Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
With It's Human Burden Who
Perish in the Flood.
A Large City Sewer Bursts and
Adds to the Confusion
and Peril.
Tho Rivers in Ohio, Indiana. IlIi-
nois and Southern States
Rising and Doing Un-
told Damage.
A Graphic and Heartrendering Ac-
count oftthe Flood and
It's Work.

It's Work.
Special Dispatch to TnR BEH,
CINcIsNAII, February l3. A
shocking disaster ia reported by tele.
phone from the kwestern part of the
city. Both the freight and passenger
depo,s Of the Cincinnati Southern
railway were undermined and fell into
the surrounding water, carrying with
them hundred or more people. The
depots were one story frame struo.
lures, resting on the Mclean avenue
6ll, which was almost covered by wa.
ter from thirty to fifty feet deep The
earth has become 40 soaked as to
melt, and the catastrophe was further
hastened by the breaking of sewer,
which sent o current along the balk.
Crowds of people in that vicinity were
looking at the food, and IL is sup.
posed these arc the victims.
| THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
CINCINNATI, February l3 The
passenger depot OF the Cincinnati
Southern dspot was undermined and
fell into the surrounding water. One
hundred people are reported drowned.
CINCINNATI, February 13 The riv.
er at ii o'clock was Ga feet and IL
and ris,ug slowly. IL will certainly
reach 60 feet before it begins to fall
Tho weather 10 cloudy and warm. The
water works engines arc all idle and
the water in the reservoir is enough
for elk days. The police report no In
crease of crime consequent on the
lack of gas last night. A brick dweil.
Ing house in Oohler street is reports d
fallen this morning but no lives were
lost. Much eickuess js found among
the imprisoned people in tho teno-
ment houses. Rslief boats are bus y
visiting all such places and amp,t
means arc at hand to proven Suffering
- ELL pIsPATCH.
| CINorNrATI' Os,F; oruary i3 1t u
im possible yet to tell the ex'ont O
tho disaster at the Southern railrcat
depot, and only tho freight depo
weat down. 4 great crowd of people
WAS thir5 tsikcg' at The Il >oas whor
Rysn's NsessIrsiit, q small building
near byFsksns sflown.- TIE Grove
rushed over on the platform Of th,
depot to zee what was the matter
when suddenly the whole depot col
Iapssd, and sank into the water. Th'
track y was at tho same tim,
depressed and cars standing Close
| by ran into the depression, covering
the people who had gone down witt
the falling structure. Not ono bed,
had been recovered at l o'clock, moi
could the bystanders give any intel
ligent account OF how many escaped
The work of recovering the drogne
will be exceedingly difficult, as tn
place is isolated, and any move vii
be attended with danger. Othe
parts of the street are melting away
as this portion did, but 1t is inporai
BILE, however, to say whether th'
break In the great sewer in Mel ,ar
avenue caused the depot to sink o
not.
| STILL LATER.
CINCINNATI, February Is. -Nearl,
square mile OF the city 10 undo
water, and from 5000 to 5000 peopI
are driven from theirhomeu Severa
people have lost their lives in tn
food. The sufferers were the inhab
itants of the bottoms of the old Bea
Grass creek. The break occurred o
midnight. Many houses are do
stroyed, and those who escaped sa7e'
only their lives.
Later information makes It deinit
that three boys, two freight handler
and four membeys of Ooup's oirou
were drowned. No bodies are yet re
covered. The bsggageusastex nays b
heard EHshing noise whom Ryan
saloon went down and hurried rouu'
and saw the depot give way. He say
at least fifty people thrown In tn
water.
II now sppeGrs certain tkay tn
disaster was caused by the breaking @
the great sewer, twenty-five fees O
one end Of the fgaight depot and hal
Of the passenger depot are gone. TIL
later being separated at partition
between the waiting room and tn
ticket Office. Ths books, tickets, safe
etc., were gone In an instant.
| EvANsvILLE, February 18th
river is not risins 80 fsat to-day No
much damage is done In the city, bu
great deal In the lowlands betwseI
Evansville and Henderson.
MADISON, February 13.--Not m 10
damage 10 done hore 10 fer. The rail
road depot is flooded and the track I
under water for some distance. IL
river is still rising
HENDERSON, Ind, February ~ -
There are no losl,' Of life hero, co ..
as we can learn. The damage viii. b
very heavy, bu5 cannot be estimate
until thu water goes down. 1t is no,
about three feet higher than 1t wa
last February and up to this mornir
has raised about en- inch per hour.
Lswrence6urg Is entirely covered
and IN some Of the houses the water
on the second floor. The entire VII
lsge OF Hardentown Is covered. Som
/ of the people had to abandon thei
houses entirely.
SHAwNEETowS, ILL.,, February lS