Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
Ruinous Floods.


i Ruinous Floods.
The uncommon rise of water in
| the Ohio river, and it's tributaries,
last week, occasioned the loss of many
lives : the drowning of hundreds oi
cattle. and the destruction Of fences
houses and barns, the value Of which
amounts to many millions Of dollars
As high up among the mountains az
Johnstown, Cambria county, this
state the waters in the river there
was high enough to drive many pso
pie out of their abiding places.
At no place along the
route OF the food was there 30 much
damage done as at Cincinnati, per
haps that is owing to the fact that at
no given point in the course of the
food is there such large population.
Cincinnati has population Of be-
tween 2 and 3 hundred thousand
people. 1t Is located ON two benches
or banks one above the other like
two steps The step next the river
is 80 feet above low water mark, but
as the river rose TO the height of 81
feet all of the city on the first bench
was flooded more than one
hundred thousand people of that city
are losers by the rush of water Many
houses were swept away; many lives
were lost. OF the twenty three rail
roads entering the city all, but two
were so far under water, that steam
boats were run over their routes.
One railroad station caved in, and
carried with it into the flood about
about 80 people, most all on whom
were drowned. TIE gass works were
under water. The coal warves were
under water. Who can correctiy ~, m
agine such s scene, where L5ccttween
% and 40 thousand people were
| without morsel of food, and many
almost naked, and all without place
to warm themselves, and yet with all
that Cincinnati was infinitely better
off than dozen other towns along
the flooded rivers for its people that
were washed out could flea to the
high ground, where there was a
populous district to receive
them from freezing or starving, but
such was not the case in mBny other
towns, that Were entirely surrounded
by the merciless waters. No high
ground was back of them dotted
over with comfortable habitations
and rich business houses; it was
miles of rushing waters on every side.
A thousand families, in Newport
are homeless there is great suffering
in that place for want of food. There
is hardly an end TO the number of per-
sonsl incidents The following is one
of the many hundreds OF incidents
Nicholas G. Leake, aged Sc years, q
Prominent ply sician, started out in 0
skif. la balliDg out the water it cap
sized. He oaugb, fence-post and beid
it ten minutes and then foated down
half mile and caught Oh the willows
Excitement ran high and q raft wa:
made. Bill Bosley, son OF Rev Q. g
Bosley, started to the rescue and hi:
rsit sank He swan TO tbe trees. neal
I.eake, where be saw Leake die
Another larger raft was mad.
and Curtiss Ford, and Frank Burns
a wrecklng car man, had courage
enough TO 60 on it. When near hlu
Bosley swan to them snd then they
rescued the remp:.ns OF Leake from tn,
tree amid cheers from the exoiteC
crn~~u. Leake leaves 9 wife aud 6v,
children.
= Amidst the hundreds of dead cattle
sheep, and hogs, occasionally the bod,
Of human being may be seen. Tk'
, streams that emptled into the Ohio
was dotted over with broken bridges
wrecked houses and barns, out houses
5 fences, stacks Of corn fodder and hay.
At Frankfort KY, the lower stoI,
of the penitentiay was flooded tn
convicts of the lower cells 200
e houses at this place were under water
:, Three fourths of the city of Portsmouth
S at the entrance to the Scinta Vaiie
+ was under water. The pumber of case
d Of sickness caused by the exposure
!. couDtiess. The financial embsIres:
e ment that follows the breaking up {
business is another grave feature. L
e New Albany Indiana 1900 house
Il have been washed away: who can pit
e ture the mysery attendant upon such
r wave OF destruction,
In Lsuranieville many brick house
are 10 ,o20 feet under water a stesms
$ was run to the court house. 1t is
town of 5000 inhabitants. A numbt
:. . of people died, while being taken OF
y of garIets in boats. To add TO the hol
: ror of the whole, scene of destruction
= thieves in all the larger towns Il
y themselves loose on wbomsoever the
could.
. Thus far the reports of distress an
: misery has only came from the town
y There are thousands of cases anon
> the farming community, that remain I
u yet uDreported and for month to con
the country will hear of the death an
= destruction of the great food in Il
70 Ohio and its tributaries. The Indian
= Legislature has appropriated $4,000
: for the relief OF the sufferers
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