The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-11

the furnaces have all collapsed, and the bases of
the furnaces are badly damaged To-day Mr..
N. T. DePauw, superintendent and manager
of the works, said that five feet more water
would do no more harm than had already been
done the works, but they hoped to have them in
operation again within ten days after the sub
sidence of the flood This would indicate that
the damage, whatever it may be, will bespeedily
repaired.
Between four and five hundred residences have
been flooded for the past five days, and the pros
pect is they will remain in the water as much
longer. They will be considerably damaged.
Eighteen inches more water will float off or over
turn number of houses, The number of fac
tories in the city running has been reduced
to about eight, including three flour mills. A
number of families fearing the big water at Gin
cinnati, Maysville and above removed to-day to
safer quarters. 1t has been raining steadily
since IL o'clock, and the feeling in the city is
gloomy. The people, however, maintain their
courage, and there is nothing like panic here.
At Jeffersonville, to-day there is feeling of
dependency. The rise that set in this morning
after the river had remained stationary long
caused no little alarm. The temporary
dams and bulkheads thrown across
some of the streets on yesterday
evening to prevent an overflow from that direc
ton, stopped very considerably the inflow of
water from that direction, but there is yet
large area flooded. The water this evening lacks
but four inches of the top of the embankment
of the j., NJ & l. railroad, one mile west of the
city. When this embankment is Overf1owed,
nearly all of Jacksonville will be speedily flood
ed, and there will be great loss and suffering.
Even the principal business streets upon which
are located all the dry goods and other mercan-
tile concerns, will be from one to six feet under
water. This fact, which is known to all the citi-
zens, creates ALARM as well it may, and the feel
ing this evening is more panicky than at any
time during the present food Only this four
inches of railroad embankment, this evening,
stands between Jeffersonville and a great calam-
ity.
News received here this evening from Mauck
port New Amsterdam, Leavenworth, Derby,
Cannelton, Troy and Tell City, is to the effect
that all these towns lying on the first bottom,
are deeply flooded and that much damage has
been done and much suffering will ensue. All
these towns suffered heavily in last years flood.
The New Albany 6 st, Louis Airline railroad
was obliged to abandon trains on the Rockport
and Jasper branches, yesterday-the former,
on account Of backwater from the Ohio and the
latter on account of the great food in Patoka
river. The road sent out no trains on the main
line to-day, but will send out regular trains
tomorrow Construction trains are making
necessary repairs to-day. All the other railroads
are running on regular time.
At Starksville, two miles above this city,
every house in the town is inundated, and every
inhabitant has left the town. Utica, in Clark
county, is in large part flooded. What the losses
at New Albany will be cannot be estimated until
the flood subsidies They will aggregate pretty
large The city is caring for its sufferers,
and there is not likely to be any appeal for out
side assistance unless the food should go beyond
what is now anticipated.