Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-02-07
E OUTLOOK GLOOMY.


LGter.-The conservative men who YES
terday were unwilling to sdmit that last
years flood would be duplicated now can
not be found. To-day there is no longer
doubt that the water will reach last
years hight. On the contrary, with the
rain still falling. and the weather mild, the
only question now is by how much last
years flood will be exceeded. The most
alarming feature of the present situation
is the rapidity of the rise. Last year,
when the river had reached this hight il
was rising less than an inch an hour. At
noon to-day the gauge shows fifty-nine
feet four inches, rise of seven inches in
the last hour This is unprecedented at
such high stage, end shows what a pro-
digious rainfall there has been. With last
years experience, merchants and manu-
facturers will lose much less than then.
No time now is waited in pumping water
from cellars. Every available man and
team is employed where the water may
encroach in placing the goods on higher
floors and in removing to higher ground.
Business is completely suspended through
oCt all the lower part of the city.
The Grand Central railroad bridge
is abandoned. The Ohio and Missis-
sippi railroad has its eastern terminus
at Aurora, Ind, and will run steamer
DSiHNNAA llldl punt anu HlOI Is CidliuH,
and thence by omnibus. The Cincinnati,
Washington ard Baltimore trains will use
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
depot. This can be used until the water
reaches siXty-siX feet, then trains will
have to stop at the tocl--yards. The Bee
Line trains will make that their terminus
tomorrow. The Panhandle and Louis
vile and Nashville can use their depot
until the water reaches sixty-two feet.
The Cincinnati Southern will not be
troubled in reaching its Mclean street
depot until the water gAts higher than 1t
was last year, but it cannot reach its side
tracks to do freight business. The Gin
Cinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis and
Chicago bids fair to be shut out altogether,
unless arrangements can be made to reach
the city ria Rushville and over the Gin
c,nnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad.
The Cincinnati Northern and Toledo,
Cincinnati and st. Louis are the only
roads that cannot be reached by the flood
This morning the warehouse of the Duck
worth distillery was undermined and fell
into the water, causing large loss. Soon
af er the cattle pens FOR feeding thousands
OF cattle were swept away. They had re-
moved the cattle yesterday. Loss heavy.
The Chamber of Commerce transacted
but little business to-day. Measures were
titute. \ committee of fifteen was ap-
pointed, and the secretary was kept busy
for some time receiving subscriptions,
mostly of 500 each. The Chamber itself
appropriated $1,000 to the fund. The health
officer announced that he would place fif-
teen men of the sanitary force at the dis
posal of the relief committee. Rain is
still falling, the wind from the sout'i, and
the temperature not falling.
> O'Clock P.M-The Times Star specials
from Butler, Ky, say the Licking river is
rising three inches an hour, and within
twenty-three inches OF the high water last
year. At JeffersOnville, Ind, there is great
CONSERVATION, and people are moving to
higher ground. The railroad embankment
will probably break tonight and flood the
town. At Ironton, o., the river is forty
six feet three inches and rising; raining.
At Catlettsburg, Ky, it has risen three
feet since noon yesterday, rising an inch
sn hour. The Big Sandy is rising slowly ;
eighteen feet at Louisa.
2:S0 O'Clock P.M.-River fifty-nine feet
seven and a half inches; rising four
inches an hour; raining.
9 O'Clock P.N-Sixty feet eight and
one-halt inches is the record at this hour,
and rising two inches an hour. The rain
has almost stopped. This is rise of six
feet six and one-half inches in the past
twenty-four hours. The water has stopped
street-car travel between Cincinnati and
CovinGton and Newport.
Skiiis will be carrying passengers to the
suspension bridge before morning. The
lower part OF the city is already sub
merged, and hundreds, perhaps a thou.
sand houses, have been invaded
on the first floors by water.