The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-02-14


Gallipolis without any protec
ton and without anything to eat.
The following telegram from
the Board of Trade to the Presi-
dent of the Railroad will explain
the situation.
GALL1poLIs, Feb'y II.
NJ. NJ. GREENE-Cur relief
boats have pushed as far as Pom
eroy, twenty miles above here.
The river is a howlius wilder
ness of water from hill! to hill.
Hundreds of houses are washed
away and all submerged Be-
tween here and Syracuse there
are fifty thousand people desti-
tute and starving, many camping
on the hills with a pitiless rain
pouring down on their uncover
ed heads. Gal!ipolis has con-
tributed everything it has and
We are now out Of supplies. We
have not enough now to send
them to eat tomorrow. Send all
you can ard send it rapidly.
Baked bread and prepared food
is the best, but anything will do.
People above here are catching
raw meat out of the river and
eating it. The loss twenty miles
of here is five million dollars.
BOARD OF TRADE.
Relief from Columbus is being
sent as rapidly as possible.
WEDNESDAY MORNING = THE
ONO RIVER RIs1NG.--Cincin-
natl, O.. Feb'y 12th-The river at
8 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday was
81 feet Z inches, a rise in a hrs.
of 2 feet 1 inch. 10000 people,
are sheltered and 10000 fed by
the Relief Committee. The lead
ing citizens invoke the legislature
to appropriate half a million for
the sufferers. The gas and wat
er works are submerged. Tthe
city is in darkness. The police
are instructed to kill on the spot
any person caught stealing
5000 houses are submerged.
100000 clerks and operatives
are out of employment. The
schools are dismissed and the
buildings turned over to the
homeless. Over 1000 special po-
lice are on duty.
The surroundings are ripe for
a catastrophe of awful dimen>
siens and of almost ANY conceiv-
able character. Explosions from
sewer gas, railroad disasters, con
flagrations, landslides, wi II d
and collisions in the
larkened streets are what can be
over and above the
casualties that naturally result
rom a deluse of the proportions
IF the one pending.
HE HIGHEsr FLOOD KNOWN AT
MARIETTA.
Marietta, o, via Belpre, O..
February 1.-The flood at Mar
eta was the highest and most
destructive ever known here, be-
ng thirty-four inches higher than
n 1882 and s feet more than in
-SS3. The waierhas been in ev-
.ry business place and in the
econd stories Of a majority of
hem. Three quarters Of the
own has been submerged. The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge
nd the county free bridge here q
nd the one at Lowell have gone
ut. Fifteen thousand bushels
f wheat were lost at the Phoe-
TX mill. The sufferers are at
II The public buildings. The =,
,ater came 10 a stand at mid
light Friday and has since been
alling slowly.
AT FoMRRoY.
Pomeroy, O., February IL
'omeroy and the surrounding I
Jwns are in a deplorable con- g
ition. The place is almost en-
rely under water. and the des~ !
ruction has been terrible. Many
undreds of people are homeless
nd wit. out food. The water is
light feet higher than Any pre-
ious flood ever reached. There q
as been no communication with "
he outside world, either by mail G.
r telegraph, for four days: The
abroad depot, a dozen business {
ouses, and numerous residences
ave been swept of. Many mer- l
hants have lost all their goods; q
I'D the loss of household effects
annOt now be estimated. 1t is a
robable the stock of provisions :,
ow on hand will soon be ex-
ausled. A meeting of citizens i
yas today he'd at the courthouse
nd a relief committee appointed A
f which Rev. Il. II. Wallace is
resident ard Major Charles
Veldt Secretary, as relief will |.
ureiy be needed in a very few
ays. 1t was decided 10 send \
ut an appeal for help to the
layors of the various cities of :;
he country. Ourp people are do
,g what they can to help the T
but the magnitude Of Z
ia need is such that but little :,