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FLOOD DISASTER IN CINCINNATI.
TEN PERSONS UNDER A FALLING BUILDING
GEN. GORDON'S CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT.
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS HARM0NlzlNG.
FRANK JAMES IN ALABAMA.
CONDITION OF GEN. GRANTS HEALTH
AMERICANS ARRESTED IN CANADA

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Frightful Calamity Caused by the Flood
i'm Cincinnati.
TEN PERSONS BURIED BENEATH THE RUINS OF A
FALLING RUILDING-oTHKR NEWS PROM TgR
FLOODED DISTRICTS.
CINCINNATI, o., Feb. i5-At $40 O'Clock this
morning an alarm OF r1re was sounded from the lnX
at Luulow ana Pearl streets, where the water sur
rounds The houses When an engine reached the
place, IL Was discovered that the Tear portion or
TWO Dr1ck buildings on the south side OF Pearl
street, near Ludlow, had fallen in. and that ten
Rersol'S had been buried In the ruins or drowned.
The occupants OF tie front portion had given an
alarm, and before the real cause was aScertained
the fire alarm was sounded. The nremen In con-
junction with the police made superhuman efforts
10 rescue the living and recover the bodies OF the
dead The buildings We're used as boarding houses
and contained from twenty 10 thirty occupants.
Inc living We're soon taken out, but four members
OF family named Burke, Mr.. and Mrs Coulter
Maud Ellis Lydia Ellis, Willie Kyle and another.
whose name Is unknown, supposed to have
been crushed or drowned. Mrs. Webb. an occupant
OF a room I'm the part that fell, was awakened by
the cracking Of the walls and tried 10 arouse the
Others. but she fell with the building and yet
escaped without injury.
THE WRECKED BUILDINGS.
CINCINNATI o.. Feb. 15.-1he buildings that fell
this morning We're occupied as boarding houses by
Ropt. Kyle ana George oyster. There about
S people In the buildings at the time The follow
Ing persons are known TO have been Killed by fall
Ing timber or drowned: John w. Kyle. son OF the
proprietor; Libby Golfer Maud Ellis. James Ogden
Barney Winkler, Mrs. Wiukler. ThoS. Burk, Mrs
Lena Bllrk and two children. Nu. and Louis Burk
making 10 lives lost thus Tar.
HIGH WATER IN TRANSMITTING RAILROAD TRAINS
GALVESTON. Ten. Feb. ia special from Dallas
says: The Trinity river has oyer1iowed its banks
The only dry spot I'm the bottom on the pike lead
ing from the city TO the hills. Elm fork, between
Dallas and Denton, has inundated the surrounding
country for miles. Five miles OF tres,ling on the
Missouri Pacific railroad has been washed away.
All trains on that road have heen abandoned. No
mails from St Louis the east have been received
since Sunday.
DEsTITUrIoN IN WHEELING
WHEELING, W. VA, Feb. l5.-Ten insurance COM
panieS have given 500 each. and the board of un-
derwTlters 1900 for the sufferers by the flood. There
are $3.50 destitute persons In this city. Many were
found by the relief committee yesterday lying on
damp straw.
THE GOVERNMENTS RELIEF MEASURES
CINCINNATI, Feb. 15-tien. Amos Beckwith ar
rived from ST. Louis last night. having spent nearly
"a hours on the trip. He had a conference with
Major Bell. who had been ordered to report TO him.
All possible speed will be taken In the arrange
mentS. and the general says he VIII have no
necessary delay In getting the relief boats under
way: The chamber of commerce relief committee
has mad 5000 of the State appropriation turned
over to 1t. State Commissioner Constantine will
hold conference with Gen. Beckwith. The cham
Der OF commerce committee will start the steamer
Granite State up the river to-day with supplies
The river continues to recede slowly. The weather
Is clear and cold.
EvANsvnLE's RELIEF STEAMER
EVANSVILLE. IND, Feb ia relief committee
OF citizens. headed by the mayor chartered a
steamer and went ten miles below the city yester-
sufferers by the Hood Many houses are submerged
but the committee found little distress The
mayor has declined the aid proIered 10y the Selre-
tary or w ar saying that Evansville provide not
only for the sufferers I'm adjoining townships but
can assist those I'm other localities. steamer VIII
60 daily on the same mission above below and op-
posfte the city. At midnight last night the water
lacked thirteen Inches OT last years Hood and WIS
rising slowly.
HOUSES WASHED AWAY IN INDIANA AND KEN
TCCKY.
CINCINNATI. o.. Feb. ia special from Madison.
Ind, SAYS: The river is still rising, and IL Is
pected that ii will reach the highest point to-day
II is two feet above last years mark Seven houses
have been washed away here and as many more
from Milton, Ky. and Others have lost their founda-
homeless and destitute"
RAyAGES OF WIND AND WATER AT LAwRENCEBURG.
A special from Lawrenceburg says: "The wind
waves not only caused more loss but terrified the
inmates OF the flooded houses one row OF houses
five in number. We're swept away. -Four squares
are total wreck From 100000 TO 5GlO.O00 feel of
lumber are floating. The GrahamSyille mill, one
OF the largest In the country, total wreck The
courthouse is now entered ty skiffs."
THE PRESS RELIEF BOAT LEAVES PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, PA, Feb. 15.-The press relief boat
Iron City left for ParkersbGrg last night, and viii
distribute provisions and clothing 10 all Who make
their wants known.
THE RIVER FALLING AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1a-At 9 o'clock this morning
the river was 20 feet and inches ami falling The
weather is clear ana cold The river is falling all
the way above, and very rapidly hundred l1iles
or SO up the river.
VILLAGE SWEPT AWAY
A special from GallipOlis O., says: The relief
steamers Nora Belle and jim Montgomery re-
turned from trip down the river last night. They
report that the village OF Alfalfa. o. Is almost e.
tirely swept away. AT MillerspOru. o., twenty Or
thirty houses are gone At Proctoryille. o.. the
water Is III the second stories. AT CereGo. W. Va,
100000 worth OF lumber WAS lost. supplies are
greatly needed everywhere. The relief committee
IS using small steamers distribute SuDpleS
which are coming in literally.
THE FLOOD IN THE DELAWARE RIVER
EASTON, PA, Feb 15.--At IL O'Clock this morning
the Delaware river was 19 feet high. and ice, logs
and lumber are now being swept past here in large
stopped by the overflow OF the Lehigh river.
TRIP THE PRESS RELIEF BOAT.
STECBENvILLE, o., Feb. 15.--The press relief boat
O'Clock this morning, the first stop on her trip
The reports were that there were 116 people
washed out, many OF whom had not returned TO
their homes. local relief committee had been
organized and no aid was asked AT Black Horse
one mile below, the boat drew UP TO the shore in
answer to signals, but the people only wanted
newspapers. The first man to receive RELIEF was
John Eddy, OF New Cumberland, who was picked
up below Black Horse lie had lost everything
and was given nour, bedding, clothing and money
AN ICE GORGE IN THE HUDSON
ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. l5.-An ice gorge has formed
at the Overslaugh, two miles below this city, and
the river has IL feet and is still rising slowly
The lower part OF the city and the lumber district
inundated. Ice an inch thick formed last night.
The weather is cold
Canadians Helping American Distiliers