The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-14
The Victims of the Eastern
Floods i'm Sad Distress.
They Suffer ribly for Lack
of Fuel, and Other Neces-
stiles.
Further News About the Texas
Tornado.
The Flood.

Cincinnati. o., Is, 9 a.m.-Tht
river is 90 feet ~ inches, aad risin.
an inch al hour. The weather il
cloudy. cool and damp; no wind thil
morning.
Gallipolis, o., l3.-The river rs:
fallen nine inches in twelve hour
and is still ia ling slowly.
Maysvil e. Is Rising a quarter
Of sn inch an hour; rose four and
half inches last night.
Auroro, Ind, IS But little
dsmsge by tina storm last night;
some small houses and barns were
washed away.
Aurora, Ind, BIO a. m. No
news from Lavre3cebuTg. Many
houses are seen floating down this
morning and the anxiety is great.
The water is now rising an inch an
hour, More dwellings are topping
over.
Pittsburg, 13.-Msjor Morgan and
Captain Rose, United States officers
at this point, have received orders
this morning to visit the cites and
towns along the Ohio river and re-
port what assistance is necessary for
sufferers 10y the floods. They leave
this afternoon On government
boat.
Cincinnati, 10. - The suspense
over the failure to hear more dtfin-
tie news from LaErenceburg grows
painful, but it Is tempered by the
belief that if a serious disaster In
vol7ing the loss o. life had DC eurFed,
some means woult have b. Ell found
to get word from Lawfencebu burg to
Aurora, Indiana.
At p m. the river res, had SO
feet 1917 inches, the rise var, ing
during The forenoon from d to -
inch per hour. a misty RAIN Is
falling, with wind from the MOTT
west. The signal service flag de-
noting coming cold weather floats
t0-dsy for the third tirle since the
food began. Hitherto its presence
was welcomed; now it brir gs the
wo 'nerehensions. Cold weather
now Z, d have no effect on
IL wate. disaster, that has a. out |
done its worst, but with colo /
weather the imprisoned people in |
all towns and cities along The Ohio |
would suffer terribly for lack of |
fuel. Few realiZs the difficulty of |
getting supplies deliver. d. There
are no landings for stea mers and the |
damage done to buildings by waves |
caused by passing steamers has besn
so great as to cause the occupants
Of flooded houses to fire on steamers
bringing them relief. Relief steam
ers, to be of real service, have to be
EQUIPPED with life saving crews and
boats. 1t can readily be seen how
SOW would be the work of carrying
any considerable quantity Of fuel to
such places as Lswrencet urg and
New Richmond, Ind, that are en
tirely submerged aud surrounded
with water. No relief boats hsve
get bsen sent out from here.
General Beck with, OF st. Louis, is
expected here this evening to take
charge Of the work of relief under
the direction of the Secretary of
War. He will charter relief boats
and four United States officers have
been ordered here from Colum bus,
to take charge of different ubscrip.
tions, coming In from every quarter.
A special from Portsmouth, O.,
dated yesterday, aud forwarded from
Sciotille, the nearest telegraph sta
ton, says there is not an acre Of dry
ground in the city, and no. 100
houses not under water.
Gallipolis, o., 13.-It Is estim ated
that $4,000 people along the river
within twenty-five miles will be fed
by charity for two weeks.
1.30 .m.-The river is So fee
eleven inches.
Wheeling, w. Va, Is The PEG.
pie Of Wellsburg are destitute and
suffering. A dispatch was sent from
here asking the War Department to
Iend 1000 rations there at once. The
work Of relieving the suffering pro-
yressss favorably, but still there 10
,reat need. The home fund for re-
LEI will reach $25, 1000 cash and an
squal sum in goods, but this and i,
outside help disappear az fast as re- I
eeived. Among our contributors ,
are John w Garrett, Baltimore; S.
J. Tildan and James w. Keene,t
New York. Masons desiring to
can send drafts to the
Masonic relief committee. The State
Fair Association ia ruined and there | 1
yiii be no fair In SeDtamber.