Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
THE FLOOD AT PADUCAH.
The Larger Portion "f the City of P1du-
cah, Ky, SubnierCcd-The Cumberland
and Tennessee Rivers Sending Down u
Large Contingent of Watcr-Many Small
Towns Entirely Inundaicd-The Waters
Ecccdini. at Cincinnati.

ana tennessee lSiNcrh DOWN
Large Contingent of W,tcr-Msny Small
Towns Entirely 1nundatcd-The Waters
Ecccdin,: at Cincinnati.
PADJCAH, HY., Feb. II.
Paducah claims attention the scene of
to-iay'S Il pod SenSa ion. The l2upD people
OF this i,relty little city got up this morn
ing to find thai the fl hpod had wiped out all
previous records. The fact tlat the high
water Of 1888 has been eclip>cl here, while
the stage is below last yeIr ut shawnee
town and other rontS above, is easily ac-
coun ed for. Tie great volumes OF water
from lhe Cumberland and the Tennessee
are turning out and adding to the Chic.
Tie Wa -cr is now twenty. our inches hi CHER
At PadUcah than IL WAS last year, and has
risen al day AT the rate OF one inch an
hour. Three days ago 1t la wiped o"t
Front ard the first two ,ho.oughtares par.
aIlrl VITA the river. Tnls noon t!!t water
cxicn.!s back into the business heart oi The
Guy, and the merchants on Broadway and
the cross streets Iour blocks back from tine
river are scaifoid, ne up 'lie.r goods.
BY .uaI ouserva ion and count the
streets surrounding IOrty-.hrce biOckS III
the business rortlon are submerged. here
laVcni N are hl.su a''d tie first h"oES or
tne tuiid n; step "r iwp alb we the side
walks, tine watct has urt entered, bat
NLCrc the difference iii level between the
floors and the streets is siGht
there is from three inches to two
IttT OF "att'I III tI.t StbitN anu
bus.nc esias lishmrn.s. Along Broad
way, in 'front.' OF the Il clmond House and
some of the large W..o-esale places, The only
mans of passing are raised pIanks or
skiIIS. The situation Is novel, even 10 old
IaiEcah;nS, to - out FIVE blocks from the
river and look up and Gown and zee
stretch of water tXt.n,ilnG to tuc city's
limits in 9th III. c.'tiDnS, with scores of
SIX IFS plNing to and IL " here vehicles " ere
three days ago, i, q s.sut whici the oldest
inLat liant does noc rCmembcr 10 have.
seen I.araile!,d.
Ialiucal is now an island. and the dry
land is b-4ns t!ced rapidly every honrf
tor the rise to the Ccntcr OF tie plateau
wnich is tie cIty's Il e is very gradual.
+, rtunatylY many ut ih- HUuscS are e C.
va.ei from one t. t..Ice tctt al, We The
strect's lr"cI. We're they MT the wa;er
would be on III. cc- ."HVtuS ot the lower
# in Pu,iuclh al thi> Whiting. As i. -
the i.Cuscs II ON VIII Ca thc people hUvc
been drIv-n nt Ilber Luu.:r'dS, aid those
the from. ,:oprs Of vnlcn can b. reached
tnly bv hOHt!ng can hc counted hy the
thousands. AS Nh W.'cr advances :he
hogs an cows are driven. II upon tle d.y
Iam.!. and now S.al.d n dIovcs III t.c CEN
tr:il streets.
The civ has today loca.cI a n"mber of
f1ee slltlT tcrries to enable III" people to get
tIoI one Il prtion Oi the cItE t. anp mr..
Tn fires ar the works were reached last
ni.ht III spit" O.. hull:-.ira'iin;;, ami Tonight
the city i8, n I'm lack on lamps and can
dies. THIS !, city OF churches, t'lt such
WAS the dcntp. aiizatIon lay that ser. ices
il, and tilcS.. only ia the morning. All
day .uI!., III" streets, such rs ", re aS>ab!e,
were thr0i.-ct Win people looking at tne
eNtrGr; binary p .rtaClr. VI. r"n3ntS ar" at
Il los to .,n, " vat ia 30. Nh. Lyle, Who
c;tlr.c, one Of tn largest stocks O.! goods
here. .;.- ma /" two moves, Ii" s"i tonight,
and i, afra Il NOW tuat lis stock i~u'C iI-h
ennu-h. J. i. Snt.i",.i Wnnitst a. Li"rS'y
merchants. who i',e a large II rh -; feet
deep, las ALREADY moved has S'o x ono,
and says Tonight tnrt il there : au9 her
fo-t more he viii have I, 20 into tlI" water
All move tine goods a-ain. IL" tobacco
Wa."EouS" people are IN tho mos. critical
,o~i'i m. They haEe hunhrcd~ O. thousands
nI dollars worth q. t"hacr" IA irt'.d w.icl
the, have b,'"n IA SIN up as tn" '.a'cr adj
Naucrd. Tie " a-' b U.S. a = great st'd"t-
ui,.-, bat per- ions -. t:rm stand IN Watcr
/ twenty feet deep. TIE collapse of one of
these structures now W0"li be attended
WIKI grca. los. In m1ny places the cur
and six miles an il"j:r. II = s'r"r'S are Pa
/ Gu,.al!'> pride, bat they " II he il sad com
dI,iou after all thi- va-liiu- and wearing.
