The Bourbon news., 1913-04-01
PARIS NEGRO DROWNED.
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by the sight or an aged woman scan
tily clad. suffering with illness and
hunger begging another for piece of
apple which she was ravenUusly de-
vouring. The sights are enough to
make one close their eyes in horror
and beyond the power of pen or words
to depict.
Mr.. Ray Clark, of this city, who
left Paris several days ago with car
load of fancy driving horses belonging
to Mr.. John Patterson, president or
the National Cash Register Co of
Dayton, O., was detained in Cincinnati
on account of the floods, and FORUM
ately escaped being in the stricken
city. Mr.. Clark retured to Paris Fri
day.
With the Ohio River at the highest
point since the memorable flood or
1884, Kentucky towns are experiencing
one of the greatest floods in history.
Appeals are being sent out all over the
country for relief from Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana towns
The waters overfiowed the walls at
Lawrenceburg, Ind, Saturday, flooding
the city, and doing damage to the ex-
tent of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Cincinnati and Kentucky tow rs
across the river are in the clutches of
the Ohio. Covington, Newport, Day
ton and other cities are partly inundat-
ed. The river has reached high point
at Cairo, ILL.,, and it is expected to
break over the walls at any time.
Louisville is suffering one of the
creates fo,ds in history. The water
| has reached high stage and por-
tion of the city is under water. Re-
ports are to the effect that Ashland
and Catlettsburg are suffering to a
great extent from the high water.
Both cities are cut off from the outside
world and at the last moment an ap-
peal was sent out for assistance. Win
chester and Lexington were asked to
| aid Sunday.
| Maysville is practically inundated,
| the water running through all of the
principal streets. Sunday afternoon
| the water reached the Louisville and
| Nashville depot. The railroad tracks
of both the c.. and o. and l.. and N.
are covered with water, and the busi-
ness district flooded.
MAYSVILLE UNDER WATER.
The Ohio River at MaysviIle has
gone beyond the record stage of 1884.
Half of this city is under water and all
the mills, factories, street railways,
the g. and D. Railway and the l.. and
N. Railway have been put out of com
mission.
Fire destroyed thousand dollar
dwelling Saturday morning. An auto
fire engine was unable to reach the
structure through the water. Six hum
dred houses are now submerged The
American Tobacco Company has one
thousand hogsheads of tobacco, over
one million pounds, damaged by water
in their big plant. There is no way to
the tobacco as the water. entirely
surrounds their buildings.
LICKING BREAKS RECORD.
The Licking River las broken all
records and Saturday was six inches
higher than ever before. Midtown,
Upper Blue Lick Springs. Sherburne
ard other places up the river report
that many buildings are flooded. At
Parks Ferry, Pleasant Valley, Abner' s
Mills, Blue Lick Springs and other
points further down the river many
bildings were flooded and business is
st a standstill in all these towns. The
waters of the river extended from
Myers on the south to PleasantkValley
on the north. forming a great sea
nearly three miles across.