The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
THE FLOODS.
Destitutlon, sickness and Death-The Ruin
aud Destruction In Cincinnati.
INniANAroLts, Ind, March II.


aud Destruction In Cincinnati.
INDIANAroLts, Ind. March II.
The committee in charge of supplies for suf-
fercrs on the ono River south Of Evan sville
returned saturday. They report great suffer-
ing and sickness nj ucnry oil river towns At
New FIR nklin, Ind.. u village OF 10 inhabi-
tauts, there are thirty destitute, fifteen sick
and two deaths. The di-, ase IS pneumonia.
At Union own, Ky, with II population Of
$50, nearly everybody suffered, tn fifty
destitute.
In Shawncetown, IL, 800 people are dcsti-
tutc and depending on the public for pro-
visions and medicines. Ono hundred aud
twenty-five are sick, and twcntyfour have
d ed OF pneun onlt catarrhal fever. AMI
dysentery. The latter disease has Almost
reached an ep domic. Al out - houses have
been swept away or damngcd. At least i0l,
persons are liable to disease.
At Cuscyvile, H.. no T. Of had boon fur
n'shed. There were forty-hvc ca @ OF sick
ness, mostly phod fever, and one death
One hundred huu.Cs hal been under water,
and nlf of them ruined.
Rusi. larc, H., had been en- rely cover d
by waite , The committee found m'lv If
ten persons, father and mother sick, wing in
the cnyn Groom Of nm ol | saw-Will.
New Liberty H., had been entirely sub
merged, and sickness to an Alarming extent
prevailed.
This information is obtained from repu able
physicians AMI ag ,nts of the BOARD of Trade
Relief Committee, of this ,itv, sent to dis
tribute supplies. Cove nor Porter AMI COM
mittac OF the Bonrd of Trade are now on an in
spection tour from LawieuceburR to Cuir1 on
the Ohio River with a boat-load OF y DIVISIONS.
ST. Louis, March IL
dispatch from Helena says the first
loss of humin life by flood In that re-
gion occurred by the upsetting of house
twelve miles south i'm which were SIX
adults and four children. Tn, latter were
druwne I, and the former were rescue by a
party of hunters, who took them off the roof
after they had chung to 1t three days. The 81.
Francis swamp contains hundreds of horses
and mule and cattle Standing up to their
throats In water, their owners being unable to
rescue them. Many carcasses floating
about. The Legislative Committee is eXamin-
ing into the conditien of the people in the over
flowed district, and will report In favo: of Civ
| ing State aid to actual sufferers.
AFTER THE FLoon IN CINCINNATI.
,oO, r. nG Mitchell city HssGry in relating ella
| occupancy of the flooded districts says: "A
| tour OF investigation, covering the LARGEST
part of four DAYS in the district between Fifth
| street and the Southern Railroad bridges. has
! shown pictures of ru n and destruction
| such rs we never saw before.
|
street, and on Fro mt street the families were
those of the better part OF the hborlng pop
| ulation teamsters, iailroad hands and skilled
| mechanics. None of these had ever known
what II was to receive any ID from charity, ami,
| in tact with that sturdy independe nee haraC
| terist of the class they would have secuted
the idea of either municipal or privat. ,eiicf.
The first dwelling we entered was of one
such, the fpth"r of six children, the eldest
| thirteen. more complete wreck it won d be
| difficult to find. With but one exception
that of hair cloth lounge, every article was
hr ken to pieces. We had seen in our boy
| strewn with merchandise and ships st res.
But the great ocean was before us, SIP nking
continually of power and might. We had seen
something of the disaster VIII ch follows the
occupation of an army, but the havoc here
was made in the silence. The no sclcss riv r,
rent drifting part Of it away and piling the
residue in the middle of the floor Bureaus
and bedsteads Jared worst. but whatever de-
pended for cohesion upon glue gave way.
Many OF these peorle owned good furni
ture, espec ally mattresses. These were
ruined, the mud and slime of the river 1.-THE
latter Il sort OF greasy substance) GOVERNS
them. Sewing machines, the repair of VIII ct
Is so costly, while not hopelessly ruined. were
seriously DANA ed so that they will be use.es;
for - lon9 time.
Book and kee sakes were spoiled, and tn,
pictures upon The walls which, while no
works of high art, were dear from rs ISOLATION
were fit only to be burned.
"In such homes, to attempt TO restore them
stepped the wives of tn s. artisans As We
saw them stand ng amid the ruins scarcely
knowing where to begin, and as W. realized
that most of them hsd a struggle sutlicien /!
hard already. we wondered at their courage.
:" In one instance mother of six children
all of them with the wh0oping. cough, was try
ing to make things tplcrahl', hut the treacheT
Gus waters had completed their wO"k.
~ need not saw how exceed ngy valuable Il
the generous aid proffered by the public L
| these sufferers, and with the experience O
| years in the s ensation of relief | have onl,
TO remark that the work of extending help : a
been done with far less friction than we ha'
reason to expect"