The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-23

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Ts FOOD reached NJ sllmas ia.day--Ti |
feet and \ II ~ Inch N aeon II ~.
mained stationary At that uhti two o'ciert,
when dscllns waa noticed. AtHiu u had
aona down half IN Inch. ani slnee then has
continued 70 decline slowly, vefy slowly, |
hus surely aud steadily.
The news that The fail had begun "a.
hailed with Wy w every class " citizens.
The city il IN . terrible condition.. ilaai'
ness IL suspended IN nearly all the whole |
sails houses and manufacturing establish
menis A. yet there has no, been any |
great catastrophe Ia Cincinnati. but every |
body I, neryouaiy apprehenaiye Of cna Al
any mlnutel unless The waters fall very |
gradually, II would seem almost Impossible
20 escape without immense losses from
warehouses and stores, nlled with costly
goods, crumblng and falling FROM their
walls bclng weakencdhy the waters 80 long
about them,
Tho situation at Newport, the second
largest Of our Kentucky suburbs, Il much
worse relatively than In Cincinnati. The
waters have risen, nh out of tho IN squares
In the town eighty have been ovcrfowed.
over twoihirda " the town aud Of the H..
900 inhabitants over 1000 have been or are
being afforded relief, mostly food.
Whom half city IL In such condition
thc scenes Of distress may be imagined.
The distress and grief can only be pictured
| al AL A
vast territory now Submerged naught but
ruin aud dosolation can be seen. Tho ter
rife wind and rain storm Last night laid
waste many houses. The streets arc now
In many places blocked with houses, sta.
blcs, porrhes, etc., making II very diillculi
for tho relief boats TO navigate. A reportoI
went through the flooded districts with
relief committee, and found people,
actually starving. a. coffee, bread
POOR sufferers they grabb a NJ the eatables
IN daxed, halt.famished manner that was
heartreDding 10 witness. Twenty houses
, were counted turned bottom upward. Ten
thousand pcple were given dinner at the
soup.houss to-day. Seven thousand lonves
OF bread, 1900 pounds Of meat, .boJ gallons
Of soup and i,0o) gallons Of coffee were dis
tributed By the relief committees to-day.
worse than yesterday. The town stands
much higher than Newport. About LON
/, people arc being fed there.
Az Dayton, KY, by actual count, there
are $40 houses submerged. Taking ON an
4 average seven people 10 n house, II make
!. over 1909 homeless people.
!. On the Ohio side, Mil Creek Valley, .
y the west cnd Of Cincinnati, presents |
scene OF the utmost desolntion. House,
n are inundated, some OF them 10 the secons
!, story, and others submerged, stables ant
sheds are overturned; tops OF freight car
u protrude from submerged railroad tracks
and all kinds Of rubbish and refuse Is float
!, ing about.
!, Al Lawrcnceberg, Ind, over b00 house
have been swept away aud upwards Q
1000 people are homeless. Foars OF stil
/, greater damage are not unfounded, as Oh
4 banks built 10 protect tho city from al
= overflow Of the Miami river have boo
i hroRcn down. and a resistlcss torrent Q
W twelve 10 twenty feet OF water IL pourin
u through tho heart Of the city.
LOUISVILLE. Fob. n. Q ?. n.
Ia Tho river continues 10 rise. Tho cant
I, gauge registers forty.six faet, eIghtee
- Inches higher than at any time last yea
y The strong wind Of last night caused N
:. waves te DO much damage In tho sui
ID merged district. A great many hous'
have fallen or noated on. The water
l.. still rising, though the ground IL bar
y frozen, and this morning reached tho cells
o. of tho Board Of Trade building, putin
q. out the fire In tho furnace. There Il !
=. likelihood Of any further rain and III
" river Is expected TO be at stand by morI
Ing.
as JeiYersonvIlls It'll nearly every street ha
\. disappeared. II tho water continues
!" rise al the present rats, by noon Frida
ie there will not bs dry spot In the towI
Sights are the most appalling and distres
"a ing. Houses have cnvcd In and hundres
7, of people arc hndiled together In SON
D. buildings. Many remain In second storis
. shlyoring. suffering from dampness an
sr cold. aud In many cases hunger. The POI
a. itentiary IL still out OF water, but He
food sufferers with nowhere 10 70.
Utica, Ind. IL almost out Of sight II
" inhabitants fed TO the hills Tor safet]
=. clarksvIlio Is entirely depopulated.
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" lIshed to-day. Thrss-fourths of tue town
undsr water, Including the entire busins'
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