The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-07
A FEARFUL FLOOD
Il About 10 isuhdltn tho Entire OHIO
iEiiey.
A Steady Rainfall aud Rlslns Rivers
Hold Untold Horrors.
Tao Grave sltna,ias ia Detail.

continue. Alu river now ainndr "' rev
having risen i've luoAca per hour Al"
small s,rcgms throughout the country ore
at aood ha.ht, Reports from al the
ND riy.s points aro tha; the ran Is sill iil
.rg aud the tiyof rising rapidly.
Conservative men. who yesterday were
unwilling % ndmit mat l,st i'ss ~ '.i
,vouli b, duplicated now cannot De l.lnd
todsv. There Ia no longer doubt thAt
lie waor Will reach last y ears height GA
the contrary, With the rain slll All
in, and wea. Der mild, the only
question nov ~ ~ how much las' years
4 nod Will 90 excelled. The most alarming
feature OF thn present situation u no 70
nudity OF the fiss. Lot yesr, when mo
riysr Ind reached this hsight. u was rising
Lisa thnG an inch nl hour. AZ nom
to-day the gauge showed 30 fec. Win
lac, yra-g cxpprience merchants md manu-
lacturers will i.ue much lees than then. No
tlae Is GOV wasted In pumping water nom
the celia .. Every available man ahd Team
is employ 81 where the water may rtach va
iay them 10 III -her grounds. Business II
completely suspended throughout az
Jhe lover part OF tho city. The Grad
Uantrnl railroad Depot Is ebandOntd ID
The Ctnclnrat Northern. Toe
Toledo. Uitolnnau & st. Louis 10
'hs nuly ROAD that cannot be reGontd ~
Tho gnld. Th,s morning the warehouse
nj Dpciwhrth's distiileTy was nntfrmir'',
and len INFO the water, causing u large loss
Soon alter the csttie PEN, cipa lie az lsen
inc a thousand c4ttle were swept away.
liz I'D removed tho cattle yostoiday. Loss
heavy. mi ..- -,
commerce trsus acted nut little butintas io-
dey. Mcapurea we're taken 10 provide Toy
q. 4 a IA nj L
teN Of fifteen were appointed, ana me hecie
| tnry wns k.pt bus, Tor some time receiving
sub Grip SONS, mostly OF Sl00. Each cNam-
her ,sel appropriated S5,IOo TO the lHli"'
| The health oiicrr has announced That he
would place fifteen men OF the sanitary
fore. al the disposal OF the relisicommi'lee'
Lswrenceburg, Indiana, Is cut from com
pbope, Th.r,tr, grave fears OF much dan-
a "a il the nsg ltvec should break.
AT PtrTsBURo Asp vicIsirr.
| pfTr.suaa. Fob. G-rhc river nt III.
point passed The danger line last night, and
At noon today had reached u feet incnes,
the highest stage sinca 1857. Dispatches
| from the head waters OF both rivers report
the wnter still rising, while here II ~ creep
ing NJ on to the streets a. the rate OF tigoL
inches mn hour. Mules Of proDerty in this
| city on the south side and in the hlleshany
nave been submerged, and hundreds al
families compelled tn v,cate their houses.
All mills ani factories on the Danss OF
Doth rivers have suspended operatione ana
connection between Pit,sburs aud Ale
cb.ny by street cars entirely cut of Schools
| Ia ,hs iiret ard fourth wards are closed
| On Dnouepss levy the water covere tho Of
| Hc, iurniture OF The Robinson house aud Is
within one foot of the first floor OF Du'
auepse street depot. Merchants GU Water
street have moved their goods To the sec
ond floors u precautioa which hs5 nevsf
| mean necessary tor them TO take before
Railroad traffic all river lines IL greatly
| re, aided and the Baltimore ONO, Penn
| sylyapia & Lake Erie road, Pittsburs e.
