, 1884-02-07

ton with the suburbs of the city is cut
off, the ferries not being able to run OF
account If driftwood and and ice. The
approaches to both bridges are flooded.
The press room of the Daily Intelligen,
Ger is flooded, and the paper will be is.
suedlfrom the Zeitung's presses. Char.
ley Shay's theater, the Market house
and several.stores are open to those who
who were obliged to flee from their
houses this evening.
Louisville, February 6.-The river is
rising three inches an hour. 1t rained
hard all night and is still raining. No
business is going on. The boats are
laying up, and there is very little wharf
room above Third street. Great ex-
element prevails and people are NOV
ing to places OF safety. The food is
greater than was predicted.
Louisville, KY, February Cit now
looks as though the flood Of last year
was to be repeated. The river at noon
was thirty-four feet in the canal and
rising at the rate OF four inches per
hour. Shipping Port and Portland are
Hooded. Already over eight hundred
people have beeo driven from their
homes. The government building is
the only house not submerged in Ship
ping port. -Four feet more OF water
will bring the flood over the cut off
a hnua tho nitu and that nnfpf ,yt11 H.
flooded, with a great loss of property,
and perhaps life. 1t has been running
steady all day. The Kentucky river
is still rising rapidly at Frankfort.
Considerable excitement prevails, and
the river banks are thronged with
people. No loss of life is reported as
yet. Qfitfff3t
Louisville, February ct is still
raining. The river creeps steadily up
four inches an hour. At 1880 p. m.
the canal guage registered thirty-six
and one-half feet of water, which is
within eight feet of the highest mark of
last year. The people have been warned
and most of them are moving. BY
noon tomorrow the southeastern por-
tion Of the city will be flooded by the
backwater from Baer Grass creek. A
number Of distilleries, &C., shut down
tonight. Three hundred families were
driven from a point to-day to no one
knows where.
Madison. Ind, February 6.-2:30 p.
m.-The river is rising three inches an
hour. The whole river front is sui
merged. r.l8 70
Little Rock, Ark, February 6.-The
Arkansas river is rising two inches per
hour, and has been rising at that rate
all day. 1t rained all last night and to-
day, extending through the valley above
Fort Smith.
Cleveland, February 6.-Steady rain
for forty hours. The Mahoning river
and tributaries are much swollen and
people are being taken from the houses
in boats. The railways are mostly COW
cred with water,
Specials from Washington, Pa, say
that the railroad bridge lac Bridgevil.e
has been washed out No serious acct
dents are reported. Beaver river rose
suddenly yesterday and carried off
about fifteen thousand dollars worth Of
lumber.
Cairo, Ills, February 6.-There has
been a heavy rain since 4 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon The Ohio river is
rising very fast and is now thirty-seven
feet and six inches or the gauge, hav
ing risen three feet during the last
twenty -four hours. The Mississippi is
also rising slowly.
Aurora, Ind, February 6.-Intense
excitement was ca used here at about
10 O'Clock tonight. when the alarm
bells in Lawrenceburg, two miles
away, were distinctly heard. The
levee above that place has given way,
and no doubt the town is being sub
jected to a rushing flood. No par
t~iculars. e. a e III
Wheeling, W. Va, February c.
The river here is forty feet and is still
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