Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-14

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CucNSXTI, Feb. l2.-It rained yer,
heavily for two hoors tonight, and a
midnight the river reached s. feet. !
r1se OF An inch and three Q7arters 10
two hours. The railroad situation i
much mixed The Little Miami still
takes regular through passenger. mails
and express by way Of the Cincinnati 4
Northern, Cinci matt 4 Washington and
the Baltimore d Ohio - Loveland. The
entire limo east from Loveland il open
f1ve miles Of track near the city il
under water, out no severe damage has
been done. The Newport and Cincin
natl bridge has been kept open for foot
passengers by building trsstie bridge
over the water. IL 10 noS the only means
OF access TO Newport aud CovinRtOu,
except by boats. that lead to the sas-
pension bridge.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 13-9 a. m.-The
river 10 69 feet and ~ inches high and
rising an inch per hour. The weather
II cloudy, cold and damp. No wind this
morning.
At p. m. the river reached 60 feet
lO11 inches, the Yise varying during the
forenoon from quarter to half an inch
per boar. A misty rain il falling. The
nev signal service flag denoting coming
cold weather flies today for the third
time since the food began. Hitherto
its presence was welcomed, bat nov it
excites the worst apprshensions. Cold
weather now would have no apprecisble
eject on the water, as the disaster has
RbOut done its worst; but With cold
weather the Imprisoned people in all the
towns and cities along the Ohio would
suffer terribly for lack of fuel. Few
realize the difficulty Of getting supplies
delivered. There are no landings for
steamer, and the damage done TO
buildings by the swell oausod by passing
steamers has been 70 great as to cause
the 0ocupants Of houses 70 fire ON the
steamers bringing them relief. The
steamers. 10 be Of real service. will have
to bs equipped With hfe-savinR crews
and boats, aud it can readily be seen
how slow would be the work of carrying
any considerable quantity to such places
~ LawrencsburR and New Richmond.
Indiana, chat are entirely submerged
and surrounded With water. No relief
boats have yet been sent out from here.
Gen. Beckwish, Of st. Louis, is ex-
pected here this evening to take charge
of the work of relief under the direction
Of the Secretary of War. He will oh .r-
tor relief boats, and four United States
officers have been ordered here from
Columbus to take charge of the differ
ont subscriptions coming in from every
quarter.
A special from Portsmouth, o., dated
yesterday and forwarded from Scoviile,
the nearest telegraph station, says there
10 not An acre Of dry ground in the city,
and nearly hundred houses arc now
under water.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 13.-The water has
reached 10 feet 2A inches, sh owing a
rise OF An inch in the last hour. There
WAS heavy rain from TO $50 p. IN with
slight indications Of colder weather.
Heavy rains are predicted again for to-
morrow. Il 10 impossible TO tell
what may Do the stage Of water in ~
hours. During the day the news from
up river showed the water falling SLOW
ly, from Marietta down to Maysville.
This, under ordinary circumstances,
would mean stationary or falling water
here by Thursday afternoon, bus with
the heavy rains today and the thorough
~ saturated condition Of the earth,
the river seems to respond in
stantly to the rainfall. Nobody
thought that today the water wouli
exceed 20 feet, and nobody can say now
that il will not reach ~ feet. Pearl
street, which was olosed yesterday by
water, except space near Vine street.
In now navigabls from end 70 end by
skif{s. At the Market House on Broad
way the water covers the benches, max
ing Q depth Of nearly feet 10 inches
on the floor. Vast numbers Of people
90 10 and from the suspension bridge ip
DAT boats furnished BY the bridge CON-
pany, propelled BY poles and having
ropes stretched to the telegraph poles
10 assist In crossing the currents at the
streets. People Oil these boats bv stand
ing close together. Il has been perilOus
work, but no accident has yet occurred.
Private skiffs are also plying very freely.
carrying passengers wherever they want
70 60.
AZ intimated tsdsy no news from
LawrenceburR Vas good news. Great
isars were expressed that last nights
storm would bring disaster to that
town. Nothing was heard fr0n there
III tonight, when Ne,os- Joursai special
Eells that the wind had No especial dis
astrous effect, though last night and to
day has been q perioi Of great anxiety.
The river rose last night II to II inches,
and houses still continue to float from
their foundations.
Among the other troubles caused by
The flood 10 that in securing supply of
beef cattle. None can come BY railroad
Dr river except BY the Cincinnati North
srn, and that ia unable 10 meet the de-
Butchers are securing the Ad-
iacent country for such stock ~ they
Gan procure. The canal will be used
tomorrow to assist 10 carrying paSson
Rers and express goods out TO . point
where a transfer will We made to the
Hamilton aud Dayton trains.
Telephone lines have been practically
destroyed along the river front from
New RiohmOnd, Ohio. to Aurora. The
Two telephone exchanges in this city
are In The submerged part, and the
operators are taken 10 the office in boats.
NJ News ffsss lawreacsAurg.
The suspense over tho failure to hear
news from LaWren0eburR grows more
but it 10 tempered BY the belief
that IL serious disaster involving loss
of life had occurred some means would
have been found 70 get word TO Au-
rora. Ind.
AuRoxA, Ind, Feb. l3.-NO news from
Lavrencebura. Many houses were seen
floating down this mOsnine, and the
anxiety 10 arsat. The water 10 noe ms
ing an inch an hour, and moro dwell
inQs arc topping Oer.
Relief DtlDs Paasea
CoLuMBrm, Feb. l3.-Both branches
of th. Legislature paassd . bill today
appropriatiuQ e3OO, oOO 10 the Ohio river
sufferers. The members alsO sent q
purss If $3.50 70 the Relief COMMITTEES.
Several bills were passed authorix'nR
the river counties 10 bprrov money Tor
local relief and 10 build bridges and
ombankmente.