Western. Pi tsburg, Yougksecheny Nc
| Keesport, West Pennsylvania & Allegheny
| Valley railroads have either suspended en-
tirely or will be compelled TO before even
| ing. 50 far there have been 10 large iaui-
yidual losses here, and the damage - con
| tined exc usiveiy to the flooding o. prop
erty, Great suffering and damage
are reported In this vlDclnity, and from me
Yaupkicheny region, whers the mining
bsmlets and portions OF towns lying, on the
| low lands have been inundated ana nun
dTeds OF families nave been forced 10 utstr
their homes aud fly before the coming h2nh'
In some places u has been fonnd necessary
10 anchor dwelling houses 10 trees ANA
rocks (, o keep them from drifting oil to total
de,,ruc,ion. The scene along he r0u'e n'
the rrent gorge, which extends thirty mics
np the Yaugkichany river, oeggars &c
rcription. The streets and door y8rns are
piled Irll OF ice with dfeary heaps In msny
ms ,ances fifteen and twenty lee, h'Rh'
sttudirg as silent m onumsnts OF the ight
IF The a,od So far AS can be learned no
ives have been lost.
p,rryprRs. Feb. The streets bound
ed py Duqlesne way on the north nhh wa
ter street on the south, and from the lnnc
,irr Of the two rivers TO Sixth stree, in
cludng PennsyIvsnia avenue, L'1e..S /,
F,rt to SIXTH ara Ferry almost S%t
entirely submerged, and every street south
of Psnnsyivaaia avenue TO Sharpsourg,
diat,nce 81 five miles, is under from ore 10
t,pn Ieet Of water. Library hall, on Penn.
sylvana avenue, where Lawrence barrtti
il uinvius, has been compelled 10 susprhu
performing until the water reced's' Inc
museum ON 6xtn street " SIN one,
though surrounded by water. and the mat
oppr offers transportation to and from We
mnseum in boats Tonight The o|
il in semi.darlness. The water IS up
Ia tho works, and while ca
still BURNING. it Is very m. Ga the lnLH
side every street south OF Cars en- from
CHARTERS creek - hirricenth is inundaot,
wbiie ali pronerty Within three sluhres ~
the river 10 Allegheny Is submerged. Az
this time il is impossible To estimate the
loss but IL is sale tn say II will nor ia'l
snort of 81 O00, 600 and may exceed
tha'. The loss in some instances 4"
reach $50 900, while few hundreds VIII
cover Others. Fatty 5000 families have
been rendered homeless by the Hoods. ar
reurements have been made - shelter
them in public halls Tonight, and IN thu
! ,scrnipr in accordance with =
nroclamai.on ol the mayor,
q nublic meeting will be held for the pur
po.e of making some provision for HEN
until the Hood subsidies enough to return 10
their homes.
| CLEVELAND AND VICINITY.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 6.-Rsilways centering
here report very high water at various
points and considerable damage In some
places. There is big washeut on the
Cleveland e. Pittsburg at Wnynssoure;
a ifeshet at Bayard; the wa'er Is very high
along the Bee Line, hut no danger yet.
not seriously troubled 30 far. The valley
road IL covered with water for fifteen miller
son,h. chi. hy overflow from the Guy ahsIA
river which has spread over part OF tue
MINER fats here. The Cleveland Wheel,
inc reports many depots under water and
bridges washed away ct Canal, Clsver ana
Elvris. ,.n,,.
Tor iorty hours. The Mshonine river and
tributaries are much swollen. People are
bsiny taken from houses In boats. Ran.
rays are mostly covered with water and
trains have been abandoned.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LoursvtLLE. Feb. Cit looks IS though
the flo I'd Of last year yes TO be repeated
The river at noon wac "a feet In the cana
and rising at the rate OF four inches m
bonr Shipping Port and Pc tiaDd er'
n ,o5ed. Already over 800 people have
besp driven out Of their homes. The gov
.rnment building Is the o7ly house mo-
submerged on Skipping Port. Four mor'
feet Of water will bring the h,od over tn,
cu.-ofr above the CITY and the Point" vii
hs flooded with great loss Of property sn'
perhaps Of lives.