The Portland daily press., 1883-02-17
THE WATER RECEDING,
A General Improvement Along the
Ohio.
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HoMELE LEss
AND DESTITUTE IN NEW ALBANY.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 16.-Skiffs crossed the
river freely yesterday and one or two small
steamers carted loads of sightsoers up and
down between the NeWort and Suspension
bridges. In the town of Dayton, KY, which
is under water, the people have abolished the
practice of paying for boating services. If any
demanded pay for carrying people or provisions
10 houses his boat was confscated. The same
Is true IN Columbia and other smaller suburbs.
The people devote their whole time to assist
ing each other. In many of the best houses
the last rise has invaded the parlers and pianos
nave been swung to the ceilings. 1t will be
several days before railroad freight traffic can
es resumed even under the most favorable cir
cumstances. The stock on hand of number
OF articles is getting low and prices are ad-
vancing beyond their value.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 16.-The back water at
Washington street has flooded the basement of
the Gait House and the rear rooms are sub.
merged, The water is several feet deep in the
new Shore Line passenger depot. The situa-
tion is probably more dangerous than at any
other time, the back W ter coming through the
sewers IN many places, and rising one foot
an hour. The food has stopped the machinery
IN the water works station, but there is no
danger OF water famine as there are twenty
days, supply in the Crescent Hill reservoir
Fifteen houses from the Point foated ont
and over the Falls yesterday. There is already
much sickness among the sufferers, and q SAN
itarY commission will be formed at unce. Med
ical stations viii be fixed in various PORTIONS
OF the city where medicine and the attention
OF physicians will be offered free.
Special dispatch to the Times. Star say at
Maysvllle, KY, the river fell 6 inches during
Lne night and is still falling. The floors of A.
Finch a. Co and Pierce Brothers. grain house
are total wreck They contained $4,000
bushels of grain. At Falmouth, Ky., the
Licking River is still rising. At Frankfort,
KY, the river is falling. Fifteen hundred
people are being lodged and fed. The loss
here is estimated at 100000.
DAYTON, o., Feb. 16-Citizens here snb,
scriDed $4,000 for flood sufferers yesterday The
Miami and Ohio Rivers are slowly recedng.
New YORK, Feb. 16.-Jay Gould and Pres
Ident Dinsmore of Adams Express, have sent
$l0o0 each to the Mayor Of Cincinnati for the
flood sufferers.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16-Noon.z- The water con
tnues to recede about an inch an hour. At
$50 it was Ga feet inches. This is still two
inches above the highest previous flood in 1852.
Raln is as dreaded now as p6stilence A
repetition of the last two rains would bring
DESPAIR 1. A gang. OF roughs assaulted the pc
but missed him, killing boy named Otter.
Ihe shooting dispersed the roughs.
AT Lawrenceburg, Indiana, it is estimated
that 2OJ houses have been overturned or
washed away. Three thousand people have
clothes they wear The loss must reach $780,
0OO. NO loss of life is yet rerorted. 1t is
reared that the court house foundations may
crumble. -Four hundred people are sheltered
there.
Much live stock and growing wheat has been
destroyed by the floods in the neighborhood Of
Wabash. The total damage the past ten days
is reckoned at 100000.
WILLIAAIsPoRT, Pa, Feb. 16.-Susquehanna
river is rising slowly. Experienced lumber
men look for twenty foot flood here
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 16.-A special from New
Albany says:-The river is rising half an inch
an hour. A hundred houses are gone and 1900
houses are in the water and 5000 people are
homeless. Loss over $1,000 000 No loss of
life. The river at Memphis at noon was with
IN two feet and seven inches of the danger line
and nearly five feet of the extreme highest
point reached last spring. No Interruption to
railroad travel SO far.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Feb 16-The river has
reached the highest point, "A feet inches.
Heavy contributions by citizens continue, and
there IS no danger OF any one suffering for food
or clothing.
New ALBANY, Ind, Feb. 16.-The citizens
relief committee asks for aid, saying more
than 10000 persons are homeless and utterly
destitute.
Reports from Little Rock, Bradford, Pa, and
At 10 O'Clock tonight the water at Cincinna-
II had receded to 63 feet inches-a fall of
nearly three feet from the highest stage.
The railroads are getting back to their for
mer status. The trains on the Pan Handle
will return to their own track and depart from
theirAown depot tomorrow, as will also several
other roads.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb 16..The House of
Representatives this afternoon passed bill APP
propriating 800 600 for the relief of sufferers
from the floods. The bill will undoubtedly
passed the Senate. This is in addition to $40,-
GOO already appropriated.