The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-12
Yesterdays Report.
AT CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1l.-At II q. m. tho
river wa. GO feet, l IL inches high, and
rising an inch an hour. II is raining hard
The water lacks now bu. il inches Of the
flood otlast year with the rains general
and the tributaries all rising, IL is imposs
| bic 20 predict wha, height mry yet be
ra.Chsd o. when the rise will stop IL rs
certain now jhat lIst years record will be
| surpassed before mig 6, Sill there are no
clgusli.3 20 report In Cincinnati except
the drowning OF two disreputItle women,
who were caroUsing In a boat ~ the lower
| part OF the city yesterday, and fell into the
water. Their male companions made no
effort o save them
The increased stage o. the wster still has
no CifeC 90 change the railroad situation.
| The Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Dayton trains
can rGfGh their depot until the water
reaches o. feet, and then can land passeu-
| gers at the stock yards, three miles out.
Speaking OF the prOprlety OF holding the
| onrra festival, she Commercial Gazette says:
at tho Abandonment OF the festival could
| have distinct, or even q remote tendency
TO old the sufferers rom the widespread
desClit,oa m tho valley Of the Onic, there
would not be = instanps hesitat on. The
| situation is not of that sort. Thousands
have direct interests in the continuance Of
the foetiva. Not one is interested IN post
poniug it. Everybody who comes can be
made comfortable
The meeting Of the western association of
general passenger and tick6t agents, called
| here for February 10 has been postponed
on account of the high water The day has
| been one of the greatest excitement since
| the flood began. The stage OF high water
laet year was pa sed at | p. m. y steady
| and hard raiR fell during q q greater part
OF to-day. Reports from every place where
there are streams which run in the ONO
make IL certain that still mJre
capgeross food will be upon the al
ready unfortunate people Of the Ohio
valley. The experience OF last year made
people bold in confronting dangers they
| had once met and overcome, but when now
| "A new element OF terror comes in the form
OF heightened food, new series of CO am
tiles begins 10 appear, Gas was lost yester-
day. The water supply ceases TO accumu-
| late to-day. There Is five days supply in
tho reservoir with careful use, but one big
| fire would make serious inroad on that.
| The worst Oh all Ia that nobody
knows when the limit Of the
flood will be reached. The rising
waters above aud in oil the side tributaries
render it certain that the river
mus. continue to risa for some time. How
long and how rapid the rise will be are
points OF CONGO; ure and fear. The rate in.
creased this afternoon to an inch an hour,
and during the hour from 8 @ o'clock the
rise was three -fourths OF an inch. II is
hardly possible to give an idea of the stua
ton to people who cannot see the great
body OF the river approach TO the banks
cutting off all the streets running to the
river. At Pearl street or near strangers to
its extent when II ie stated
that the water Is now but little more than
600 feet from the Burnet house. From there
to the river bank proper the distance is be.
~. hat
can be seen is street inundated aud boats
gliding in oil directions. The suspension
bridge, & hundred leet above the low water
mark, makes u low arch above the mad
flood.
The Newport & Southern railroad bridges
reem almost touching the water. The
view from Prices hill. in the
western part Of the city, gives the only
comprehensive outline OF the flood-ccvered
portion OF the city. At the foo Of the hill,
on the ives. city side, Mil creek spreads TO
an average OF a mile expanse OF water, and
reaches north out sight. The bacEwater
ruus beyond Spring Grove cemetery, dis
lance OF seven mile uo the river. Cincin-
natl. Covington ard Newport houses can
be seen peeripg OFT OF the water while
down the river almost from hill to hill, the
valley is covered. Up to this time, great
as the danger is, there has been no great
disaster. The cry of distress, however, IL
beginning to grow louder. The msnufac-
tories are stopping and men are thrown
ont e emplo, men'. In Newport IL Is
estimated that 5000 TO 5000 pe, pie are
homeless and their supplies we're exhaust
ed at noon. They may go without supper
tonight because the supplies of the relief
committee are exhausted.
The relief work In Cincinnati beginning
20 press. Lawrenceburg to-day sent a re-
quest here for help, but President Urner
was comp elled to refuse for lack or funds.
Contributions have not been rs generous
as last year but will probably come faster
tomorrow.
Eighth street, the street rail
road, and the avenue between the
CITY and Rice Hill were over
flowed to-day and access t. that suburb by
q rect cars was cut of. 0ae of the largest
establishments Of Mill creek valley, the
American Oak leather company, has been
battling TO keep the flood cut. They have
built no barriers entirely surrounding the
whole structure aud are now Is inches
above the water and can keep safe
until 10 feet Is reached.
Hamilton ard Dayton trains run through
wster and may have to stop further out To-
morrow. The Panhandle has the traffic
batseen here and Lovtland but takes
FREIGHT from that point aud has no inter-
rupt'on to Pit sburg.
Atm. N. the wafer was sixty-six feet
and eleven inches. Ths W ter works Office
rroit, onel engine still working and will
ntiuue 10 tro Till the dres are put out,