The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-15
WASTE AND WOE.
Continuation of the Vests Mel
ancholy Story.
Submerged Towns, Ruined Homes,
Starving People.
Five Thousand Homeless People in
Louisville, KY.

1RONTON, " rep, It'll Dr66 lOurbuS OF tDlt
town is under water, including the entire busi-
ness portion Soup houses are open, but they
are inadequate. A strong current is sweeping
through the streets at Hanging Rock, and but
four houses are above water.
Caryvile has only two houses above the
flood, and starvation stares thousands in the
face. The iron mills have stopped. Many OF
the employees were destitute before the food
came. Many merchants have been forced to
assign
COLUMBUS, o., Fab. 14.-Gov. Hoadley this
evening issued proclamation calling atten.
tion to the fact th-t he had appointed relief
commission for the flood sufferers; and urging
all to send money aud supplies through that
com mission. Que Thousand dollars has been
telegraphed each of the larger desolated towns
along the Ohio, and $500 to each of the small
or towns for Immediate relief.
CLEVELAND, o Feb. 14.-Subscriptions for
the relief Of the flood sufferers exceed $40, ,00O
Mrs. Lucreta Garfield, widow of the late
President, contributed 800.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, Feb. I4.-The press relief
boat lion City, left for Petersburg tonight
and VIII distribute provisions and clothes to all
who make their wants known. A government
steamer leaves in the morning for Ironton
with 200 tons of provisions. The rivers are
rising again and at IL o'clock marked 10 feet
lnehes
Paducah, KY, is entirely surrounded by
water, Smlhland aud Caseyville both under
water and sll communication is by skiffs
CAIRO, Ill, Feb. 14.-Jappa, small town
on The Illinois side is Inundated, water cover
Ing the tops OF houses. AT Metropolis Ind. =,
the water is over ths first floors in buildings ou
Front street, and all business has been removed
to lack streets.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14-Twenty houses fioated
away from Newport, KY, this morning, al d
every street in the flooded part is blockaded
The t zenS of Newport are indignant at the
parsimonious conduct of the legislature in with
holding aid, aud hand bills were circulated to-
day ridiculiDg the members. The people pro-
pose to hang their State Senators in effigy to-
hight.
OF the villages and smaller towns on the Ohio
there is great destitution and imminent danger
to life. Cincinnati is largely damaged, but
three-fourths of the city is safe above all con-
tlngencies of floods, aud the public spirit of
the people is unshaken. There are, however.
few other places from Virginia to Mississippi,
where outside assista ce is not sorely needed.
Utica, indiana is almost out of ssght and the
inhabitants have fled to the hills. Clalkville,
Ind, is entire depopuInted Relief is coming
in very slowly. The situation at New Albany,
Ind, is practically unchanged.
CINcINNATI, Feb. l3.-At 7 D. m, the river
had receeded three-fourth of an inch and the
good news of the actual decline spread quickly,
giving Profound feeling of relief wherever it
reached. With this decidedly cold weather
constant and rapid.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Feb. 14.-The river con-
tinuss to rise an inch an hour. The wind is
blowing and the inundated houses are being
knocked down by the waves. About |, 200
persons are without houses here, but the local
relief committees have matters we'll in hand
and there is not much suffering. At Jefferson
vile. Ind, nearly every street has disappeared d
Ii the water continues to rise at the present
rate, by noon of Friday there will be not dry
spot in town. The sights are most appalling
aud distressing. Many houses have caved in
and hundreds OF persons are huddled together
ln the same building, while many remain in
The second stories, shivering aud suffering
from dampness and cold, and in many cases
from hunger.
WAEELING, w. Va, Feb. 16.-The employees
of the Glasksburg & Western railway, contrib
uted days wages to the Daily Intelligeucer
relief fund. Twelve hundred persons are be-
lug fed oy the relief committee at Martin g
Ferry, Ohio, and 200 families at Bridgeport
Two women were arrested here today for sys-
fraud on the relief committee, one had pro-
cured 80 and the other 81 complete outfits of
clothes and between them they had obtained
IL pairs OF shoes.
LAwRENcEBuKG, Ind, Feb. 13-A fearful
WIND storm last evening, adds further desoa-
tion to this place.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 13--A wind We'd
nesday night played havoc with tenement
houses in the submerged districts and hun
dreds OF dwellings at the Point and shipping
port has beec ruined.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 13.-The is still rising
and IL Is estimated that 5000 people here are
homeless aud destitute.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb 13.-Trinity river has
oveIflowed its banks and inundated the snr-
rounding country for miles. Five miles OF
Iresling on the Missouri Pacific railway has
been washed away.
Boston, Feb. 1.-THE following despatch
has been received from Mayor Martin from
Galipolis, Ohio:
GALL1PoLIs, Ohio Feb 13.
To the Mayor Of Boston:
We make this second appeal to you for aid, pend
ing the loss and destituton far in excess of
extreme auticipations. The Oh o valley bas been
swept throughout its entire ength by the greatest
flood yet known, exceeding at this poiut That Of
1882 by six feet and six inches and the food last
year by ten feet and causing loss of life and
an 1ncalculaole amount of property. Dire distress
has fallen upon us and are obliged to call upoI
the country at large for help. Galipolis owing tc
its high location. has suffered comparatively little
and we do not ask for anything for ourselves, bu
for those from forty mi es above to forty miles be
low. L. this section every city, town ami village ex
Galiipos is nuL dated and ina cessabe except iron
this point. The suffering is intense and immediate
rellef is necess try. The waters receding very
slowly, an it Will be days before thev will be dowI
to tn r ordinary level 1t is impossible to correct
above mentioned, but 1t will be enormous. The ter
Iitory cont aims 5000 people living upon the
banks of the OH, and Kanawha rivers, and CALI
| po is is the only town submerged At least wv,
thousand hou7 es have been swept away or .maget
to such an extent to be uninhabitable after Ih
Hood has subsidet. 1t is for these tunate peo
| pie we appeal for help The merchants and M anu
factnrers have lost their stocks, and the mechanic
| are thrown out Of employment. Coal mines ant
salt works are flooded, aud everything is desoat
indeed. 1t will be weeks and months before bust
ness can be resumed and help will be needed lon,
| after the waters nave gone down.
Offers of Aid.
New YORK, Feb. IA Representatives o
| the various exchanges of this city met tods,
| at City Hall, aud committee was appointed
to take charge of fund to be raised for tn
| relief Of the Ohio sufferers. Mayor Edso,
| sent telegram to the Mayor of Gallpois, o.
| today, authorizing him to draw at sight fo
| $4,000. Additional subscriptions to the amoun
of 81 200 were received at the mayors office.