Nothing has arrived from the Cnmher-
+ land or Tennessee. aAi II" SI'u1'l3a III
th"Ne rivers lS nnknu"n. mere can he no
| doubt but that it Is tai enolSl, howr.er,
judging from TIA" wa cr coming rHt oi tiiein-
The wat,1' At Iniini .hJ covers over ono
! hal! the area of laiucah, which has river
| from; ot three miles, an ! a depth back rom
| the river OF one md. People wno can
! slrCp uu lcr thu tTyrI., circumstances HaVo
/ Eon' 70 brT. prepared to soc a'ino >t any
| tang in the way O. VA cr by mo- -"lnt
Cap ain d tx Morrow, Of the It amer
| N, IT, reports TN, irp,vuin 0c a culovcd
| man and clIld in InIial Creek. Just above
/ Clifton. and the miraculous escape OF
! y. nan and two cdIl Ircn. a 9 'iotcl man
| and his we ami to;ir children had star ct
/ IL / caup" - 'nan" th".r nay on 90 iue
| III III water ,aUgh: 10y the overflow of In
| dian Greek, the TcIin.s> So, ", II, in pass
| inc down the creek, th" ctnrrs ru"k a tree,
| ter. Tho current was very swift. and the
| father an on. child wrTs soon swept be-
meath, but he mother caught two OF the
! III L.rvu an ! SrNcl them "n hers II. In
/ IA ling from the boat the Wo:ulI was
| thruwn cams. a Sino tree, aut around
! thS she Hranp ii hey arms w til Il child IN
! each hand and saved her life and two cali
| 1r"n, on Il babe and the other only Il year
| Dr. two old.
Well In. ornnl ci izrnS say that Elol,oo
| viii MT he-in to cover tle actual damage
| to fDrr;erry III tn" CIsv, 'caviHg ga OF all
! gu > ipn the stpppase OF ,ar' o:i"s AMI al
| tra le. An examination of tie eau ;e, WI ich
| is now reached 10y a prntpon, since dark
| ."vNS n stag" of :'2.l fee.
| Trains 20. on, OF town today by adopt
! ing Il newell cNnG,iieIt. TEc y plSS"lIger
coaches were pat in front Of tran Of tht-
! ty freight cars aud pushed through the
! ovcrtlo~c portion. Thea anotEcr engine
/ WAS attached and the train taken nut.
| This wi / b. attempted tomorrow, bat tho
! railroad men are not saucuine of keeping
W. con .cction yer than another day.
| N,.v Liberty, twelve miles Above here, is
en.:r.. ' ahanIonc /, an! no hing bat the
roofs OF uou<"~ can be seen. the situation
| is bat little better with many other points
| l. .ut- -iiTtnS of SIN Inland, situated AZ tn"
| IN III !, Of the Cum -trrlau |, iS uul"r water.
| Rose Claire. BivdSviev., r lloi-sh, FL zahcth-
| town, FaIrpiav and Ere + gh' are all sub
merged. Tne from. por' ION Of Caseyviliei is
! under water to Il dep h o ten or twelve
| fcHt.
| What is written here at s;x o'clock
doesn't hnlI gOrd a. twelve v h'n ti.e
fist portion of this dispatch was taken to
| tn .c.e-rapll Office /. was possible 10 get
a .on . the upper side Of Broadway without
| p,t'inc over supy top in tsgr water. As tins
| n.,sage is cs6 el skin communication
| with the operator Is necessary
CISC1xxArr, O.. Feb. II.
| At eight % lock Tonight h. fl 81 Is
| foot lower than it was las yea II its hiGfi-
| est which highest was O.; feet Icr'!.S Al!
| day the weather mas n.eu n:u' Ky, with
| h, ayy rain in ( G forenoon and uriEzlng
| ram III the afternoon.
This afternoon three daring river rousta-
| bouts ~ mt ii,fo the ruins fuf ~" bull ling
wrich fell and crus} ell II people. At he
! so. hv-,.~t ,orr.r of Pearl and l. id-o ow
st c.t,, and at the risk of tIc'r iiveS got
seven more bodies out. 1t i sup
posed that there are no more
dead in these ruins. N one nsked the
rous,aborts to 20 in, and n@ one Else dared
to 20.
Wien asked TO take pay they refused,
hut hy-stautl"rS compelled nom rece @
il. On ,hcv went n their work again after
takinr onr The i3,,rke family, nor di | 'h"y
stop till the lat body was recovered
Wien aslrl: Have vou no regard Tor
your live :" thav answered: "Neip some
| o. o II, friends once in the .amc way, ana
| We inst can't hear lie the am lies H5 nose
nnoi,le wait any longer to get the bodies Of
their dear ones
The steamer Gen. Pike, with Government
| h,.t-.. t