Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-16
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SPECIAL TO rHE HEHALt.l
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WRanefoeO % Chicago.

\ SAN FRANCIsc0, Feb. l6.--A contract
.xhas been signed between the Central
Psci6c, Unio6 Psc;lIo and the Chicago
1 Northwestern 8ellway Composites and
the Pullman Car Company by which ON
md after April lst, through slsepers and
paslor caFs will b. run between this city
sud Chicago.
psa1 fOr an AuDFsprfstisn
InoxroN, o., Feb. l5.-TsleRraph
communication was re-established TO-
day. Three -fourths Of tho town u m
der water. including the entire business
portion. The water Is seven feet higher
than IN 1883. Although falling con-
sidsnbIy It IL stilI above any known
bigh water mark. The soup houses are
opsn bat inadequate for the thousands
II homeless and psnniless families.
Every door y open but not enoash room.
The frame housss swept from their fonn-
dsdons and the brick baildings csumbled
intothe waters. Astrong current isswesp.
Ing through the strssts. Al Hanging Rock
f0ar houses are above the ater. Cory
vile has but two houses above The food.
The bottom lAnds srs devsstated. The
p0stsflics II nnder water and the niaii 10
delivered from the conft house. The
Cvunal appointed > committes to 60 10
Coiun'bus and ask for IN appropriation.
SsssA ~ 0aIlas- Five Miles sf
Tr9be1rH efshs Missouri Paelne
0sae Tsstns Abandon the
nead.
DALLAS, Feb. l5.--Tsinity river has
OvsS6owed its bsnks. The only dry
spot in the the bottoms is the Pike lead.
ing, west Of the city and toward the
hilie. Kim Fork, between Dallas
aud Dsnion, has inundated the
conntry for miles around. Five
nnlss Of The tssstling on the MISSOURI
Pacific Railroad are washed away and
Ill The trains on that road ere abandoned.
TEsrs has been no mails from St. Louis
AID the East since sun.down yesterday.
sallAlss gsils II che Flesa ~
C1melnnass1. sna Ten PeFusss
Killed Or DrswneA.
CtxcIxrA1TI, Feb. 15.--At $40 this
nsrning firs a1srn was sounded from the
box It Ludlow and Pearl streets, where
ths water susrounds tho houses. When
the sseins reached the place Il was dis
coversd ths rear part Of two brick build
ings on TIE south aide Of Pearl, near
LudIoW, had fallen and ten persons were
baried In the ruins Or drovned.
usns Llves Kaews q be Lest In
sks HAllang DaIIdinEs
Cfxc1NSx1l, Feb. l5.-The buildings
that fell this morning were occupied as
boarding houss. By Robert Kyle aud
Geo. Oyster. Thrs were ab,nt thirty
i've people In the buildines. Nine lives
20 fer are known to be lost.
nivsr Fallise as Cineisasssi
CrxcIsxxrr, Feb. ID. "a. x-The
river y seventy feet and four inches and
falling. Weather cleared off cold. River
y falling I'll the way Abovs hero very
rapidly ior . hundred milss or % up the
river. The weather b clear and cold.
Less aaa sssasrine at Lawresee-
burg.
LAwHKxcxBURo, Ind, Feb. l5.-A
lsAsfrl <ind storm last night added
farther dssolation to the place by up.
tutnihg more houses. The loss on prop.
ssty can b. safely placed ct not less
than $40O. 900. Nine inches more
wa.-r would have flooded the floor OF
IL highest located house in the. city.
fas cold weather. though welcome as
Stopping the rise. brings mnch suffering
to the people In the cars and other
places not prepared for fire.
Csn1itlsn ~ Maysvilss asa Gait
lettsburg. Ny.
MAysyrIlK, KY, Feb. 15.-Ths river
rose i've inches last night. and came to .
stand this morning. Il has since fallen
three inches. Fifteen hundred people
are hcmelses.
-Ar7LEsBURc, KY, Feb. l6--Ths
river b rscsding slowly and has faIlei,
four feet. 0ur people are returning TO
rhsir housss.
The water at Lsu1sviile aad the
Erect sf tho wind.
LouuvrLLE, Feb. l6.--The river at 0
O'Clock this evening was seventeen in
ches above high water last year. The
wind Of Wednesday night played sad
havoc with the tenement houses in the
submerged districts.
Destltutlen anA nuRcrIng 1T MAD.
iseu. lna.
MAplsos, Ind, Feb. l5.-Ths river il
still rising. Seven houses have been
washed away here and - many more
from Milton, KY. and others have lost
their foundations. II IL estimated that
three thousand people here are homeless
and destitute.
Athalts Swept Away by the
rlesds.
0ALIIoPoLss, Feb. l5.--Tbe relief
steamsrs Nora Belle and Jim Mont
Romsry returned from their trip down
The river, report the village Of Alfalfa
almost entirely swept away.
BlssA sn Rea River.
Fonr Smith, Feb. l4.-Rsd river rose
eighteen inches In twenty-four hours,
nOoding the whole country around.
People are flying to tho hills. The town
d Fulton viii probably Be completely
flooded.
wAsurroros, Feb. l5.-In the House
the Joint resolution Of Holman passed
the beuate. Psndlston sent to she dosk
and had rsad the telegraph dispatch
from Richard Smith, Of CIntlunetI, to
RsprsssntatIve Jorday, saying the
SECRETARY Of War hid done dobly IN the
matter cf rslisf for the sufisrors hy ~
food. That the red tape WHO'S /
influence had been fsar3d. had
bssn ell cut up and t1soNn
ewey. and that the cold weather. though |
better thaa rain, bad incrsaeed ~ d.
trsss, that nst1hsr pen nor mA9Lnaflon
could uufi ioisnlly describe thsir saHsfipfr,
aud that Congress should kPp1oprSats
m additionaIudIlIon which would havp 10
come and The more promptly the bster.
fsndiston aid thsrs was NO pel!tioe tn
the latter. Everybody was WORKING for
- cause Of common humanity.
Vorhsn 'said he haa stuIlar tele-
grams, sons Of which vsre rad. He
aid his people had mot On any
occaslonal IN 1ast ysars aood .sked All
of Con0ross, ~ khe Indiana Leel,Iatur
was not thon II session, but vasI1 a. q
now, y IL kseinln4uFs eeuld uoe s. eoo-
vsned h tims TO take such Immediate
action - would inset The emergency.
Keller ADpxspF1aslsus fsr oantr-
efs ~ SAN uaeeAs-
wAsnlssTor. Feb. II. LA the House,
Ho1non. f1n Ne Comnfltse % Appro-
prlselees s(Perted : ielns rtse,esion
III : 5.<S11< sggsesiat,es e ~