Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-16
guard by an Ohio comrade.
EASTERN NEWS.
The Eastern Rivers Fall
ing Rapidly.
TEN LIVES LOST BY FALLING
BUILDINGS.
Investigation of the Danville Eleo-
ton Riots.
PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS.
Ben Buffers Presidential Bee in
His Bonnet.
A NEBRASKA SHERIFF WARNED TO LEAVE
BYA VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
NEBRASKA SHERIFF WARNED TO LEAVE
BY A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. ia relief
committee Of citizens, headed by the
| Mayor, chartered a steamer and went 10
miles below the city, distributing provis-
ions and medicine to the sufferers by the
food.
CINcINNATI, Feb. 15-9 A. M.-The river
is 70 feet 4 inches, and is falling. 1t is
falling all the way very rapidly for 100
miles or SO up the river. The weather
is clear and cold.
STEUBENvILLE, o., Feb. 15.-The press
relief boat Iron City touched at New
Cumberland, W. ", at 8 O'Clock this
morning on her first stop trip. She re-
ports that there were 116 people washed
out. and many had not returned to
| their homes. A local relief committee
| has been organized, and no aid asked. At
| the Black House, one mile below, the boat
| drew up to the shore in answer to q
signal, but the people only wanted news
papers.
FORT SMITH, Ark, Feb. 15.-The
Arkansas is rising slightly. The farms in
| bottom lands between the Polean and
| Arkansas rivers are overlooked. Thou
sands of bushels of corn in the fields are
damaged, and much stock drowned. The
first mail over the st. Louis q San Fran
| cisco road since Sunday is expected to-
night. The weather is clear and cold all
over the State. Red river rose 18 inches
in "a hours, flooding the whole country
around. The people are flying to the
hills. The town of Fulton will probably
be completely under water by morning.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 15.-The river is on a
stand-46h feet. 1t is falling above. 1t
is clear and cold. The worst is over.
Crushed by Falling Buildings.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 15.-At $40 this morn
ing a fire alarm sounded from the box at
Halow and Pearl streets, where the water
surrounds the houses. When the engines
reached the place it was discovered in the
rear part of two brick buildings On the
south side of Pearl, near Ludlow. which
had fallen, and 10 persons were buried in
the ruins or drowned. The occupants in
the front portion had given the alarm, and
before the real cause vas ascertained a fire
alarm was sounded. The iremen, in con-
junction with the police, used superhuman
efforts to rescue the living and dead. The
buildings were occupied as q boarding
house, and had 20 to 80 occupants. The
living were soon brought out. Four mem
bers of a family named Burke, Mrs.
Coulter, Maud Ellis, Lydia Ellis, Willie
Kyle, and another, name unknown, are
supposed to be crushed or drowned. Mrs.
Webb, occupant of q room in the part that
fell, was awakened by the cracking walls,
and tried to awaken the others, but fell
with the ruins and yet escaped without
injury.
The buildings that fell this morning
were occupied as a clearinghouse by
Robert Kyle and George Oyester. There
were about IS people in the buildings at
the time. The following are known
to be killed, either by falling timbers
or drowning. John W. Kyle, son OF
the proprietor, Libby Collara, Maud Ellis,
James Ogden, Barney Winkler, Mrs. Wink
Ter, Thomas Burke. Mrs. Lena Burke and
two children and William and Louis
Burke, making ten lives so far known to
have been lost. The rescued women were
conveyed in the patrol wagon to the fire
engine house in the vicinity, where they
were made comfortable. Mrs. Kyle, whose
son was lost in the ruins, is inconsolable.
She imagined her boy alive and struggling
for his freedom. Then she gave him up
for lost, and her agony is h~eartrending.
Mrs. Webb, who occupied a room in the
part that fell says she could not sleep for
the cracking Of the walls. She thought al
first that it was the paper, affected by
water, but afterwards supposed it was
something worse. 81 got up. at last, y
l che oot1 GEon1 avaGanin0 Me-. Cokko~ I
said we must get out; something was
going to. happen. I went to the door Of
the next room, where Maud Ellis wal
sleeping, and tried to awaken her. Then
I called Mary Cotter again to hurry. She
was sitting up in bed. / was near the
door. / felt the house going. I could
nave stepped through the door to the from
part, but / turned to get Mary. / could
not see her, and I felt all around for her,
and then we all went down together. I do
not know how / escaped, but / crawled mi
and screamed" The accident has spread
terror among the occupants of similar old
buildings in the flooded districts. Many
who can do 30 are getting out to safer
quarters.
The Election Riots.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The investiga-
ton Of the Danville election riots was re-
sumed this morning, Edward M. Hatcher,
white, denied that he assaulted Jack Rudd
on the day Of the riot. at saw marks OF
bullets on the building in the rear of the
white people, which must have been fred
by the negroes"
j.. O. Reagan. white. testified that he saw
a crowd Of angry negroes, and went to a
hardware store and asked for a box Of chop
axes. He told the clerk that there was
going to be a knock-down fight. The
clerk refused to give them. The witness