The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-15
THE FLOODS.
The Rivers Rising and the De-
structiOn Continues.
The Suffering Is Intense and
Increasing.
COnslderable Loss of Life.


taking off q number Of persons and sup
plying food to those who remained in
houses above the water. One man was
found clinging to q tree. As the men
approached he cried out, Go over to
that house. A woman and several
children are over there. / will hold here
but before they reached it, the house
turned over, and was carried away in the
rush Of waters, The man clinRinR to the
woman and several children we've in |
the house when it turned over, but did |
not know their names. A family named |
Watkins, living up the hollow near
Adsms, was imporluned to move out Of |
the house, but the mother said they did |
not believe the water would come over. |
When the break came in the cutoff the |
water rushed down on them, filling the
lower floor o. the house, rendering escape
except by skiff impossible. The house
moved from ITS foundation, and
rocked to and fro in the water.
In the moment when the danger came
the woman was in the pains Of psrturi-
ton. In this condition the bed was
taken up, put in the skiff, and the woman
removed. The excitement attending the
removal threw her into spasms, and her
recovery is doubtful. An old colored
man, John Adams. living alone, i'll from
rheumatism, is missing and probably
lost. On the point, shipping port and
Portland q thousand houses are under
water. The vast majority are owned by
poor people. The authorities have taken
steps to provide food and lodging. The
Board of Trade is raising fund; enter
tainments for the benefit of sufferers will
be held. Water hides the CHASTITY re-
suits Of last nights work. Those anxious
ones who demand the names of the dead
must wait till the foods have gone and
miles Of hidden lands and hundreds Of
sunken houses have once more come to
view. It is folly to attempt to fix the
loss Of property. Tim Donohoe and q
man named Slipper were arrested Cd the
charge Of killing Sam Bell, last evening.
After the water broke over the cutoff
dam, the parties, drinking, got in boat
to 90 to the rescue, when Bell fell out or
was knocked out by the others and
drowned.
Cincinnati, 14.-Additional gloom over
the people this morning il caused by the
fact that the river, after falling to sixty
four feet ten and three-quarters inches,
began to rise under the influence Of
steady hard lain. The rain has advanced
| from the west thus checking the fall and
extends this morning as far as Pittsburg.
Unless it stops speedily there will be no
hope Of the river rscediDR while there
are the Kravest fears that the great height
reached yesterday will be surpassed.
The rain seriously embsrrAsses the work
Of the relief committee, but they are do
ing all they can 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 ordered all
Catholic churches to be thrown open to
accommodate the homeless, ana cent .
circular to the churches to-day, asking
contributions to be sent to the chamber
Of commerce and the city council relief
committee The sinking fund trustees
will advance money on the bonds author
lied yesterday by the legislature, SO the
relief will be prompt. Many cases of
extreme destitution are reported by the
relief board, and in some cases the fran.
tic cries of starving children for food are
heartrending. The bakeries not mum
dated are pushed to their fullest capacity
to keep supply Of bread. There have
been some fears OF famine on account of
| the difficulty of receiving live stock, but
several thousand rescued distillery cattle
can be utilized in case Of necessity.
People are beieR moved as fact as posi-
BILE from Hardentown. The rains will
raise the Mama and Whitewater Rivers.
Lawrenceburg Ia likely to be the most
damaged. People Of the latter plaza re-
ceived car Of provisions in good shape
this morning. No lives are lost yet.
The water is six feet deep 81 the tord
on Timers Oreek; also st Guilford, Ind
The water rose at LAWrenceburg juno
ton since morning an inch. and half
It ID raining hard all the time.
, The river is rising An inch and . hal
an hour. It stood 65 feet an inch ard
; half at IL o'clock. Reports from boil
i. up and down the river show rain falling
: at Psrtamouth and MArysYille, slowly q
! the latter place.
The frat authentic report concerning
8 the loss Of life at the Cincinnati South
, ern depot yesterday was made to-day s
d the Alvin street station by HERNIA
Welsburg, boy living OF II Wilatsc
street. He says he and his brother JC
seph, with IL other boys, were on ih
a platform when the water broke throug
2 HcLAne avenue; that the entire part
we're thrown into the water; that
swan to Gist street and escaped an
went home; that his brother and ell Il
other boys were drowned. He does NJ
II know their manner.
" The river Was sixty-fve feet FIVE inch
l. at 2.3O and rising. Il is raining still, b
8. less.
n Indianapolis, 1.-THE legislature 8
ar propristed $40, 900 for LawFenceburg Il
- morning. The board Of trade has Civ
$4,000 for the same object. Anoth
car load Of provisions has gone to-ds
II has been raining hard since midnigl
A. Pogus's run has again OVerAOwn. 7
IN railroad tracks are under water for +
m squares.
y A Jeffersonville dispatch says the q
. is flooded from FIVE to twenty feet. Fl
50 thousand people are homeless, and ma
~ lost everything. Many cottages in
IN lower part Of the city were swept aWl
ID Hundreds are quArtered in second stori
ut and public buildings and stores. FC
". il sent in skiffs. The water is filthy fr
IN sewers. The suffering is appalling.
r. is still raining and the river is risi
= The loss is over half q million. Cont
u buttons are asked for.
NJ Cleveland, O., l4-Another delug
ny fesFed Lumber piles are bsing
chored on fats, and driftWood aud