Show I I eIVA WATERS TERIS I j I I i T ft P J fa I r aa tha the oko me ios spread wi va thrifty towns faitele fields fields and elch rich regions tyce T y V t tf r jal to ill atie e ItE KALUI df feb 15 the ri river baa rim risen slowly al all day and is now rising an inch it an hour m to prepay gifts damage is being done t alian hia i sit t the beginning it is 13 higher ill than it ever known before 42 feet at tho tile head of the canal CS 68 feet at abo foot of the fall falls and worse coming coining all along the seven miles of the louisville lofv er front to today day the water has bea been creep creeping ilig in ill tho ilia r second e cond of buildings and widening wide its extent toward the tile esav western r i boundaries ies of odthe the t ityl hundred building e been since the last gimnig way odthe heavy embankment the short line railroad is broken at t the tile foot of clay street for CO 60 feet in one part the earth carth being swept ajay tho f tie roa rod H RAs la under water from F first arst to wensel a distance of n nino a B squares depth four feet A lot of freight cars kept on tho the track to prevent event ft break were tossed asian frelent Fr i ike bubbles the break eau caused ed 27 17 boucot to do inundated no na loss fuss of life at ten this morning a man and poman with a trunk were seen in a skiff riff in a portion of the cu cutoff cut t off district known as chuto chute they had no oars to propel tho ilia skiff A party set off to rescue them but before they could be reached the skiff struck a lop log broke in two parts and the man and woman were lost lost before their rescuers could reach them there was possibly a child with them as the trunk found cont contains ainsa a childs clothing A package of visiting caris cars found in the trunk boro bore the name blosina M grieshamm Gri esham supposed ased to be the name odthe of the woman F lost ost there is nothing to indicate lie the name odthe man in the cutoff cut off district famil families les are living in a most substantial two t wa story house not removed and furnished supplies by boats I thieves are plundering in every direction at every available opportunity the police arc are patrolling the district in boats brothers georga george and john gray lie in a garret in their homo home on the cutoff cut off ill of smallpox attention they will willbe be removed to the pest house police lieutenant browning drowning and family supposed to be lest lost were discovered bovere today to day on ti eibers supporting the roof of th the stable estable near their former ther home hoine abich had been washed away A large stream cast of broadway threatens to break at any moment from the pressure of bark back water the flood lias has backed into Bear grasa grass creek which runs through the city it broke over the fink banks ill this is eveni evening tig thirty houses ato a under water to the first story should the bak water reach 20 inches higher the tile flood will nil pour down Broadway broad way intersecting the aci idenie portion of the city cutting off com communication munica tion in all directions directions save by boats th tile earth is out beneath tho tile roman toman arch cross Bear grass and broadway anatlie and tho iron portion of th tha bridge twisted out of position ThI more than half a mile back from the river backwater Bear grass creek rope tore ten inches in an hour owing ing to breaks in other places the gas works are in imminent dahir da nir the stone foundation loun dation odthe of v wall all is keeping the tile bic backwater kwater but the fa continued ri rith promise prom lse of great increase increase fro from m tho the upper ohio Obio and kentne ky will put out the f farea ires and wrap the city in darkness before tomorrow I in shipping c i cro boitse h ouse Is is under tinder water no one is left there the residents moved out and are be ing cared awed for els elsewhere at portland I ilia extreme western limits odthe caia number of additional aion al houes are jin under er water today to day extending in in ii many any cases extending to the second story teh feb 15 16 preparations ephrat ions are being made for r another flood aad and incessant rain is falling at all points along the monongahela Monon gabela and allegheny rivers before daylight with every indica tion of continuing through the night dispatches from headquarters a report tit the water vapidly lap idly at this paint point the swelling at akst p in and is sincee coining lip ver very fast old river men look for a hizer higher sta stage than any reach readied ed last week louisville midnight river rising an inch an hour 43 feet at the head of the tile canal warm raining at portland 1500 persons are homeless the water driving out those in tho the second stories tho steamer hayes mado made a trip with the mayor and party through the submerged merged districts A man hailed the steamer and called foia for a physician ono was sent out in a skiff to the upper story of a house where a woman was found sick a child was born during the tle physicians stay an old woman nancy johnson was found alone in a house sho she reported slie site had no food and refused to leave hom homo le she would go down with it ii if it it went down win stone very old and partly p paralyzed was found in a house nearly starved