The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-02-27
THE STORM ALONG THE OHIO.
Forty uouseI Blown Down at Me-
tropoIis-Tobacco and Oil Ware
hnnxns nesiroyed Mt Paducah.

CAIRO, February T.-The storm on Tues
day did no damage here, although the velori-
ty at one time was sixty miles an hour:
At Metropolis 1t blew down ;Dout iorrs
sons were injured, but as far as call DC leitrneu
none wa fatally hurt. .
At Pnducah, Ky, the tobacco warehouse OF
Buckner & Co, and Chess CSr'Gy q Co ps! !
ported at Mound CITY: The river here lnnrEs
81 feet six Inches and is rising.
Work of the Relief Steamer.
PoMERoY, OHIO, February 2I.-Thc orlgl-
plan of the United States reliet strnMer
Katie Sockdn{e To proceed direct from Hunt
W. W.. to suiferersi In Iomeroy Bend,
M altered on account OF signs uf distress
and signals for aid that met the steamer on
every side. As she took her course up stream
Tuesday morning men ana women came
out and waved signals from the bhi'lls. The
of storm Is felt now more than ever.
Even people having money sly they cannot
buy, for there Is nothing TO purchase. The
run of the Edtic Siocktialc on Tuesday was
through about tiftv miles OF country west
from G%mllipolis. IT Is Il stretch of river con-
tainin, many small towns but no railroads or
telcgraphs until Point Pleasant. w. Va. ~
reached. Apart from the scattered sections 9t
farming bottoms the foot OF neighbDrinc hills
j. narrow and the people of the neighboring
towns nre chiefly devoted to numbering and
barre. making. Their mills an:l logs. slaves
and bolts have been swept. Many OF Inc
and they know not where to turn. MillerS.
port, a town OF 800 inhabitants. lost It's barrel
factories and twenty houses. Athia, Ohio,
population 800. lost a barrel factory and all Its
houses but one, which went out on the Mood.
Pr0cLOrsvilIc. Va, lost two houses ana fhch'
ries. 1t Is only n repetition Of the same story
in numerous cases In the district mentioned
The river is Just lifting Its veil and showing
much farming land still under water. h
celebrated Quake bottoms are still overflow.
ell. seven houses were lost on the Jenkins ont-
toms OF the West Virginia side. the house OF
The short distance below the jenkins bottom
in q small bend were seen fifty houses washed
into II single mass OF wreck. Not 1hr above
an island wus II house that had toated
in IT. The steamer Sockddte left
provisions at Redwood, Ohio. for 20 ll:ailics;
1T Bradlock, Ohio. for rs; Gnrndotie, tn., 6o:
proctorsvil!e, Is; Quake Bottom; y; CTxes
Landing, Ohio, 40: Athia, Ohio. l40 Miilers.
port, Ohio, 40; Glenwood, West Va. 80. AZ
Point Pleasant, Ohio. at Night, q strong gale
her, The Stockddte Eas, In four days.
go tons of supplies to 80 owns,
enough remaining To supply 5000 more. Inc
river falls very slowly.
CINCINSAIi, O.. February 2l.-The naviga-
o: the Ohio from here was resumed to night
Floods and Snow in California.
SAN Francisco, February 2l.-A Dispatch
to the Examiner from Sun Bernrulllo sil!s
there are three feet of water In The streets and
the houses arc tioudcu, The town OF Fall
Brook Is reported to nave been entirely wash
ed away. Many of the inhabitants are miss-
Ing and the suppUsition Is that they have Geen
drowned. Many orange groves and vineyards
In San Gabriel Valley are completely Destroy
ed. Al Truckec. California, the snow storm
has been terrible. Trains both ways are de-
laycd by the falling OF sno sheds.
The Damage to Evansville, Ind.
EVANSVILLE. IND, February 2l.-It Is esti.
mated that the storm destroyed from 100000
to SoO,W worth OF property Within hhy miles
OF Evansville. Within this space FULLY half
the buildings were swept away and GO,UO or
10000 bushels Of corn was lost.