The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
evening, at which 81, 200 in cash was
raised in short time.

raised In short time.
LAURENCEBURG, IND, Feb. 12.-
me situation grows worse and worse.
Inc mayor for the first time has ask
ed Tor help from abroad. More houses
nave been lifted from their founda-
tons. People are removing from the
second hoor and abandoning their
goods because they have no place to
lake them. A family was rescued
from second story where the water
had reached the depth of four inches.
MARIETTA, February 12.-Three-
fourlhs OF this city is submerged. The
river is falling slowly.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 12.-At II
O'Clock last evening the river was
rising at the rate of , inches per hour.
The rain has ceased. The rising water
came up from the rear of the town,
ana but few houses are not flooded
with from l foot to 8 feet of water.
NO damage or loss has been reported.
The people have moved into their
second stories.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. ~. "A
steady rain fell all day yesterday and
caused an alarm, which was increased
by the news of a rise at the head
waters. The subscription here for the
reIleffund reach $4,000, but all of it
has been spent, and the supplies snnt
in from elsewhere have been consum-
ed as fast as received. The homeless
are on short allowance, owing to the
short supplies, and appeals for aid
from the neighboring towns come in,
but the committee is powerless to
help them. Many who are them
selves sufferers from the flood con-
trihute to help others. The state of
affairs is heartrendering.
WHEELING, w. Va, February Il -
6P. M.-The water recedes so slowly
that the low lands in some places are
still covered, but now twenty-five
boats navigate withoutinjury to prop
erty through the washing of heir
waves. No more firing on relief boats
on account of the danger to buildings
caused by their navigating has been
reported. The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroads depot and bridge adjacent
have become so disarranged by the
flood that trains now stop at Water
street, south of the creek. About half
of the homeless people have returned
to their houses or found quarters else-
where. The houses of the other half
haye been swept away or destroyed.
Nearly 5000 persons are homeless,
destitute and helpless, and will have
to be fed by the relief committee for
weeks.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 1.-THE rivers
are rising again at head waters, and,
as considerable rain has fallen during
the last forty-eight hours, it is feared
that another food will inundate the
lower portion of Allegheny. The
rivers remained about stationary all
day.
MEMPHIS, TENN, February H.
AT 2 O'clock this afternoon the river
here reached 32 feet on the gauge.
This is two feet below the danger
line. The river continues rising at
the rate of nine inches daily. 1t has
gone over the banks both above and
below here in low places. but so far
no damage has been done. 1t will
take two feet additional rise before
trouble in the bottoms begins.
MARIETTA, o., February 1.-THE
water here is receding rapidly. 1t
went off of the court house floor at s
O'Clock last night. No railroad or
telegraph communication is had with
any other point. The bridges across
the Muskingum river at this place are
both gone. No lives were lost here.
CINCINNITI, Ohio, Feb. 13.-The
river now marks 50 feet AZ inches,
and is rising an inch per hour. The
weather is cloudy. There is no wind
this morning.
Wheeling Island After the Flood.
Very few sightseerS were on the
Island yesterday. 1t was no place for
them. When to the signs of awful
havoc done by the turbulent waters
of last weeks flood was added the
dense fog overhead. the thick mud
underfoot and the almost constant
heavy rain of yesterday, the appear.
anee Of things was dismal and DESC
late In the extreme. In all those
houses into which the occupants could
get the work of cleaning out was be-
ing carried on, but on each face there
was weary, Disguised look, that
spoke more plainly than words of
Encouragement and loss. The work
OF cleaning up is an almost intermin-
able one.
Barrels of mud are thrown out and