Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16

ingly slow. Men on the steamer
report no bottom lands in sight from
here to Maysville, the river actually
, extending from hill TO hill. This
means vast loss to farms, the details oil
which cannot be known till the water
subsidies. Maysville is in good condi.
ton because such a large portion is out
of the water, but Chester Village at the
eastern part Of Maysville is actually
suffering for fire, light and food. The
| people here are very modest in their
requests. They ask no delicscies or
luXuries, but only bread and meat
Manchester. ten miles above Maysville,
has not been heard from until to-day,
when a committee, consisting OF
Captain KerkeI, Judge Collins and a
| Presbyterian minister, on their way to
Cincinnati in a skiff, hailed the Mate
Waters and were taken aboard. They
report the town almost ruined, and
wholly covered with water. Many of
the buildings are ruined; the brick
buildings are crumbling, and
the frames washing away. A
militia company is patrolling the
stree Is in boats, distributing food, but
the supply is about exhausted. All
along The river the story comes OF most
generous aid by farmers and others, far
into the interior, sending food in
wagons. Without this aid, much suf-
feriug would have resulted
all along the river. 1T Is
said the late storm did
untold damage to buildings, the re-
pair of which after the flood will re-
quire much money TO render them
hab!table. Aberdeen, opposite Mays
vile, was badly wrecked 10y the late
storm. The town il entirely destitute
of coal oil, and practically in dark
ness. Some help has been sent oyer
from MaysviIle. Ripley has fully
800 people dependent, but has been /.
receiving help from The interior as
far back as HillshOro, thirty-five miles
away. Village Rural, with 25e inhab-
itants, has ITO destitute. Eight fami-
lies are sheltered in n little church,
and thirty-fve persons in school
house. Relief by the Granite State
tomorrow will be gladly received. At
10 O'Clock tonight the river had res
ceded eighteen inches.
Moundsville, w. Va, February Is
The Pittsburg Press relief boat, lion
Civ. arrived here this evening, and
5LODDtu III ~ ~ ,
between Steubenville and Wheel
ing, but found the people all /.
,ble to care for themselves. ex-
,ept at Wellsbury and Warren, =
Jefferson county, Ohio, where great
distress prevailed and donations were /,
,iven literally. Nothing was left at !
Wheeling. About 5000 people are /,
II fiering there, but the city is deter
mined TO take care of its own.
Between Wheeling and Mounds =
lille the devastation Is /,
errible, much worse than from =
Wheeling to Pittsburg. The greatest a
financial loss il that of the Ohio river ;,
abroad. For one hundred miles The =
rack and road bed have almost entirely /,
disappeared, and the bridges are all -
wept away. About twenty families =,
re homeless at Moundsville, and en- =
irely de-titute, but wealthy people Of .,
he Town refused TO accept any aid, q
nd are doing everything possible to ~ ~
lleviate the sufi.rings. AT Benwood, y
800 inhabitants, or tbree-fourths of
he people, are In absolute want.
he manufacturing establishments
rom which they gain their living are o
Al flooded out, and will not resume II
operations for weeks. Forty families a
re homeless.