Show BY 13 y TELEGRAPH r r macx lal ial A AMERICAN M E R 10 A N clevelend Cli cis EVELAND 0 15 A life saving crews goes to cincinnati this afternoon ter tern teru noon oon the masons are moving to aid the flood sufferers the river here is rising and already outside its banks it is raining lightly cincinnati 15 at noon the river was 66 feet at maysville it fell six inches during the night t and is still falling eick fick sc pearces rear Pear ces cea warehouse floors collapsed this morning thay thoy contained bushels of grain the licking river is and will rise all day ther the river iver lib lia i falling ailing at frankfort 1500 people are dependent and the joss there will be it rained all day yesterday till 7 this morning at marietta the river is rising three feet A re ra petition of last weeks flood is expected at zanesville ville many contributions are aru corn coming ingin in from individuals of 10 and upwards the principals of school schoolhouses housea are doing bona nde tide duty the schooly schools leing lodging houses A masonic relief comm committed ittes raised and will distribute it along the river the chamber of commerce has given 1000 to newport the same to Dyt dayton ky pittsburg Pit rit 15 both buth rivers continue to rise the monongahela isnow igl igi allegheny alleghany Alleg hany bany 20 in alle gleany ane rain stopped this morn inar inari and it is now clear it is stil etil ra ning at the headwaters and rising there and 25 feet is expected before the flood reaches its height no damage is apprehended except from submersion jefter Jeffer jeffersonville sonville 15 the water surrounds the city every evey etrest is submerged boats are the only method of travel the river is rising still at new albany with prospects of two feet more many people are suffering terribly and moving to higher ground Harden town ind indy 15 the river rose one and a half feet last night and is still rising some houses were carried off and unroofed no casualties yet tremont 0 15 heavy rain at 5 this afternoon af the dam gave way about the same time th the trestle work for the new bridge of the lake shore railroad was swept a way away elkhart Eli eirhart hart ind 15 heavy rain sh sll day snow enow and slush five inches deep indianapolis 15 A committee sent to last night report all provi provisions alons delivered deliver vi to days suffering buffering la IS increasing and more assistance Is needed immediately another carload car load of proal coal oil candles delicacies tor ton the bick blok goes tonight to night the opera operas i 9 F tor at guilford Gul gui iford lford says it is still raining I 1 at 6 Go clock pm with indications i that it will continue during the I 1 night little rock bock 16 15 the arkansas river has risen nearly three feet tonight it is 15 feet above low water mark the ouachita Ou achita and other rivers are also fears are felt la in the bottom of another dis disastrous overflow wheeling W V 15 river riven 28 26 feet rising cincinnati 15 the relief committee of the board of trade have i raised for the relief of the ahlo flood sufferers newport tj ky 15 may mayor or hanlan has issued an appeal to the country for aid he ays faya t i three thousand families aro are destitute deai deAl tute Con tribu i lions are being sent bent to W H lafe treasurer of the citizens relief relle I 1 fund the town recovered from an epidemic of arnall emall pox madison madtson ind inda 15 river river Biver 45 feet and rising it will 6 feet more to do damage the adjacent fields are flooded for miles cincinnati pittsburg the river is rising raining all day greater rise expected zanesville 0 15 the gum Is rising fast raining all day dily at pomeroy the river is falling it if inch an hour steady rain this morning rad Fad paducah ky 15 rising an inch an hour heavy rains last night cincinnati 15 the state legia lature will amend its loan act und and local capitalists will in the tea meantime advance the money the voluntary contributions are now at a benefit tomorrow to morrow bight night at the grand opera house langtry and Haver lys lyd minstrels min Rin volunteer teer their services 15 A flood Is threatened up the river danger imminent ma maor mawr or warden ot of Jeffer jeffersonville sonville adiana telegraphs fim fie for or rellar relief he says bays thou thousands sanda of people are houseless and ering greatly new york 16 in answer to the appeal for aid from mayor warden of ind mayor edson asks the pres preb presidents dents of the various exchanges to form organizations for the purpose of responding to this and other calls that probably will be made cincinnati 16 pm water 64 61 feet drexel morgan clotele co telegraphed this afternoon prospects of rain less threatening at 11 a m the river stood 61 feet aj 4 inches the first drowning from boats occurred to day two buys boys in a frail boat gathering drift wood in the northwestern dart pt the city foil foli overboard and were drowned skiffs today to day crossed the river freely and one or two small steamers carried loads of sightseers bight sight seers up and down between newport bridge and the suspension bridge the town of dayton ky is nine tenths under people have abolished the practice of paying for services if anyone any one demands pay for carrying people or provisions his bis boat is confiscated