The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-27
RIVERS FLOOD VICTIMS
Rising Of the Ohio Causes Great
Devastation.
THE WATERS NOW 8UB8IDIEa

About Cincinnati Thousands of Worltmen
Have Been Driven from Their Labors
and Many Families Imprisoned in the
Upper stories of Their Homes.
Cincinnati. Feb. 27.-What seems un-
precedented in the present Ohio river
flood is its persistence at certain stages.
It became stationary at s o'clock yes
terday morning, 81 feet 2 inches. and
at o'clock last night was unchanged,
having remained 10 hours at that
stage.
At present the condition of the peo-
pie driven from home by the floods is
pitiable. with the mercury at 25, and
steadily falling, their suffering in
creases. outside Of the regular charity
organization and the police force
there has been no provision for the as
sistance of those sufferers except such
as is rendered by their immediate
nelghbors.
Beginning up the river, the village Of
California is Hooded. Its houses look
like so many islands rising from out of
a sea. From Fort Thomas a grand
view Of this flood can be had, and it
looks appalling in extent, with farms
flooded and farmhouses peering above
corporation line of Cincinnati the first
submergency is at Columbia. Here
many families are driven 60 the upper
stories, and many are driven clear out
Of their homes At Pendleton next
below Columbia the situation is still
worse, owing to the great extent Of
the submerged district. In both these
suburban wards the flood invaded
many factories and stopped work.
over in Newport the seven inch rise
since dark Thursday night very great
ly increased the suffering. Not only
the upper part of Newport, but that
portion lying between the Ohio and
Licking rivers, is seriously affected.
Water from few inches to six feet
deep covers this region to within two
squares of the court house. Grounds
occupied by the old Newport barracks
are deep under water In Covington
along the immediate river front houses
are submerged while farther up town
cellars are filed with water Most Of
these houses are business, ware or
storehouses, or factories. This condi-
ton exists along the whole river front
Of Covington, while at West Covington
a number of families are driven from
dwelling houses.
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much worse condition than they were
| Thursday night. Water covers the
| great dam at Ludlow Lagoon, and the
surface Of the lake and that Of the
/ river are united. How a break in this
/ dam can be prevented when the waters
| subside is puzzling those who have a
/ large amount of capital invested in
| that resort. At the western extremity
| of the city, beginning with North
/ Bend and coming up through Coal
| City Fern Bank, Riverside, Delphi,
/ Sedamsville and Storrs township, at
the mouth of Mill creek, there is an
| unbroken scene of desolation and dis
tress, homes vacated, people fed from
boats in upper stories of houses, shops
and factories silenced, row boats car
rying provisions and moving goods and
families, and wagons with horses neck
deep in water
All along the river front of Ciucin-
natl, from Mil Lock to the little Miami
railroad depot, the wafer extends in
most places to second stories, and In
some places nearly to Pearl street,
while it floods nearly all Pearl street
cellars This district includes nearly
all the commission houses, the coal
elevators, except one, and many factor
les. But the greatest damage and in
convenience in Cincinnati We're in Mill
Creek valley, from the Ohio river to
Cumminsville, distance Of six miles
Some fear is felt for the safety OF
houses on the river front, against
which steamers and every description
of river craft are humping with eacr
huctuation of the waves. Organiza,
tion for the relief of suffering, which
owing to the cold weather, is intense
will probably be made in Cincinnati to-
day.
All points above here report the rive
falling fast Immediately below Gin
cinnati it is either stationery or recel
ing slowly At Cincinnati last night
from s to 9 o'clock, the river fell
quarter Of an inch, making a begin
ming Of subsistence.
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