The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-23
THE LIMIT REACHED.

Thousands of Homeless Sufferers -
Glimpse of What is Being Done for Their
Relief.
CINCINNATI, o., Feb. H.
The flood reached its climax to-day-1
feet and = of an inch at noon. 1t re-
manned stationary at that until two O'Clock,
when decline was noticed. At $3.50 it had
gone down half an inch, and since then hast
continued to decline-slowly, very slowly,
but surely and steadily.
The news that the fall had begun was
hailed with joy by every class of citizens.
The city is in a terrible condition. BUSH
ness is suspended in nearly all the whole
sale houses and manufacturing establish
ments. AS yet there has not been any
great catastrophe in Cincinnati, but every
body is nervously appreheusive of one at
any minute; unless the waters fall very
gradually, it would seem almost impossible
to escape without immense losses from
warehouses and stores, filed with costly
goods, crumbling and falling from their
walls being wesl1enedby the waters so long
about them.
The situation at Newport, the second
largest of our Kentucky suburbs, is much
worse relatively than in Cincinnati. The
waters have risen, till out OF the III squares
in the town eighty have been overhowed,
over two-thirds of the town and of the 49,
900 inhabitants over 1900 have been or are
being afforded relief, mostly food. ;
When half city is in such a condition
the scenes of distress may be imagined.
The distress and grief can only be pictured
and hardly described. Looking over the
vast territory now submerged naught but
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rife wind and rain storm last night laid
waste many houses. The streets are now
in many places blocked with houses, sta
bles, porches, ETC., making it very difficult
for the relief boats to navigate. reporter
went through the flooded districts with a
relief committee, and found people,
actually starving. AS Coffee bread
and meet We're distributed to the
poor sufferers they grabb d at the eatables
in dszed, half-famished manner that was
heartrending to witness. 4. Twenty houses
were counted turned bottom upward. Ten
thousand peple were given dinner at the
souphouse to-day. Seven thousand loayes
of bread, 1900 pounds of meat. 500 gallons
of soup and 1,00) gallons of coffee were dis
tributed by the relief committees to-day.
In Covington the situation is not much
worse than yesterday. The town stands
much higher than Newport. About 1000
people are being fed there.
At Dayton, KY, by actual count there
are 3lo houses submerged. Taking on an
average seven people to "a house, it makes
over 1000 homeless people.
On the Ohio side, Mill Creek Valley, at
the west end of Cincinnati, presents a
| scene of the utmost desolation. Houses
| are inundated, some of them to the second
| story, and others submerged; stables and
| sheds are overturned; tops of freight cars
protrude from submerged railroad tracks,
| and all kinds of rubbish and refuse is float
| ing about.
| AT Lawrenceberg, Ind, over 500 houses
have been swept away and upwards of
| 1000 people are homeless. Fears of still
| greater damage are not unfounded, as the
| banks built TO protect the city from an
overflow of the Miami river have been
broken down, and resistless torrent of
| twelve to twenty feet OF water is pouring
| through the heart Of the city.
LOUISVILLE, Feb IA, p. NJ.
The river continues to rise. The canal
gauge registers forty-six feet, eighteen
inches higher than at any time last year.
The strong wind of last night caused the
waves to do much damage in the sub
merged district. A great many houses
have fallen or fioated off. The water is
still rising, though the ground is hard
! frozen, and this morning reached the celllr
of the Board of Trade building, putting
out the fire in the furnace. There is no
| Likelihood of any further rain and the
ing.
Inch by inch the water has come up at
Jeffersonville till nearly every street has
disappeared. Ii the water continues to
rise az the present rate, by noon Friday
there will not be a dry spot in the town.
Sights are the most appalling and distress
ing. Houses have caved in and hundreds
of people are huddled together in some
buildings. Many remain in second stories,
shivering, suffering from dampnesS and
/ h0NNa. No
itentiary is still out of water, but a little
more water and the convicts will become
Hood sufferers with nowhere to go.
Utica, Ind, is almost out of sight. The
inhabitants fed to the hills for safety.
Clarksville is entirely depopulated.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Feb. IA.
At Shawneetown the water is approach
| ing the second story of the Riverside Hotel
and steadily swelling. Officers of the last
boat from there describe it as scene of
desolation equal 10 that of last year. No
| houses as yet have been moved from their
| foundations, but as the water swells the
danger inceases, and there is great dread
of wind which would inevitably do great
damage. One hundred and twenty pens of
| corn in the water were counted on the In
diana side in a distance of ten miles below
Henderson. 1t can not be reached. This
represents 10000 bushels, the loss on which
will be at least 90 per cent.
MADISON, IND, Feb IA.
The food in the Ohio river at this point
will probably reach its height tomorrow
morning, two feet higher than the food of
last year. The damage to property in this
city will be greater than last year on ac-
| count of the additional height of the water.
IRoNToN, o., Feb. ID.
Telegraphic communication was re-estab-
lished to-day. Three-fourths of the town is
under water, including the entire business
| portion The water is seven feet higher
| than in 1888. Though it has fallen consid-
| erably, it is still above any known high
water mark. Soup-houses are open, but
| are inadequate. Thousands are homeless
and psnniless. Every door is open, but
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