St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-23

Sunday burned from Shay's corner to Sec
ond street, Loss $4,000; insurance, $4,000
THE LATEST.
CINCINNATI, Feb. II, "a. II.
The flood at this hour has reached 8
| height of 20 feet inches. Rain by fits and
starts Tuesday night; heavy rain by spells
/ all day Wednesday; heavy clouds over
hanging, and over seventy feet of water in
the river, where fifty marks the danger
line, shows something OF the condition OF
| things here.
The river rose eighteen inches in twenty.
| four hours-that means more destruction
than heretofore, more people homeless,
more demands for charity, a longer period
Of darkness, and without water, with little
coal to tie had, but few mails, little travel
ing, no freight moving to or from great
trade centre, no business, higher prices in
provisions, not much of anything but wet
ness aud q great deal too much of that;
with great waste Of yellow, rushing wa.
tiers enTironing the city, and the conscious
ness that besides our own thousands of
homeless people and our own discomforts
and suffering, it will be within few hours
repeated many fold on scores of smaller
towns below us.
Cincinnati is big and rich and generous.
She will care for her own people, and do it
well; but even her big hands will be filled
their generous responses all over the
country are not too many. There is enough
and for all the charity and good will of the
whole people to do along this great valley
in places where, as yet, ittle.o or nothing is
known of the situation. The cries of
thousands for help will reach only the ear
of Infinite Mercy before it does that of the
American people. They NAV prepare now
for what is sure to come. The water now
is on Pearl street, the heaviest retail street
in the city, running like mill-race along
this mart of trade tour squares back from
the suspension bridge.
The signal service flag denoting the COM
ing Of cold weather tioated yesterday for
the third time since the flood began. Hith.
erto its presence was welcomed; now it
brings the worst apprehensions. Cold
weather can now have no substantial effect
on the water disaster; that has about done
its worst; but with cold weather the inn
prisoned people in all the towns and cities
along the Ohio will suffer terribly for lack
OF fuel. Few realize the d fficulty Of get
ting supplies delivered. There are no1and-
ings for steamers and the damage done to
buildings by the waves caused by passing
steamers has be. SO great as to cause the
occupants of 4 s9ded houses to fire on
steamers bringi:ls them relief.
From all pot%as in the Inundated terri
tory reports are of the most gloomy char
acter. Fully fifty thousand people are
practically homeless and dependent upon
charity for subsistence. To the horrors of
the flood has been added that of pinehing
cold, which renders their condition doubly
distressing. The appeals for aid are being
generously responded to from all quarters,
but the many obstacles in the way of its
distribution, principal among which is the
checking of transportation facilities by the
foods makes the situation in many cases +
very trying one indeed.
RELIEF NOTES.
Governor Hoadley OF Ohio has issued
proclamation calling upon the people 81
Ohio to contribute to relieve the dire dis
tFess brought upon thousands of their fel.
low-citizens by the foods. A central com
mIttee has Ls1n organized at Columbus
with T. y Huntington as chairman.
The New York Coffee Exchange and I'm.
porters' and Grocers' Board Of Trade navo
formed committees for the relief Of Oaio
Valley sufferers and subscribed y, 900.
Robert Garrett has ordered free trans.
portation OF provisions or other gifts on the
Baltimore & Ohio Road for the sufferers ly |
The Hoods; also the free use of the Balti-
more & Ohio telegraph.
At Philadelphia society for organi
charity voted $4 900 for the relief of sufferers
Of the Hood, that being the sum remaining
rom the fund raised last spring for a SIM
lar purpose. Drezel & Go. are treasurers. /
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company con.
5ributed $4,000 for sufferers. S.. 900 to be dis
sributed from the Pittsburgh Office, and |
y, 200 each along the lines of the Pan Handle |
md Plttsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago /
Roads.
Al petition forwarded to the Ohio Leeis
allure from seventy citizens of Cincinnati |
sor an appropriation of three hundreds thou /
sand dollars, for relief of food sufferers,
in both Senate and House.
a public meeting was held at DAYTON. at
which resolution was adopted petitioning |
5he Legislature to appropriate $500 0o0 for I
ihe relief of the food sufferers in Ohio. |
special meeting of the City Council gas |
salled, at which the action of the citizenss
meeting will be adopted.
At % meeting in Cleveland, Mayor Far.
ey presiding, relief committee was ap-
pointed and arra Sements made to procure
supplies of provisions and clothing co send /
1t the earliest moment; $1,000 was tele.
sTaphed to PonneJoy, o., and $500 to Wheel
vas ordered baked Immediately to be for.
'y2xspd TO sundry points.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade has in.
vigorous measures. Three thou
and dollars were raised Immediately, and
committee was directed to proceed at once
md charter a steamer for distribution of
upplies, and aid will be extended from
4awrenceburg as far south as the means
viii permit. Stirring appeals have been
ssued to all the fraternitias, Odd-Fei1ows,
fasous, ETC.. and the churches and charity
dly as possible.
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