in columbus and other stall suburbs the people devote their time 0 t assisting each other in many houses the last rise invaded parlors and pianos were swung to 10 the ceiling distribution Distri button butlen at the railroads ameet affect the dh disturbances of newspapers at the time when they are most in demand Chicago 16 mayor harrison having received appeals from new albany Jeffer jeffersonville sonville and other cities on the ohio river issues an address inviting church churches business men and other to subscribe liberally to meet the exigencies of the occasion wabash ind 16 much live stock and growing wheat are destroyed by floods in this ejection total damage the past ten days memphis IG 16 noon nood the river is within 2 feet 7 inches of danger lines iines and rising 10 inches a day will go 0 over ove r the banks below planters are preparing for trouble railroads all right new albany ind indy 16 river riven rising slowly half an inch an hour aj 7 inches last night houses gone 1200 in the water people homeless loss LOBS over a million and may be greater congress and the legislature sippe sied wied to the distress cant beaver be over estimated no loss of life water three feet teet above the famous flood of 1832 at har the river fell 16 15 inches last night pittsburg 16 river rising at cad waters but the danger is past here louisville 16 the river reached the highest point 41 44 feet 5 inches 33 inches higher than the thi flood of 1832 it will probably rise ribe eflowly till ngut when it Is hoped the receding rod roc edine will begin no casualties nor additional damage to property heavy contributions ore pouring into the depots of supply no suffering for food or clothing clear and warm people of portland are driven out of the second secona stories the shipping port is entirely abandoned and housos houses are floating away three men were rescued as they floated down clinging to the roof of a shed the body bodif jf a woman with a child clasped in her arms was recovered from the water indianapolis 16 appeals for help come from jenner jender jeffersonville sonville and new now albany supplies are sent pent bome home of which are ready received the governor anditon auditor and secretary of state are appointed a committee to disburse the funds appropriated by the legislature reports from lafayette peru and other points say bay the wabash Js is rising rapidly and overflowing its bank banka serious damage nom lom ice and flood is ia feared tested CHICAGO iga 16 A special to the dahy zahy ems aws from joliet siss biss a mine at Bral brai wod awod a mining town twenty miles south of that point caved in and imprisoned 75 men A subsequent dispatch to the same fame paper says bay a 45 of these miners are dead Cm CHICAGO cAcia 17 A brief interview has lust just been held with A lawee LS president of 34 mines minis comprising theD the lamond diamond mine to confirm re ports of the terrible disaster at braidwood braid wood sweeta information is thab that men were in the various shafts this afternoon when the ground sagged in under the weight of water thau that had at once loo loosened selled it sixty two were in tha the shaft ehan which caught the bulk of the ali all al n debris and which was in baill flooded every one of them thum as either drowned or smothered inci ie of five minutes their bodies must now be buried beneath many tons of earth hundreds of acres have been excavated and the miners minerd not in the one unfortunate shaft all escaped pumping is going on vigor outly but it will be many hours houra before the first bodies can be reached the mine waa vaa of the ordinary kind supplied with regular shafts and supposed to be well protected from accident th the a wires to joliet jollet are in bad shape and no full report has been yet received from rom the scene CLEVELAND 17 the 7 car tx press preas train on the Ch veland voland sc columbus road was wai ditched by the slap alip pida of a rail one mile north of gaillon baillon today to day while running at the rae nale of IS 18 miles an hour later A heavy fog prevailed the engineer mason an I 1 two passengers were killed and seven passengers wounded the other engineer and train hands escaped A railroad train with surgeons burgeons sur bur geons geona and wrecking apparatus has gone to the scene indianapolis 17 the house appropriated for flood suf ferer berer the senate will concur forty thousand dollars had been previously appropriated car loads of provisions are going south the wabash Is ia reported the highest ever known an appeal issued from newa new A albany bays says over 10 pun persons it that vicinity are homeless and W and nothing can be raised for therm them thereabouts the public are therefore invited to aid them every kind of aid will be acceptable cep table the wants are so various the tho distress will continue for weeks richmond 17 the council appropriated for the flood sufferers cairo 17 the river is six and a halt feet lower than the highest point of last year rising rapidly no serious damage apprehended washington 17 skinner intro doce dabill a bill today to day appropriating a million dollars for flood sufferers wheeler introduced a bill appropriating pria ting for pose pope referred wheeling W ava vaa vas 17 the st manly iron works machinery got out ot fix and seven large