Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

Many occupants Of houses In the sub.
merged districts had remove d and thr,
escaped. Tho fact that the survivors
arc scattered over the city renders il
impossible to make a definite state.
ment ss to who arc lost or saved. IL
is snfiicient to say the death roll In
smaller than tho circumstances indi.
cate. Six men and boys are
known to be lost. A lieutenant
of polic' and family [wlfe ard three
ohi'dref) were missing, but it ia hoped
they have moved to placos of safety,
These are all that could be learned by
active search. II Is feared when the
water suesides ghastly remairs may
DO found in houses now under water
as II is scarcely probable so small a list
as this will close the death rate. So
far as heard all yet alive have been re-.
moved from their houses A man was
seen frautically calling for help feom
the door of house floating down past
the foot OF First street this sf.ernoon.
de was rescued by parties with a ekiff
and had been In the house all night
and day.
Business Is almost at q standstill,
owing to the food. The mayor is dis.
tributing food to the sufferers. The
German food sufferers fund was di,
verted to home use. Tnirty five
squares in the northeastern part of
tho city are under water Houses are
overturned and crushed. In the
lower hollows of the bottom the water
is within foot of the roofs.
CINCINNATI, February l3 There is
strong ground for hope that the disas'
ter at the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road derot wac not attended with 80
great loss OF life as reported. The
matter has boen very carefully inves.
tigated, but for a positive statement II
would be difficult to cay any liv,s
were lost at all. The baggage master
at the depot says great number of
people wers on tho platform Of the
depot, and he thinks at least twenty
Ave went down In the water. This
abatement aud opinion he repeats All
other peruons present say they saw o
number in the water aud believe none
were lost, but they oil admit
there was great alarm and hurried
flight many people have been enou'fed
aud not seen by those facing. LAth.
mar, cashier, had sufficient warningto
enable him TO secure So 900 cash, but
not enough to save all the money In
tho pafs. With the exception of the
membors ~ Coup's cir,us, who are re.
ported missing, nothing like definite
report as to any loss has been aser.
tanned. No employees of the railway
company are missing. The company
enows enough confidence in the sta-
bility of the remaining portion of the
building to use it. Trains arrive aud
depart regularly, but accosa to the
freight depot is cut off Four hun
dred soldiers of the Ohio National
guard are on the streets doing patrol
duty tonight. The extingu'shiug of
private electrical lights at midnight
lett the city in total darkness.
The river reached the highest point,
60 feet, at 8 p. m. to-day, and re.
manned at that height up to mid
nipht, when the waters began to re-
cede.
INDIANAPOLIS, February Is. - A
meeting WAS held ut the board OF trade
to day. Subscriptions for sufferers q
Lswrenoeburg were taken. A cal
load Of cooked meats, bread, crackers
and other provisions started at ci,
o'clock by special train for Lawrence
burg. The Ohio is still rising at Mad
iSon at the rate of one Inch an hour
Hundreds of families have been com
pelled to leave their homes. The city
is in total darkness, the gas works be-
Ing submerged.
MILTON, KY, February 13. The
country opposite Madison, Ia entirely
covered by water. Several building
floated away this morning including {
largo warehouue, factory and build
ings. At JetfersoDville, O large par
of the city is inundated. Hundreds
Of families are homeless aud destitute
The gas works are flooded and light
ont. At New Alosny the river !
still rising half an inch an honr Il 1
rIsiog at al points south of Madison
80 Evansville.