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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1884
Page
3
The Evening Observer reports the river at Cincinnati and Louisville beginning a decline after a sharp flood surge. Winds and cold halted further rise. relief efforts expand from Pittsburgh to Trenton with boats, cash, and supplies totaling thousands. Evacuations, damaged buildings, and submerged towns face ongoing danger as agencies coordinate aid and government relief funds.
In Scranton and surrounding towns on Feb 15 the telegraph line was restored as three quarters of the town remained underwater. The flood, seven feet higher than in 1883, has destroyed brick buildings and swept away homes with frame houses lifted from foundations. Courts, post offices, and schools are inundated while aid committees seek funds from Columbus. Weather worsened with fierce winds, more damage expected, and lumber yards and the courthouse breached by floodwaters.
A tangled murder case unfolds as Wilbur Haverstick, a broker living with Mrs. Emma Ehior, is shot by Cearne W. Cenking after a quarrel over enticement and a missing sister. Cenking is jailed then released on bail. subsequent events include a suspect’s disappearance and bail dismissal related to a sister's testimony.
United States Secret Service has been pursuing a gang of counterfeiters for days. George and John Kincard Steven Coppage Dudley Vaught W M Uay Delphus Yot Elias Webb J W Saunders and Mark All stock were jailed on charges of making and showing counterfeit coin. The gang allegedly operated from Central Kentucky to Vincennes Indiana and may be connected to a raid in 1878 in Southern Indiana. Coppage is a respected Danville Kentucky citizen. Six arrests remain to break the gang. The mint and tooling are said to be in Boyle and Marion counties Kentucky. The counterfeit coin consisted of halves and dollars of fair representation.
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