The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-09
THE FLOODS.
The Water Now Thought to bt
Recedlng.
Much Destitutien Reportedin Some Of
the Cities.

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again within their banks, and steadily reced-
ing. People in submerged districts are busy
today clearing houses and streets OF the deorit
left behind by the greatest flood for nifty years.
Travel by the street CARS was resumed thls
morning between all sections OF Allegheny,
Pittsburg and the South side.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. S.-All fears OF a
serious food on the Schuylkll river have been
set at rest. The Delaware is still rising at
Easton. The cotton and weaving mills stop
ped this morning on account of high water.
CINCINNATI, Feb S.-The relief committee,
in conjunction with Mayor Stephens, have de-
cided to call out the militia tonight to serve as
assistant patrol, on account OF darkness, Inc
president of the gas company says the supply
of gas will not last through the night.
New BRUNSWICK, N. j., Feb. S-The Rari-
tan river is three feet above the high wafer
mark. The docks along the water front are
submerged, and considerable damage mas peen
done in the lumber yards.
CINCINNATI, Feb. Sin Newport, Ky, this
morning, VIM. Bouchert, the bugler of the
United States troops at the barracks, fell from
a skiff and was drowned.
Mrs. Waddle, widow, living in Newport,
became raving maniac account OF the
food, and the neighbors took charge of her and
her children, but being unable to sac the latter
she imagined they were drowned, and today is
hOpelessy insane.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 8-The present out
look, unless the Mississippi rivers commences
rising to add to the floods now pouring from
the Ohio and Cumberland streams, the Missis-
sippi valley will not be subjected to disaH-
trous overflow. The river lacks feet inches
of attaining the high water mark of 1882.
STEuBENyILLE, o., Feb. S-Since o'clock
yesterday the river has fallen Is inches. The
loss to railroads here is incalculable, and will
amount to $50, 900 on private property.
The river division of the Cleveland & Pitts.
burg road is all under water, aud there is a
bad break 10 the Pan Handle west of here.
CosHocToN, O., Feb 8.-The river is falling.
-Four drowning accidents are reported; three
brothers named Nelson aud an unknown wom-
an.
WHEELING. W. Va, Feb. 8.-As the waters
recede, the full extent of the devastation be-
comes more apparent. Houses are on their
sides aud washed some distance from their
sites, and some are entirely carried away.
Barns and stables are collected in great masses
In many places near the city the river forms
lake from one TO three miles wide. No rail-
road travel within a distance of ten miles from
the city is carried on. the people are camped
on the hiA tops besides those accom- mmod ated in
the churches, schools and private stores. Blast
furnaces are chilled in many cases by the
WAFER reaching the fires.
The water is falling at the rate of about an
inch an hour. The Baltimore & Ohio engine
shops have been carried away. Two unknown
men were upset from skiff at the upper end
OF the is and, and clung 10 the willows for two
hours with the crowd watching, but powerless
to save them. Wheeling is in danger OF fam
inc, nearly all the bakeries and many of the
groceries are under waSer. The supply of milk
and meat, except salt meat is almost impossi-
BILE to secnre, and the sock OF provisions is
rapidly exhaustlng. The situation is hourly
growing grave, and many appeals have been
received from the inundated portions of the
snfrcpnding country for provisions.
CINcINNATI, Feb. Sat Gallisois, at 11.S0
p m, the river had risen 10 inches above the
high waller mark of 1888, and was still rising
at the rate of fouI inches an hour. The indi-
cations are that the river will not begin to fall
before Monday or Tuesday
New Richmond, Ohio, is cut off from all
communication excapt by boats. The Town
Hall is the only building not flooded. In most
OF the villages along the Ohio river the people
have left their houses and gone to the high
lands. There is great distress at various points
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. S.-The water has
fallen to 40 feet, but the suffering is hourly
growing greater. With all the volunteers who
can be employed, the relief committees are
not able TO feed the homeless and destitute.
Five immense slides have occurred on the Bal
timore & Ohio tracks between here and
Moundsville, and it will be week after the
waters fall before trains can reach this city.
Other roads IRE probably as bad.
Today 1,0c3 hams, 1900 pounds of corned
beef, cooked, and five or six thousand loaves Of
bread were distributed today, bdsides free
meals given at the Market House. Two
thousand persons sleeping tonight at the
school houses. Relief boats ply through the
flooded districts, and distribute food and bed
ding.
WHEELING, Feb, Sword has been re-
ceived here that the people at Wellsburg,
twenty miles up the river, are suffering from
famine.
CArTLErTsBuRe, KY, Feb. g. The situation
here is deplored Only one hotel and one
grocery store are open. The people are occu-
pying the court and school house. The river
tonight is rising two inches per hour.
LOUISVILLE KY, Feb. SIT is thought the
food Can do no further damage. The indica-
tions are that the water will not rise much
more.
RIPLEY, O., Feb. S.-The loss by the food
is fully equal to last year.