The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
THE FLOODS.
It Has Commsno Raining again
Lereos are ~, aAing.
lord Appeals for ADA Host Of
llungry Folk.
alsh water So,sr aud Incidents.

LITTLE is"'hH lfni A. 7-t VT WV Ut
twelve inoncs yesterday lns lsyne on tl'
south bank Ut the river a Nafnea, tweu'l
milca rem here, hna broken washing ou
| he trsok " he Little Rock, Missouri River
4 Texas rail way. No trains will iray,
I Little Rock ior day or two. Gibson ieyte
hstWoen Lewis city nnn Alfo.side ana nc'
tween the White aud Cache rivers broke
| oyrr'lowlug large stretch Of the oounu,
aud iloOdlng the track ot tho Haiesy q q
unnby road, ffsights and pAssen GER
we're transferred ACROSS the break by beat
| foiTG are entertained that the White rive
vii hraak the onbankment OF the Memphi'
& Little Rock road 40 puvala Biuh. Al
| the rolling STOCK has been removed from
no line between Madlson aud Hopeh,li.
RELtlF w0RK,
| COLUMBUS, o., Fec, l0.-Tho work OF Tor
Warding auprllelsto the Hood sulierets NJ
this point 10 going Oh rapidly. -Four cal
loads were sent or yesterday 81 Brl.ihtt
! Marietta. dalllpolis and PoI smouth, anu
three morc cars were seat this morn ng
Cash subscriptions received here yesterda'
were $500, 81 GOO being from Nog Nnrk
city. Aoout $500 10 cash subscription
/ have been sent ifom this point. There 70
great suffering on account OF want OF cna
az All places between POmoroy aud Ash
and. Ten car loads have been cent IRON
Logan.
At NASHVILLE.
EyANsyILLR, Ism, Feb. 1.-the river
rose one aud one quarter inches In the
twenty our houra ending at midnight las
night, when the mark showed As feet. Tots
Is two aud hall inches higher than the
highest point last wear, when the mark
showed ~ feet ~ inches. IL is still risi ~
slowly but u is confidently expected IL viii
come TO ct ind to-day.
There 10 not much change In the river,
which Is falling sl,wlg. A terrible
wind storm prevailed oil the
afternoon. 1t Is still blowing gale
from the northwest. Not much damage
tia, the news from the sub
merRei districts tomorrow viii
report much loss OF lie from drowning OF
N Dse siill in the second stories OF sno
merged HOUSES II 10 growing very cold
and showing, with no signs OF tne WIND
down ia the ealy morning to relieve the
suffering and iesrn the disasters.
At eCIorovfLLE.
SctoroyiLLE, o Feb 10 About twenty
Ave families are destitute here. Gen raj
Manager Stewart Of the Cincinnati, wash
ingion q Baltimore road personally sure r
intended repairs here. In order to get sn e
plies 10 the river until the road opened,
supplies had to be boated IN small crafts
Tor four miles. Several car loads OF prt VI
ions nero were loaded on the steamer
chesapeake aud sent &, Paduoah. STATE
Commissioner Byrne got q locomotive here
last night TO Hsmden snd thence Will reach
Coumbua via Macarthur.
AT ARKANSAS CITY.
LiTtLE Rock, Feb 10 The GsZette's
Arkansas City special Gays: A break OF
two hundred feet In width has occurred 10
the leyee three miles this side Of BOggv
BAYOU, hut unless other breeks occur there
are sufliciaf outlets to take iEn wafer on
without overlnwing us here. AZ many
places. however TIE leyee 10 low and Il is
thnught that disasters ere inevitable.
The river rose IA inch from midnight to
6 a. "a q. ~ NAMED stationary III II 0. M,
when Il fsil inch to noon and 10 now AZ
'eet IN the gauge. IL was 81 inches higher
~ noon then az noon on February lotn
one year ago. IL commenced falling lac
same hour this year as last, and on the
same day of the month.
AT CAIRO.
CAIRO, Feb. 10 The river Is Oh feet 4
inches and rising slowly. A heavy rain TELL
this afternoon accompanied by agale o.
wind which Ia still blowing from the nor o.
wet and which will prove severe STRAIN
upon the new levees. A force OF men are
watching and putting 1snd bags in the
washed places. and every thing VIII 10 Done
possible to KEEP the levees intact. The
ievos az Monnd City still holds. Bulkheads
are being Quilt and sand nags placed over
the threa, ened places. The river still lacks
nearly foot OF last years stage.
RISING AGAIN AT cIscISHATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. l9.-It Q .mmer ced rain
ing hard here this afternoon. Reports from
points up tho river are that the river has
fallen there. After falling to I'D feet VI
inches the river commenced rising again.
and rose one quarter Of an inch between 5
and o p. IN.
LOUD APPEALS FOR AID.
NEW ALBANY, IND Feb. 10 The distress
here from the Il iod rs widespread, the de-
struction of properly vast, aud the wants
of our people far beyond orr city and
county aid aud local contributions ANY
money given to our people will be thank
fully received and conscientiously dis
posed OF.
[6ignedl w. G. DsPtuw,
Chairman Citzens' Relief Com mittee.
j J. RICHARDS, Mayor.
J. j. Brown. Treasurer.
J. PETERS, Secretary.
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