Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-15
Thirteen Boys Drowned by the Gazing
OF the Freight House.
HE SITUATION AT LOUISVILLE.
The Towns OF Madison and Jefferson
vile Inundated.
WORK OF THE FLOODS ELSEWHERE
A Miscellaneous Collection Of Disasters
and Few Grimes.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.-An additional
gloom came over the people this morning,
caused by the fact that the river, after fall
ing to Ga feet 1921 inches, began to rise
under the influence of a steady, hard rain.
The rain has advanced from the west, thus
checking the fall, and extends this morn
ing as far as Pittsburg. Unless it stops
speedily, there is no hope of the river re-
ceding, while there are the gravest fears
that the great height reached yesterday
will be surpassed. The rain seriously
embarrasses the work of the relief commit
tee, but they are doing all they can to
to distribute food. Soup houses were
opened to-day in various parts of the city
to feed those able to get to them. Bishop
Elder has ordered all the Catholic churches
| thrown open to accommodate the homeless,
and sends circular. THE churches to-day
asking that contributions be sent to the
chamber of commerce and city council
| relief committee. The sinking fund trustees
will advance money on the bonds
yesterday authorized by the legis-
| lature, so that the relief
will be prompt. Many cases of extreme
restitution are reported by the relief board
and in some cases the frantic cries of
starving children for food are heartrend-
ing. The bakeries not inundated are press
ed to their fullest capacity to keep up the
| supply of bread There have been some
| fears of meat famine on account of the
difficulty of receiving live stock, but sever
al thousand rescued distillery cattle can
be utilized in case of necessity.
LATER-The river is rising at the rate of
an inch in half an hour, and stood at
sixty-fve feet one inch and a half at II
o'clock, and rising.
Reports bothup and down the river show
rain. The river is falling at Portsmouth
and Maysville, slowly at the latter place.
The first authentic report concerning
| the loss of life at the Cincinnati South
western depot was made to-day TO the
police at Oliver street station by Herman
| Witzberg, a boy living at II Wills
tacht street. He says he and his
i brother Joseph, with thirteen other boys,
were on the platform when the water broke
| Though Mclean avenue; that the entire
party were thrown into the water; that he
swan to Gest street and 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 re-
ports of missing have been made to the
police.
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| ty-five feet and five inches at 2:30 p. H.,
and rising. The rain is less heavy.
There is not a steamer running, and no
place to land. The little steamer used by
the Ohio & Mississippi to convey passen-
gers from Storr's station to Aurora, Ind,
on its return last night had fearful ex-
perience. The fog overlook it, and unable
| to proceed with safety, it found almost
equal difficulty in finding place to tie up.
Finally succeeding it reached Storr's sta
ton this morning.
The coal barges to-day have been towed
up along Central avenue to Pearl street,
| where carts run alongside and receive
| loads.
Stories have been current of mobs of
lawless men standing at the waters edge,
demanding whisky and doing other lawless
acts, but careful inquiry shows no reason
! for such stories. The fact is creditable
even to criminals that they either
have enough heart to behave properly in
face of this great calamity, or that they
are restrained by wholesome fear from
pillage or lawlessnes. There is no doubt
swift punishment would follow the
discovery of crime. In addition to the
precaution of increased police force the city
is partly lighted tonight by coal oil,
lamps instead of gas lamps. The work of
relief has gone on vigorously to-day, and
many touching scenes were witnessed. The
citizens have not waited for cry of dis
tress before extending help, but have
taken steps to prevent suffering. The graft
tude of recipients cannot be told. A
relief committee of leading citizens will
attend personally to the work of remaining
all day at the Office or going out with re-
lief boats. The work will be done thor
oughly and promptly. Though
no appeal has been made for help from
abroad, assistance has been sent. Among
these are donations of $1,000 reported
by Moses Mosler sent to him by III. 81.
Warner & Co., of Rochester, N. Y; $1,000
from the Adams Express company of New
York, A. L. Fogg, local agent, and $4,000
from the proprietor of the Gilsey house,
New York.
The Masonic fraternity has organized
special relief force and telegraphed
Cleveland, Sandusky and Toledo for boats.
Among other incidents of the flood was the
finding of a baby asleep in its crib in
house floating at Fern Bank, below the
city. The little waif was rescued and
taken care of by the Catholic Orphan So
ciety. A barn with fine barouche in it
foated by the city today. Parties finding
it were unable to secure the prize.
The river at 8 p. N. tonight was sixty
six feet and three-quarters of an inch and
rising slowly. The day has been the
gIoomiest in the history of the city. Bus
insss is wholly neglected on change, and
attention given to saving property and af-
forcing relief. While the unexpected rise
of nearly foot to-day has not made very
great change, APPARENTLY, in the situation
there is snsh uncertainty about futures
that all plans are unsettled. 1t is impossi-
bic to estimate the coming