Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
THE LIMIT REACHED.

Relief.
{ ~CrSNATI, o., Feb II.
| The food reach its climax to-day--'l
| feet and =, OF an inch at noon. II re-
| mained stationary At that until Two o'clock,
| when a dt cline was noticed. At3:iJ it had
| con. down half an inch, and since then has
continued to ii ciinc-slowly, very slowly,
but surely and steadily.
Tie news that the fall hal begun was
| Faied with joy iy every class of citizens.
| The city is i'll n terrible condi'i ion. Busi-
| ness is suspended in nearly all the whole
| sale houses and manufacturing establish
| men.s. AS vet there has not been any
great catastrophe in G. ncinnati, but every
| BODY i ncrvou~ly arprehensive OF one Mt
| any minute; unless the waters fall very
| gradually, j. would seem almost imVos, ih,e
| to escape without imm. Sc losses from
warehouses and stores, tillod wi h 'rly
! goods, crumbIing and falling from their
| walls being weakened by the va crs 50 long
| a Aou, them.
Tie situation at Newport, TIE second
| largest OF ou" Kentucky suburbs, is much
| worse relatively than in Cine nnati. The
waters have risen, Till ont of the IL squares
| in Tie town eighty have been ovcrf d,
| over two-thiris OF the town and of the Is
| 90 inhabitants over 1900 have been on are
| being a fl ,rlcl relief, mostly food.
! When half city is in such condition
| the scenes of distress may lie imagined.
| The distress and 2rirf can only ba pictured
and hardly described. Looking over the
| vast territory now submerged naHGht hut
ruin and desolation can be seen. The ter
rife wind and rain s,orm las night laid
| waste many houses. The streets are now
in many places blocked with houses. sta
bles, rorches, &C, making it very Il llnirult
| for the rel OF boats o navi cate. y reporter
VI ent through the flooded districts with Il
/ relief committee, and founl people,
ac,Haiy S'"rv ns' A9 .":i'e: bread
! IOpr sufferers they grabb Il n the ..a' abi--
II. Il I'd, hali-fam!i he'd manner thnt
| heIrtr' nding :" witness. Twenty house"
| were counted turned tot ON Upward. Ten
! tLu.i.aud pci;lr were given dinner at the
| scup-hnu~" today. Seven thousand loav-.S
! OF hr. al. 30 pounds of moa', l.IJr gal!olS
/ # soup and 1909 Gallons of fee were dis
| trhn'"d by tn" r'llyf commit tccs .-dtv.
In CrvIn strn tt" s.tuI' i'm i nnt much
! WI " rhan yesterday. The town stan Is
/ much ht ,i-r 4 an Newport. About 1880
reoplc ar" h"in-, Ted there.
Al Dayton, ~, by actual c"un-, there
ar" - house. ~uhm.'EE.d a.hinE ON AN
aver. =" sever lcoI / t. Il house, it makes
On lie ono s;Gr Mil rock Valley, at
Tie we-' "ml "t Cincinnati, presents a
. sc-r. ii ~" u'iul,- die, la'Ion. ITau-";
nIr Inundated. -oiur -! them % tI" >t.co ii
/ story, an! . hers submerged: stables and
/ Ia IS are cNrr urn 'op- 81. "l2ht cars
ana all Aimde OF ruh.i~h "nirciuae j. iloat-
] in :tl.u'.
At I.awroncchcr.~. Ind, over 100 houses
have h,, n ~,:':.: away and upwards o.
i.uJ' people ar. I"n"'r-~. F"rr, of still
:, e.l.,i' damage a.c not unfounI Il, a. th"
ntaN, an..t :" X, -; .rs t. r.;y from an
hr,kpm down. aud - rcS!-tl"-s torrent of
twe.vr 40 twenty i'ct oi wa.cr l. pouring
/ 'Iruu- Ia" negrt OF the city.
LorI>yIr.I.", Feb. II. r. NJ.
