The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-21
The Recent Mad Waters. n

In confronting the danger they once met and
overcome, but when new element Of terror
comes in the form OF q heightened food, a
new series Of calamities begin to appear
lGas was lost yesterday, and the water supply
ceased to accumulate day, There is FIVE
days' supply In the reservoir with careful use,
1but one big fire would make serious finrond
lon that The worst OF all Ii, nobody
knows when the limit Of the food
will be reached The rising Of water above
hnd In all side tributaries renders 1t certain
that the river must continue to rise for some
time. How long and how rapid the rise arc
points Of conjecture and fear. The rate. In
creased this tafterno loon to an inch ID hour,
and during the hour from to the rise was
three quarters of an inch. lit Is hardly pos
Able' TO- give an idea d. the situation The
mass Of the people cannot see the gTeat body
pf the river. Approach to the banks has been
cut of on all streets running to the river at
Pearl street or near it Those familiar with
the city may gain an idea Of its extent when
1t Is stated that the water Is now but little
more than 600 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, 400 feet above low water mark,
makesa low arch above the mad Hood
The Newport and Southern railroad bridges
almost touch water TllAsSYi1ew from Prices
hill, In the western part OF the city, gives
A coMpREHENsIYE OUTLINE .5j
Of the food covering q portion Of the city.
At the foot Of the hill on the west side Of the
city, Mill creek spreads to an. average of o
nlile'expanseo Of water, and reaches north out
Of sight Backwater runs beyond the Spring
Grove cemetery 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
bill, the valley ID 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 1t Is estimated that
5000 or 6,O0O people are homeless, and
their supplies were exhausted at noon.
4 GAIlRo1Is, Ohio, Feb. LITTLE. relief
committee sent to- -Poneroy hoss lust fe-
turned. Five thousand people are camped
on the hills In. terTdble! want~ for food and,
shelter. ,One hundred and fifty houses have
6oated away. Boats land at the court house
neps The people are haggard and worn ont
for sleep, food and shelter. Nearly every
business man Is bankrupt The coal mines
pit Syracuse are flooded. a. house went
by Middleport this morning with woman
athng on the gable end Men rowed sout
fused, saying she had four, babies below. "a
glass was broken and the children were seen
floating dead z. 4 IL. - - f3JE1
MORE AND MORE SERIOUS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. IL, 1890 a m.-With the
river q foot higher tonight, than year ago
md rfsfnor al 5pir oh,
situation becomes more and more serious.
Up to tonight the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road has been able to reach It's depot.
It will be unable to GET trains out IN
HE = morning. This leaves the Cincinnati
Northern the only road able to take
passengers for the Cincinnati Washington &
Baltimore, and for the Pan Handle out to the
Junction with the Cincinnati, Washington 4
Baltimore road, which road Is. used by the
Pan Handle TO LoVeland Trains, on the
oils road IRE obliged to stop at Chester PAX,
seven miles out Ohio and Mississippi bouts
can no longer land ut StoH's station, and
Will use 9 ferry to convey passen-
gers to and from the boats The Cin-
,ctnnnd Southern 10 arranging for q ferry
lucky Central and Chesapeake s Ohio have
no water to trouble them Five thousand
-distillery cattle, now at the stockyards. will
have TO be removed In the morning. The
water has reached Chester park, and Maud s..
removed from the stablea "a Covington Shas
neither Eaa norwater. y !. s33
Il :.s3 THE MAsoNs: Il
;of this city have found 1t necessary to take
decisive action, and issue tho following APP
peal 81 ~ IL
i To tho Masons Of the United States: The
@asons Of Cincinnati represent that a calamity
s1ea;tsr tHan han ever knpwn e now upon the Ohio
In great nnmbers, but thousands OF men, women.
and children arc homeless, cold and hungry.
Ey s s9 ,S Ct charity must be called On
desires to contribute to this noble purpose. 70
@ittauces may be- sent to the Masonic Flood
COMMITTEES, Masonic Temple, Cincinnati rs
q All the Masonic bodies in the city viii meet
tematios relief The river at 10 p. m, 5waa
Eixty-eight feet tenth md one fourth inches
and rising half inch pei. hour; I. raining hard
Il APPEAL 10 KNIGHTS or HONOR. Z
/. TOLEDO. Feb. II. Fol Glowing Is an appeal
issued by the supreme dictator of the
Feb. 11,1ss4-Distress cali to ali lodges and
KNIGHTS Of Honor: Thousands Of families an
suffering from the awful Hoods In the Ohio and
induce instant aid, much or little, from each 81
opr 600 lodges and 100, 900 members. The
Distress Is too dire to await relief through !
single channel Aid sent by telegraph or other.
wise 70 either Of the following persons win b.
distributed In their own naighborinp or remote
communities,to need aferers, hetherg they
be OF M OF not: Col IeyFia WILSON Cfncfnnatf:
9. e. Hhodeld, Wheeling, W. Va = Judge 5RoIeT
=. breckenridge, Louisville, KY; Judge o Ko,
johnson Parkersbnrg, W. Va, Thomas "a. Rich
ards, GAINESVILLE. Ohio; John B. EVAN, .Coving.
ton, KY; Roseman Gardner, SteubenyIlle, Ohio;
Rev. Thomas Boyle, Allegheny, Pa, Z and W. 81
Godfrey. New Albany, Ind. Sufferers in Other
Communities VIII report their needs 70 one q
3$l Blignsd r. a. cocHnxHE.
IN n Il 81 Supreme Dictator.
I; Z e, s$s THE GovERsazEHr ACTING. Il
M WARRINGTON, Feb 1.-THE secretary oi
war y taking active measures for the inime
the Ohio and tTibutaries ID accordance with
the not appropriating $500, 600 for that pur.
pose Orders were Issued to-day for Cen
Amos BeckWith, assistant commissarY gen
.exal stationed at St. Louie to proceed to- Gin
!ctnnAH. where he will have general cfarrt
of tho distribntton of supplies He viii e.
kRh1nk d eAdqunrtarB Of Cincinnati and Eaca
directly under orders from the secretary al
5wnr. Orders were also issued for the mn
chase Of supplies and the charter Of o sufa
cient number of boats to distribute then
where most needed 1t has also been ar
ranged that m officer Of the army shall ac
company each boat and superintend the ISSUE
OF tho supplleR The general plan Of relief
determined upon ts the same as that pursued
IN adordtng relief to sufferers from the over.
dow Of the Mississippi last year. In order te
give his personal attention to this subject
secretarv lincoln has nbandoned his ma,
POSED trip to shicago, 80 "a