The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
CINCINNATI, o., February 1o.-The wata


rate as 1t rose, and a great feeling of re.
lief has been experienced by every one.
As the flood abates the great suffering and
the damage it has caused becomes more
1t is feared that the strong cur
rent of the outgoing flood may cause many
buildings to topple. A serious calamity
occurred yesterday morning, when row
of buildings at the corner of Pearl and
Ludlow streets, crashed down and buried
the inmates beneath the debris. An
alarm was turned in and the
fire department. responded, and worked
heroically to rescue the unfortu-
mates under the ruins, and succeed
ed in getting out number. The
dead, as reported by the rescued resi-
dents of the houses are: John W. Kyle,
Maud Ellis, Mary Z. Golfer, James Ogden,
Bernhardt Woehnker, Mrs. b. Woenn-
ker, Thos. Burke, Mrs. Thos. Burke, Thos.
Burke's two children. The buildings were |
numbered 127 and 129 East Pearl, were oc- |
cupied by John b. Oester, who had saloon |
and restaurant on the first floor and kept |
boarders above. The first floor had been
and Oester and his family were on the floor
above. All day yesterday thousands OF
people crowded Third and ludlow streets,
anxious to get glimpse of the scene OF the
terrible disaster. A large force OF men
with skiffs were busily engaged in taking
out the household effects of the occupants,
and although nearly all the dead bodies
were visible, but three were taken out OF
the ruins up to three O'Clock yesterday al,
ternoon. The others could not be removed
on account of being partially covered with
the debris. Those found were Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernhardt Woehnker, who resided in tue
building No, 127, and Maud Ellis, a domes-
tic employed by the Kyles in the house
adjoining-No. 125. The former were
were evidently smothered to death, as their
bodies were not in the least dishgured.
Mr.. Woehnker was suffering terribly with
rheumatism, and when the crash came he
was unable to move. Shortly after ten
O'Clock last night the Central avenue front
fell out of the large four-story building on
| the northwest corner of Central avenue
and Second street. The middle section OF
| the wall fell outward into the street, and
carried with it the floors four rooms back.
| There was no one in the building at the
time, although Jim Boland, the watchman,
| had a narrow escape, he having left the
| place not five minutes before. Only lew
| days ago Mrs. Elizabeth Bolts and George
| Hammond, who were washed out by the
| flood, stored their furniture in the place,
| nearly all of which went down in the ruin.
| The rear portion of No. 45 Public Land
! ing fell in last night. Two women and a
| child were rescued. Councilman Reynolds
/
northwest corner of Second and Sycamore,
| is momentarily expected to fall
down. A business house on the
| south side of Pearl, between Main and Syc.
amore, is in imminent danger of caving.
New cracks are showing themselves in the
Broadway Hotel, and the situation Is be-
coming more serious hourly.
NEWPORT, KY, February 16-As the
waters recede preparations are being made
by those whose houses are nearest to the
high water mark for the cleaning out of
their dwellings, and for repairing things
generally. Already parties can be seen.
armed with hoes, brooms, hammers, ETC.,
ready to commence work The wants oi
$4,000 people were supplied yesterday at
from this Establishment 1O,O6(
loaves of bread, 2,200 pounds of meat, 1.SoC
gallons of soup, and 200 gallons of coffee
J There are seventy-tw persons being takeI
care of in the basement of the St. Paul
E. Church by the Ladies' Sewing Society
and the Ladies' Relief Union. Most O.
: these are people who were driven even
. the encroachments of the flood. They ap
pear to be well satisfied. Two sewing ma
chimes are kept GO constantly run, run
e have sought shelter, while other
!. do hand sewing in the max
c ing up of flannel garments and dresses, no
e only for themselves, but for others. A lit
S tie six-year-old girl called at the Ligh
: Company's office yesterday and handed t
: Mr.. Hawthorne toy bank, saying: "There
Y Mr.. Hawthorne, is some money saved ur
Y 1 guess the poor people who have no home
+ need it more than 1 do" Her saving
|. amounted to forty cents. Mrs. John
s Taylor has caused tbs furniture of ten di
o ferent households to be stored away in he
+ elegant mansion. The lady very thought
r fully sent word to families as she notice
d the water coming that if they desired the
5. could store their furniture in her house ur
e til after the water subsidies.
d SHAwNEETowN, ILL, February 15.-SAA
N The river rose six inches during the pa:
II twelve hours. The telegraph office is il
a vaded and communication was cut off SCI
# eral hours. The instruments were remove
l. to the second-story of a neighboring buil'
g | in q, and no trouble in future is expected
It unless the poles are washed away and tt
. wires break between here and the hig
D lands. One house was carried away fro
g its foundation this morning and foated OF
m Several foundations have given way, an
:, houses are leaning and likely to give wa
II any moment. Should wind arise, gre'
il destruction in this direction is inevitabl
n- a. m.-There is increasing distress ON tt
i'd hills back of town where many citizens a
epo1aoned Ihs bns foeGny foel is scare
I'd and there are several cases
y serious sickness. No formal appeal for a
n has yet been made, but much assistant
er will be needed. Several families who i
80 tended to remain during the flood are pr
pairing to leave. Business is entirely su
IL pended and will remain SO for several day
ar The situation at Uniontown grows more S
h rious hourly. Many Inhabitants have
- serted their houses and gone to places
= safety. Those who remain are living
al second stories. The same is true of Case
o. o. vile, Weston, Cave-in-Rock and two
IS =. three points below here. An effort w
10 made to reach John Boyd's pork-house,
40 40 which dozen or more families have tax,
II refuge, but it lies just north of the nor
-, levee, over which the current is so sw
~ ~ that oarsman were unable to stem its fore
es The pork-house is strongly built, but its r
in sition is perilous, and communication wi
n the outside dangerous.
IS, PORTSMOUTH, O., February 15.-The riv
o. is receding 1k inches per hour. Secol
TO and Sixth streets and a few other spots q
ts peeping out of water. Two groceries a
20, a meat shop emerged from the flood tod
and resume business. Flags are foati
A from several buildings. Arrangeme1
tn have been made for the transportation
mails. The papers come in two da
or late. and are eagerly sought after. 7
sn number of families fed by the Relief Co
Gu mittee is the increase. A depot
relief has been established by commit
IN, in SpringvilIe, Ky, where there is mu
rus lished on the bluff north of the city, whit
ev- thousand refugees are domiciled in a
om about the cemetery. The Relief Commit
he are laboring to supply the destitute peel
re. with coal and clothing.
the FRANKFORT, KY, February 14.-Rep
the sentative Cleary, of Covington, offered
nd resolution in the House to-day, which "
a passed, appropriating the additional s.
ds, of $40 goo out of the State Treasury, for
A purchase of provisions, fuel and otl
he necessaries for the flood sufferers. Al
lis special meeting of the Frankfort c
ing Council to-day, S!Oo was appropriated
or the sufferers at Newport, CovinGton. c
the lettsburg, Ashland, Maysville, Carroll
and Milton.
YER NASHVILLE KY, February 15.-2 p. Y
o o a Iti impossible to estimate the loss by
zen zen flood. The greatest loss is in East Ma