The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-24
FEOM METROPOLIS TO CAIRO.
A Painful Recital Of the Ruin Wrought
by the Flood.

METROPOLIS, H., Feb. 28.-In com.
ing from Granville, Ind, down the Ohio
river, the lights that greet the passengers
oye are slmost beyond belief. After pull.
ing out from Evansville, the first place that
claims attention Is the little village Of Fair
play, Ky. Here the floods have as com.
pIetely cleaned the place, containing about
ten houses, Of the evidences Of the habita.
ton OF man as il it had never been inhabit-
ed, the entire village, but recently thirty.
ing trading point, being entirely swept
is at Frankfort, Ind, containing about 100
people. The dwelling. houses have been
lifted from their resting places and gone
down the swelling streams.
Mt Vernon, Ind, sits smillngly above
the general ruin. having sustained no
losses worthy Of mention.
Just below Mt. Vernon at the mouth OF
the Wabash river lies Wabash Island,
where dwet some six or seven thrifty
farmers, comfortably situated In good
houses, with barns for their stock and
pens for corn. When the owners return
nothing but the earth covered with drift
and river deposits will DO found.
New York Landing, containing store,
postotiice and blacksmith shop, 10 all
gone.
Uniontown, KY, however, seems to
have been especially singled out by storms
and foods as the object Of their vengeance.
About fifty houses are gone, among them
large tobacco warehouse, Ia which were
forty h0gsheads Of tobacco, which all went
into the river. The wreck Of handsome
opera hOuse may be seen from the steam.
er's deck, some enterprising man having
gathered up the chairs and set them Ia
city hall, another good build.
ing, is also gone. Many Of
the buildings destroyed are Of the
better class, making the loss so much the
heavier. Near here gentleman and bis
family got aboard the boat, who were drlv.
en- from their ruined home Tuesday night
He says people could be seen and heard IA
the trees screaming pteously for sucoor,
but it was all hs could do to get to the
hills with his own lie and those OF biz
| family.
awneetown-poor Shawneetownl Her
| people say that one hundred and fifty
houses are floating about In the woods aud
| waste places surrounding the town, The
| top Of the roof OF the Louisville and Nash.
vile depot is now just barely above the wa
| ter,
| Shortly above and opposite Shawneetown
are the two landings Of Raleigh and Black.
| burn, Ky, the first containing five or six
houses before the flood, not one Is left to
mark the spot. The second, formerly con.
| al al nv off
| livery stable, a couple Of saloons, In fact, o
small place, has but one solitary building TO
mark the spot.
just below Shawneetown, q passenger,
who had left his home in charge Of hired
hand informing him on his departure as Ia
when he would return, had the boat whistle
long and loud for his servant to come out
for MIN in boat. The steamer stopped,
but no one appeared, and the owner
found his house and all swept away. He
she'd bitter tears, not knowing what had
become of his friends and possessions.
Caseyville, KY, has shared about tn,
same fate as Uniontown, being SAL
wreck.
Weston, KY, loses four houses. Tn
little mining town Of Rose Clare, III.
is reported all gone. Bardsville
Ky, is but little better. New Liberty
H., has but three houses left. The oil
town OF Smithland Is we'll nigh destroyed
while Paducah will not allow steamers t
land, and has suffered immensely. Blu
two squares in the city are out of water.
Many valuable buildings. including some
large warehouses, were blown down, and
hundreds Of tobacco hogsheads are in the
water. The whole shore Is lined with
dwelling houses, barns, storehouses and
wrecks Of every kind from Evansville 4
| Cairo,