Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14


within twenty-five miles of here, will have to
be fed by charity for two weeks.
AURORA Qud.) February 1Ssh.-There ia
no news from LswreEceburg. Many houses
have been seen floating d1wa this morning,
and the anxiety is great The water is now
| rising an inch an hour. More dwellings are
toppling over.
CINcINNATI, February 1Sth.-A special
from Portsmouth, Ohio, dated yesterday and
forwarded fcom Sciotoville, the nearest tele-
graph station, says there is not an acre of dry
ground in tha city, and not a hundred houses
which are not under water.
PECULIAR PHENOMENON.
WHEELING, February 13sh-Sinca the
food peculiar phenomenon has been no.
ticed. The sand and water is thrown to a
considerable hight, and three regular geysers
attract many sightseers. An i mense land
| slide on the hill in the Second Ward, result.
| ing from the recent rsins threatens four or
FIVE houses. Two small tenements belonging
to man named White were deserted ebay
| by the panic.stricken inmates.
FIRE AMID THE FLOOD.
PORTSMOUTH (Ohio), February 13ah.-The
| river is nearly on stand. There is q great
distress. Many houses have flatel away
| Two children were drowned yesterday. A fire
or Sunday burned from Shay's corner to
Second street. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$40, 900.
FRIGHTFUL SITUATION.
| PORTSMOUTH (Ohio), February 13th.-The
| entire city is under water, three fourths of it
to the housetops. All the merchants lose
| heavily, and half the citizens lose all their
household goods. The river has dropped two
inches since last night. Supplies are coming
| in, and famine is being averted. The
Courthouse, school buildings and many
churches that have sec md stories are shelter
ing half the people. The balance are scat
tered in sttica and the upper psrt Of factories
| The horses and cattle have al! been rescued,
and are stabied on the huge decks Of bsrges
| moOred in the streets in the center of the
| city. Oae hundred and twenty dwelling
| houses have been carried cut into the river.
and over 500 more have been swept from
their sites and piled in an indescrbable wreck
against distractions. II is estimated that
there are provisions enough on hand to last
ceived since Friday. Since the great fire last
| Sunday no casualties have occurred
PrTIABLE IN THE EXTREME.
INDIANAPOLIS lind J, February 14th The
| following message has been received from
Governor Porter, who is at Lawrerc sburg
THE condition of Lawrenceb1rg is pitiable
1 III
moved from their foundations than last year.
Relief should have reference row, no. only
to food, but to enabling the people to replace
| and repair their houses"
MEMPHIS (Tenn.). February 13,h.-The
river 20 night is twelve inches below the dan
ger line, and three feet below extreme high
water. It rained steadily last night and up
to O'Clock this afternoon, since which time
| the weather has turned decidedly colder, but
continues to be threatening.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), February 13sb.-The
river has risen 6 inches since noon. II now
stands A feet inches. 1t has been raining
torrents all the afternoon, b1t has turned
much colder, and is sleeting. The strong
cold wind blowing will cause the waves to do
great damsge to fl )Oded property. The water
| from Bear Grass creek is up over the bridge
on Broadway, and is now running over tie
street for ZONE distance. 1t is expected that
ihs highest point attained by last years fl )od
will be reached by midnight, and there ID no
telling how much highar it Will go.
SHAwNEETowN (Tll J, February Is h.-Af.
ter q hard fight against the rising waters this
place has succumbed, and the streets are now
from five to fifteen feet under water. A
great deal of damage will be done before the
food reaches its hight.
IRoNToN (Ohio). February 13sh.-The city
is tw--thirds under water. The destruction
is beyond all estimate. More than half the
people are homeless and out of food.
GREENUP (Ky.). February 13th.-The town
is completely submerged, and there is great
suffering among the poor. Up.river dis
patches tonight show the river 10 be falling
in the region of Gallipolis. Il is stationary
at Huntington and Portsmouth.
LITTLE Rock ARK }, February 1Sth.-The
Arkansas river is higher than for thirty years.
The banks are csving and houses tumbling in.
Many plantations are inundated. The east
ern part of Newport is under water. The
White and Black rivers are rising Bates
vile is nesrly submerged. and the lower part
of Fulton entirely oveIfowed. The loss to
tie farmers in fences and stock is incalcula-
BILE. There is no immediate danger at
Arkansas City.
THE SITUATION AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, February 13th-9 M.-The
water has reached 20 feet % inches, showing
rise of an inch in the last nour. There was
a heavy rain from to halt. past s, with slight
Indications of colder weather and heavy rains
again for tomorrow. It is impossible to tell
what may be the stage in "a hours. Duriug
the day rews from up the river showed the
water to be falliog slowly from Marietta
down to Maysville. This, under or6i lary
circumstances, would mean stationary or fall.
ing water here by Thursday afternoon but
with tina heavy rains to-day and the thor
oughIy saturated condition of the earth, the
river seems to respond instantly to the rain.
fall. Nobody thought to-day that the water
would exceed 20 feet, and nobody can say
now that it will not reach II feet. Pearl
street, which yesterday was closed by water
except space near Vine street, is now nav
igsble from end to end by skiffs. At the
market.house, on Broadway the water covers
ths benches, making a depth OF nearly five
feet on the floor. Vast numbers of
people go to and from the suspension bridge
in the tiat-bottomed boats furnished by the
bridge company, propelled by poles. and hav-
ing ropes stretched to the telegraph poles to
assist in crogsiog the currents at the streets.
People fill these boats By standing clcse to.
gesher. l. has perilous look, but no acci-
dent has yet occurred. Private skiff5 are also
plying very freely, carrying passengers wher-
ever they wish to go. AS intimated to-day,
no news from LawTencebusg was good news
Great fear was expressed that last nights
storm would bring disaster TO that town.
Nothing vas heard from there till tonight.
when NelrS Journal special tells that the
wind had no specially disastrous effect,
though last night and to-day had been
period of great auSi iety. The river rose there
last night II to IA inches. Houses still con-
tinIs to float from their foundations.
SEVENTY FEET, EIGHT AND HALF INCHES
CINCINNATI, February 14sh-1:S0 A. NJ
The air is becoming chilly. Since midnight
the river has been rising an inch sn 1ur
except from to IL, when the rise was
greater. At l A, NJ. it reached 20 feet u
inches.
2:S0 A. M-SeVenty feet. 81 inches. The
weather is growing colder
REPORT OF THE RELIEF PARTY.
CINoISNATI, February 13.h.-The steamer
Kate Waters returned tonight from trip to
Ripley with relief supplies Messrs. Bishop
and Collins, who went with the steamer, ssy
the hills on the opposite side OF the river
form its banks. TIE peop'e ask first for
news, next for ropes to anchor heir houses,
lastly for cooked provisions None want
clothing. The houses are eve where swept
| away or fl lstiug on their corners. Rursl and
Augusta, KY are wrecks, the water running
behind Augusta making sn island of it.
Dover. Ky, is in twelve feet Of w&ter
in the. shsllowest part. New Palestine. Ohio,
is nearly ruined. New Richmond is still
worse off. In Point Pleasant, Grants BIRTH
place, only two houses are out of the water.
Moscow is in o bad condition, many houses
having gone Neville is wreck Shiloh is
worse thsn Neville. Higginsport is half in
wster. Levsnns is badly submerged. Rip.
ley is in a terrible condition. One side of q
brick house in Ripley fell in to. day and
Others are weakening. The people say that