The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-15
TURN OF THE TIDE.
The Raging Waters Have Reached
Their Highest Mark,
The DesOia,lon the Recedlng Waves
VIII Reveal.
Relief Work Going Bravely ON.
The Floods.
MR. OF HuNLInnT.

ARIFr oF SUNLIGHT,
CrclsgATi o., Feb, .ii.-At Ga. IN. the
river was az Il feet, rIse Of IL inches at
? "a. an. The weather is cold, With the Their.
IA meter 2O degrees above,
larkmtbutg, Wet Virginia, reports q
Z. u Of 20 and ga lipolia IS inches In tw, I've
hours May6Vllle, sixty miles above Gin
olnuati, Il stationary which indicates hut
very few inches more OF water here, Iele.
graph communication has been resumed
with pukprsburg, but Marietta, lronton.
New Richmond, Ripley and other ma
towns are entirely cut oil
At CISClSNAri.
CINCINNATI, Feb 1.-The river IL Blowlt
iislng, having reached II feet % Inches ~
noon. The sudden cold last night made
the suffering more intense, as many people
la the llOOdei houses either were not pro-
ylded fuel or have not the facilities Tor
usingit.
IL ia impossible TO give details Of losses in
thi, city by wrecked and Heating houses,
roe wind last night added 20 the number
OF wrecks Ia the eastern part OF tho city,
where the greatest loss he's been ielt, there
being more from houses there. Fortu-
mate ly, 40 fer no case OF iosa oil lie hes been
known, though In several cases the iamilit 3
had been taken from the houses Just before
the water bore them away.
D.
Mug NJ the u nod 10 recorded. The river is
now n feet ~ inch.
AID M, the river had receded three
iourths Of an inch, and tho good news OF
the nc ual beginning OF tho decline spread
quickly, glyltg profound Tee irps " creyer
it reached. The first notice OF check
came during the afternoon and posting OF
~ on change caused an outburst 81 APP
lause from people waiting for the bnl 'etiu
With this decided cold weather and vino
the TALL has every facility Tor being constant
and rapid.
The slight swells At Pi,tsburg sincs the
first decline there are now tuniolent 10
bring the river here to the tremendous
proportions II shows tonight, alter DE,
oded fail, such as now seems probable, SIN
with tho most rapid decline that can be ex-
pected IL " II be days before houses are re.
lieved, and tho process OF the falI Is iraught
with much danger to houses.
~ NEWPORT
this morning the scene Is most desolgt'
A high wind .ast might moved the waite
80 as 10 topple over many more buildings,
and .oossned ifom thpir foundations they
have swung into the stree ts until IN ma"'
cases relief boats have great dihicullY
uornii z in passing around them. Need 90
help Ia heWplt. 20 increasing, as the stores
of the imprisoned families grow, lsss ana
less Fortunately thousand dollars
were received this morning from Seorelary
Lirc)ln, eud another thousauu
from the Cincinnati chamber OF COM
merce. The water IS now within few
iuchesof being five feet higher than the
great food Of asst year. H. reaches more
nan half HfQuaTe above Third street. Inc
Lock street Pan Handle depot Is entirely,
surrounded by water, and there arc several
lcot on the floor. Tho Grand Central de-
pot has from six TO eight feet OF water on
the floor and at Mil street the water
reaches into Fourth rect, further west ~
crosses Fifth street, ana ~ the Cinoinnnti,
Uamil ION * Dayton depot 10 reaches hall
way I'D 10 eth street. At Freeman Il
crosses Sixth street. IN The west end en-
croaohments extend eastward!y as lar as
FREEMAN,
AT LoUIsyILLR.
LOUISVILLE, Fec. Ii Tao river contin-
ues to rise. The canal registers % feet D
inches, foot higher than at any time las I
year. It turned cold early last night, the
clouds disappeared and the day has been
bright aud beautiful. A strong wind last
night caused the waves to do mnch damage
| in the submerged districts. A great many
houses have fallen down or hosted OH. IL
| Is no. uncom non to see large frame struc-
lures floating down over the falls. Inc
people are all out, however. and no I'M ury
or loss Of life is reported. The water Is sti |
rising, the rough ground is hard frozen'
and this morning 1t reached the Gel
lar OF the board OF trade
In the engine room. There Is no likelihood
OF fu rtner rain aud the river Is expected to
be a. stand by morning. Local contriou-
tors are relieving suffering here and Lonis-
will. will not call for any outside aid. She
will try 10 care for her own, and suffer
ing Is great.
AT JRFrERsohvILLE
Tho paopla ara crowded together IN
churches, school houses and almost to SUI
| location. The relief measures in operation
are very inadequate, The waves did much
damage to properly last night. Two more
feet OF water will food the pen'tsnt airy,
where there are six hundred convcta TO DC
cared tor.
OTHER POINTS
The 125 families OF L ne burners at Utica,
TIVE We miles above here, are still huddled
o1sther in one church and sadly 10 need
of relief. The town of Clnrksville. lndiana
is almost washed away. General Saxlop, IL
charge OF the government lief FUND, ie get
ting ready to start with relief boat. he IL
waiting specified orders from Washington
will not Start before morning.
| sr. LOUIS QUOTA.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-THE association n
the Red Cross, has raised nearly 81 600 FOL
the benefit Of the Ohio valley Hood sufier.
srers. General w. Il. Sherman subscribe
500 to this fund. Ivsnhoe Commsndery
Of knights Templar sent tl0O to Hansel-
man Commsnderv. Cincinnati.
"ANp SATAN CANE ALSO"
WHRrLIsa, Feb IA Two women wert
arre,ted to-day for systematic fraud on th'
relief comm ssion. One had procured
thirty ana the other thirty. nine com plet'
outf Ia OF clothes and between them seven
teen airs OF shoes. They each assumed
names.