The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-10


( req or four weeks. In damee
he lumber aud coal yards will snhsr nnou
a. they did last year Ia I'm mo M
Greek valley s,r..0. wS ars The "I lo,
is ino lcul,bls. II would be idle 10 at'emi
TO compute Ia figures the losses
Up 10 this time there has beer
no great disaster. No railroad property
hiss -teen injured, except In tn.
machine shops. tracks, mbankments and
hridres IN the vicinity, all are intact
Nearly all street cars are running on tnir
side of tbs river. None can cross
to the Kentucky aide. The cond lions for
comfort aud safety arc excellent, In the
main portion OF the city. The impression
that large tract OF the. city ~
covered by water Is erroneous and the poi-
ton submerged. except In tho suburbs,
~ not much used Tor resi-,
dences. The main residence nno
business portion Of the city stands on high
ground out of reach of the highest floods.
Arrangements for preserving and preventing
crime are vastly bet'er tnah wheh thrru
IL 80 Hood. Not only are the police more
wttchiul, but they are rein
forced by 500 militia. who arr
the streets at night, The relief work grows
daily rs the stocks OF provisions
OF poor families imprisoned IN
men In the city are directing ne work and
nlyug Il porsonel attention. In Newport,
Kentucky, tho want has grown 30 great
tha, he mayor has csllsd on neighb1rinR
Kentucky towns for help.
Marietta aud Patkorsburg has been en-
{ ltgraph gince "Wednesday. This
afternoon single railroad wire was
opened to 3 Pee, Ohio, opposite PukeT-
burg, and from this source 10 rs ssce'taiued
that the Hood has been terrible tae.e. a
1880 y. IN. tho river was Si
rising. n has flrnady gone nice Zee. higher
than last year. No details OF
8 clear that A. both Parkrr,burg
and Maliet,, the loss must be fearful
r1e railroad bridge across To-
Auskinrum, between Herman ana
Marietta, has been swept away.
The reason Tor high water here rs tltt The
Auskingum poured It's unpreoedei t'd
torrents into tie Ohio here, .ju't
cane down. The fact az this universal
height and that the river IS still rising has
an important bearing on the calculations Of
tho extent aud duration Of high water mere
CIsCIEEATI Feb midnight. 1.-The
river ~ O. feet 3 inches and n ing hall a.
inch an hour. Cloudy weather and not
growing colder is exrec'ed.
AT ChTTLEtBUhb, M.
CATrLE.RURG, KY, FeD 9.-The town rs
mpletey submerged; only three houses
on the hillside are free from wafer. Sew
era frame honses have flrstcd oil There
Is considerable, loss by goods Il atsd out OF
business houses. Fears are thst worst
h9s not yet come. The water o.. p. ~;
was Is Inches higher than last year aud
raising an Inch an hour. -
AT GAiLIPoLG', q,
GATTTpYrfq u Esn Al G,3l Il
the river was . ieet inches higher than
last year, aud rising an inch "n hour.
DuriHG the day largo numoer OF houses
and other property Heated by.
Al UHARLEsToT, ". VA.
CHAELEsTcN. w. Va, FEB. 0.-Vhc
Kouawha is rising four inches an hour; n
81 1pg Henty four feet ~ . y. nj ten ieel
more Is expected by noon tomorrow.
AT DrL PRE- o
Bel PRE-, 0. Feb. e. rwo thousand pee
p g are hom ia Mafritts end Hartman.
Hundreds of houscs are Off their foundation.
Tho upper Muskingum bridge al gone. The
bridge a. the mouth Of Duck creek is
wrecked. Rce's iron oil tank has
,ipset, the warehouse hes gone, Melton
innory end the one a Fsllnwhurg has
gone al wooden buildings on
6. r,ot and the post.ofce are
wrecked aud moved from their foundations.
Hartman bill Is covered with people IN tent,
or In the open air. The relief committee OF
Marietta and people ffom the surrounding
country are doing much . render assist
ance. A dispatch has been sent to Gov
error Road ey making m appeal TO the
peo pie of the state for aid.
IT POINT ELEEsGNT, v. VA.
PoIEr PLEASANT, w. Va Feb, 9.-Eieht
inches more Of vGtcr wilt put the who'll
town under water. AaDy houseg have been
moved from their fou ndat!ou. The river is
still rising
AZ Ottawa
BoTAvfA, FEB. AN the buildings In
Pout Pleasant are under water ana u
is feared the tuilding in which
General Grant was born viii
Il Iat down the Ohio. News from New Rich
mond, Ohio shows gloomy feeling. A
rise OF two tret moro will bring GER
tain diseases. Houses are in great DANCER OF
floating away. An CID dlst'llery
lid 70. h man who pais'd noTh
from Augusta, Kentucky, in sNT saws
at many ices the hou - are kent IN place
ny weighing with rock. Ina tew instances
people were cinging to he chimneys.