Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-11
THE GREAT FLOODS.
Rains and Raging Rivers ia the Lower
Ohio Valley.
The Water Receding Slowly at Wheeling
and PittSburg.
Returning TO Desolated Homes Lief
for the Sufferers.

/, Wheeling, w. Va. February l0.-The
river has reCeded more slowly than eX-
pected, and part of the city and coun-
try above and below is still under wa
ter, though the inhabited portion for
the most part is forsaken by the water.
The disappearance Of the water reveals
the extent of the raYages of the flood;
the sight exposed To the eye to-day is
indeed dishearteuing. Huge rocks.
board piles, trees, drlftwood and small
shanties cover parts o. many streets,
and hundreds of large houses and barns
are gathered at points where the sur
face of the waters was INSTRUCTED by
trees. Fifteen houses are iammed up
against each other at the south end of
| the city. The Baltimore u Ohio track
between here and BenwoOd was COW
cred with building and drift, which
were pulled to pieces by the engines to
clear the track. The first mail since
Wednesday, weighing four tons, has
arrived. Boats and IA few trains on the
roads least damaged have opened
communication with the outside
world. Every blanket in the
city has been distributed To
the homeless sufferers, but there is
great scarcity of bed-clothes. The |
country people on both sides of the |
river are doing their utmost to supply |
the needy with provisions. Wagons
loaded with provisions have been ar
irving here and Benwood, Bellaire,
Bridgeport and Martins ferry all day |
from points IA far back as twenty |
miles south. Probably 10000 people
are to be fed and clothed from Wells |
burg to Mountsvile. At Mar
tins ferry last night, DIR.
Hineman, now under bail for abortion. |
was caught robbing flooded store,
and was beaten nearly TO death. He is |
missing to-day, much to the sorrow of |
his bOndsmen.
People are moving back to their
houses, and the scene today IS a busy
one everywhere. The streets have
been washed and disinfected to pre-
vent bad effect on the health. any
kind offers of aid are received, but
with so many depending upon the re.
lief committee the outlook for
the future is gloomy. Many cases
OF premature confinement of women
are reported, but no deaths
from this cause vet. A
bottle was found to-day with the
names of four young ladies, said to e
drowning at the time the card was
written. As none of the LANES are in
the directory, and nobody knows such
persons, it is believed to have been
those from u point up the river. The
card contains the words, farewell
friends" and the names of Anne
Clark, Mollie Seay, Minnie Hawk and
Bernie RABBIT. The Masons have sys.
tematized the work of aiding in relief.
"A roll of all Masons was prepared,
and those not themselves sufferers will
he called upon for aid. The odd Eel.
lows and other societies are also con-
lributing. II is reported that some
sufferers on the south side are reduced
10 the extremity of cutting meat from
cows found dead rs the floods recede I
The Ohio river railroad il believed IN
be entirely ruined. Section after sec. }
ion of trestle work and bridges and
ears were washed away.
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, February i0.-The flood
Di lSs2 was surpassed ut o'clock this :
and the river has been rls.
ng almost constantly all day. There Y
s hardly shadow of doubt that the
mark OF last year will be reached and
passed within the next thirty hours. q,
indeed at O'clock tonight the pros.
)ec,s decidedly indicate more rapid
s,'6he 'h"h uu'ihB tne uuy, Tor
u additiDn TO reports of continuous or
Uses at points above, rain has been az
alling steadily since o'clock. IL is ~
lot now heavy, but persistent enough :
indicate an all night rain The A
anne condition exists ut Ripley and No
iaysville, fifty and sixty miles up the n
iver. The rain, if it continues all ba
light, Will exert decided influence uf
n the stage here, IA the tide from fin
tributary streams will be pouring in, nj
!, addition to the floods q,
he people here have lost ba
shhdence In the representations of ba
he signal service. Twice the white mn
ag has been raised TO denote cold or,
'ming. The first time the tempera. 10
ire rose instead of falling, and the tal
'cond time there was a slight fall sta
ilowed by rain. The prediction thai on,
le river would reach the maximum III,
day Was also false. On the contra. M,
:, The maximum was not reached at ma,
'ints two hundred miles above Gin an,
hhsfi, anc new flood Is in from the no,
river. The arrival OF iye
70 highest water here must now be
for several DAYS. IL present too
nditions continue. by extreme care 90,
III ingenuity the gas company man in
'ed TO keep the gas supply up till to- IA,
ghted, but now the street lamps are aIo
ilight, and gas Is burning In very rra
W places. The tables in the Western H.,
nion telegraph operators room are ND
pplied with candles, the theaters ara Su'
nning with electric and calcinm ~ ~
'hts aud private gas machines a nu
10 warning has been given so long a ai