The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-10
WOEFUL WORK.
Fearful Fire Joins the Other Fury NJ
Wheeling.
Terrible Accounts from Many Inun.
dated Towns aud Villages.
Other Tales OF the Telegraph.
The Flooded Districts.
HORRORS ON HORRORS HEAD.

ployed at home thew Can't reach the scene.
/ rnn fire caught Ia Wells d Dsnt'5 drug
store, caused by the explosion OF chemicals
and then communicated TO the hoio"ay
block, containing ten houses, and at ale,
wrtiug the houses are OIL SDihhe.
| The relief itsamers having gone down
tie river Ia succor the distressed,
| IL 10 impossible 20 rO1ch the lire. II the
| fire. 4. nor chrcked - will sweep away the
houses Of Branum & Sons, 8, A. jenkins,
toe Sherman huu,e and other housts on the
north sijeoi t4e Pike.
uutuown woman was drowned Ia tho
! drtn wnri last night hy telling from a. sec
ond-l'or window 20 he water. AT MAJ
TIM Ferry 200 people are led by organized
charity. Fuids are drawn from The pro.
cepdg ~ fine. under tho state law. An I. -
creased force OF the fire depar IA 100 DIS
pumping out the Hooded ba'emen'9 aud
drawing water from the gas pipes. I'm
MoCrrtly, on tic island, lusi $2,5 IN gold
In his house which was swept away. Many
uiHer largo sums of money have been los,
Thu Total los, Ia this vicinity VIII reach
500 900. including both sides OF the river.
TIE Whitaker Sheet Iron works and Chi
oiro Oar Rooiiug company lose $4,000.
The ttsamer John LOWS arrived down
the river ,his morning. Sho was riddl d
with pullets and passenger lying on the
cabin floor was covered with mattresses
/ and hie.pfeserv6rs ~ ur t'clipn rom
missiles The boat LIT L rkersburs tlB
morning and reports mony houses a. Mar
/ ttnsvi 10 swept away. the PIt'sburE Sta7e
| works aud dry houses ara n { til loss. Not =
yesi 20 has been lett OF Cochranyille, ONO
| "A village Ia Monroe county. At Mound.
vile tle peniieRtiary ran out OF water and
! the citizens had 10 carry IL. The situation
| here among the homeless, 1hnltered IN
| scbool.houses, churches and other build
| joys, grows worse. Not enough food can
De procured 90 iced them, and rive ALL to
] the neiehbtring toward suffering. Mayor
| Miller sad tonight that he had hoped to
avoid Appealing Tor aid to tie country at
large, but he feared u would have 10 be
done. Clothing food and money nre badly
needed, Mt the Glass House IN the South
| End, TAO children ;isd to-day from eNno'
sure add insufficient and uutt 1000. Iha
conclusion 10 which the thoughtiu. are
forced
The inhabitants feared The waves from
the passing tanner which waa nred lttp
would clm tie tha go'k OF the
wreck bv the food Tho steamer san
! kaiu, from this city, arrived 1T the island
10 r-iIeve the Bridgeport sufferers and was
also fred nu ~ Wet wheeling and driven
back py Senator WaPener's crowd,
At PTr.BU.G.
PITTs BURG, Feb . AS the waters q
steadily nc-dirg, affairs ara resuming tutl'
usual cond on and In few deS all Traces
OF Hood wilt NJ obi teraled. The effective 81,
faigumen. made tor relief have proven. d
much suff ring, which would otherwise
have been experienced. Many manufac
turing establishments resumed operations
this morning, and others start up Monday
with the exception of the Pittsbrrg aud
Lake Eric aud Piitsburr, McKeesport end
Y1ug' ,eheny, Ill railroads are .rununl
Us usual The Pittsburg and Lake Err,
expect 10 resume Monday.
