The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-16
WATERY WASTES.
The Floods are Slowly subsidlng aud
the Worst IN Over.
Relief for the HON 'less Cemlng From
Many Quarters.
Tho situation In the Flooded Valley,

The weather d clear anu cold, Tho wora,
oyrf,
LarlR.-The river has been on stand
I'D Jay aud tho ueneTHl situation Is no.
1lsured, General SaYt0n by the steamer
Ntite hayea went down the river ms
with government supplies Tor the
destitute ia the Hooded diEuols.
At CINCINNATI,
CsClSSAri, Fec. 5-At o o'clock this
the river Is 30 feet, inches, and
lhling. IL IL clear ana cod. Tue river IL
itllug All the way above very rapidly hr n
hundred miles or M no tho river, Tic
wea her 10 clear and cold.
tue Commercial Gsze,te's steamer Kate
WalOra returned tb'night from rip M
the river as Tar no MuysYil', THIS 10 he
DULY boat up the river since the Hood, Tue
progress was exceedingly slow, The men
on the steamer report no bottom lands Ia
dgAt from here 20 Maysville. Tn. river Is
ul lglly extending from hill 10 hill This
M cams 4 vast loss toiatms, the details OF
which cannot bs known tlll
The water suosldeo' MayaN.le
a largo pot ion Is on. OF wtter, but Chester,
village at the eastern part OF Maysg 10 10
actually suffering for fuel, light and inod.
The penplr there are very modest Ia their
REQUESTS They ask no a, oAoies or lux
urlrs, only bread aud meat.
AAuchet er, ten mills above Mnysy IL,
has not been heard from unlll to-day wh."
u committee consis,ingoi Captain heiker'
Judge Collins and the Presbyterian minii-
ter, on their way to Cincinnati IN
u skin, han d the Kr,e Waters and
were taken aboard. They report the town
almos ruined and wholly covered Win
water. Many bu dings are ruined. The
brick buildings are crumoiing ana Tue
frame ones are washing away. militia
company rs patrClling the streets IN Dlats,
d distributing food. The supply is about
exhausted.
Al along the river the story comes Of
most generous sid by farmers and others
i inr i iu,d in "' wagons. Without
MS aid much suffering would have
resulted. Al along the river, IL is said, the
! ate storm did untold damage 10 buh iingsi
ne repair of which, after the h)od, VIII re-
rpire much money TO render them habit
Aberdeen, opposite Maysv'ls, IS badly
wrecked by the las storm. The town 70
entire dtsiiute OF coat OIL aud practically
IN darkness, Some help has been cent out
from Mays7ile' ,
Ripley has July 500 people dependent
II has been receiving help from ne in'eIor
AS far back as Hilisboro, thii.y-,ive
wi'es away. L. Is rural
VILLAGE with . 500 inhabitants II
has ITO destitute. =. gha iami les are shtl
tered IN lutte church and thirty i've per-
.ona in a small school house. r. l'ei by the
Granite 5tate tomorrow Will be gladly re-
c lived.
cedsd eighteen inches.
At lTr,ruEG.
pfTr.uBa, Feb. 10 The government re-
lict boat, Katie Stnckdrlei lett ais al-sr-
noon for ronton ". over 800 tons OF pro-
vis!ou1 Another boat Will be sent out
rom here hy the citizens next Tuesday.
AID Or TuE SUE sRGas.
Bos-ov, Feb. l5.-rhe cum Of So 500 has
been sub crioed in aid e the Sufferers by
western Goods and 50 900 forwarded. The
wool merchants sent $I,200 worth OF
bl ~ Gets
2IcAMoNy, "a. Feb. 1.-THE Chamber
of Commerce and Richmond Tooscco As
sooiation are raising r. LEI funds for the
food su .Terers OF the west. The Chesapeake
q Ohio p abroad Company have offered to
transfer tree ne supplies contributed.
Bosron, eeb. l5.-Generti Lander, past
C, a, X. at Lynn, has decided TO forego its
anniversary exercises aud send the money,
about $4,000, to the flood sufferers.
LrwEnrHIs.
MrMpHIs, Feb. To- ne river at 10 q. m
Is 32 feet Z inches in the guage,
which is 5 inches below the
ieeline prevails, bat disastrous overflow
to many plan tstions below here is inevits-
BILE. All the railroads continue running
regular passenger trains.
AT sHAwHEETowH, ILL.
SuAwsEETovs, ILL, Feb. 10 An enort
was made to-day To reach John ,yo's
pork house in which dozen or more IAN
lilies have taken refuge put IL Is luss
north OF the levee over when
he current is so swift that the oarsmen
were unable to ltam its force. The Park
bouse is strongly built, but H.
nositio. is perilous and com
tnunication with the outside dangerous
While the boat was whiflDg around the
eddy below the levee young woman
INIT her head out of window, mt
when hailed and asked how she was
faring she failed to understand end quickly
closed the blind. The boat passed over the
roof of a row of brick builings, the site OF
which Is marked Only by the chimney top.
AT IsPPERsoHvnLF.
IorIsvILLK, Feb. 10 j fiersonville pre-
sents a strange and sad sight by moonlieht
With the MAD wa wenssr S 'ne force force
through the streets almost equal
in yslocity to the current in the mlddl; OF
the river and the waves lsshing the houses
and a great many OF them topping over.
The scene is beyond dcscripuob'
Very often the cries OF people calling Tor
boats can be heard. There is q feeling OF
despair among all OF the citizens. About
ninety nine hundrsdths OF the city 10 under
water.
FLOODED VILLAGES.
MouspsvrLLE, w. VA, Feb. l5-The
Pittsburg press relief boat Iron City arrived
here this evening. She stop
ned at number OF VII
ACE, between Steubenville and Wheeling
Init found the people able to care for
Themselves, excert at Wellsburg and War
rem. in Jefferson county, ONO.
Great distress prevails and
the donations given generally LETT
notbing at Wheeling. About 5000 people
are suffering taere, but the city determined
to take care o, It's own. ,,,,,.
Bet geen Wheeling and Moundsvlle the
devastation il terrible and much worse
than from Wheeling 10 Pittsburg. The
greatest financial loss Is that OF the Oaio
River rail.o,d, For 100 miles the track
and road-bed have almost entirely disap'
neared and the bridges are all swept away.
About twenty families are homeless at
Moundsyille and entirely destitute, but the
wealthy people of the town refused to &C.
cent any aid and are doing everything poe
sjble TO alleviate the suffering.
At Benwood, a place OF 1900 people,
OF the people are absolutely
in want. Tho manufacturing establish
ments. from which they gain their living,
are ali flooded out, and will not resume
onerations for weeks. Forty families are
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