The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-23
THE OHIO.
WONDERFUL RECORD OF THE
RIVER.
OF HOMELESS PEG.
PIE SUFFERING.
The Flood Now Receding.


CINCINNATI, Feby. 1f.-Soon the
mighty tide must begin to ebb. 1t
can not be long now before the an
CRY waters cease their hitherto ire
sistible progress and begin to fail
back from the unnumbercd miles or
invaded territory into their proper
channels. Yet, in spite of this fact,
there is nothing hopeful about the
situation.
In Cincinnati, Covington, Newport,
and the ten or a dozen important
suburbs that are located in the in.
undated districts, there are more
than $4,000 houses wholly or partly
under water. Many OF these have
sheds and outbuildings, one-third
of which have been overturned, while
not few have foated off bodily, and
fences have suffered terribly.
When the waters GO down the own
ers Of these houses will find them
sadly dilapidated, and 1t will be Mt
least a month before things will re-
gain their normal condition. Mat
ters will not be so bad in the bot
toms, but along the river front the
loss will be very heavy. Many
foundations have been weakened;
and falling buildings and crumbling
walls are becoming alariningly fire..
quent.
In regard to the loss little can as
yet be estimated, but it will lie far
greater than last year. Great, how
ever, as will be the direct loss, the
indirect loss will be far more. Bust
ness has been suspended almost en-
tirely for week, and when it will
recover from the interruption is
matter of conjecture.
The railroads have been stopped.
No freight has been sent out or re-
ceived, and in addition the good name
of the city has suffered greatly.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
strangers look at the food in q very
different light from Cincinnatians,
and not knowing all the circuin-
stances they are apt to draw nnfa-
vorable conclusions. 1t is simply
repetition to say that the suffering
among the homeless is steadily in
.creasing.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Feb 49,
The submerged country is slowly slak-
ing off the waters, and the devastation
surpasses description. Marietta, Dis
a wreck, houses being down, Quilted
and demolished on all the streets. Bel
pre- is wreck, and its principal street
has entirely disappeared, only few
piles of bricks marking where is was
located. The telegraph wires are
down in all directions News from
Parkersburg goes to Baltimore and
is transferred from there. Parkers-
-burg's loss amounts to 100000.
The water here has receded 20 feet.
Parkcrsburg has lost over 100 build
ings. Tracewell corner has fallen in
The Parkersburg Mill Company's
loss is $4,000.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1S.-The river is
receding at the rate of about J inches
an hour, and IL o'clock tonight stood
at So feet. Three roustabouts, at the
risk of their lives, to-day attempted
to recover the bodies from the build
ing at the corner Of Pearl and Ludlow
streets, which fell on Friday. They
found the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Burke and their two children
in bed where they had been drowned.
The relief committee of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, to day, made an APP
preparation to purchase rope to be
sent Immediately up the river to be
used in towing and anchoring build
ings to their foundations. Layton &
Kline's office at their glue factory fell
last night.
The situation in Uniontown is
hourly growing more serious. The
entire town is several feet under wat
er, and the river is still rising stead
lily. Between Shawneetown and I'm
iontown the country on both sides Of
the river as far as the eye can reach
is one vast sheet of water, trees alone
marking the dividing line between
the river and the shores and the gen,
eral course of the river Several
houses have been washed away.
The situation at Paducah is worse
than has been generally supposed.
Last night one-third of that place
was under water, and it is estimated
that rise Of two feet more would
cover the entire town. The last train
on the Ohio and Chesapeake Road
arrived last night, the water, which
covers the track to depth of three
feet, putting out the fire on the en-
CINE before the depot was reached.
At 8o'clock the gas works were food
ed, and the people are now dependent
upon lamps and candles for light.
CAIRO, ILL, Feb. 18.-The river at
this place marks so feet 6 inches, lack.
ing one foot of the highest point reach
ed last year. 1t is raining tonight,
and the water is rising slowly.
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