1883 Flood

THE TERRIBLE FLOOD.

THE MEMORABLE RECORD OF 1832

COVERED AND PASSED.

RUIN AND DESOLATION.

CINCINNATI SHROUDED IN DARKNESS.

MILITIA PATROL THE STREETS.

INCALCULABLE LOSSES.

CHARITABLE WORK.

HOPES THAT THE RISE TO-DAY

WILL BE SLIGHT

AND THE WATER COME TO A STAND

TO NIGHT.

At this point the advance of the flood is shown by the following figures:

Monday .. 12 a.m. .... 63 ... 6 1/4

..do      ...... 3 p.m. .... 63 ... 8 1/4

..do ..... 6 p.m. .... 63 .. 11 1/2

. ...do ... ..9 p.m. .... 64 .. 2

..do ... midnight... 64 .... 4 1/4

Tuesday .. 3 a.m. ... 64 .... 6 1/4

At 12:30 p.m. yesterday the water reached the mark of 1847 - 63 feet 7 inches. At 11 p.m. it reached and passed the memorable record of 1832 - 64 feet 3 inches - the highest mark until now since the settlement of this basin by the whites.

At 3 o'clock this morning the rise exceeded that of 1832 by 3 1/2 inches.

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Last night there was no gas, and the city was in darkness. All night long the local militia, that had gallantly volunteered to come to the assistance of the police, patrolled the streets, with guns on shoulders, or moved silently about the submerged districts in skiffs, to prevent the pillage certainly to come if the city were not properly guarded.

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