| Show BY TE TELEGRAPH LE GRAPH RAPH G MR ren WESTE UNION TELEGRAPH link line A AMERICAN el P 11 C A N cincinnati 13 the signal service flag denoting the coming of cold weather floats today to day the third time since the flood began hitherto its presence was welcomed but now it is greeted with the worst apprehensions cold weather now could have no substantial effect on the water disaster that has about done its worst but with cold weather the imprisoned people in all cities and towns along the ohio river would suffer terribly for lack of fuel few realize the dilli difficulty culty of gettin getting supplies delivered as there are no lannings landings for steamers and the damage done to buildings by the waves caused by passing steamers nas has so great as to cause the occupants of flooded houses to fire on the steamers bringing them relief the relief steamers to be of real service will wiil have to be equipped with life saying saving crews and boats it can readily be seen how slow would be the work of carrying carr ying I 1 any considerable co quantity of fuel to such places as lawrenceburg Lawrenc eburg and new richmond ind which are entirely submerged and surrounded with water no relief boats have yet been sent out from here A special from portsmouth ohio dated yesterday and forwarded from stville the nearest telegraph station says there is not an acre of dry round in the city and not a hundred S auses houses which are not underwater vater at 9 pm the water had reached 70 60 feet au 2 inches showing a rise ot of an inch in the last hour there was a heavy rain from 6 to with slight indications of colder weather it is impossible to tell what maybe the stage in 24 hours during the day news from up the river was received which showed that the water was falling from marietta marletta down to maysville this under ordinary circumstances cum stances would mean stationary or falling water hereby here by thursday afternoon but the heavy rains of today to day and the thoroughly saturated condition of the earth cause the river to respond instantly to the rainfall nobody thought today to day that the water would exceed 70 0 feet feel nobody can say now that it will not reach 71 feet pearl street which was yesterday closed by vater water yater except a space near vine street is is now navigable from end to end by skiffs at the market house on broadway the water covers the bench making a depth of nearly five feet on the floor As intimated today to day no news from lawrenceburg Lawrenc eburg was good news great fear was expressed lest last nights storm would bring disaster to that town no news from there till tonight when the neuss news tournai journal special tells the wind has no specially disastrous effect though last night and today had bad been a period of great anxiety the river rose last night twelve inches the houses still continue to float from their foundations commercial gazette special ironton ohio city is two thirds underwater water destruction is beyond all estimate over half the people are homeless and out of food greenup ken 13 the town is completely submerged great suffering among the poor upriver up river dispatches tonight to night llight show the river falling in the region of Galli polis polls stationary at huntington and portsmouth commercial gazette the steamer kaibe yube maters waters 11 aters returned at 1 tonight from a trip to ripley with relief supplies bishop collins who went with the steamer say the hills on the opposite side of the river form its banks the people ask first for news next nest for ropes to anchor their houses and lastly for cooked provisions 0 V i none want clothing 91 houses U I 1 ies les everywhere are swept away or are arc floating on their corners rural and an dAugusta augusta ky are arc wrecks water running behind augusta kingan making ma an island of it dover ky is in twelve feet of water in the shallowest lowest part new palestine f 0 is nearly mined new richmond is worse off in 11 point pleasant grants birthplace birth place 1 only two houses are out of water adios cow is in a bad condition many houses are gone one at neville the wreck of shiloh is worse than neville higgins ill iii ins port is half in water levanna is badly submerged ripley kipley is in a terrible condition one side of a brick house fell feli in today to day others are weakening people say the tiie farmers from the country are helping them wherever the roads aud and floods permit access the misery destruction and distress cannot be overdrawn the river Is in TO 70 feet ak 8 inches tile the weather is g rowing gwing wing colder portsmouth 0 rj irae irne inne mae entire city is underwater under water and onree enree quarters of it to the house tvs tall the uw the he merchants lose iose I amily and half the C cli zens coall io 1 ail ali their household goods T dilver r lias ilas dropped three inches L ke e last night supplies are coming in and a famine is being averted at centre city 12 40 dwellings have been carried away out into the river over roo WO more are swe swept t rom their sites and piled up in an indescribable indescribable wreck against obstructions it is estimated that there are provisions ellou on hand to last 48 hours A telegraph wire will soon be stretched to give us communication with the outside world no ko mail since friday since the great fire of sunday no casu have occurred iville 0 13 the damage at Stu benville is confined principally to the sixth ward War wardani dand and will not exceed the lmke to private pro perty in jennerson jefferson on cou county nty is am and tb e number of sunner sumner sufferers ers 2000 the he relief have been b een doing excellent work but new cases are arc presented every hour continued rains interfere with the progress of cleaning and repair indianapolis ind 13 the condition at lawrenceburg Lawrenc eburg is pitiable in the extreme more houses have been removed from their foundations than last year relief should have refer reser ence now not only to food but to enabling ablin ithe the people to replace and repair their houses louses auses wheeling IV va 13 the people of wellsburg Wells burg are arc destitute and suffer cintr pittsburg 13 major morgan and captain rose united states officers at this point received orders this morning to visit the cities and towns along the ohio river and report what assistance will be necessary for the suffer ers by the floods they leave this afternoon on a government boat 13 the river tonight to night Is two inches delow the danger line and danger danter three feet below extreme nigh agh water it rained steadily last night and up to five this afternoon since which time the weather has tur turned ned decidedly colder but continues threatening louisville 13 the river has risen six inches since noon and now stands 41 feet 3 inches it has been raining in torrents all afternoon it has hag turned much colder and is now sleet sleeting ing A stronghold strong cold coid wind is blowing which will cause the waves to do much damage to flooded property the water from Bear grass creek is up over the bridge on broadway and is is now running over the street for some distance it is expected the highest point attained by last vears years flood will be reached by midnight no telling how much h higher her it will vill go columbus 13 both branches of tho tha legislature passed a bill today to day appropriating griat pria ting 1 n wano moio to the ohio sufferers the he members n e e rs sent a purse of to the relief committee several bills were passed authorizing the river counties to borrow money for local relief and to and embankments chicago 13 dally newsy shawnee tox ton town ill lil after a hard fight against t the 1 rising sing waters this town has suc cumner and the waters are now five to fifteen feet under water A great deal of daina dalna damage e will be done before the flood reaches its height A associated press dispatches from ail parts of the country show subscriptions started in cities towns and hamlets for the relief of the flood sufferers in tho ohio valley and a generous response southern cities have been lib eral contributors to the pressing wants of their northern brothers indications tonight to night are that contributions made by the government state legislatures and private subscriptions must be continued many days up to da date e the money donations foot up exclusive of the money raised by cincinnati and wheeling for the relief of their own sufferers r FOREIGN LONDON 13 in the commons gladstone said the dispatches from gen gordon stated the reported massacre of women and children is improbable the efforts of the rebels are confined to inciting their neighbors to revolt in no instance had the rebels in one district invaded the soil of their neighbors the events in the vicinity of shakim had bad not endangered the safety of the garrisons at khartoum and berber dispatches from baker pasha rasha report shakim quiet and no farn firing at the outposts an omm off official leial letter has been sent to khartoum ordering the garrison to hold out till the troops arrive gen gordon with several powerful chiefs chief L S y left berber neiter today to day for khartoum I 1 he I 1 e will move slowly as he desires to see the people along the rivers bradlaugh has issued an address to the election of northampton for reelection richards who once be before fore gave bradlaugh a close run I 1 will be tile the candidate of the conservatives the cobden club will circulate copies of a pamphlet by giffen progress of the working classes which gladstone pronounces the best answer to tile the doctrines procla procia proclaimed med wed by henry george |
