Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-15
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at Louisville The Ohio river has reached
the height Of ! feet S inches aud IS still
r'3.ur ut tho rate oi one INCH an hour.
There are reports 0i upper points Of Iain,
amsi the continued rise of tie Ohio and its
tributaries Greato intense excitement.
Duaiues, is practically ;s5 !. 5tiudaLiii, and
80 boats arrive Or depart. Trains Gu the
railroads are irregular and many have
stopped ent;rly. Men who have followed
the river for May years predict that If
ti!c river does not Soln recede the water
vii! cut across the cast end ;.a! surround
the entire city. The Widest cs3tisn;.tes of
the damage to property continue to b.;
made, hut noHGly knows what estimate
skculd be made Nothing further is;
known regarding the loss "f life by the
cutoff disaster, owing to the imposshiliiy
of entering the houses, Save by
the means OF divers. With the reo
pie On tLa streets tho flood is the olly
subject Of discussion. e. is generally
agreed that the los Of lifo is not cNtraor
d;narily l;.:..;e Oaiy five are known TO
have been drowned, Their names are
Samuel Bel, coloro, Joila Finch and son,
Edward Harris ;:Gi George Lyuch, ,crlorai;.
4N''ibt; CO. ttiC J''tttb i.IfC CEch ittb.iU
Sanue! Bell is supposed to hevo been
murdered by two white Iaen, Samuel
Douohue anI Christopher Sipple. IL.
three bad baan t0gethe in Il sI;n froin
t:.o TIM. the dam broke uI:i wie;, tho
murder is supposed t" have been commit
ted. In scaichiEg through some OF the
houses tkey obtained q demijohn Of
whisky and drank freely until all bacaree
Intoxicated. They E.Hd rowcd the boat TO
within fifty feet of land; when Sippis and
the negro quarreied. After somo words
S;pp'e suddenly picked up an Oar and
struck the negro Il heavy blow on the
head. which knocked him halt way Over
tho side Of the boat. 1t Is stated that
Donol.ue then flushed the work by push
ing him out into the river and rowing the
boat away.
The case OF the drowning Of John Finch
and his son Is a particularly sad one. He
had been iesCii1,i from the roof of his
house by mtins OF a boat and taken to
TIE shore. Io then discovered that his
son had not been saved, and. Jumping
into another boat. lie Succeeded III reach
ing the hui:Se, but lost his balance and
falling into the water was drowned.
Henry Reed is supposed to have been
asleep when tE:c water struck his house,
Sweepi!i.c It off its foundation. lie climbs d
out on the roof aud called loudly Tor help.
Several men in a boat heard his cries AID
rowed toward him, but before they reach
ed him he sank from view and rose DO
mere.
The spectacle of = man drowning in
si@l,b ui the shore was Witnessed from the
head OF Story avenue. A large crowd
We're watching the flood, when u small hut
appeared floating with the current
i'erchea npnn the top oi IL aud ciiuginG as
for life was Az Old cUlcyad 1nan. He r..ised
his voice in entreaty for some one to res.
cue him, and a boat roEcd by two strong
rcscurers started out TO take him off. They
were within t:To hundred yards Of the hut
when it lurahad aud turned over, throw
ing the man into the wa:er. He sank and
was seen no more.
A Jity In tho Dark.
The city Of Frankfort, Ky, is in the
dark. Tic gas works are under watcr
and cah'ilos and oil are scarce. The whole
northwestern part of the city IS covered.
This portion of the city comprises thirty
squares, with 100 houses. Every horse,
wagon an,t boat that cOn!d be found was
pressed into service and most all house
hold furniture was removed! to Z place of
safety. a. portion OF South Frankfort is
also submerged. The public school YARD
and fences are five feet under water.
Belle Point has fifteen houses submerged.
Water on Baason bridge is eight feet deep,
but it is in TO danger, as il is made Of iron.
The Kentucky pent:entiiry is five feet
under water. ConvictS in the lower cells
had to &c moved into the upper cells last
night. Probably 1000 houses are
under water aud the loss cannot fall
much short O: quarter OF a million. Sew
eral houses at Augusta have been swept
away and a steam ferry boat has been EN-
rloycd to remove families from upper
story windows. Ali the manufacturing
establishments at Harrodsburg, On the
kentucky river, which flows into the
Ohio, have been closed down, aud, except.
ing the family grocery establishments,
business is almost totally suspended.
number of dwellings, IN Texas and part Of
Hogan Creek are i'll danger OF destruc-
tion. The Eagle and Union hotels have
been abandoned, access Of both being cut
Off entirely except by water. A good
portion of Warsaw is submerged. Aurora,
Rising Sun, Patriot aud dozens of small
villages are sufferers 10 large extent.
Milton presents the appearance Of lake.
Several buildings lave fiOated away and
only the tops of others can be seen. At
last accounts the inhabitants We're NOV
ing to the hills back of the town. The
unfortunate part of tine distress is the fact
that there is a large number of sick per-
sons at present in the village, whose re-
moval is hazardous, even if they could find
comfortable quarters.
In Dayton, Ky. the excitement is al
fever heat and thoug h lie c:tize us are doing
all in their power to save furniture there
are at least fifty pianos that were ruined
by water. One lady asked the use of q