The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-13
FLOOD FACTS.
An Appeal for Aid 10 the KnIghls o
Honor.
The Situation Serlous-Gener0us Con,
irlbullons are Being iade.
Tho Rivers Continue 10 Rise.
An APPEAL rlR AID.

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Supreme Lodge. Knights OF Honor, Toedo
ohio. Feb. II, $50
III, tress call to u | lodges OF Knighis ol
Honor Thousands OF lam es are sui rinp
from tho awful Hoods In the Ohio aud nib'
utary resms. This city OF ly needs to br
named to induce instant aid, much or Lutte
from our 900 lodges and 1870, 90 MEMBER,
The distress Is too dire TO await rcliol
through = ngle channel. Aid sent by t,l
egraph or otherwise - either OF the follow
log persons will be attributed Ia their own
neighborin communities 70 needy tuilor'
ers, whether they be OF us or not:
Col mel Lewis Wilson, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A. q. Scholsld, Wheeling Wet Virginia,
Judge Robert ]. Breckenridge, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Judge oKey Johnson, PArkersburg,
Thomas L. Richards, Zlnesville. Ohio.
j, II Evan, Covinglon, Kentucky.
R1seman Gardnsr, Heubervi le, Ohio.
Rev. ThImas Boyle, Allegheny, Penn
sylsenia,
W. d. Godfrey, Albany, Indiana.
Sufferers In other communities will re-
por., their needs to one OF the above
l5ignedl Il. IL. COCHRAN.
CINCINNATI, o., FEB. IL AT %. m. the
river was 68 feet l inch and still rising AT
the rate OF IA inch an hour. The weather
is foggy and mild. Gal ipolis reports that
fall commenced at | q. m, and the river
had fallen four inches up to O'CLOCK.
Portsmouth reports tho river still risinH
steadily; weather mild and foggy.
The situation to-day has been more
gloomy than ever, The river rose almost
constantly from hal an inch to an inch an
hour aud IL going from two to three feel
above the highest stage Of last year. This
is fact OF great significance
aud loses no weight by uncertainty
when the rise will end; significant because
OF tle vastly increased territory Hooded anu
because of The greatly increased danger 10
buildings by iuCre ssed leverage the sHaying
water hes on them, ~ well as the injury
TO foundations. One Of tho two
story brick buslnesl houses occu-
pied by CHARLES A. Marsh aud
Co., on Sixth street, near Freeman lei
with groat crash owing TO weakened
foundations. The building was weighted
with quantity Of hemp which aided IN
eau ing the destruction. This u only the
account. In C1yinglon aud Newport
where the nature OF the soil makes
the danger great as the water
creeps up on tho houses 10 has been found
mt cessary to remove families TO oIher
places. Tho relief committee ia charge
The work had 10 ACT arbitrarily III some
pl ices and compel people TO lave their
houses. In two or three OF these cases,
in houses now OFF their foundations
or washed away, there undoubtedly would
have been loss OF lite IL people had oeeE
left to act in their own b,haf, so tensc
ously do they cling to their lite ell oil
property. Owing 10 the general impression
here that the flood would not exceed last
year and that losses would be less
and the suffering less. Contributions are
much slower in coming. They have now S
reached about S25, 600, exclusive Of you wv
appropriated by the council. This has
been anticipated already and drafts have
to be made soon on the appropriations IN
less funds come In faster.
A representative here OF the Columbus
buggy company, OF Columbus, Ohio, re-
ceived telegram that employees bad given
a days's wages, amounting to 81 OO0, and
many were doubling the subscrip,
ton. Among vt the p r,Sp.sd i, "1ai
George W. Cnilds. of Philadelphia, $500:
Henry Irving, $3.50. The committee viii
persist In their determination TO disburse
sll contributions from abroad among the
sufferers outside OF Cincinnati. Tonight
nad q fightful beginning by reason OF the
high wind, which threatened for time 10
be severe gale. Though strong 1t Was no.
steady enough TO start the waves, 80 AZ ID
Ease ia great danger. however that the
,its lion of t.e water nv the wind viii
itcsau tne honses from their foundations
S"yorsl mora houses In Newport have
left their foundations. Some are
tum ding over. Fortunately oil were de-
serted beforehand. The occupants OF tho
water-bound houses, some with no lights 10
SnaIing Wind and beating rain tonight
i'i, ing so.line Of ,imos. hope.
t,a" ha,,l..spesa News from more
ie,o oa ,,i"cas lie New Richmond. Ohio,
Tswrenceburg. Indiana, is awaited With
Lsa.s Ran",t. receiyed to- i,ht from
S M, az ,n;s no;nt Ara resssuring. The
1890 III. citv nave found IL necessary
"a ' ,S; S".;S.S elton And issued the fol.
70 tnhe ueo "''" ~N
IT, IN" ~ Sosnn. n, IN. United sts.es.
rna M..ons OF Cincinnati represent that
=. c.isnitv ,rester than ever known 10 now
man the ohio valley for a hundred miles.
Not only Ms,ons In great num-
women and children are homeless cold aud
hnngrv Everv source of charity must be
ca led on to relieve their distress. II any
Woaonic hodv desir. a TO contribute - this
nnhIa nnrnose remittances may be
sent To the Masonic flood committee,
Wason,c temnIs Cincinnati. All Mss)nlc
Snd'ea IN tha civ met tomorrow to per-
s 9ot' es, - for r,lisf
The river at ion. m, was was 68 feet
10 Ia inches. and rising half an inch an
bonr, IL is raining hard.
"ou'' Yypenrn FERMENTATION.
On Iar,s Eeh All trains east-of
Cha r, Mjssonrl 70 O.,ro and south OF
Shar'sst N n Rslmo,t on Ihs Iron Mount
~, .ti..y d,sconiinued on account of high
pirds point, Missouri. opposli c
Cst,o Ma rreipht ia beipg taken t. Cairo
rha n,rrnw cnaga n, tween So. Loui. ana
ra av ~, 10 a,osed north of Cairo and trains
snandoned.
re- Fan 10 -Tbe Little Rock
T. ~, S.ri,h rsilrosd hride over the bayou
~ ~, ~, 1r. Ia af Oz,rt was washed away by
va "a "a ntand ,ns.f,nrth of n nils OF TRACK