The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-03-07
The Recent Mad Waters.

CINCINNATI. Feb 1.-THE day has beef
! aas - Ssa s.cgsSS: excitement sss
food began. The stage Of high water las
wear was passed at l p m, and u steady ana
hard rain during the greater part or the uay
together with q report of general rains u
every place where it would run into tlt
Ohio. made IL certain that q still more dan
| Cerous food would be upon the already un'
| fortunate people OF the Ohio valley. Iht
| experience last year made the people bold
in confronting the danger they once met and
overcome. but when a new element Of terror
comes in the form of a heightened flood,
new series of calamites begin to appear
Gas was lost Yesterday, and the water supply
ceased TO accumulate to-day, There Is hVe
days supply in the reservoir with careful use
but one big fire would make serious lnroad
on that The worst &C all is, nobody
knows when the limit Of the hooc
will be reached The rising Of water above
and in all side tributaries render 1t certain
that the river must continue to rise for some
time. How long and how rapid the rise are
points of conjecture and fear. The rate IN
creased this afternoon TO al inch an hour
and during the hour from 8 to 6 the rise was
t~hree-uuarters of an inch. 1t is hardly pos
sible to give an idea Of the situation, The
mass of the people cannot see the great body
of the river. Approach to the banks has been
cut off on all streets running to the river at
Pearl street or near it. Those familiar with
the city may gain az idea of its extent when
it is stated that the water is now but little
more than 6O0 feet from the Burnett house.
From there to the river bank proper the dis
lance is between three and four squares. AL
that can be seen is streets inundated and
boats gliding in all directions. The suspen-
sion bridge, 100 feet above low water mark,
makes a low arch above the mad flood.
The Newport and Southern railroad bridges
almost touch water. The view from Prices
hill, in the western part of the city, gives
A COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE
of the food covering a portion of the city.
At the foot Of the hill on the west side OF the
city, Mill creek spreads to an average of a
mile expanse Of water, and reaches north out
of sight Backwater runs beyond the Spring
Grove cemetery a distance of seven miles up
the river. Cincinnati, Covington and Newport
houses can be seen peering out Of the water,
while down the river almost from hill to
hill, the valley is covered Up to this time,
great as is the danger, there has been no
great disaster. The cry Of distress, however,
is beginning to grow louder. Manufactures
are stopping, and men thrown out of en-
ployment In Newport it is estimated that
5000 or 5000 people are homeless, and
their supplies were exhausted at noon.
GALLIPoLIs, Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE relief
committee sent TO Pomeroy has just re-
turned Five thousand people are camped
on the hills In terrible want for food and
shelter. One hundred and fifty homes have
hoated away. Boats land at the court house
steps. The people are haggard and worn out
for sleep, food and shelter. Nearly every
business man is bankrupt The coal mines
at Syracuse are flooded. A house went
by MiddlepQrt this. morning with q woman
sitting on The gable END Men rowed out
and appealed to her to get of, but she re-
fused, saying she had four babies below. A
glass was broken and the children were seen
floating dead.
MORE AND MORE SERIOUS
CINCINNATI, Feb. ID, 12:30'a with the
river a foot higher tonight than a. rear ago
and rising at midnight an inch an hour, the
situation becomes more and more serious
Up to tonight the Cincinnati, Hamilton q
Dayton road has been able to reach it's depot
1t will be unable 10 get trains out In
the morning. This leaves the Cincinnati
Northern the only road able to take
It's transmission from its depot. 1t carries
passengers for the Cincinnati Washington &
Baltimore, and for the Pan Handle out TO the
junction with the Cincinnati, Washington A
Baltimore road, which road is used by the
Pan Handle to Loveland. Trains on the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianap.
oils road are obliged to stop at Chester Park,
seven miles out Ohio and Mississippi boata
can no longer land at Storr's station, and
win use a ferry to convey passen-
gers to and from the boats. The Gin.
cinnati Southern is arranging for q ferry
to reach the depot at Gest street. The Ken.
lucky Central and Chesapeake Il Ohio have
no water to trouble them. Five thousand
distillery cattle, now at the stockyards, viii
have to be removed in the morning. The
water has reached Chester park, and Maud6
and Kittson's horses will probably have to be
| removed from the stables. Covington hal
neither gas nor water.
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