The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-11
FLOOD WORK.

Appearance 81 Portions OF GU cInnatt Atter
the Raging Billows Had subsidea-lrhe
work Of the waters-rhe Grosesque and
the Pathetic Comhinsd--scenes Along the
Shores-Notes and Comments.
The past week witnessed the commence.
ment OF the return OF ;he sufferers BY the
late Hoods to their desc ated homes. Only
the eonmeucement, fer by far the greater
part sre still stopping with the friends and
relatives who 50 kindly received them when
they ted before the advancing river.
We do not wonder that SO many are in no
hurry 10 return. Aside from the risk 10
health from the damp there must
be sickeuing sense Of discoursgsment al
the complete deSOlation of what were once
happy homes
\ tour Of investigation, covering the
largest part Of four days, in the district be.
tween the Filth street aud the Southern
railroad bridges, has shown us pictures of
rum and destruction such as We never saw
before.
On the lower part of Carr street. in Sloo
street, and on Front street, the families
were those OF the better part OF the labor
ing population, teamsters, railroad. hands
and skilled mechanics. Mona OF these had
ever known what it was 10 receive and from
charity, and, in fact with that sturdy in.
dependence characteristic OF the class, they
would have secuted the idea OF either mu-
niclpal or private relief
AsANrLE OF rnk HOUSES.
The lirst dwelling We entered was one of
such, the father of six children, the eldest
thirteen, A more complete wreck it would
be difficult 10 find. With but one excep.
ton Chat of hair cloth lounge) every aru-
Gle was broken to pieces We had seen in
our ooyhood shipwrecks on the coast, and
the beach slrewn with merchandise and
ships stores. But the great ocean was be
fore, speaking continually OF power and
might. We had seen something of the DIS
aster which follows the occupation Of an
army, but the havoc hero was made in the
silence. The noiseless river, looseuing the
furniture, aud then by the current drifting
part OF 1t away and pilingt the residue in the
middle of the floor. Bureaus and bed.
steads fared worst, but whatever depended
Tor cohesion upon glue gave way.
Many OF these people owned good furni-
ture, especially mattresses. These were
ruined, the mud ana slime Of the river tthe
latter sort of greasy substanoe) covering
them, Sewing machines, the repair of
which is so costly, while not hopelessly
ruined, 'ere seriously damaged so that
they will be useless for long time.
Books and keepsakes were spoiled. and
the pictures upon the walls, which, while
not works of high ART were dear from asso-
citation, were fit only to be burned
THE FAMILY BIBLE.
In ore INSTANCE we saw an e!pcant Douay
| bible completely saturated ava dropping 20
pieces. We recalled the publication of the
WORK. II was many years ago Tue Harpers
had published an illuminated Bible, TO be
sold in numbers, and the Catholics not 10 be
outdone, had followed with handsome one
of their own.
Photographic albums, the children's
school books, and the family clothing were
mixed in mass of so9den material.
| In such homes, to attempt to restore
them, stepped the wives OF these artisans.
AS we saw them standing amid the ruins,
scarcely knowing where to begin, and rs
We realized that most OF them had strug,
gle sufficiently hard already, We wondered
at their courage.
In one instance, a mother of six children
all of them with the whooping-cough was
trying to make things tolerable, but the
treacherous waters had completed theil
work.
| need not say how exceedingly valuable
is the generous aid prohcred by the public
to these sufferers, and with the experience
OF years III one dispensaton of relief, | have
only to remark that the work OF extendiu.
help has been done with far less friction
than We had reason TO expect. Every etior
has been put forth to meet all suffering anC
u IN any case supplies have been duplicated
IL ~ no more than might have been tx
peeled, Ii is only to be hoped that none vii
be 0yCroo Ied
Our work now is to assist in restorn,
these homes. A few simple articles OF lur
niture, the employment of, perhaps, few
which remaining, providing clothing TO tnk
the place OF thai whichls lost, and the PEG
pie themselves will do the rest.
w. Il. MBrCuRLL, City Missionary.
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