Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-14


came from bed. Thirty-ive squares are
inundated. The situation may be
briefly summed up as follows:
the country beyond the cutoff, comprising
one hundred and fifty houses, and known
as POwleyille, is flooded-half of Portland
and all of shipping Port are in the
waves. Most of the houses are small cots
tages of frail construction, and, perhaps
one-third of those in the flooded locality
have been swept away from their founda-
tions. In the lower bottom lands the
water is within foot or two OF the roofs
of the houses. The entire neighborhood
is doing all it can for the succor of the
sufferers. The river is still rising an inch
per hour, with few inches over thirty
nine feet, and the canal thirty-siX feet
eight inches in the shute on the falls, and
thirty-four feet, two inches over the rocks:
The river continued to rise slowly all
day, and is now about siXty-siX ana III
half feet at the foot of the canal and forty
one feet at the head. The weather is
warmer, and a light rain is failing, with
indications of an increase during the
night. The rise is now an men
above the flood Of 1S47 and eight
inches below that of 1882. On "The
Point" where the disaster occurred last
night, the flood extends over space more
than a quarter of mile wide and more
than mile in length. over two hundred
and fifty houses are either under water
or floating about The fact that the water
was comparatively still prevented most
of the houses from floating away,
and many are tied with heavy
cables. Comparatively few are thought
to have lost their lives. Many occupants
of houses III the submerged districts had
moved away and thus escaped. me
survivors are scattered over the city,
which renders it impossible to make a
definite statement as TO who are lost or
saved, and it is sufficient to say that the
death rate is smaller than circumstances
would indicate.
CINCINNATI Feb. l3.-Later informa-
tion makes il definite that three boys,
two freight hadlers and four members
Of Coup'S circus, are drowned Nobodies
have yet been recovered. The names of
the members of Coup's circus reported
missing are Harry CardOni, of England,
Miss Fannie Reindof of New York, VIM.
+. Franklin and VIM. {. Matthews, of
st. Louis. The baggagemaster says he
heard rushing noise when Ryan's saloon
went down, and hurried round and saw
the depot give way. He is sure that
ut least 80 were thrown in the water 1t
now appears certain that the disaster was
caused by the breaking of the great sewer.
L MGUlN HAG ltfb VI Oilt Niitt vi tic lIGAEHA
depot, and half Of the passenger
depot are gone, the latter being
separated at the partition between the
waiting room and the ticket offices. The
books, tickets, safe, etc, We're gone in
an instant. The recommendation of the
Common Council asking the Legislature
for aid was sent by telegraph, the West
ern Union Company giving the free use of
its wires for the purpose. Within half
ho11v n hill fpTrOlupaI in Tho SON
ate, authorizing the city to borrow $780,
600. and the bill was sent to the House.
There is strong ground for tire hope that
the disaster ut the Southern Railroad de-
pot was not attended with SO great loss
Of life as was reported. The matter has
been very carefully investigated, and but
for the positive statement of one man 1t
would be difficult TO say that amy lives
We're lost. That man was baggage
master. lie says there was a great num-
ber of people on the platform of
the depot, and that he thinks
at least twenty-five went down
i'm the water. This statement he
repeats. All the other persons present
saw no one in the water, and believe no
one was lost. But they all admit that
there was great alarm and hurried flight,
so that people might have been engulfed
and not seen by those fleeing.
Lothman, the cashier, had sufficient
warning to enable him to secure $4,000
cash, but not enough to save all the money
in the safe 5000 or $500 was lost. With
the exception of the members of Coup's
Circus, who are reported missing, nothing
like definite statement can be made as
to any loss. No employees of the railroad
company are missing. The company
shows enough confidence in the stability
of the remaining portion Of the depot to
use it. Trains arrive and depart regu-
larly, but access to the freight depot is
cut off.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb. 13.-The Ken
tucky river began to fall at dark last night.
At - 80 O'Clock to-day it had fallen four
and half feet. Brokers' distillery, at
Clifton, twelve miles above Frankfort,
gave way and 500 barrels of whisky were
washed out, a greater part Of which was
recovered. The bridges here remain in