Ohio River at Cincinnati and Covington - 1883 Flood

THE TERRIBLE FLOOD.

IMMENSE DESTRUCTION.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS.

TENS OF THOUSANDS CUT OFF

FROM WORK.

WATER SUPPLY IN COVINGTON

ENDANGERED.

GAS SUPPLY CUT OFF IN

CINCINNATI.

Everything in the news line becomes subordinate in the presence of the terrible flood now devastating the Ohio valley.

Saturday at 8 a.m. at this point the rise ceased and the water remained stationary for two hours. It was hoped the worst was over. These hopes were doomed to disappointment. At 10 a.m. the river commenced swelling again and from that hour until this writing has continued to rise, considering the stage of water, at a rapid rate.

The steady advance of the water is indicated by the following:

Saturday, 8 a.m. .... 58 ... 10

     do      12   noon .... 59 ... 1/4

     do         6 p.m. .... 59 ... 2 1/4

Sunday      6 a.m. .... 59 ... 9 3/4

      do         12 noon. .... 60 ... 7

      do          6 p.m. ...... 61 ... 7

      do          12 midnight .. 62 ... 4 1/2

Monday        2 a.m. ..... 62 ... 6 1/2

There are no indications of an immediate subsidence. On the contrary it seems probable that the rise will exceed that of the great flood of 1832, when the gauge marked 64 feet 3 inches in the channel.

The fears of still higher water are based on the fact that all the upper southside tributaries of the Ohio are still pouring out.

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IN COVINGTON.

Messrs. Hemingray & Co.'s loss will probably foot up $15,000. Nearly 500 persons are thrown out of employment, and it will take several weeks after the water subsides for them to clean up and get their machinery and furnaces in running order.

It is estimated the 5,000 or 6,000 people are thrown out of employment by the closing down of rolling mills, factories, distilleries, &c.

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Hemingray's Glass Works are now entirely surrounded with water, it being up to the tops of the doors of the first floor. On Madison street, the Ohio is half way up to Third street, and on Russell and Johnson, nearly up to Third street. Between Madison and Russell the Ohio has crossed Third street, at one place, and has entered the basements of several houses on the north side of that street. On Main and Third street the water is over a foot deep, and from Main street as far west as Bullock, and from Third street north, the houses about one hundred in all, are in the water, many of the families being compelled to vacate.

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