Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-15
THE CRUEL WATERS.
No Abatement In the Condition of the
Flooded Districts-Waters Again
Rising.

| New ALBANY, Ind, Feb IA.
The loss BY the flood here is not less than
q quarter of million. No lives have been
lost. The farmers along the Ohio will suffer
greatly, many losing their entire crops. Six
hundred families are homeless, and many
are destitute. All manufactures have
stopped.
Indianapolis. Feb a.
| The legislature appropriated $4,000 this
morning for the Lawrenceburg suff' rers.
CINCINNATI, Feb IA.
| The river is rising two inches an hour. 1t
stood is IT. IA in. at ! o'clock. The weather
is warm and it is still raining. Reports, both
| from I'D and down the river show rain. The
river is falling slowly at Portsmouth and
| Marysville. The first authentic report con-
corning the loss of life at the Cincinnati
| Southern Railroad depot yesterday, was
made today to the police by Herman Wills
berg, boy. He says that he and his brother
Joseph, with thirteea other boys, were on
the platform when the water broke through
| Mclean Avenue; that the entire party were
| thrown into the water, and that he swan to
| Gest street, escaped and went home. He
| says his brother and all the other boys were
drowned.
Additional gloom is over the people this
| no'hi"s e"uSeu W '.e Ia. ,s ,ie nv.
a.'er ia,iihe " Or iee' ~ ino"' "
The rain advanced from the west. thus check
Ling the fall and extending this A. NJ. as far
| as Pittsburg. Unless il stops speedily there
is no hope of the river receding, while grave
fears are felt that the great hight reached
yesterday will be surpassed. The rain also
seriously en,oarrasses 'ie WorA ., Tue reiiel
commute. ou' they are uoihe al .ney can
10 ois'rIou'e ioou Nlahy eases y! eN.reni'
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u" ac'o""' VI VIC ui,iicu'. :" teo1Nihs i,s
stock' out several thousahu uistiiierv cattlt
can De USED I'D case OF Necessary.
Inc river al CLOCK tonight marked ot
ieet anu was rising SLOWLY. Inc gay mas
peeh 'ne eiooinies' iu 'ne history Vi 'he
Guy. business was "hoi'y htsiec'ed OF
chahse' al a''en,'o, oeihg gwen 10 saving
property anu anoFuihg leieI Merchahts
are again removing 10 higher ieVels 'as'
quantities Oh goods hitherto supposed 10 Of
ABOVE the reach OF water. ms Is done VIII
immense labor and under the most trying
circumstances the men Standing III the
water. Louisville ana NashVliie trains re-
celve passengers on the trestle at CINCINNATI
they reaching 1t by boats.
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