Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18
WESTERN FLOODS.
Scenes Along the Desolated Valley
lief Boats.

| united states fclleI STEAMER Notit
Stockdale will probably remain In til,
twelve miles of Pomeroy Bend and
distribute her free load. Cir tum'
stances have had 10 dictate the boats
course. The original intention was 10
so to Ironton and work back, but the
destitution in this bend IL so great aud
the appeals so pressing that Col. Roe,
i'm charge of the expedition, thinks he
will remain here. Pomeroy Bend
IL twenty nine miles by water
from Letart, Ohio, TO Point Pleasant,
West Virginia. 1t Is only seven miles
between the two points across the
country. The city of Pomeroy is in
the bite of the bend. The bottoms on
its concave or northern side will aver
age half mile in width. The bend is
"A continuous stretch of nineteen towns,
Embracing 10000 iuhabit nts. The
district is good coal and salt region,
ana supplies much OF the Mississippi
river. The tipples of all the mines
are destroyed. Six of the largest
mines are flooded but two, are at
| Antiquity and one ut Minersville
| which are in working order. The
| region il one of heavy labor and fully
pc )pled. In the bend nearly all are
| idle and 10000 need assistance. All
| the towns Were flooded, and the losses
| in the bends are estimated mt over
| 81 100000 Many lost their all, and as
| there will be no work for some time
much suffering may occur. Gallioplis,
266 miles west of Pittsburg, has sur
fered but little, and having railroad
communication has been made the
headquarters of relief supplies. Five
relief steamboats, patrol the bank,
giving out provisions. Bed clothing
is much needed The Stockdale left
LOO pounds of meat, 500 sacks of flour,
loo barrels of flour, go pairs of blank
cts and two tons Of other supplies at
Middleport. At Clifton, w. Va, OPP.
posite Sliddleport, the Standard nail
works have suffered serious loss, and
VIII not resume work for at least five
weeks. Its salt works were destroyed,
About five tons Of supplies We're put
off at Pomeroy, and more supplies
were given out. The Laura Bell,
the relief boat from Gallipolis,
took cargo of supplies from the
Stockdale, and will run into the small
er streams where the Stockdale cannot
run. a boat Just from below states
that much of lronton, o., Cattlesburg
and Greensburg. KY, are still under
lished at Ironton. Ironton was first
reached with supplies Saturday
morning. The people aie gradually
returning To their homes in the bend
and are occupying the second floors.
IL will be hard for many mer-
chants in the towns to resume
business, their stocks having been
destroyed and nothing to resume with.
Last Tuesday the flood reached its
height, and was eight feet three inches
above the high water of 1882. Last
week thousands of valuable horses,
cattle and sheep Were taken from the
parlors and dining rooms of the resi-
dences in the farming country below
the bend, 10y steamers with fiat boats.
The health of the people is reported in
ali directions rs excellent. Immediate
necessities are supplied, but the idle
class will need help for fully two or
three months. Pomeroy, in the bite
of the bend, is still in the water above
its first floors. The river is falling.
indianapolis, February 1.-THE
Journals Madison special says the
steamer Little Sandy, chartered for re-
lief purposesiby the indianapolis board
of trade, reached Madison this morn
ing from II trip up the river. Milton
and Hedgevllle are entirely sub
merged, and the people encamped on
me NILS, Many We're suffering
greatly. Ritions for five days were
lett. one hundred and fifty persons
Were found destitute ut Brooksburg.
Al NeVag, the houses of $50 fanatics
aIe under water, but there is less suf-
fering than AT other places. AT Mark
land the homes of $50 people are en-
SllhInafUa1
great need. The people of Florence
are in distress, twenly-seyen
families being huddled in a
church, and fifty persons
in. another hiding. Patriot was
found IN most distressed condition.
only five houses being above water
win thirty persons sick and relief
greatly needed. The Sandy dislribu-
led her entire stock ot
supplies. The City of Frankfort
started down the river this morning
Cincinnati, o., February l7.-T6e
river is receding about an inch and n
hall an hour. 1T stood siXly.five feet
at ii .p. IN. a hard ram fell this fore.
noon; weather cloudy and warm, with
light rain tonight. Three roustabouls |
at the risk OF their lives, uuuertun. |
to recover bod lroAi the building on |
fe"fi anu Ludlow, wnich fell Friday |
morning. They found the bodies nt
AR, ana Mrs. Thomas Burke and two
children, two and Jour years of age, la
bed, ana evlueutiy drowned. Inc
father and mother each had A
chIld in their arms. They
also found the bodies of Mary f.. Col.
ter, JAS, Ogden ana j. w. KYLE The
reported finding Of Burkes body ON
Friday was mistake. The relief
committee of the chamberof commerce
Today made an approprIa-
lion to purchase a larses
quantity OF rope TO be sent
Immediately up the river on the
steamer w. b. Cole, 10 be used for AN
chonng buildings to their foundations.
A most coinmenuable work has boeu
inaugurated by the Grand Army of
the RepublIc in furnishing AT sinai
expense hand ana steam
pumps for emptying cellars
ANA also furnishing slaves and fue]
where necessary u dry houses
The large Shields engine. which
stopped pumping the water SUNNY
last Monday, started again at G;31Ihis
evening, AID anxiety about a w,,ier
laiulnc Is removed.
Columbus, o., February 1.-THE
state commission to-day receivrd
- 600 in voluntary contributions from
mere ana other points, the New York
STOCK exchange sending $1,000. Five
car-ioads OF provisions aud clothes
were to be sent to Portsmouth
Galiipolis, Middleport and Pomerov
from here to-day Pm. I.,na,d o., -,