ky feb 15 rain falling it is believed beliey cd the danger is patt past CLEVELAND CLEVELA D feb 15 rainfall not so heavy as antici anticipated Rated fee gorge broke of its own weight dynamite failed to break the lumber gorge at central way river rising at midnight precautions taken lancaster LAi LAr CASTEn CASTER i feb 15 thousands of fre acres s of w heat ruined by the freshet in cl clear ear creek P feb 15 river rive j CO go feet indies inches three fourths of an inch an hour ST louis feb 15 tho the r rapid id thaw caused a swelling of the g ant s in tins tills section dam age to dwellings and factories in the low CL ec portions of the city it is reported the tra track cl on the illinois linola Il bido bide is damaged by water and trains del delayed iid an ice tea gorge is in th the a 31 mississippi iniss api between liere here and alton expected to give way any moment results not no t thought to be serious as the river has only risen three feat feet ivy ky fob feb 15 mayor lias iasu issued ad arf appeal to the country for aid ho ile saya says fam rains ali ilic sArp rp d e i co Contribution a are beba ik beans n r aen e t t II 11 I of f t the lie citizens relief fund the lown town has juat from an epidemic of smallpox small por MADISON MADI hON ind feb 15 river still rising reported but the tile and destitution great evansville EvANsy iLLE ind feb 15 river 45 feet and rising it will take six I W I ifft t pabre fe to dos erious damage the tile hadj it fielda are flooded for ailt leo clel fe feb 15 at pittsburg Pitts bure tile eliis rl ining nil all day lay ft a gr prenter prent cr r r rise se expected zanesville fb 15 15 tho mus Ivi oguin is rising fast raining all da day Y at Poni eroy lie the river is falling failing ono one art and a linof inches un hour steady ro inthis mor morning i ky ill feb c 15 river ris an hour heavy rain last lost night HAMILTON ohio feb 15 special from cincinnati by ily rail all truffle north and south is stopped there is a mr meeting eting of citizens toni tori to ri ni ight to relieve ta the i distress FitI ONT feb 15 heavy rain at this thiv afternoon tho tile dam gave wa way y about tile same ilia tres titi work for tho the new bridge of df tho tile lake shore railroad waa was swept away i ind feb 15 A heavy rain all day dayi diio and slush inches dee deep aj sa F feb eb 15 signal service bulletin olibo river rising again at all points into it haa has reached the ilia height of GO 66 feet inch at cincinnati A and nd 49 feet inches at louisville higher than any brevious yr evious record it I ia s above danger lina at cairo and a dangerous flood will wili P probably follow folio w on tho tile mississippi property should be removed rem removed ovet at once to points above lie the dang danger erline line rain prevailed yesterday MI wi the districts east cast of the mississippi ii and antho in the northwest and continue contin uca in ill t tho LO ohio valley valle the lie lake region I i and middle stales aa I es northeast rinds are reported from new england and northern new york the storm ia is continued in the upper lake Ro regions zions and moving L slowly toward tile lie st lawrence valley with increasing energy tho tile temperature pera Per ture atura has risen 10 to 20 in the lake region and thence southward to tho the south atlantic coast has fallen 10 at station in northeast new eng land where the ilia barometer is rising rapidly rain will prevail in the middle liddle states and olibo o valley followed by clearing weather in ohio valley valler and the southern portion of the middle states by thursday night cincinnati feb 15 the following telegraphic correspondence explains itself DAYTON feb 14 1883 sir mr halstead cincinnati Mci finali commercial gazette does cincinnati want help from dayton for her answer IV D cincinnati F feb eb 14 1883 ll 11 D I bickham journal dayton you ask me tile if hell is needed here it is it is difficult to realize the state of affliction as it would puzzle one to believe what lie sees it is frightful taul the tile river is above 66 feet and burther rise is is expected you would not know the place where you were born tens of thousands aro are hou homeless lelm more alore than half hair the people of porth portland nd had to abandon their houses A great deal of money lia haa been received here but the last dollar vill will be gone tomorrow to morrow and the legislature has committed an all awkwardness so that the appropriation is not at once available why d do you ou not go to Cu columbia lumbia and tel tell I souie uj of your friends fri unda you remember the old 1832 and 1847 marks at no 64 main street on oil the stairway left leading ding to the basement below tho the leve I of the street you would have to take a boat to get there if you raise money bend send a telegraphic money molloy order which shall be put on the way t to the sufferers clothile Clo clothing thill and food are wanted Sig signed nedy 11 CLEVEL CLEVELAND ANID ohio feb 15 A life life saving crew goes to cincinnati this afternoon ilia masons aro are amov moving to aid the flood sufferers the r river I ieng er here is rising and already outside its banks it is raining lightly cincinnati feb 15 at noon the river was as sixty six feet at marys gilfe billeit it foil fell six six inches during the night and is