The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-08

= Wheeling, THE river is fri.
b one feet six inches, and flsl1
y slowly. The steamers Belle, Prime
9 and Princess have been buslly el
C gsged in bringing people from tn
r island. There is more damage
e pi operty than ever experienced heI
!, before. The fair ground is a tots
| wreck, and three houses came dow
? from above. The weather is cloud
/ and cool. The water here is stl
| rising. and vastly larger areas ar
| submerged than were In 1885,
! aou es, barns, bridges. straw an
hay sta ks have been floating pas
all day. The Wheeling Cheese com
!. psny's storage house her
loses about $50 600 by waite
in the cellars. The merchant
on Main, Water snd Market strs Ell
also lose heavily in perishable good
now under water. Several house.
| fl9ated eff on the island and south
side. 1t is impossible to estimate
the Losses, but they will aggregate
over a million dolla-s. The wa el
reached the lime pits Of the Bel
laire, Ohio, goblet works, the La
Belle glass company and Bridge
port, OHIO s. E zen glass works, al
Martins Ferry, and the stacking
lime started flames In all cases
the damage was slight. No loss Of
life resulted here, but the fatality of
the removal of sick persons from
the exposed houses will be great.
| The Western Union Telegraph COM
psny's Office can only be reached by
boats.
Tbs Baltimore and Ohio wires a-e
all down. Telephone communlca-
ton with all the suburbs ia cut off.
The water and gas works gave out
to-day and tonight the city is in
darkness and at the mercy of ire, if
one should start. The steeets OF
half the city are pavigabIe only in
bosts, and al sorts Of impyovised
crafts are plying as ferri' g. Many
people are still exposed. The island
Is the only spot which remains
above water. The work or remov-
ing them goes bravely on by skiffs
and stesmboats. A relief meeting
was held this afternoon and So, 700
Was raised in hal an hour, End a
committee appointed t. look after
the destitute.
Pittsburg, AT q meeting of
this sfuerno IN al executive
committee waa app inted, who were
instructed to take i'm mediate steps
to relieve al. the sufferers of the
two cities. A committee, represent.
ing The leading business in erests,
was also appointed TO so icit ma
tons. Before these Provision can
be ,nad", however, the stuff ering win |
be great. as many families are living
IN the second STOKES OF their houses,
and have been without food or
ire for thirty-siX hour. Two more
abilities have been reported. VIM
Bowman, aged so, of the Eighth
W ard, in Allegheny, while attempt
ng to step out of the window into q
'kiff, fell into the water, and the
witt current carried him away be-
ore he could be rescued. Harvey
1renung, sged II, who has been
Missing from his home In the First
Ward in Allegheny, since Tuesday
ast, was found drowned this after
DON.
Cincinnati, 7.-Contrary to ex pee
alton the gas il burning tonight,
nd there is a hope that the supply
lay not be cut off ut all. This,
owever, depends on the future rit :
eing very slight. There is much i
POPULATION to-dsy over what Is I.
come, and opinions vary. The :
lost hopeful say there cannot be ,,
1ore than foot more water, while !;
theirs say the extraordinary water :
Pittsburg and Wheeling, coupled
18th the fact that tributaries of the
hio and Kentucky, both above and
Glow, are nearly ali rising, and
lust make continued rise here for o
,veral days, in which case it will o
kceed the food of last year. The o
lbmerged territory is now practi- S
lily as great as last year. In the I
ty proper the water is within 200 s.
et of the limit on the streets last b
ear, the only difference is a few {
ct in depth, The day has passed II
it'll no disaster. "
Wheeling, w. Va, TEN thou ii
nd people are homeless and I'M g
divided for here. Fully $1,000 81
ere driven from their homes by o.
le flood, but third of these are p
'mfortsbly quartered at hotels and p
,arding-houses, or with friends. te
be public schools and churches are I'll
rown open and people are housed 81
Id fed there. The water acaed 20
e highest point at 10 O'Clock, when I"
was 81 feet. Since then it has re tt
ded q few inches. The city board n,
public works has built a bat in
aux, which will be used as free di
rries across the inundated dis Ept
CTS. b,
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