Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-13
THE HIGH WATERS.
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Brcrt Iiirass slons the utin EiVcr-IsnN-
ages Ct tho wstcra rIsswher.--Dc.
strucil ~ ut Valuable Property.
TIE sun shouo Tuesday morning Tor tho
ulSt tImC IN Cincinnati aimee the flood
began, and II is almost springhke In tom
pcraturo These facts give some cncCur.
agCmout, but since noon the sky has again
become overcast aud there arc fears Of
more RAN. Tho water at p. IN, was u
feet, six inches, two feet two inches higher
than last year. The increased velocity Of
the current IN second aud Front streets
Gu. OW the number 0C boats that can ply
balwCCu the waters edge aud suspension
bridge. II this continues IL will out Gov.
iugtjn oil from Cincinnati, aud materially
increase the discomfort ut the situation.
Tho condition Of things at Newport,
Ky, is growing still more frightiul. Tho
worst fears about the damage to the foun-
dAtiOus uf buildings have been realized
tiuc residence, built last year at an ex
pousc of SiO, 900 has topplcd over aud is n
complete mass Of ruins Fortunately, the
family had removed. Many moro buildings
are in dauy ger, aud 1t Is feared that the
afternoon aud night may bring calamity
ol the worst nature. Many people are In
houses, unable 70 get away, and must be
los, II the houses fall.
The relief committee arc receiving worry
liberal contributions. Mr.. Dueber, who
appealed to tho jewellers of the country,
has already received $500 from Chicago.
lie Is erecting temporary shelter
Ou high ground, aud after the tlDOd ho
Will give the lumber 70 tho homeless Tor
their rebuilding Of thoir houses. Mrs.
DuebcT, who has been feeding fifty chill
drcn at her home, to day increased the
number to one huudred. la Cincinnati
there is u marked impetus to tho roltei
subscriptions. Tho city refuses help from
abroad.
The river at Cincinnati at 10 p. III. was
6S feet / inches aud rising Is inches per
hours. \ hard rain was falling at mid
night. The water had reached sixty nine
feet, 4 rise OF an inch aud three quarters
IN two hours.
\ phenomenon at W hssnng,
The river at Wheeling, W. Va, has
! lallcu steadily since "Wednesday night and
At . p. IN, Tuesday was twenty y.seveu feet.
| Slow progress has been made in clearing
away the debris left by the Hood. The
| number Ug destitute persons is materially
| reduced, but several thousand are still
! dependent upon the relief committee,
principally women and children or old
men. Since tho Hood rcceded singular
! phenomenon has been noticed ~ POwhAt.
tan Sand and water were thrown a
considerable height there by three rcgu
lar geysers, which attract many sight
scGrS.
No such suffering has ever before beer
caused by high water on the kanawhS
river. At Buffalo, w. Va, half the towr
is submerged, but the people, as a genera
tuing, are well supplied. At Leon Plac
two hundred people are under water an,
are suffering for food aud clothing. \
Point Pleasant there is not n foot q
ground which is not at least six feet uudc
water. Storehouses and goods, dwellings
in fact all kinds Of houses are hid from
the second story downward By the water
Fully 100 houses have been upset an
washed away, and the people are living o
the decks of barges, iu the court hOus
and wherever they can get sh elter. Man
have gone TO the hills for safety.