The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14
kHE FOAMING FLOOD
HSvish asd swirl o. the Settling
Sea Uaabated.
wheeling Ia Now rru'y Threatened BY
Grim starvation.
CasualtIss-A ~ dhsr Wade Mad
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cIsCIHHATI ANp C,slIr,
CiscIssArI, Feb. s-At0A. m, the river
vas az feet l-a Inches, u rise oi 4i2 iAehea
siros morning. The weather 1, cloudy and
bool. The cold wave ti'g DYING from the
signal Office yesterday morning has disap'
pearsd, and hopes II q ffssys ara dlsap
Apointed. No Teliai is eIpeo d nos on thht
Pccount. Tha river nj PuIt mou,h Ia %
lett aud rinpR iA,t, IL 10 falling fat Al the
essd waters. hue fui,he, rlss mus nolne
fore it oil ruRs ont. Marietta -hd PHt
burg have nDsn snllrsly cut OF rom all
pmunics,l0n tor Two days. Portsmouth
he only up river point heard iFom 90
The river 10 rslog mora raplcly tlnoe 0
Sl'el(k. Al noon there Was w fess q j.!
nchsh, heinE a Tiss az twO inches IN three
Iolrs. no additional lIssss arc reported
nd no loss OF life on this SIDE OF tina river.
N Newport krntucsN, early This morning
| William Burt-ft, basler ut the Unith
itales tfoop, II N'aport barracks, all
|hop q skid T'!ls tTyiUs 10 reach the set-
onGstory OF tLe BARRACKS hui ding and was
drosnei. Mr., Wadiir, a widow living AZ
Newport, ba, b o1ms rav,rg m,uiic on
account OF Ins Il rod. She Was q poor wo'
man with sevsEsl chi den living IN the
flooded district. Nslgnbots took charge OF
her children aud az her, but being unable
W tfu nor CAliuFtn SUI ihts'NA wv"
drowned and to-day n hbpois- ~ inssn5.
ETUnEsviLLg AND viCiAiIv.
STuBEsviLLS o, F-D. S.-rhe highest
poiIt, 10 IseI, was r. ach-G Yes rrdaY 90 j,
p. m, 2 te,t higher than Ia 1882 the great.
est pIeyioas ilJod. IL hes since secrded
eighteen inches aud continu sf,llins, rne
loss u private properly IL here $50 100 and
to the railroads ,nralculeb q. Toe RIVER
division OF the O Il Z. road Is all under
water, aud there Is a bsr oreak In the Pan
Handle west OF here. No lite has been lost
in this vicinity
RAILWAY TRAFFIC INPEDED.
ST.. Louis, FED. S-the lrJn Mountain
railway has stopped taking frtishI Tor
points souI beast OF Cairo aud Belmont on
account OF toe floods I've tracks OF the
Texas Il st.. Louis unrrOv- gauge are now
only 9 feet aoovs wafer sd probably before
evening they will sop teo'is'hn freight.
FIT bURG AhD vlciAITY.
PITrsBuRd, FeD. - the MYERS are again
within their banks AM a6e steadily reGed-
Ing. rue streets OF both cities are almost
entirely clear OF wder ani the people IN
the submerged districts a'e buoy Gearing
the houses and streets nj mua snd Crorls
left behind. Win the nee eaSns pefilS
from the water come latRing d9ugers rom
weak II ne icuBdstl0ns, which iusy over
throw buildings. aud rom y reefs anu
pavem-ata csving Il, where 'htY have
been uuGt ,u!rcd. stverL sn'l c.ps-ius
have occurred IN different pOr ions u CITIES,
hut 10 accidents have vet been reported.
Travel by street cars wrs resi- m d
this morGing between all sc rs
OF All gheDV, Pi Shurs ard the soh
Side. The railroads ere also 60, ing into
shape, AMI Mt te many hours I'LL r"irS, IL
10 though, will be rupning trains o. u'n"l.
Tue IelIs, Comm tea are hsrJ 1t NO x
di' triDuliug Nnd AID fuel 10 tue needy.
l. bora, con ons OF money, food, CO HI.
and IN "A fsr.t,tt -
and no ou,s ne sii will he Dect ssary. NJ snN
families are suI, quar'ered in thn public
halls aud H. will b. sev'ral dsys before the
houses Will bs IN q dc condition Tor cir r.
turn TO Their hom'a
LOUISVILLE AND VICINITY.
LOUISVILLE, F. b. 3. fDe situation has
not msrer,sllI cnnneed since YESTERDAY
The river contirued rising slowly TIL IL
O'Clock tni;r nuroiDH, when IL came tn
stand anOHkss remained stationary since.
There is little suffering here ana that has
bSen promptly Jsl,eved by the relief com
hikhe,t point lat Asar. The weather Is
colJer, IL hss..pyot aimed here s,nco mid
lNtnt. Th,t por' ion Of the 'ty known as
"the poin " Is covered with twenty feet OF
water. The people had all moved out.
The whole river front is inundated from
end to end.
WHEELING AND VICINITY.
RHERLISG, Fec S-rne Baltimore d
Ohio engin- shops have been carried away.
TIE main street bridg- over matthias
Iuu, North Wheeing civrd IN this af'ei-
noon. A boy sank vi b IL, but was saved:
Two uBk uown m n were upeet Mt Tho head
Of the island from a skill and cluns 10 the
willows two hours. A crowd WIS watch
ing but poweress TO save etn. Wheeling
is in danger OF famine. Nearly n the be-
heries and many groceries are bHuesin the
water Tue nj supply j. Gu IF. Meat,
excsp. salt meat j. alnosL impossible tn
procure and the 80 X ut urGv sions Is ra,-
IDLY becsmi exhsu ted, wth n, pros-
peCt of lepienishirg. The ei'uiuon is
hourly rowing gave. Many app-tl' hsva
been received from the inurds tea parts OF
the surrounding country for provisions.