The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-21
THE ONO RIVER BELUGE.

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age to Property Almost Inealculable-
/. The Homeless Thousands at the Inun-
dated Points Appeal for Sneeor-The
People OF. the Nation Awakening to f1e
| Urgency of the Situation-NafIonaI. state, /
Municipal and Private Measures for Re-
Lief. s.s ~
rCINCINNATI, O., Feb. I-6 P. N &
The situation has been more gloomy than
ever. The-river rose almost constantly to-
day from half an inch to an inch an hour,
| and was growing from two~tO three feet
above the highest stage last year. This is
a fact of great siguificanceFapdl doses. no.
weight by the uncertainty when the rise
VIII end. 1t is significant becaJse of the
vastly increased territory flooded and be-
| cauge OF the greatly increase q sah ahnger to
buildings BY Increased leverage the sway
ing -wHter has on them as Wen as injury to
foundations. One two-story brick business
house. occupied by Charles A. Maish & Co.,
on Sixth street, near freeman, fell with a
great crash, owing to weakened -founda-
| tions The building was weighted with
quantity of hemp which. aided in causing
its destruction. This is only the beginning.
| Much apprehension is felt on thissaccount
in Covington and Newport, where. the ma
ture of the soil makes the danger greater
AS the water creeps up on the houses it has
been found necessary to remove families to
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charge of this work has to act arbitrarily
in some cases and compel people to leave
their houses, In two or three of these cases
the houses are now off their foundations
or washed away. There undoubtedly would
have been fosss of fife aif the people had
beenF 9eft5 to act in their own behalf, so
| tepacious lyf 10 they cling to their little all
oh property. tesa
eTo-night had a frigheful beginning, by
reason or ofB1estrvrind, which Threatened for.
a-time to be a severe gale, but though strong,
itwas not steady enough to start the waves
so as to do any great dan1age so far as
known now. There is great danger, how
/ eyer, that the agitation of The water by the
wind will loosen the houses from their
4 foundations. several more houses in New
i port have lefttheir foundations and some
have tumbledJOver. Fortunately all were
deserted beforehand. The occupants of
water bound houses, some with no lights to
/ break the gloom, must have hea rd the howl
/ ing wind and beating rain tonight with
feeling of almost hopeless helplessness.
| News from more exposed places like New
/ Richmond, o., and Lawrenceburg, Ind, is
| awaited with dread. Reports received to-
/ night from Newport on this point are reas-
| suring.
The river at 10 p. m. was 6S feet 1O4
inches and rising half an inch an hour.
Raining hard. ....+,.....s.
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rise of an inch and three-quarters in two
/ hours.
Owing to the general impression here
that the food would not exceed last year
and that losses would be less and suffering
! less, contributions are much slower coming
| in. They have now reached about S25,0JO,
! exclusive Of the 500, ,0O0ap appropriated by the
/ council. This has been anticiDated alreatlY.s
and drafts will have to be made soon on
| the appropriation unless funds come in
/ taster. The representative here pfTthe Co.
! l. i. ~
eeived a telegram that the employees have
! given days wages, amounting to 81 900,
! and many were doubling their subscrip-
! honS. Among the people from abroad who
/ have contributed, are Geo w. Childs. Phil
/ adeIphia, Sj09;. Henry Irving, S25ns Tie
cOmmittee VIII persist in the determination
! to disburse ali c0ntib butiO4ss from abroad
| among sufferers outside or Cincinnati.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 12-lO p. M.
The river continues to rise. From the in
! dications from above it wiH continue to
/ rise till all previous records have been
/ passed. The water has been rising all day
! half inch an hour. The canal gauge
! now registers ~ feet II inches. The Ken
| lucky River is still rising at Frankfort and
| above. The weather is still warm and has
been showCrIng since noon. There IS but
| little suffering here but considerable at
| JefersonviHe and New Albany. At JEFF
| fersonville the stores are all closed and q
! great many failed to lay in a supply of
| provisions. Business is entirely suspended.
| Il is estimated that 1000 people have been
driven to the second stories or out of their
homes entirely, temporarily. The Cincin-
1 natl Short Line track through East Louis
/ vile is under water tonight; trains only
come as far as the eastern city limits. It
was at this hour just year ago that the
/ inundated the ''point," with great loss OF
| property and several lives.
| 10:30 p. m.-The river continues to rise.
PITTsBURG, PA, Feb. IL.
| The river is swelling again at the rate OF
/ lOuT.
on the MOnongahela marks and 10 feet on
| Allegheny. Dispatches from points above
report continued rains and the water ris-
| ing. The people living in the bottom lands
are filled with apprehensf0ns OF another
flood. Many have not yet recovered from
| the late deluge, and the discouraging out
| look tends to increase an uncomfortable
feeling with nineteen feet of water sub
merging the lower dis ssricts of the two
| cities. 1t is quite probable the situation of
affairs among the sufferers of Allegheny
/ is worse, If possible, than any day since
| the flood abated, and numerous other cases
of destitut utions are reported. Many of the
victims, in addition to having been sys-
tematically plundered by the waters, We're
| thrown out of empIC yment by the work
shops being devastated, and, under any
circumstances, this fact alone would be
productive of more or less want among the
| poorer classes. At least $500 people were
| supplied with food yesterday. an increase
over any previous day.
Midnight-The rivers rising slowly, with
| l9 feet inches on the monongahela mark.
| The water is falling at the headwaters and
no serious inundation is apprehended.
PoMERoY, o., Feb. IL.
The water of the Ohio reached its highest
| point here yesterday fornoon, when it was
at least seven feet higher than any previ-
GUS Hood had ever attained. Since that
time it has fallen three feet and is gradu-
ally receding. Nine-tenths of the buildings
| in the town are still in the water, and
about 1j0 Were moved from their founda-
tiOns, of which one-sixth floated off down
the river. No lives have been lost but the
| damage to, property is immense and can
OF the rise being unprecedented and com
munication with points above being shut
| of.
At Racine, nine miles above here, 105
houses are moved from their foundations
and a number have hOated awaY.-A SINH
lar condition of affairs exists all along the
river between here and Parkersburg. Mid
dlepOrt, two miles below PomerOy, is also
anticipating the unprecedented rise, left
their goods in their stores and awoke Satur-
| day morning to find them under water.
The appeals sent out BY our relief commit
tee are being generously responded to and
will probably enable it to promptly relieve
the immediate distress.
AURORA. md Feb T.
The river reached the high mark Of Feb
ruary, last year, at 1913 this afternoon.
and IS still rising. Ten dwellings and
stables have been washed of their tounda-
lOns to-day. Applications for relief are
becoming more numerous. The water will
probably food the post-Ofice by morning.
The steam tug Wave, plying between here /
and Lawrenceburg, sank at Lawrenceburg
While attempting TO take passengers from
the steamer City of Madison. No one
drowned.
RIPLEY, O., Feb IL
The river is five feet four inches higher
than ever known. and is rising one-fourth
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