The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-22
The Recent Mad Waters.

hood began. The stage of high water last
year was passed at p M, and steady and
nard rain during the greater part of the day
together Wild 4 report of general rains Mt
gvery place where it would run into the
Ohio, made it certain that q still more d;:.l-
gerous flood would be upon the already un-
| fortunate people of the Ohio valley. The
experience last year made the people bold
i'll confronting the danger they once met and
overcome, but when q new element of terror
comes III the form of heightened food,
new series OF calamites begin to appear.
Gas was lost yesterday, and the water supply
ceased TO accumulate to-day, There is five
days supply in the reservoir with careful use,
but one bic fire would make serious inroad
On that The worst of all is. nobody
knows when the limit of the flood
will be reached. The rising of water above
and in all side tributaries renders it certain
that the river must continue to rise for some
time. How long and how rapid the rise are
| points OF conjecture and fear. The rate in
, creased this afternoon to an inch an hour,
and during the hour from 5 to the rise was
| three-quarters of an inch 1t is hardly pos
| sible to give an idea Of the situation The
mass Of the people cannot see the great body
of the river Approach to the banks has been
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Pearl street or near it Those familiar with
| tile city may gain an idea of its extent when
| it 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
| tance is between three and four squares. All
! that can be seen is streets inundated and
| boats gliding in all directions The suspen-
| sion bridge, 100 feet above low water mark,
| makes Il low arch above the mad flood.
! The Newport and Southern railroad bridges
| almost touch water. The view from Prices
| hill, in the western part of the city, gives
| A COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE
| of the flood covering portion of the city.
At the foot of the hill on the west side of the
| city, Mill creek spreads to an average of u
mile expansc 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
hill, the valley is 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 it is estimated that
5000 or 5000 people are homeless, and
! uUer supplies were .eStlauSUGu al noon.
GALLIpoi.Is, Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE relief
committee sent To Pomeroy has just re-
| turned. Five thousand people are canped
on the hills in terrible want for food and
shelter. One hundred and fifty houses have
| toated away Boats land at the court house
| steps. The people are haggaId and worn out
| tor sleep food and shelter Nearly every
| business man is bankrupt. The coal mines
MT Syracuse are Hooded. house went
| by Middleport this morning with q woman
lrit l,a II, ,f. ,,fl
!. and appealed to her to get OFT but she re
( fused, saying she had four babies below. \
! glass was broken and the children were seen
| floating dead
MORE AND MORE SERIOUS.
! CNCHNATI Feb. IL 1880 a n-With the
| river Il foot higher Tonight than year ago
| AID rising at midnight an inch an hour, the
situation becomes more and more serious
| Up to Tonight the Cincinnati, Hamilton Il
!. DAYTON road has been able to reach it's depot
1t viii be unable 10 get trains out in
the morning. This leaves the Cincinnati
| Northern The only road able to take
its transmission from its depot 1t carries
passengers Tor the Cincinnati. Washington 4
Baltimore. and Tor the Pan Handle out TO t Rh
| junction with the Cincinnati, Washington *
Baltimore road, which road is used by the
Pan Handle to LoTeland. Trains on the
| Cleveland Columbus, Cincinnati & lntlanap-
oils road are obliged to stop at Chester Park,
! seven miles out Ohio and Mississippi boats
can no longer land at Storrs station and
| will use u ferry to convey ptssen-
gers to and from the boats. The Gin
ciunati Southern is arranging for a ferry
to reach the depot at Gest street. The Ken
lucky Central and Chesapeake & Ohio have
no water to trouble them Five thousand
distillery cattle, now al the stocllyards, will
have to be removed in the morning The
water has reached Chester park, and MaudS
and Kittson's horses Will probably have to be
removed from the stables. Covington has
neither sr;lS nor water
| THE MASoNs
of this city have found it necessary to take
\ decisive action, and issue the following ap-
peal:
To the NIasons of the United States. The
Masons Of Cincinnati represent thata calamity
1 greater than ever known is now upon the Ohio
valley For hundreds of miles, not only NIasons
in great numbers, but thousands of men, women
| and children Are homeless. cold and hungry
Every source OF charity must be called on
TO relieve their distrass. If any Masonic body
desires to contribute to this noble purpose. re-
mittances may be sent to the Masonic Flood
Committee Masonic Temple, Cincinnati.
All the Masonic bodies in the city will meet
tomorrow to perfect arrangements for sys
tematic relief. The river at 10p. m, was
sixty-eight feet tenth and one fourth inches.
and rising half inch per hour; raining hard
APPEAL TO KNIGHTS or HONOR.
TOLEDO, Feb. 1g.--Following is an appeal
issued by the supreme dictator of the
knights of Honor:
Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor. Toledo.
Feb. l j, lSSI.--Distress call to all lodges ant
Knights of Honor: Thousands of families are
suffering from the awful floods in the Ohio and
!, tributary streams. This cnly need be named te
induce instant aid much or little, from each OF
our 5000 lodges and 100000 members. The
distress is too dire TO await relief through s
single channel. Aid sent by telegraph other.
wise to either Of the following persons will be
distributed in their own, neighboring remote
communties, to needy sufferers, whether they
be of MS or not: Col. Lewis Wilson, Cincnhati.
G. G. Shofied Wheeling, w. Va: Judge Robert
J., Breckenridge, Louisville. Ky: Judge OKey
Johnson, Parkershury, w. Va, Thomas L. Rich.
ton, KY; Rosenan Gardner, Stcubcnvile, Ohio:
Rev. Thomas BOYLE, Allegheny, Pa; and w. b
, communities will report their needs to one OF
the above.
lsigncdl r. II. CocHRANE,
Supreme Dictator.
1rIE GOVERNMENT ACTING.
N WasSJNa1-oN Feb. 1.-THE secretary OF
, war is taking active measures for the imme.
diate relief of sufferers by the overflow oi
the Ohio and tributaries. in accordance with
, the act appropriating $500 900 for that pur-
pose Orders were issued to-day for Gen
Amos Beckwith, assistant commissnry gen.
eral stationed at St Louis, to proceed to Gin.
cinnah, where he will have general charge
of the distribution of supplies He will es
sabIish eaduuarters at Cincinnati and nc,
, directly under orders from the secretary o.
war Orders were also issued for the pur
chase Of supplies and the charter Of suffi
cient number of boats to distribute then
: where most needed 1t has also been ar
ranged that an officer of the army shall ac
company each boat and superintend the ISSUE
of tie supplies The general plan of reie
determined upon is the same as that pursued
In affording relief to sufferers from the over
aow of the Mississippi last year In order t;
, give his personal attention to this subject
Secre+orv lincoln has abandoned his pro
posed trip to Hhicago.
e GOV RoADI.Y pRoCIAIMa
CoLuMDus. O., Feb. 12-The following
proclamation was issued this evening:
To the people of Ohio: The distress existin.