The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-13
peal lsissued blythe Supreme Dictator OF the

families are auIforing from tho awful Hoods
IN tho Ohio River and tributary streams, This
only need DO named 70 induce instant aid,
thousand lodges and one hundred and
thirty thousand mombera, Tho dlatreha
N too dire 20 await rollet through 4
single ensnnol Ald nssnt by telegraph Ssog.
ing persons will bo distributed IN their own
n6lghbOrlng remote communities 20 needy
hulforors, whether they are OF US or not
SSEnSoa Soloas tSgs %SnolN lw'9 yggolhnE gs obo q
! nroeelnpldge, Louisville, XVI judge Oh9y
richards, zpnesyllo, Oh John u, Evan,
vile, o,i How Thoms Boyle, Allegheny, PAT
W, n, Godfrey, New Albany, Ind, Sufferers
In other GOmmuntloB will report their noodh
(signodl H.. II, COCHRAN,
supreme Dictator,
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb, ls,-N0tuntl
Monday was an adequate Idea OF the dey'
nstatlOn wrought by tho water obtained,
On Saturday and Sunday nights the water
receded rapidly, and the sun Monday
morning illuminated scene Of desOlitIOn
that no pen can describe The island Ia an
unsIghtly spectacle; the Fifth, Sixth an
Eighth Wards, never handsome arc llttl
better than lake OF mud; the streets
In tho central part OF the city arc
covered with mud; the first storlos
Of oil buildings are painted with the unsIght
ly mixture, and the cellars abound with H.
In fact, II is everywhere All have gone to
work with will, and within q few days
houses and yards, This city Ui Wheeling
suffered greater loss last week than II has
In all lis hundred years OF existence, Moth
l.,. a Iau lal "A oil h.l
Monday vas really tho first day OF relief
since last Wednesday, and ~ soon ~ the
light broke thousands left their homes 10
Wow the ruin tho waters had wrought
The Island was the principal place
Of resort, for there tho destruction was the
greatest No accurate estimate can b0
made for many days yet but II IL certain
that tho loss In the city OF Wheeling alone
will not fall short Of $4,000, 900, As an
Idea Of the general destruction wrought, tho
loss In pianos alone will reach 100000, Tho
relief work goes brayely on, and what can
bc Is being done Food Is now plenty and
no one suffers for something 10 eat,
A Parkersburg dispatch says that the
crisis has passed there, The river reached
llfty'fOur feet The town suffered severely,
the estimated losses being about ", 100000,
The Baltimore n Ohio frelght-depot was
all broken 10 pieces, Tho Iron bridge over
the Kanawha was broken down. The Ohio
River Railroad Company had their engines
and gond0las In the river, and the Parkor.
burg Mil Company lost $500, 900 In grain
In Bclpro forty-throo houses have beon
swept away, ~ arc also street pumps aud
tho Hour and planning mills WlllNmstown
and llarmar, twelve miles above here, aro
entirely submerged, There " great dis,
trcss NJ Marietta, ThreofourthS Of tho
town IN under water, tho grain elevator IA
burstcd, the railroad and county bridges
over the Muskngum arc both swept away,
and private losers arc unnumbcfed Each
OF the towns mentioned have organized
relief committees. Marietta and llarmar
are suffering from famine
PlTTsHuR0II, Pa, Feb, i2.--'I'he rivers
arc rising again NJ tho heAdwntrrs, and ~
considerable rain has fallen In tho lust
two days, another flood, which will
lnundate tho lower portion Of Allegheny NJ
least II feared The rivers remain about
stationary nj this point
LAwnENCEnuR0, Ind, Feb, l2,-Th0
situation here Is growing worse, Tho Mayor
Monday, for the nrsl tlno, asked help from
abroad. More houses have been llllcd fronl
their foundations, People ar0 removing
from the second floors, abandoning their
goods because there Is no place 10 take tholn,
and tho current IN 10 swift that boating u
dangerous A family was rescued from tho
second story, whore tho water was already
four Inches deep,
Hu.LsDoRo, ILL.,, Feb, H. - Much
damage has boon done by tho washing away
Of stock, bridges aud fences, aud u IL ro'
ported that several culy0rA have boon
washed away on tho Cairo division OF the
Illinois Central. Tho Wabash hns also
several bad washouts, and high
embapkmont on tho Toledo, Cincinnati
II 81, Louis Ia In danger OF demolition.
SuAwNEETowN, ILL.,, Feb, le,-l'rom all
points above hero come most gloomy reports
OF heavy rains and rising waters, aud all
hope OF escaping lnundatIon Ia abandoned.
Hundreds Of people aro leaving tho place
daily. Only one foot Of the lovoo IN now
above water, but large force " NJ work
been eighteen lnchoa In twonty.four
hours No trains arc running
GALLlpoLIs, o., Fob, l2.--Flvo thousand
people aro campod on the hills In terrible
want for food aud shelter ono hundred
and nfty houses have loatod away. Ncar-
ly every business man In bankrupt A
house went by MlddlcpOrt with woman
sitting on tho gable end, Men rowod out
and appealed TO hor 10 got OH but sho 70.
fused, saylng she had four babies below,
Tho glass waa broken, and tho children
were scon floating dead.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Fob. l2,-'rho Little
Rock Il Fort Smith Railroad Bridge over
tho bayou thls aldo OF Ozark has been
washed away by tho flood, aud ono.iourth
OF mile Of the track IN covered by wntor
by ledge OF rock giving way portion OF
tho track was carried Into tho river
CAIRo, ILL.,, Feb, IA heavy fog pro-
vailed nearly all night causing navigation
10 bo almost impossible Tho Texas " 81
Louis Railroad hero suspended running
trains 10 Cairo, Tho water IL ovor tho
tracks at Birds Point Tho river horo Ia
torty.slx feet eight lnchoe and rising half an
inch M hour. Business hero Ia going on ~
usual, tho water not interfering ~ yot
WASHINGTON, Fob. ~. Tho Ohio River
will continue 10 rise nj u point near Clncln.
natl, and thence southwark TO Cairo, Tho
Lower Mississippi, Tennessee, Cumberland
Artauana and Rod Nlynra will pOullnuu