The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-16
AWFUL FLOOD.
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the Ohio mt observation-disclosures Des'
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The Indian may have witnessed sucn
volume of water in the Ohio, but MS wiiioo
successor never before saw such noou
II has not come upon rs with rush, or TINS
rich beautiful valley would become WHICH,
moss with it, subsidence but has slowly
s,,,el,ed from n fair river, a useful servant,
IN n silent yellow sea that has sent its waves
into the marts of the city, and Win their
quiet tapping put stop to ousinesS 10
manufactures. to traffic, sent thousands on
thousands adrift without shelter ana WIN.
ont food and in the aggregate iniiicteu
damages that NAV directly and lndi-
rectIv amount TO millions OF dofarS WITHIN
a snace of TWENTY-FIVE miles tributary TO inc
CITY thousands of people are houseiess,
many of them IA d'sttute as
when they were born, at least for the
time If thew stay in their houses, they are
isolated. and must depend on chance Tor
succor ii thev leave. n host or river plrates
will despoil the deserted dwellings, The
Ohio river flows west between Cincipnati ON
the Ohio side and Newp9r. ana ooV'h Iattar
opposite; in Kentucky, the latter
cities divided by the Licking river.
A mile and q half below the Licking
river Mill creek empties into the rVer on
the Ohio side The Licking has been swollen
bv it's tributaries to n raging torrent Mar
row and deep and SWIFT ordinarily, 10 i, nov
out of it's banks for miles. covering points or
ground never before reached by the Hoods
Along it's banks are many factories,
large and small, rolling mills. ana
furnaces All these are Hooded,
their fires out and their workmen
in the western part of the city, flowing
through wide valley. along which Tor hve
miles are not only dwellings, but pork pack
inc houses slaughter houses, divers manu-
featuring establishments, and hundreds OK
market gardens together with several rail-
road tracks Ali these are under water,
and. while the gardens are ruined,
great damage is also done the factories,
packing houses and contents, but to what
extent il simply i'm ossib to even approx
innate The front of Cincinnati for several
streets is low Here is done the heavy
wholesale business OF the city, and there arc
located many large factories OF all sorts,
machine hops. coal-yards. etc. All this ~
under water from few inches 20 several
feet. while cellars for two or three streets
far, her back are flooded In some of these
streets steamboat could make its way
without n particle OF trouble. On Sec nd
street the current runs ike a mill
race Where there is but tile water, II the
business is or u KIM To III, CltlhS
and porters wade about in rubber hip boots,
but most of them are simply in charge OF
watchmen Most of them had removed
their goods TO upper stories or his her ground
In streets back and higher, hundreds Of
hogSheads of tobacco, sugar, etc, are piled
on the sidewalks from the Hooded districts.
In the upper portion OF the city, along the
river bank live many poor people
and most of the lawless class of the
city. They are drowned out, and per-
force invaded the cen raj portion of the
town and the fashionable streets. 40 that the
the crowds were more diversified than ever
before. The gas-works supply both of this
city and Newport has been shut off, and
their fires were put out Yesterday afternoon
with only "a slim nights supply on hand To-
day the lamp stores drove such n trade as
never before, and candles were as common
rs 100 years ago in the central city of the
Union. Three hundred thousand people
are cut off from their regular supply
Of gas tonight. The streets are in darkness
save for an occasional electric light. Thea
tiers and other halls had 90 supply them
selves with electric lights oil lamps or can
dies and the audiences blinked their eyes
under the unwonted light, and were hilari-
Gus and Jolly. as they could not have been
otherwise. The water-works have about
five days supply in the reservoirs Under
the most favorable circumstances the
works cannot resume in time to more than
Keep consumers scantily supplied, and,
should great fire occur, the result
is disheartening to contemplate Should
II occur i'll the overfiowed business district
the department would be simply powerless
and the flames would run unchecked Only
one railroad. the Cincinnati Hamilton and
Dayton, is above water. There are ten ieet
of water over the truck leading INTO the
new Union Depot, and on the lower ground
the water runs over the tops of some freight
cars that were left on the track
The stage of water at Frankfort and Louis
vile. Ky, and ut New Albany and Law
renceburg, Ind . is Unprecedented Tnous-
ands are without employment, many are
shclterless, and much suffering prevails