Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
WATERS TERRIBLE WORK
WHOLE TOWNS SUCCUNIBING TO
THE FLOOD.

ing over the Heads of the Afflicted
People - Relief Measures Still Pro
gresslng Everywhere.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16, A. M.-The river
continues to fall with increasing rapidity.
1t fell an inch and a quarter between IL
and u O'Clock last night. An alarm
started during the night by the cracking
of the walls of the Broadway Hotel, cor
ner Second street and Broadway. The
house was filled with families, who were
as speedily as possible removed in boats.
THE MAXIMUM REACHED AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 16. l A. NJ
The river reached 46 feet inches and is
now nearly at a stand. The flood may be
said to have reached its greatest height.
The steamer Matte Hayes, chartered by
the government. has started down the
river with $4,000 worth of supplies. The
expedition will 90 as far as ShawneetOWn,
Ill. Much damage has been done to ma
chinery in manufactures, and it will take
several weeks after the water falls to get
everything in readiness.
At Jelfersonville many houses are top
pling over, and about 99-100 of the city is
under water.
RUSHING TOWARD THE BOTTOM.
NINA1NNAll l. + Gu 10, y A. NJ Ms--lut river
is now 6S feet inches high, a fall of ~
inches since , O'Clock this morning. The
weather is cloudy and mOderating.
Portsmouth reports fall of feet from
the highest point of the flood.
ANOTHER BUILDING FALLS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. Is, P. M.-At noon
to-day the river was falling l inch per
hour, but at that time was still feet
above the hitherto unprecedented flood of
last year. 1t will require at least two
DAYS more to enable the railroads to begin
to ascertain the condition of their tracks.
A 4stOry brick building on Central ave-
nue., near Second street, fell last night.
The last of its occupants had moved
from it yesterday afternoon. In all
the submerged portions Of the city
where frame houses have been
moved from their positions the owners
are endeavOring to float them hack to
their places. The same thing has been
done at Newport, Ky. The weather is
milder, and it is growing cloudy. The
indications point to rain.
DEsTITUTION IN VILLAGES.
Ripley has fully 1900 persons depend
ent and has been receiving help from the
interior as far back as HillsborO, thirty
five miles away. The village of Rural,
with $50 inhabitants, has 10 destitute
persons. Eight families are sheltered in
a little church, and sixty-five persons are
in a small school house. The relief from
the steamer Granite State will be gladly
received.
AIAYSVILLE ALMOST WIPED OUT OF En-
ISTENCE.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16, 10P.M.-Maysville
had not been heard from till to-day, when a
committee composed of Capt. kirker,
Judge Collins and the Presbyterian min
lister Of that place, on their way to Gin
cinnati in a skiff, hailed the Kate Waters,
and were taken on board. They report
that the town is almost ruined. Brick
buildings are crumbling to pieces, and
frame houses are washing away. A mi
litia company is patrOlling the streets in
boats distributing food, but the supply Is
about exhausted. All along the
the most generous aid rendered
by farmers far into the interior who have
sent food in wagons, withOut'which much
suffering would have resulted.
Aberdeen, opposite Maysville, was badly
wrecked by the late storm. The town is
destitute of coal oil and is practi-
cally in darkness. Some help has been
sent there from Maysville.
MONEY FOR THE MAYORS.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 16.-This morning
Capt. Cushing, superintendent of the
Government relief expedition from this
city, received orders from the Secretary OF
War to distribute about $4,000 in cash
in addition to the supplies and clothing
between this city and IrOnton, Ohio.
This money is to be given to the Mayors
of the different towns with instructions
to use it for the purchase of supplies for
the relief of sufferers until a government
boat can reach those points. The diStri-
button will be made as follows: Ironton,
$1,000; Ashland, KY, $500; Catlettsburg,
Ky., $1,000; Huntington, West Virginia,
$1,000; GuyandOtte $500; GallipOlis, Sc, 600
Point Pleasant, $1,000; Hartford City,
$500; Mason City, $500; PomerOy, $4,000;
Parkersburg, $1,000; Marietta, $4,000;
Moundsville, $500; BenwOOd, $1,000;
Wheeling, $1,000; Wellsburg, 1000; Bel.
laire, $4,000; Bridgeport, $1,000; Martins
Ferry, 81 800; Steubenville,$1,0 900; Charles
ton, $1,000; Batavia, $4,000; Belleville,
$3.50; Berre, $500, and New Cumberland
$500.
Capt. Morgan, of the Allegheny Arse
nal, has been ordered to Parkersburg,
where he will secure a small boat and
purchase a supply of provisions for dis
tributIOn at isolated places, and thus pre-
vent further suffering until the large boat
arrives. Capt. Gushing says that he has
been requested to send stoves and fuIni-
ture of all kinds, but the object of the
government is to relieve the immediate
wants, and not to make good the losses
caused by the floods.
SCENES IN VIRGINIA.
PARKERSBURG, w. VA, Feb. 16.-The
United States relief steamer Kate Stock
dale arrived here this morning loaded to
the guard with 800 tons of relief supplies
and 100 tons OF coal. The submerged
country is slowly shaking off the waters
and the devastation surpasses description.
Provisions are said to be plentifully sup
piled, but the people are suffering from
the cold weather.
Marietta, Ohio, is a5wreck, houses being
demolished on all the streets. There are
no inhabitants there except in the second
stories, and but few of these. Parkers-
burg will be able to assist her own
sufferers, but the destitution in the
smaller settlements will be intense.
Belpre, Ohio, is wreck and its princi-
pal street has entirely disappeared, only
a few piles of bricks marking where it
was located. Tow boats with a tow
swung abreast the town of Ravens
wood and held the houses from being
swept away last Saturday night, saving
the town and all its inhabitants from be-
ing engulfed. The telegraph wires are
down in all directions. News from here
goes to Baltimore and is transferred from
here. The steamer StOckdale has left 10
tons of freight here to be distributed by
the relief committee to the sufferers be-
low. Business is entirely suspended.
Parkersburg's loss amounts to $I,000,000.
TWENTY FEET LOWER AT PARKERsBURG.
PARKERsBURG, w. VA, Feb. 16 The
water here has receded twenty feet.
Parkersburg has lost over 100 buildings.
Tracewell corner has fallen in.
The town Of Belpre, opposite Parkers-
burg, is a mass of desolation. Its princi-
pal street, with Stone & Hadley's flour
mill and numerous brick and wooden
buildings, have totally disappeared.
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES SUFFERING,
SHAwNEETOwN, ILL, Feb. 16.-At 7
o'clock last night the river was rising
steadily One-half an inch per hour, and at
that hour marked 90 feet IL inches. The
town is under water to a depth of from 10
to 30 feet. In many places the water is up
to the top of the windows OF the second
stories, and in some cases only the CHM
neys and roof mark the location of build
ings. The hills surrounding the town are
dotted with tents occupied by families
who have been driven from their homes
In some cases there is undoubued suffer-
ing. A visit made by an Associated Press
reporter revealed several thinly clad,
barefOOted children shivering about the
tents. Mayor Millspaugh will supply
the needed clothing and other relief at
once. He has made no formal appeal
for aid, but it is plain that great deal
will be needed, MANY families went to