The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-29

- I~~r~r r..rslon 20 tho city ~ rsdn>
e.h. ~. <-uhm~re~d-rn< Cumberland
ana T~nn~.~~c Rivers >~rn.iInE Do~nn
Large Contingent 90 Natrr-Nnny small
Towns Entirciy Inundated~Ih Wnters
EeseainE - Clnelnnatt.
PAprcsu. ~ Feb. II.
Palucnk claims attention - thc scene "a
TO-DAY. aooi s~n,ation. Tho it,po1 people
al this pretty liul, city got up This morn
inx 10 hui that the flopd had wiped out All
previous records. The iac1 That the high
water II i>>; ha> been eelip~ei here. while
the stage Il lclow last year ~ shawnee
fuun ana other points above, ~ easily ac-
cunn "a Tor. The great volumes "a water
from thr Cumberland and the Tennessee
m. turning cut and adding ~ the Ohio.
The water is now twent>-.our inches higher
a. Padntah than il was last year, and has
risen AL day - the rate ~ one inch an
hour. Three days MO IL had wiped out
Front md the flrst two thoroueAfafcs par
n..el with the RIVER. inis noon the water
exlcnd< back into the business heart ~ ne
cay. and the merchants on broadway and
the cross streets tour hip~ks pAck from the
river are <caffoid.ng up tneir goods
Nv nfuaI 0u>ery4 Ion aud count me
xtlrr.< surrounding iorly-fnree hiocks -
The business portion arr suuniefrei. Nners
ravcnnen.s are higa and TIE nf,t uoors vt
. Inc building = step ~ Two above tne side
walks. The water has NOT entered. but
~uerc tile difference Ia level between the
nnors and the streets Il slight
tbere 4, from three inches % TWO
fetr 81 water ia the stores and
way. III mont of tie 1, cam nd house and
some 81 the large Wholesale pinees. me MY
| means 81 passing nrr raised pinuks or
skiif~- The situation i novel, even 70 old
l~aducahnns. 10 go out fise blocks from tne
river and look NJ and down and sec =
stretch az water X tending 10 the city'<s
limits in both discf-tipns. with scores ot
SKIS plying 10 anu fro where vehicles were
three days ago. Is a sight which Tn Oldest
inlaLitant does not remember 70 have
seen rar2ilcled.
land u beng reiucci rapidly every hpaf.
for fhe rise 70 the center "a tAe plateau
winch * the c.fy's site ~ very gradual
ftrtunately many "a NV houses are So
vaAed from one ~ three fset abtFe NE
streets leyti. Mere thry not tle water
would d. Ga fhfec-lourtrS ~ the lower
ffsor< in paducaii af this writing. - A. -
Tue houses from which tilt people have
been drlytn number Aundrt ~. and those
ill., front doors % which a " reached
tniv w boating can h. Countrsi ~ the
senasand>. al the water advances 'hs
ho1s AMI cows are driven III upon the dry
lana. and now stand "a dtoNts "a tAe ce's-
tral streets.
The city has to-day located a numhcr or
free XIII ferries " enable th' peQi'le ~ get
from enc portion d the city W ano,lrr-
III. flres at the gas-works were cached last
night ia spite 81 bulk heading. AMI tonight
the city has fallen Lnck W lamps and eau
dies. This ~ q city ~ churches, hut such
was the crnoralixat.o to~.ay thas services
were not attempted in any hut he Aethod-
Isl. and these only In the morning. All
day long the streets. such - we're passable.
were thronEed with people looking - the
extraordinary spectacle. NctrhantS arr ar
a loss 20 know what ~ 40. Mr.. Lyle. who
CARRIE one ~ the largest stocks ~ goods
h.re- has made two moves he said fn-nivht-
anl i afraid now that his stock isn't high
cnortrh. y. X. Smith. a wholesale grocery
merchant. who tas q Large block l.1 feet
deep. has already moved his stock once.
ani saws Tonight that " there ~ another
foot more he viii have 70 70 into the water
ana move the goods again. The tobacco
warehouse people are III tine most critical
r~osifion. They have hundreds ~ thousands
II dollars worth of tobacco en- hand watch
thew have been rnl~inx up A. the water nd
xanc~i. The warehouses ARE great strnc--
] ure<. but portions OF them stand IN water
. twenty feet deep. The collapse ~ one ~
!. these structures row would ~ attended
2 with great loss. n many rlaces the cur
rent Of the water through tre STREETS y I'VE
and six miles a hour. Her s'fsefS are Pa-
4 'i;..~- .t.r Mi fhis wraShinw ma wearing.
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land or Tennessee. md the situation a.
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y 1870. . $3.50 !. ~ 7 =. 49, y .e. ..S ,n,, ~ th.,o
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VA :. J, n.s...an ..s..hh NV. ,,xr.,
: front or three miles. and 4 depth hack from
w s..sa !, n. $500 Y. I .....u 49, hev.
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