Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-15
Appalling Ruin and D0StitutiOn
Wrought by the Rising |
Ohio and Tributaries.
Cities and Villages Surrounded
by Water or Entirely
Submerged.
Cincinnati Practically Isolated
From the Outside
World.
AL Business Stopped and thu
Work of Relief Actively
Begun.
The Town OF Milton Wiped Out
and Newport Badly
Wrecked.
The People of Ls wrencs burg,
Indiana, Surrounded by a
Vast, Unbroken Sea.
Louisville Terribly Excited by
Gloomy Reports From
Above.
Heavy, Continuous ;Rainss Danish
oil Immediate Hope of
a Fall
Appeals for Help Promptly Respond
ed to by Neighboring Cities
The People of La Urencs burg,
Indiana, Surrounded by q
Vast, Unbroken Sea.
Louisville Terribly Excited by
Gloomy Reports From
Above.
Heavy, Continuous Trains Danish
all Immediate Hope Of
a Fall
Appeals for Help Promptly Respond
ed to by Neighboring Cities

A LIFE SAVING EXPEDITION.

A LIFE SAVING EXPEDITION.
LOUISVILLE, Eel ruary Il -To.dsy
Ma jor Jacobs chartered a steamer
with a corps of men and ~trsversed tire
submerged district, taking off a mum,
Der OF persons and by means of boGts
supplying food to those who remained
In the houses above water. A singu-
lar incident occurred on the trip. One
man was found clinging to q tree. AS
the men approached he cried, SEQ
over to that house; there is a woman
and several children over there. I
will hold here until you save them"
The house was 30 yards away. The
mon started. Before they reached it
the house turned over and was carried
away In the. rash of waters. No noise
was heard from the house. Nothing is
known as to whether the people had
been rescued or not. The man cling.
ing to the tree was after wards rescued
and declared that a woman and sev-
eral children were in the house when
1t turned over. A family named Wat
kins was importuned to move out Of
the house, bat tia lnothar was sick.
and they did not believe the water
would come over when a break came In
the cutoff. The house vas moved
from the foundation and rocked to and
fro. In the moment when the danger
came the woman was III the pains OF
parturltion. In this condition the bed
was taken up, put In a skiff and the
m removed. The excitement
threw her into spasms, and her recov-
cry Is doubtful. An old colored man
living alone is missing. On one
point near Portland 1000 houses
are under water. A vast ma
jority are owned by poor people.
The authorities have taken steps &c
provide food and lodging. The board
of trade Is raising a fund. Individus
subscriptions are liberal. A Germal
citizen give SIG. Entertainments
for the benefit of the sufferers will bt
held. Everything will be done fol
their relief. II is folly to attempt tt
fix the loss of property In the presen'
state of affairs. The question now
how to care for the sufferers. Tin
Donohoo and a man named Shipped
were arrested on charge of kiln
Sam Bell last night after the waite
broke over the cutoff dam. Thre
parties were drinking and got into
skiff to 90 to the rescue of a mar
Bell fell out o. was knocked out b
the others and drowned. 1t is in
possible to say If the men are guilt
or il the death was accidental.
THE SITUATION AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, February 13.-.
CLEAN of hope came tonight when tn
reports showed that the river ha
reached the highest point at b p. m
when the marks showed 60 feet ]
inches, and though it receded 5ut ha
an inch during the next four hour
the fact that tho worst seemed to b
over gave relief. The tension hi
been strong on the entire bushes
portion of the city, and the sligi
rains which are falling now gives ner
GUS spprehensions Of more disaster
come. The situation is alarming, al
1t would require the publication of Il
greater portion OF the directory
names of the business men, partic
larly in tobacco, produce, geatn, col
mission, whisky, and all kinds
manufacturers interests whose busine
Is wholly suspended. Many OF the
also lose goods, and manufacturers
lose heavily in damage to machine
stock aside from the loss of tia
More than a thousand business fri
and manufacturers are thus pr,
trsted, yet the business men are l
discouraged and for two days ha
sent In contributions to the fund
the relief of suffering among Il
much greater class, the poor, who
driven from their homes and are
prlved Of work. 1t Is estimated Il
from thirty to forty thousand men
out of work by the closing of the m
ufsctorles. To them the loss Of Il
and injury to household goods is
smallest loss. The dampness In
houses after the food subsidies m
bring sickness and suffering. :
common council action, who
authority to issue a loan,
promptly met by the legislatv
both houses having passed a bill
thorizing a loan of S100. 900, 7
the city has arranged to provide
itself. kilograms have been
ceived to-day from Chicago, ]