The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-21
TnE FLOODS.
n Has Commsnsed HaInlng Again
Lvoes are breaking.
loud Appeals for ADA IIOs, oil
Hungry Folk.


BEoEEs IEyEEs.
! LITTLE Rock, Feb. lg.-l.iysr here fell
twelve lLchss yesterday. Tbs lsYse on tue
south bank OF the river a Narnra, twenty
miles fem here, has broken, washing OUT
the track u the Little Rock, Alssonrl River
& Texas rail var. No trains will leave
Little Rock Tor day or two, Gieson leVees
bslween Lesis City AMI Riverside aud Do
tween the White and Cache rivera brehe.
oysI-fOwing large stretch Of lhs country
aud flooding the track Of the Bs,ssyllie &
Gnnby road, fFelghts aud passengers
were transferred across the break by beat.
Fears are entertained that ths Whlte river
will break the sn6snEment of the Memphis
& Little Rock road at DGyals Blnf, All
the rolling stock has bsen removed ifom
the line between Madison aud HopehsIi'
| RELItr woEK,
COLUMBUS, o., Eco. lg.-rne work OF Tor
warding supplies TO The hn0d sufferers al
this point Is going on rapidly. -Four car
loads WeIe sent OF yesterday % bFlAlht,
Marietta, Gslllpolls and Por smouih, and
three more cars wers sent tins morning
Cash subscriptions received here Yesterday
were si,50o. s. coo being from Neg hoEk
city. About $500 in esAh subscriptions
hsye been sent from this point. There ~
great suffering on account OF want OF coal
&C nil places between Pomeroy aud Ash
land. Ten car loads have been sent from
Logan. -
EVANSVILLE, IgD., Feb. l9.-The river
rose one and one quarter inches 10 tne
twenty four hours ending at midnigh las
nlght, when the mark showed IS feet. TIL
Is two aud half inches higher than the
highest point last year, when the marx
showed AZ feet o Is inches. II Ia still rising
slowly but II is confidently expected II vii
come TO stand to-day; -,
There Is not much change In tho river,
which Is falling s sioTiyi all 'esr ,he
afternoon. IL 10 sill blowing a gale.
Up TO p. m. there was almost a hurricane
ffom the northwest. Not much damage
that the news from the sub,
merged districts tomorrow Will
report much loss OF lie from drowning OF
those still In the second stories OF sup
merged houses. II 10 growing very cold:
and showing, with no signe OF the wind
absting. Relief boats will patrol up and
down Ia the ea'ly morning to relieve tho
suffering and learn the Disasters.
AT scIoTovrLLE.
scIoroyrLLg, O., Feb. l0-About twenty:
five families are destituts here. Gen bal
Manager Stewart Of the Cincinnati, Wash
ipgion Il Baltimore road personally supe
intended repairs here. In order TO get sup
plies 10 The river until the road opened,
Supplies had 10 bo boated in small crafts
| Tor iour miles. Several car loads OF ore VI
sions zero were loaded on the steamer
Chesapeake AID sent to Paducah,. state
Commissioner Byrne got locomotive here
last night TO Hsmden and thence Will reach
Columbus via Macarthur.
AT Arkansas CITY.
LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 19-rhe Gazette's
Arkansas City special says: A break OF
two hundred feet in width has occurred In
the levee three miles this side OF Boggv
BAYOU. but unless other breaks occur there
are sufiicier outlets TO take the water oil
without OVERLOOKING us here. AT many
places, however, tho levee IS low ana IL ID
thought that disasters are inevitable.
The river rose IA inch from midnight 10
G a. M. re mained stationary till IL a. M,
when II fell l inch to noon. and Is now 40
feet In the gauge II was 2 "a inches higner
at noon then at noon on February lStn
one wear ago. 1t commenced falling .tae
same hour this year as last, and ON the
same day Of the month.
CAIRO, Feb. 10 The river Is oil ieet a
inches and rising slowly. heavy rain iel,
this afternoon accompanied by q gale OF
wind, which 10 still blowing from the north
west and which will prove o severe strain
upon the new levees. A force OF men are
Watching, and putting sand bags ;; ~ IN at the
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possibIe to keep the levees intact: The
ievee az Mound City still holds. Bulkheads
are being Duilt and sand bags placed over
The threatened places. The river still lacks
nearly foot Of last years stage.
| RISING AGAIN AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 19.-1t commenced ram.
ing hard here this afternoon. Reports from
fallen there. After falling to 80 feet 81
inches the river commenced rising again,
and rose one quarter of an inch between
and 8 p. m.
NEW ALBANY, IND, Feb. 19.-Tbe distress
here from the food 10 widespread, the de-
sruction of properly vast, aud the wants
county aid aud local contributions. ANY
money given to our people will be thank
fully received and conecientiously dis
posed OF.
Chairman Citizens Relief Committee
J. j. RICHARDS, Mayor.
J, ]. Brown. Treasurer.
J. PETERS, Secretary:
PIrrsBuRa. Pa, Feb. 19:.The following
call has been Issued by President Russell O
the National Marine Engineers Beneficial
A ssociation, whose headquarters are IN thi
Oity: - p..s.
observation-disclosures the sufferers from
high water in the Ohio valley are man!
Marine Engineers. members OF the Marine
Eneineers Beneficial Association and whil'
we may not be able to .discove
them individually, your aid Cal
be reoeived If forwarded to the managers
ths relief fund. Therefore it is my reques,
and desire that the various associations
collectively or Individually, contribute a
literally as possible toward relieving thei
distressed brethren residing IN the hoooet
| districts.
TSignedI W. e. RUSSELL, President.
Mr., Edwin M. Tratton, North George
town. Mass, SAYS: my blood received