Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
Flood Reports Dispatches Of Saturday
and sunday.

and sunday
| PoMERoY TO- J, February 16.h.-The relic
boat Katie Stockdsle arrived here this after
noon. Her intention was to go direct {
Irouton after leaving Parkersburg, but tn
people of Belleville, w. Va. called the bos
| in and q quantity of provisions was giver
out. But six houses remain in the town, ant
they are nearly all badly wrecked. AS th
| boat proceeded down the stream the broat
| farming bottoms on the east side were sradu
ally being relieved of water. At Racine, th,
| head of Pomeroy bend. twelve miles long
| was entered. This bend has narrow bottom
| on both sides CT the river and contains 20 Goa
mines, is salt works, and u towns, with so
900 inhabitants, of whom s, 900 are laborers
Six Of the mines are flooded, and will not b,
pumped out for six or eight months s, ,00(
people are idle, and 1900 are homeless, de
msnding immediate assistance The river il
the bend reached 81 feet, has fallen u feet
and is going down at the rate of two inches
per hour. On Friday night the water was
first clea'ed from the streets of the town
! There are four relief boats at work. The
Columbus, Hooking Valley and Toledo
Railroad and the Ohio Central, pene.
trating the bend, are all torn to pieces
The trestes, bridges aud roadbed are
gone, and it will be from three to six week;
before communication by railroad will be re.
sumed. There are no telegraph wires up.
The steamboats, Jim Montgomery, Chan.
pion, Nora Belle and Chesapeake are dis
tribusing supplies. The people sre slowed
away in churches, barns aud school-houses
through the country. 1t is estimated that
800 houses have been swept sway. Out Of
twelve miles of the bend there sre destitute
iu Camden 800 people, in Middleport 2. 600
in West Columbia 400, 10 Clifton 20, in
Mason City 400, in Pomeroy 600. in Meiers-
VILE GEO. Hartford City 400, Syracuse 700,
Racine 500 Antiquity 100, German Furnace
100. The Stockdsle will distribute three tons
of provisions here and then proceed to other
suffering towns in the bend. then go south
This section is chiefly engaged in shipping
coal south, and the trade will be stopped for
several months. Ten of the mines are large
concerns. and the outlook is very dark, as the
people in the bend are poor and have loss
everything. They are now idle indefinitely.
The Standard Mill Iron Works at Clifton,
". Va. have been thoroughly soaked, and
will not resume for four weeks. Six hundred
men are idle, and there is loss of $40, 900.
THE SITUATION AT sHAwNEETowN.
SHAwNEETowN CHI, February 16.h.-The
river continues TO rise steadily. Several
camps of those driven from their houses by
the food were visited to-day. and consiisra-
beginning to appear, and much suffering 10
the next week or two is exp cted. The cur
rent over the lavees is running at the rate OF
eight or ten miles through some streets. The
foundations Of the buildings are being weak
ened. Mayor Millspsugh estimates that st
least 600 people in Gallatin county have
been driven from home by the food, most of
them on the hills, and that they are in i'm.
mediate need. but when the f)od subsidies
many Of them, whose houses have been
swept away, have no place TO 90. and will
have to live on public charities. 1t will be
necessary to feed five bundled for month.
Many Will have to be assisted in restoring
their houses. II is estimated that from Raj
eigh to Saline, distance of fifteen miles,
150, coo bushels of corn have been swept
away.
HOUSES TIED TO TREES.
EVANSVILLE (InG.) February 17th.-At
Shawneesown, Ill. the river rose nearly five
inches during the night, and with heavy
rain has RISEN steadily during the day. The
latest news from the Wabash is thst the river
is still rising, With the Tennessee pouring a
food into the Olio. Several buildings lefs
their fOurdstions to-day and similar disss-
ters are inevitable. The remaining houses
are tied TO trees, or otherwise securely an
chored. The suffering among the refugees in
LIlS ulijS Is lDCIedSlLk. IIOFisAOns are giving
out and feed is scarce Sickness is increasing.
sKIFFs PASSING OVER HOUSES.
PADUCAH (Ky.), February 17th.- Much OF
the city is NOW under ter, and the river ia
rising steadily. -Four feet more of water is
expected. The situation in several smaller
towns above and below is quite as bad ss last
yesr. Ony oue case If drowning has oc-
CURED st ohawDeetown, but there have been
several narrow escapes. The depth of water
now averages fifteen to forty feet in the latter
town, and skiifs pass over gooC-siz5d houses,
well weighted down. The situation at Union
town is hourly growing more serious, the en-
tire town being under water. The last train
on the Chess p3ake and OHIO Railroad arrived
last night Tie water put out the fires of
the engine before the depot was reached. At
S o'clock the gas works were inundated. At
New Liberty, twelve miles above, nothing
but the roofs of houses is to be seen. The sit
uation is but little better with many other
points.
MORE TOWNS SUBMERGED.
MADISON 1ud J, Februlry 17sh.-The
steamer Little Sandy, relief boat, arrived
this morning from trip up the river. Mil
ten and Hedgeville are entirely submerged,
and the people are encamped on the hills.
Five days rAtions are left. At MARYLAND,
30 houses are submerged. The town Of
Patrol was found in a most distressed condi-
tion, only five houses being above water.
CINCINNATI AND VICINITY.
CINcINHATI, February 17th.-The river is
% feet II incnes. There was hard rain this
foreno II, with warm and light rain. Three
roustabou's, az the ii k of their lives, under
took to recover tbs bodies from the buildings
on Pearl and Ludlow streets which fell Fri
day morning. They found the bodies of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Burke and two children,
and years Of age, in bed, evidently drowned.
The father and mother had each a child in
their sr1ns. They also found the bodies Of
Mary Z. Golfer, james Ogden and j. w,
Kyle.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CINCINNATI, February 16sh.-Report gays
that Marietta, O., is complete wreck.
Houses are torn, gutted and demolished on
all the streets. There are no inhabitants ex.
ceps in the upper stories, snd not many Of
them.
Psrkersburg will be able to assist its own
sufferers, but the destitution in the smaller
settlements is intense.
Belpre is wreck, and its principal street
has entirely disappeared, with only few
piles of brick to mark its location.
The towbost with tow swung abreast ol
the town of Rsvenswood and held the houses
from being swept away Saturday, otherwise
the town and all the inhabitants would have
been engulfed.
Reports from Little Rock, Ark, say that
Red river continues to rise, and the fl jod
covers the banks on both sides for many
miles stock Is drowning in large NUN bers
the people are helpless. Unless relief is sGor
afforded the loss of life will be heavy. The
Arkansas has fallen six feet at Fort Smith.
Washington Presidential Gossip.
WASHINGTON, February 17th.-In the early
part of last week Congressman Sam Barr
one of Don Csmeron's trusted lieutenants
suddenly left this city for Philadelphis. He
went alone and mysteriously, and before hi'
return it was given out here among Arthur
supporters that orders had been issued for the
Cameron machine in Pennsylvania to turn il
and work for Senator Logan for President L
was suspected that orders hsd been received
| from Don Cameron, who is now in Rome, anc
that under his directions the ssslw ,rts of the
| Republican party in Pennsylvania had throwr
President Arthur overheard. Several well
| informed politicians here said this was carry
| ing oBt bargain made by tie Senatorial
| triumvirate at Chicago four years ago. L
was alleged that Cameron, ConkIiDg and 10
gan agreed to help nominate the one them
selves who should show the greatest strength
in 1884. 1t was then supposed. of course
| that General Grant would have served hi
| third term. President Arihur's unexpected &C
csssion to the Presidential office has somewha
| djssrrspc ed the plap bat it was said Logal