
thrown open TO accommodate the homeless,
and sent circulars to the churches to-day
asking that contributions be sent to the
chamber of commerce aud city council
relief committee. The sinking fund trustee
VIII advance money on the bonds yesterday
authorized by the legislature, and relief
Will be prompt. Many cases of extreme
restitution are reported by relief boats, and
! in some cases the frantic cries of starving
children for food is heartrending. Bakers
not inundated are pressed to the fullest ca
pacity to keep up the supply of bread.
| There have been some fears of u meat fam
inc on account OF the difficulty of receiving
| i've stock, but several thousand rescued dix
tlllery cattle can be utilized in case of neCes-
sity.
The river is rising one and one-half
Inches an hour, and stood sixty-fve feet
ono inch and half at II p. m. II is warm
and still raining. Reports both up and
down the river show rain. The river is
falling at Portsmouth and Maysyille,
slowly at tho latter place. The first
authentic report concerning the loss of life
at the Cincinnati Southern depot yesterday
was made to-day to the police at Olive
street station, by Herman Wilsberg, q boy
living at No. Il Wilstach street. He says
he and his brother Joseph, with thirteen
other boys, were on the platform when the
water broke through Mclean avenue that
the entire party were thrown INTO tho
water; that he swan to Gest street, ESCAPED
and went home; that his brother and all the
other boys were drowned. He does not
know the names of the other boys. No
other reports OF the missing boys have been
made to the police.
The river At 8 o'clock tonight was sixty
Blk feet and three-quarters OF an inch, and
goomiest in the history of the city. Bust.
% ness is wholly neglected on Change and all
attention is giver to the saving of property
and allordlng relief. The unexpected rise
, OF nearly a foot to-day has not made much
, change apparently in the situation here
There is such uncert 'inty about the future
that all plans are unsettled, and not only is
, 1t impossible to estimate the extent of the
coming rise, but no one can tell VIXEN the
rain will cease. The clouds broke
away late in the evening, but gathered
again before 10 O'Clock and the rain is fall
Q ing above and below. The weather is warn
I and almost sultry. The effect of this un
certainty is to cause another lifting to tn,
r higher levels of vast quantities of goods
$ hitherto supposed to he above the reacl
I of the water. This is done al
4 immense labor, under the mos
T trying circumstances, men standing in the
water which now stands in the cutters on
l. the south side of Pearl street. On Walnut
y street the little Maim depot is flooded
n Wagons are no longer able to cross thu
d Newport bridge. Louisville anu Nashvil,
trains receive passengers on trestl,
at the Cincinnati end of the bridge. The,
n are reaching it by boats. The Cincinnati
@ Hamilton & Dayton road, which ha
}. been the only outlet for trains north an,
|, east tonight went under the flood to suCl
n an extent that no trains could pass. Thi
J. leaves the city practically cut OIL from
d the rest of the world to the northeast an,
west by rail communication, except that by
/. the Bee Line road, which still runs trains
n leaving from the stock-yards station. Thi
n outlet is also accessible by the Cincinnati
). Washington 4 Baltimore trains, and the,
n may enter and depart in that way. Tn
Q difficulty on the Cincinnati Hamll
y ton Il Dayton railway is no
}. fully understood. 1t is though
the water on the track in the city limits i
1t not sufficient to account for the stoppage o
o 800 passengers waiting at Winter
!, place for transportation by omnibu
y into the city. The Cincinnati
!. Southern railroad sent out train to.nigh
10 and received one, but the water has 81
N permeatcd Mclean avenue that wagon
/. sunk to the hubs, and most lively fears ar
entertained that the whole street will
1t sink under. The following will be issue,
lie by the mayor OF Newport, Kentucky
A. "A great calamity has oyertakon this city
=; After passing through Il protracted siege 0
N the smallpox, we find at least one-third O
n our city submerged by the prevailing floods
and about 5000 families suffering, destitute
we need help. 1t is only necessary to an
r, nounce this fact to the citizens OF our com
RS mon country to obtain relief. Please fol
~ Nt'u Iciici W w. II. iIupe, trttSurer OF VI
citizens relief fund, Newport, Kentucky
IS, or the undersigned,
or civilian ii, HORTON,
8 Mayor,
sink under trains. No effort will be mad
% tomorrow to run on this road at all to thi
city. There is no point this side of III
10 bridge where passengers can be taken o
cars, II cannot yet he told what arrang,
s, ments will be made for forwarding mail q
It.. even what will be don
he about running trains. The main fact
he that whatever is done, n long haul must b
Id made to reach trains. But q single road
IN now able to reach its depot that is the Oh
he cinnati Northern, the narrow-gauge, whic
comes into the city over the hill.tops. an
Sc has a depot ten squares from the rive
m Not steamer is running, there being n
be place TO land.
to A little steamer used by the Ohio & Mi
ed slssippi to convey passengers from Store
ly Station to Aurora, Indiana, on its retur
no last night had fearful experience. A 70
I'd overlook II and, unable to procee
", in safety, she found II almost ecu,
he difficult In finding place.to tie up, bl
I'd finally succeeded ana reached Stores ST,
In ton tins morning. Coal barges, to.da,
no have been towed up Central avenue