Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-14


EFerT bnlidlng IN the shipsiuy nar. no
from To feet of water on the for
ana the cement mills. the priucipgl j.,
oustrv tnere, ara all submerged. Mn,
squares OF Portland are at the marcy a,
water. Business is at an end: houses n,
the front will have the water ON ..h,
second floors before morning. II is 81
timated that in the shipping part anf
Portland 800 people are homeless W,
many of them are poor; GREAT snfTsr;n!,
prevails. The more fortunate b..-
opened their doors TO the distressad
LOSS mere aggregate $4,000. In the
city proper heavy damage il done bv tn,
stoppage OF work in factories. Two
thonsand men are thrown out. MerkIe
% JOS great piow works. the Louisville
iron WORKS, Dennis Lang's extensive
pipe works, the Kentucky Lead and Oh
works, Bridgeford d Co.'s stove works
the Excelsior works, the Central Rolling
NILS, Slmmon, Ely & Hampton's plan.
ing mill. Bell d Coggeshells planino
mill, }. d T. Hall, and Hall & Eddy,e
saw mills are among the large establish.
rnents closed. Others must follow to.
morrow unless the water subsidies. Nav.
or Jacobs has ordered the living in
Hospital to be made ready to receive
sufferers to be cared for at the city's
expense. The Louisville Hotel Com
pany opened free lunch house for wo-
men and children, flood sufferers. The
cutoff on the point in the eastern part
ut the city makes a barrier projecting a
thousand homes, but it is weakening. II
1t breaks no estimate can be put on the
amount of suffering and loss of proper
ty. lntruth it is impossible to estim ate
the losses now.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 13.-Business is sus-
pended on account of the floods. The
Mayor is literally feeding the sufferers.
The Board of Trade has given 5000.
and promises more. The German
flooded sufferers fund was diverted to
home use. The disaster is the creates.
that ever befell the city. The crisis came
at midnight. Today a square mile of
territory was submerged within the
limits of the city, aud from 300 to 5000
people driven from their homes. There
has been loss of life also. 1t is impos-
sible to say how great. This morning the
city from Preston street east to the cut
OFF and north of the short line fill in
the river. Residents had plenty of warn
ing, having seen the disaster coming
since yesterday afternoon, but
were too much infatuated, and
stuck to the bottoms of the
Old Bear and Grass creek, and stayed
at home, and most of them went to bed
as usual. About IL o'clock last night
the break came in the cutoff. The dam
was overcome by the weight of the
weater from above, and gave way
instantly with loud roar tie flood
rushed over. 1t may be imagined with
what force the waters came when they
had fall OF Is to Is feet to the
low ground beneath. In less
time than it takes to tell the yellow tide
was sweeping in from all points, and the
people We're surprised
III their houses with a mighty rush
of water which swept from square to
square, rapidly rising in the houses and
severing many from their foundations.
Anniversary Celebration.
WILKksBARRE, Feb. 12.-Seventy- fiy o
years ago today, the burning of anthra-
cite coal was pronounced success.
After many years of futile efforts to
make black diamonds burn in an open
CRATE in the fireplace Of The old Tell
house, in this city, the test was made.
As soon as the news became known it
spread like wildfire, and people Hocked
to the valley to develope mines. Today
this is one of Pennsylvania greatest
industries: The anniversary falling on
Sunday, the event was appropriately
celebrated yesterday by the Historical
Society. In the evening Ex-Governor
Stewart, with other men, visited the old
hotel and sat before the open CRATE in
the old log parlor and discussed events
of long ago.
Crusade Against Hungarian Labor.
New YORK, Feb. 12-The Times Pitts
burg special says: During the past few
years the ConneIlsville coke region has
been flooded with Hungarian cheap
labor by the operators, and now the
works in the vicinity Of Mt. Pleasant
are for the most part run by foreigners.
The native workmen have shown signs
of discomfort, but while chatting under
the infliction have RETAINED from COM
uniting any overt act, and thereby have
the warm sympathy of all classes of the
community. Their forbearance has al
most ceased to be a virtue, however.
and it has been decided to open a cru
SADIE against the further increase of the
Hungarian element. Last night the re-
gion was flooded with circulars.
Purchase OF the Arli ngton Estate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Senate
Judiciary Committee have agreed to re-
port for passage the bill providing for
the purchase from George Washington
Parke and Curtis Lee, OF the entire Ar
lington estate, comprising HOO acres,
WaShrunk..r Etfu ov,d lnNluAgnn
the National cemetery, at cost of
to be paid by Gen. Lee.
Arrest OF Invaders.
The majority OF the party who invad-
cd the Indian Territory have withdrawn
Of their own accord, upon ascertaining
that they were deceived AS to the pur
pose of the expedition by their leaders.
Several of the latter have been arrested
by the military and will be t0rned over
to the civil authorities.
New street Car Cable.
TRENTON, Feb. IA piece of refined
steel has Just been sent by the Roebling
firm. from their mills in this city, to
San Francisco. 1t is 0,440 feet long,
one inch and quarter in diameter and
weighs 81 600 pounds. 1t was put in
two box caxs, the back being open at
one end, one-half Of the rope resting in
one car and the other half in the other,
bat in a continuous coil. The rope is
for use in a street track on a railway in
San Francisco.
Fearful Accident.
CINCINNATI. Feb. ia shocking dis
astsr is reported by telephone from the
western part of the city. Both freight
and passenger depots of the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad were undermined
and fell into the surrounding water,
carrying with them hundred or more
persons. The depots we're one-story
frame. resting on Mclean avenue, which
is almost covered by water: both sides
filled with water from 30 to 80 feet deep.
The catastrophe was FASTENED by the
of a sewer, which sent cur
rent along the bank. Crowds were in
the vicinity looking at the flood. 1t is
these are the victims.
CINCINNATI, Feb. l3.-It is impossible
vet to tell the extent of the disaster.
The Southern Railroad depot is only a
freight depot. A great crowd of people
were there looking at the flood, when
Ryan's restaurant, a small building
near by, went down. The crowd
rushed over on the platform of the de-
pot to see what was the matter, when