still falling fich pearces warehouse floors collapsed this morning tile they contained 30 00 b bushels t is 11 e Is of grain tha the licking river is ri rising sing and will rise all day the tile river is falling nt frankfort 1600 1500 people are dependent and the loss there will be it rained all day yesterday till seven thi this s morning at 31 marietta arietta the river is rising three feet A repetition of last list weeks flood is expected at zanesville manicon many con are coming in from individuals of 10 and upwards upward the tile principals of school houses aro are doing bona tide lide duty tile schools being loarina houses A masonic relief relief committee raised and will distribute the river the chamber of Commeree lias given 1000 to newport the sarno to dayton kentucky PiTTs pittsburg Buro feb 15 both doth rivers continue to rise the tile monongahela is now 19 allegheny 20 in allegheny the rain stopped this morning and itis it is now not clear it is still raining at the head bead waters and rising rapidly there and slid 25 feet is expected before the flo flood od reaches teaches its height no damage is apprehended except from submersion mer sion jeffersonville JEFFER SONVILLE feb 15 the water surrounds tho the city E every very street ia submerged boats are meth od of travel the river is rising still al A new now albany with prospects of two feet more many people are suffering terribly and moving movin to higher gro ground u n d ind feb 15 the river roso rose ono one and a half feet ILA la at night and is still rising some hous houses as were c carried off and unroofed no casualties casual lies yet CLEVELAND fob 15 masons here have cent sent twelve new boats to cincinnati cinna cin nati ii and offer to send a life saving crew with all ilia necessary apparatus louisville feb 15 tho flood is is unabated 43 feet file indies I I es at the tile head bead of the canal and rising half an inch anji our it is expected to come api standstill before night Noir no bhore lore reported probably a hundred more house are flooded all manufactories manu factories near the riv rivers ers are closed and 1000 workmen are out of work the whole populace is on ilia bt streets river navigation is sta stagnant contributions are being masa made atthe at ahe city works the extreme eastern part of the city bield out till this morning when the machinery stopped it ia believed loiero is much d danger anger of scarcity ty of gaa as a few more in inclima cites of water basl wi will stop the tile supply the water runs over a largo large part of embt broadway cincinnati feb 15 the sta state to Legis legislature lattire will amend its loan R act I and local capitalists w ill in lie the meantime advance the money the voluntary contributions are now 10 at a benefit to tomorrow night at ilia grand opera house langtry and minstrels volun volunteer their services A good is threatened up the river danger im PATI Plit ST louis feb 15 13 the river lias has risen ft a foot since last night bight A good ae deal al orice is coming the gorge gore nt at st charles ciliak les broke t aliis h norn inor nine na the lice ice is well broken up till no damage louisville foj feb I 10 U T the ile situation last night was probably more dangerous than at it any other time backwater was through file sewers in many places rising at the ralo rate of over a foot an hiir livery every hour is adding to the dost destruction ruction of property it WM was believed d ho however weier the ilia river river would be b falling failing by tomorrow to morrow alio tile gault house ba canent is in flooded kiver men pr predict edlet higher water clouda clouds were gathering it was thought tho that it would plo probably bably rain before morning the fires were put out under the water works boilers there ia is I fort fortunately it bately twenty days supply jn in the reservoirs A few more will drown out the gas works fires and throw the ilia city in darkness houses arc tire continually shifting and tumbling nhouy in the swift current fifteen houses went over the falls much sic bickne kne already as ares a result 11 of the flood it will be worse after I it t subsides bear grass creek burse burst its bounds today to day addinga huns dred thousand dollars adamae to the millions alread already suffered tiff ered feb murat hal stead of the ho gazette cincinnati cin nati telegraph A win in henry I u ali bert editor of tin the world the ex extent t I n of the flood lias ham hern nica measured Aured and the waters are bound to subside from now on unless an all unusually heavy and anti general rain sets in in ho he calls attention to the remarkable similarity between the tile flood in the ohio iziver and ilia recent floods in the rhino iland Dziat dadubo ibe general mcclellan in an interview says asa As a proven preventive tiVO against the we floods tho tile nation must enact I law aws to those in E surope Iu rope compell ing the planting of new tice as fast as the old ones are cut off on MADISON ind feb 16 the flood I is at its worst MILTON ind feb ag every house but one is is submerged every everybody ody is sick ky feb 10 at two the rier vaa mas 44 feet two inches in tha tho canal hie the water was rising slowly the weather meather was cloudy and very warm feb 16 p m the prospect of rain lain id is less legs |