The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-14
10000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Terrible Floods Along the Ohio rive,

| NlSClNNATl, FeDIuRIy Do a. d.
The river now marks sixty.two feet, q
rise of ono and quarter inches since
midnight. 1t now lacks one foot seven
inches Of tho food of 1877, two feet
three inches of the flood Of 1892, and
four feet four inches Of that Of last year.
The weather is cloudy aud the tempera-
ture 10 growing warmer.
ga. M.-The river now marks sixty.
tw~ feet four and a half inches, rise Of
four and half inches since "a. M The
weather is cloudy and cool. The "ccld
wave flag that was flying from the signal
office yesterday morning has disappeared.
Hopes OF freezing weather are dissipated
| and no relief is expected now from that
source. The river at Portsmouth marks
| sixty feet and is rising last. !, is falling
rapidly at head waters, but further rise
must come before it all runs out. Mari.
eta aud Parkersburg have been entirely
cut oil from communication for two days
Portsmouth is the only up the river point
that has been heard from 80 far.
WHEELING, February Midnight
Ten thousand people are homeless and
unproyided for here. Fully fifteen thou.
sand were driven from their homes by
the food The public schools and the
churches have been thrown open and the
people are fed and housed there. The
water reached the highest point at 10
o'clock, when it was Gty.two feet.
Since then it has receded q few inches.
CINCINNATI, February 8.-The relief
committee, in conjunction with Mayor
Stephens, have decided to call out the
militia tonight to serve as An assistant
patrol, on account Of the darkness. The
President Of the gas company says that
the supply Of gas will not be sufficient to
last through the night. Three hundred
men have been placed on duty. The
river was sixty.two feet seven and q half
inches at p. IN. and sixty two feet eight
and a half inches at 3 p. m. A dispatch
from GAINESVILLE says the Nuskingum
River was higher this morning than ever
known, and is still rising an inch every
half hour. The water reaches the BaIti-
more and Ohio Railroad bridge, and only
the absence OF drift saves it.
WHEELING, w. VA, February 9.-To
add 10 the horrors Of the food at Bridge.
port, Ohio, this morning, at 10 o'clock,
J. G. Dent, Of the firm Of Well. g.
Dent. IN the Heinlein Block, q: the cor.
ner Of Bank and Bennett streets. went
into The stcTe with al alcohol lamp. The
store had been more than two thirds sub.
merged and barrel of gasoline had
been upset. The gas from this had
risen to the second story, and no sooner
did It come In contact with the flame OF
the lamp than an explosion took place
and the building set on fire. Dent. who
was badly burned, jumped from the
second story window and received serious
internal injuries.
WHEELING, w. ", February 9-2p
m.-Tbe water has receded to 48 feet,
leaving three inches of muddy slime
over the deserted streets. A water fam
inc is threatened, with no prospects, Of
relief before Monday. The subscriptions
for the relief of the destitute have
reached $4,000, and plenty more funds
are available. Provisions are holding
out well, and the promise of restored
communication with the outside world
Is bright. Relief parties have gone 10
BenWood and WelIsburg by steamboat.
AT West Wheeling over the river the
boats were prevented from landing by
the inhabitants, headed by State Senator
Wagner. who fired on one boat tina.
made an attempt to land.
CINCINNATI, February % a. m.-
The river now marks sixty three feet and
two inches, and 10 rising at the rate of
half inch per hour. 1t has been raining
since midnight. The gas supply 10 mol
yet exhausted. Tho river now marks
sixty-three feet and two and half in
ches. The weather is cloudy.
Ihe Commercial Gazette has the follow.
ing specials:
CATTLEsBuRg, Ky, February 9.-The
situation here 10 deplorablc. Only one
hotel and one grocery store are open
Inc people are occupying the courthouse
and schoolhouse. The river 10 rising
two inches per hour.
RIPLEY, ONO, February 0.-The loss
by the h1od will be fully equal to last
years. Many houses have been swept
tEoni their fcaadhtioHs. and whale fami.
lies are homeless. The river is rising
- inches per hour. A relief committee
has been organized, and the citizens are
taking care OF their unfortunate neigh.
bors.
WHEELING. w. VA, February o.
Word was received that people at Reels.
burg, twenty miles up the river, are
suffering from famine. At Bernard the
situation ID bad, but relief committee
visited there on the steamer and left O
liberal supply Of provisions.
CINCINNATI, February 90 D. m.-
The river Is sixty three feet, nine inch ca,
and 10 rising at the rate of little more
shan helf inch per hour. The weather
is cloudy and cooler and the wind from
the north. The white flag Is again float.
ing from tho signal service office, indicat.
ing colder weather. The river lie not
likely to fall here until a rush from above
takes place, At Riplev q onlv fftv
miles ehevs Cincianst;. the giyer ia rising
an inch and half an hour, and at II o.
m. it was within one inch Of last yea,s's
high water mark. Rain was falling there.
The situation is unchanged except that,
as the river rises, the loas to the lumber
yards and property OF that description
increases.
HARRIsBuRa, Pa, February 9.-The
ice on the opposite eide OF the Susque-
hanna River broke to-day and caused q
tremendous flood. Four bridges over
the creek between Carlisle and the river,
valued at over eighty thousand dollars,
were crushed and carried away, and con.
eiderable damage done otherwise. Three
dams were washed ont and the mile cen.
necteG with them were 90 badly Injured
% toprevent their running until repaired.
Ihe freshet is the worst ever known in
the Cumberland Valley.
WHEELING, W. Va, February O.
p. MT is estimated that the total loss
In this vicinity by the floods Is $4,000.
900, Including both sides of the river.
GALVESTON, February GA special
from Long View saye: "It has been
raining here continually for nearly one
hundred hours. The bottoms in eyery