70 add TO the horrors OF the n0oN ~
Bridgeport this mt rning NJ 10 O'clock, J
q. Dent OF The frm OF w, liz g. Dent drug
| gists went IN bis wholesale and retail drua
tore IN the HeliTin block, corner 81
| Bank and Bonnet street,, with an e. 'ohcl
] MP. Toe store had been mora taen two
tlifds surm Tged aud barrels OF gas, zoe
upset. The .as from tnis had arisen % th'
second story aud no sooner did this come
IN contact WITH the Il 'me than IN explosion
tluk nlacr AID bu itns9 we're SIT or hre'
] De- inm ped from The second story wiu1o
badly bur ed, ard "a bis fall was iIur.
srrionsiv Interval ~. The Wheeling fire
department were unable TO cross o ere
island, which Is 10 J covered TO great
depih ia WAFER, and there we're no meaus
Vt checking be i.e. rhc Hell loin estate
* on he buil Tugs Sl7 100 insured iar
| 81, 500 Wll d Dat 50 $1,000; infu-
a e. tO,50p George Giti', grocer, .
/ 5000. iusurel 'or s45 Bowie & De ID.
druggrt., lose 81 $40; insured James Nc
/ CJnnahly, c1nfpcu1ner. lo.s 81 500.
MADISON, INDIANA.
! MADISON, lND Feb o - Cne river Sc 4tN-
tionery. The hood sNif,fers are prov dec
/ tor. Madison Is solid.
At LlTTLw ROCK.
! LITTLE Rock Feb. Tine Arkansts rose
! IN TIC pas' tTen'y '"rr hour. inches;
| weather cooler: total rise q Fort Smith
/ a
TOLEDO AND VICINITY.
TOLEDO, FEB. 0.--Reports from ny tue
! river TO-DAY show a more favorable condi-
ton Of Aa, While very high water +.
reported, II has fallen somewhat during The
day. The ice RorR,s remain firm nnd the
water is passing Of. With the exception
Oi the martial destruction OF the wagon
bridge vt South Toledo, no special dsnsgs
is reported.
AT LySouBURG.
LrYcHBuRG, Va, Feb. 9.-Raius have
swollen me James river uino feet ab'y
the low water mark The waters are rising
rapidly ami or NJ fears Of disastr1G.
d cd are entertained. The water guard. OF
The ls,' lock above the city are riyins
wgv, and should they break loose every
vsstiee OF property in that section Will be
swept away.
AT HARRIBURG.
| HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb 9.-The .ce Ia
| G mod quinst creek broke to-day aud
caused a tremendous food. Four bridges
over the creek between Carlisle aur
Susouehnnna, valued at over $4,000,
were carried away and cnnside le
damage done otherwise. Three dams
were washed oct aud The mills conn, cted
with them badly injured. The freshei is the
worse ever known Ia the Cumberland Val
ley. Portions OF the wrecked bridges are
nov jsmmed against the pier OF the
/ Nottherp cantrni railroad brid 20 a. the
mouth Of the creek.
| At CINCINNATI
CrYcrSIArI, Feb "a s o'clock this
evening the risfr ~ 81 feet i inch.
| rhis vs. zig ifcait ~ showing thst the
ratii riss g point, above reported
Yesterday and the dav before, begins 10 he
f.lt here Total rise in the pas twenty
I four hour- exceeds hat OF the preceding
ldsy. L. IL the opinion OF good
observers of ONO river q ,ods that not only
~ili the Vi. co.. t.uue here until Mon
d-y but duiing 'u-n ght .aud tenor
row the rise vii ne increased. AL
res-v 'he river has gone beyond the u pod
Of si7. making this the tnirn IN rank. u
has pf ly Eve iuchs- - ris. n vi the mark
~ the famous q cd ot 1872 Is resched
There - nov no doubt that
the port rill he reached AM hen the race
b.cOuss Undressing hstween 1884 and 1888,
Singnlir a. IL NAV Seem. there Is not
lacking sort Of wish Ter the
sake Of the spectacl. that 1851
mas come on abe'd. bat mi. is not shsrsd
Nv those dfrsctiy effected bv the 1pnc.
II he's been stated that the osse'
~ tvs wear with the same stage will be nol
more tnen 10 per cent. Of last year. rhii
app'iea msinlv ~ persn al hfuseh0l
prop rtv IT, the item " pianos Last yea
'ha aggregate los was heavy. Nos
4 J