The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
Tho Floods.

The Floods.
WHEELING, w. w., Feb. l8.-Th
river ls 81 feet high and stationary
The steamer Stockdale passed Las
night at eight O'Clock with pro
visions. The weather Is cool ant
cloudy.
PARKERsBuRa, w. ", Feb. 49,
The United States relief steame
Katie Stockdale arrived at Parkers
burg this morning loaded to tn,
guards with 800 tons of relief sup
plies and 100 tons of coal aboard at 1
cost of $50, 900 of the $75, 900 appropri
ated, and the government has tele
graphed the flooded towns on tn,
boats route the privilege to draw or
the remaining $25 900 in Sums of S5O(
to S 900, according to their necessi
ties. The submerged country Il
slowly shaking off the waters, anG
tho devastation paralyzes all descrip'
ton. Roofs of houses on piles o.
brick and timber in all directions
tell the tale. Provisions are said t<
be plentifully supplied, but th<
people suffer from cold weather
Marietta, Ohio, is . hurricane
wreck; houses torn, gutted and de-
molished on all streets; there are nc
Inhabitants except in the second
stories, and not many of them. Par
kersburg will be able to assist its OWL
sufferers, but the destitution in the
smaller settlements is intense. The
St0ckade leaves ten tons of freight
here to be distributed by the Relief
Committee at this point for tho sui.
fertng below. Business is entirely
suspended. The loss In Parkersburg
Is 81 100000
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 16.-The river
fell II inches and is still falling. The
height reached at 9:3O last night was
48 feet inches. Cloudy and threat
ening rain.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16.-River fall.
ing at noon an inch per hour, but is
still two feet above the flood of last
year. It will require at least two
more days to enable railroads to be
gin to ascertain the location of their
tracks. A four-story brick building
on Central avenue, near Second, fell
last night. The last family had re-
moved from it yesterday afternoon.
In all the submerged portions of the
city, where frame houses had been
moved from their positions. the own
ners are endeavoring to flood them
back to their places. The same thing
is done at Newport. KY. Threaten
ing rain.
SHAwNEETowN, Feb. 18. - The
river continues to rise steadily. but
not 90 rapidly Is yesterday. The
gauge at O'Clock marked 64 feet II
inches. Several camps of those driv-
en- from their houses by the flood
were visited to day. Considerable
sickness was discovered. Malarial
fevers are beginning to appear. Sew
eral small buildings in more xp0sed
were washed from their
during the night, and
this evening will carry away several
others. In this respect the present
Hood Is likely to prove more disas.
trous than last year. Tie current
over the levee is running at the rate
of ten miles au hour.
CAIRO, Feb. 16.-The river at six
to- night is so feet and rising slowly.
NJ suffering or distress as yet. The
places between Cairo and
are submerged.
PoMEROY, O., Feb. 16.-The relief
boat Katie Stockdale arrived here
this afternoon. Her intention was to
20 direct to Ironton after leaving
Parkersburg, but the people Of Belle
Vile, w. Va, called the boat in and
\ quantity of provisions were given
out; but six houses remain In the
town, and they are nearly all badly
wrecked. AS the boat proceeded
lown stream the broad farming
bottoms on each side were gradually
being relieved of water. Al Racine,
he head of Pomeroy bend, II miles
ong was entered. This bend has
narrow bottoms on both sides of the
river, and has 20 coal mines, Is salt
works, twelve towns, and 10 600 in
of whom {, 900 are laborers.
Six of the mines are flooded, and one
will not be pumped ont for six or
eight months; 5000 people are idle,
100 are homeless and demanding i'm
assistance. The river in the
,end reached "a feet, but has fallen
2 feet and is going down at the rate
# two inches an hour. Friday night
he water first cleared from the
treets of the town.