The river continues - riS. Th' cana,
Gau1c registers i"rty-~N leHt, c'E l'een
inr,." h shrr than ut any tim" lat year.
| II" -t.nns wIul OF lat night caus't IL"
wave, t. do mach dan,;" in tine SUBJ
mcr.ei di-trjc-. y great many hnG~
hav,. fallen or II patol OF. Tn water Is
sill ri-fn,, though the ground Is , hnrd
| II IN. HrId ms III prnin reached til" cellar
OF tI- Il BparI ol Trade buii ling, put
on the fire III the furnace. IIer" i no
| likelihood of auy iu tn I ram ani thr
river is expected - b. at a stand by morn-
Inch by inch tha wa.er has coma NJ at
J"tfrr>onville iii nearly every ree1 has
GiSapDcarcl. l. the wltH' cnn-lnl'S 10
RI. thc prcSrn, rat, by IL 'dn Fri lay
t.c," viii not b., Il dry : 20 III he to"h.
ing. Houses ia.e cavti il and hundreds
OF I'"op!" are i:ul He'd t"S"th"r IN som.
buildings. Many remain i'll second stories,
s.I.y'.rin :, suffering from daiu.'nrS, ana
! cold, and II MANY cases hurG"r. Ia" pen
it"ntiary is still ont of water, hut little
H1nurr VA "r AMI lie couvi't| Will hccom.,
J,ic;, Ind, is almost on of sight. The
inlsab!-arts Ii to he hills Tor safety.
Cla,ksviile is entirely dcpopulatei
EVANSVILLE. I~D.. Feb. II.
At Sha,vnce.own iHe water is approach
! in, the Sc .ond Sto-v of tn" z v'rrile Hotel
/ and : caii.N swelling. Officer, OF the last
! boa from there d.~cribc it as a S:ene OF
de>olation equal 20 that of last year. NJ
! foI,rS as yet have been moved from their
/ founda. ions, hut : the wafer sweliS the
da rgrr ilceases, and tEcHs is q at DIRE I'd
! OF win J. watch would inevitably do & ea
| damage. O e huni"cd an TWEEN V pens OF
4 corn IN the water Were. counted on 'he In
. li ana il :- in dis ance % ten miles below
Henderson. 1t can not be reached TINS
| rep csents ; 5000 bushels, ti.c loss on which
viii be at least - pr cent.
u ,DrSoS, IND, Feb. II.
The fl ood in the oiip river a tuis point
morning, two feet hi cher than the fl ,od of
last year. The damaS, 20 property in th.s
CIV will be greater tuan last year on ac-
cunt OF tac additional height of the water.
IRoNroH o., Feb II.
T l"graphc communication was re-eStai'-
iisiicl today. Th;ea-fourths of he town Is
| url,le: water. including the entire business
/ portion. Tae water is seven feet hlSner
tnar in IS~'. Though it has allen conIli-
eraA!v il i, s. II above any known hiSh
wasci mark. S"up-nouS"' are "prn' hf1
az nn.i G:a,". InomSands i. are II; hon nom he h,t
there ;S uot enough room. Frame houses
are swept from lheir foundations and BRICK
buildings Crumb ed INTO tht Wi''ef. a.
Han ing Rock bat four houses are ABOVE
, wa .r CurvvilIn has hu, two houses above
tn fl pod. Starvation ares thousands IN
tle face. The iron mills have storFc J. and
many employees were destitute before the
toOi ciIne-
G,IIIroIIS, q, Feb. H.
The relief steamers Nora Bell ami Mont
; Cotn nv returned from Il trip down the
riv.r. They report the village of Alfalfa
, almos' entirely swept away. IN AlIei'-
ppr: twenty or thirty houses are gone Al
Prnc.o or>vllie the water is in the second sf"-
, ries Crrccin, West Virginia. lost $500 y
worth OF lunlher-
LAwRESCEBURG, ISD Feb. II.
A fearful wind d,torm last night al ied
further desola ion % tie place by uP'urn-
f | in more houses. Tn" losses on proper Y
can be safely placed al not I"sS taan
SiJJ,uW. Nine inches more would have
| Hooded the floor of the highest locat. Il
! | hous in the city. Tnc cold wea her, th"us n
l | welcome n stopping the rise, hIln5S much
! suffering to the people in cars and other
| places not prepared for fires.
, NAYSvILIE. KY, Feb. II.
l | Tire winds caused much damage here an |
| nt Al e. .c,n XIV, last n'C 1t by wrecklng
houses Tine loss by the f 'od III tnfS To-
| cali.y canlo. he less than >lH'.l7). II IS
| snovinr and freezing. The river ro' .
, | five inches last Ii gut and came 70 stali''
this morning. 1t has since iaISn tree
| inches. Fifteen hunlrel people are home
; less.
MADISON, md Feb IL
The river IS still RISING and Is fNpecte'
to reach its hi chest tomorrow. l. IS no"
| two feet above last year. Seven houses
| were washed away to-day. ana as many
| more from Milton, by, ana others Jos
people here are homeless and destitute
.Jr AID KY. Feb.