stoves of the grinding mill exploded putting holes in the building and killing jay Prent ibs ibb and injuring wm win sall sail the trl Til buries braidwood brandwood special gives tho the following list of miners known to be lost john Huler huier leaves a wife afifa and four children adam leaves a wife and five nive children robert isaac Pie raon leaves a wife and one child james jamea carroll canoll B charzell Chal zell leaves a wite wita and three children john boyd leaves a wife ff H cady john nell leaves a wife and six children A orr leaves a wife and three children R harper leaves a wife and three children P C redman leaves a wife and two children P wall fritz roe koo samuel alkina iravea a wife aud and bix six children jno jug atkins atkin A hoeka leavea leaves a wife and two child red ren geo Bale konsky Bule buis konsky larry sullivan john br Bro 0 kuosa kutta 3 leaves a wife and four childr childred chil ehll drel drei r A eulton fulton K grabe wm win leaves a wife and two children jame james pearson john pearson harry leaves a wife and child joe mathew A golenberg er frank prank mott leaves a wife and three children W klieser kneser KH eber eser joe smith 0 cloflin Cl john johm gullock frank kias klass adam damm leaves a wife and four children E D aman joe joo grate grates ski john dembrosky Den brosky anton denbroski Denb Den brosk F mun blun latt belz P sect jno huber frank huber Wilho adam stion atlon jr jno Pie pierson noll noil matthew redman D M bridge T costigan adam stewart jr frank stewart Bt ewart hugh nesbitt A B egington balmon stumps john smith R Rb babbert habbert bert berf geo goo matthew W C secora decors H blossner Jl JL ense john french john johnson Joh neon 0 0 sterio john anderson Ance Anc erson erbon wm mccutty thos rogers and joe rus eus ek this was tho the most moat terrible tragedy that evar visited the ton coal field it was in the no I 1 2 shaft of the wilmington coal mine manufacturing company known aa the diamond company it was situated aj 3 miles northwest of this city the little village of diamond is a scene of desolation calculated to wring the hearts of the moa moat hardened to scenes scones of misery TOLEDO 0 18 since sineo noon the water has risen steadily at 9 this evening it marks maiks 20 inches higher than the highest point of 81 and is rising at the rate of 3 inches per hour A gorge below the city extends for two miles below the pennsylvania railroad bedge and ice is ia piled up to the height of 12 to IS 18 feet T the gorge org abreast of the city Is ia still firm in addition to the ine westerly span of the cherry street bridge and easterly and west terly trestles of the W dandil wandin Wan and dIL din LL ril rail wa uridge two of the central gentral spans of tae oue pennsylvania railroad bridge w ere carried away together with a 1 of the new nef draw and two temporary spans of the union railroad bridge the water is now above the floor of the nake lake shore railroad bridge but the sti stands flim the middle ground from union depot to the lake shore bridge Js is covered with water to a depth of 6 to 8 feet extending across the river is a vast field of broken ice iee 7 feet deep on the floor of the L lland iland land house and union depot most moat of the rolling stock is removed from the depot and middle grounds the gas works are flooded with only 26 hours supply to depend upon eel riner which empties into white at is 18 lising very rapidly and at oakley city rose at night a and nd fell during the day vermillion vermil llon ilon river at eugene ind la 13 gorged with ices lees ice and warning has been tent down along the nna line to look out for a big flood the most moat dauger danger lies in the breaking away of the ice above which will undoubtedly create consternation in the river bottoms and at and wabash wabash threatens to inundate the busi busl business nebs nees part of the aown A A special from Jeffer jeffersonville sonville says five sixths sixtus of the city is ander water and deso debo desolation lauon ladon and calery of seven thousand people beggars dab five houses homes have turned over and are floating down toward the falls with no pos possible sible sibie way of 8 iving them little rock 19 igan au an inch of snow fell here today to day first this winter the arkansas river rose 42 inches marking only two feet below that of springs hig big highest hestmark mark the mississippi Missie sippi at Ark ineas city rosea bootin foot in atje past 24 hours showing over 38 feet above low water mark indianapolis 19 the following telegram was read from agents of the indiana relief committee Jeffer jeffersonville sonville ind 19 the ground here Is ia all over water we must say bay of Jeffer jeffersonville sonville that it la is beyond power to the great desolation fully 50 per cent of the city sl under water the bus business incEs streets grand canals ara only used by boats boata so sudden was the flood upon them that merchants had no time to remove any stock it is almost impossible to make purchases even if the would be purchaser had the lunds bunds when cons consequent equen t sickness comes there will be be an open field for charity Jeffer jeffersonville sonville will be quite largely dependent upon the generosity of the public for at least 30 days we find noble workers doing all that |