The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-14
GUESTS OF THE NATION.
The HouseIess and Homeless Suffer
ere by the Flood,
70 be Fed and Clothed by Unc Ie Sam and
His Big Hearted Children.
Further Particulars From the Sub
merged Districts--seventy Feet Of
water Bent on Destruction.
A Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Feb. l3.-Rained all night
and this forenoon the weather is warm.
River steadily rising. At this hour 1t has
reached sixty mine feet eight three.q quarter
Inches. Last night five men In boat re-
turning home to Fairmont capsiz.d, and
George Paulus and Jacob Bruce, both men
we're drowned. Three young men came
down the river In skiff aud when near
the suspension bridgeltheir frail craft sud-
denly lurched and threw them out. Two were
thrown under and drowned The other
hoated Of struggling for life and probably
met similar fate. The accident occurred
In full view OF hundreds GU the bridge.
Their names are not known Us no bodies
were recovered. Three boats approaching
Evansville, Ind, from Kentucky shore,
one containing seven persons; Others two
and three each we're lost during the storm
Of last night and 1t is supposed all persisted.
It was impossible for witnesses to tell
whether they were white or black. They
were making straight for the nearest point
on the Indiana shore when they suddenly
disappeared.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. l3.-Thirteen
people were drowned last night by the up.
setting Of three skiffs approaching from the
Kentucky side. A terrific rain.storm was
raging, and the three boats, one containing
seven and the others three each, started
apparently from Col. Posey's farm, il the
inundated district. suddenly violent
wind storm spfang up and the waves
swept over the boats. They tried to face
the wind, but were swept into the rough OF
the waves, and all three Of them we're
calelzed. Not man Of the thirteen was
seen sfterward. The disaster was plainly
visible from shore. The boats drifted with
the current and were carried down TO.
wards the Gulf.
The Cincinnati and Northern 10 the only
railroad having an outlet from this city.
Early moroing dispatches say the horrors
Of the situation at daylight have never been
eqused 10 the history of American inunda.
lions, with renewed terror, inspired by the
mornings report Of the weather bureau,
that the floods will continue to increase.
The water at Cincinnati was rising steadily
all night and the wind was blowing shurri.
cane. score Of houses were swept from
their foundation. The militia are com.
polling people to leave their houses TO avoid
sudden danger.
Newport, KY, Is raging sea, with hun.
dreds of families water bound. A water
famine 10 imminent at Cincinnati.
At Lawrcnceburg the water 10 rising fast,
and the strong current Is likely 10 wash
away two hundred houses before night.
At Newton, Ind. every block Is under
water, aud at daylight the people were fly.
ing to the bills, leaving everything.
At Shawneetown the citizens have absn.
donsd work on the leyees and are prepar.
| Ing for the worst.
Uniontowh and Smlthland, KY, are both
completely under water.
In Jacksonville, Indiana, nine thousand
people are living In the second stories Of
| their houses.
River reports this morning are as follows:
Wheeling, % feet l inch aud falling;
| Brownsville, Is feet 3 inches aud falling;
Portsmouth, feet higher than last year;
Louisville, ~ feet 8 inches aud rising
Galiipolis, falling an inch an hour; Pome.
roy, falling IS inches in the last "a hours;
Pittsburg, Is feet inches.
A cold wave 10 approaching from the
West, which will cause the temperature to
| fail from 20 to 30 degrees in the Middle
states tomorrow. The Ohio, Arkansas,
Red and central and lower Mississippi
rivers continue to rise. The foods at Ohio
points below Cincinnati will exceed the
food Of last year. The water will probably
reach TO feet at Cincinnati.
BELLE OF sHREvE PORT CRIPPLED.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. l3.-The steamer
Belle Of Shreveport has Just collded with q
| pier Of the Ohio river bridge on the falls, aud
| 10 very badly damaged. The water here
lacks but one foot Of the high. water marks
Of 1888.
BRLLEvILLE, H., Feb. l3.-Richland
creek is over ito banks At several places
here, but the damage thus far has been
slight. Farmers near Fayetteville are de &.
sorting their homes on account Of the great
rise In the Okaw river.
PANIC IN CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. l8.-The situation
| grows steadily worse. The river stood at
| 90 feet l0k inches at IL O'Clock and rising.
People are getting out of their homes every
| mtuutc, tWculy~Si iaihiiCo WoiC lcaCueu
this morning In one block &.
/ Heavy wind and rain all night
has swollen local streams and battles those
trying to relieve the sufferers. The de-
moralixation and selfshness visible In every
great aud irresistible public calamity has
begun; even the wealthy now subscribe
sparlngly to the relief funds. The city Is
quiet, even the criminal and the lawless
are subdued. Three feet more of water
will make Covington an island and pul
Newport wholly under water. The situation
there 10 appalling. Twenty.ssven houses
foated away. Here the water Is rising
/ steadily to the center Of the city,
and
/. PEOPLE ARE PANIC. sTRICKEN.
The Cleveland llfs.saving crew arrived
this morning, and IL doing gallant work Ii
Covington and Newport.
Lebanon, Ohio, telegraphs $500 for the
relief fund. Lawrenceburg cannot b.
reached by telegraph.
TERRIBLE SUSPENSE.
The suspense over the failure to hear
definite news from Lawrenceburg, Ind.
grows painful, but 10 tempered by the be
lief that II Q serious disaster, involving
loss of life, had occurred, some mean
would have been found to get word from
Lawrenoeburg to Aurora, where Is thu
nearest telegraph Office.
MANY YLOATING HOUSES.