The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-15
THE FLOODS.
DELUGED CITIES APPEALING
FOR ASSISTANCE
VERY LATEST.

lf VERY LATEST.
Our dispatches from Cincinnati to-
day state that the general situation is
much worse than yesterday-as much
worse as two more feet of water can
make 1t, when yesterday it seemed as
bad as could be. Hundreds more fam
lies have been driven from their homes;
hundreds more have been added to the
list of applicants for relief; hundreds
more have been thrown out Of work in
this city alone, while those in cities
above and below will swell the list to
thousands more than twenty-fOur hours
ago. There is nothing much that Is
specially new, only repetition of the
same old story, that is now so old. 1t
is likely the biggest news of the flood
will come just after 1t has reached its
greatest height in day or two more.
The secretary of war has ordered Gen.
Amos Beckwith to come here and take
general charge of the distribution Of
supplies under the $500 600 Appropriation
Of Organized Charity voted $4,000 for
relief work. The citizens of Cleveland
organized a committe to forward food
and money to Pomeroy and Wheeling.
About $500 people were yesterday sup
piled with 1ood at Plttsburg. The jew
elers of Chicago telegraphed $500 to
John G. Dueber at Newport, Kentucky,
and the insurance and real estate men
contributed considerable amount to
Wheeling. Governor HOadly has is
sued an appeal to the people of Ohio,
and the Masons of Cincinnati solicit
contributions for the fraternity. Henry
B. Payne has forwarded 81 900, George
w. Childs $500. and Henry Irving $3.50.
o CINCINNATI, Feb. 11.--SeldOm in the
history of Cincinnati has there been u
week of more strained anxiety than the
one that has just passed. 1t has been
filled with the dread that some terrible
calamity was impending, that the river
heights, that its hungry waves i'll wild
fury would bring ruin and desolation
upon all within their reach. Doleful
predictions were not wanting, and from
the beginning there has been a feeling
that the flood would Guido the Ohio's
record. On former occasions and at
the time of the last flood. the river rose
and fell in comparatively short time,
and all was over. This year. however,
the rise has been slow and the uncer-
tainty has been fearful.
During the past twenty-four hours
there has been rise Of fifteen inches
and at midnight it had reached sixty
five feet four Understanding twelve
inches of the highest point of last
years flood. Reports from GallipOlis
tonight state the river still rising, and
has now exceeded the food Of 1883 by
six and one-half feet.
Rain has set in, which appears to be
general throughout the Ohio valley. In
all probability the flood will not reach
rfc ~ ytvv,tt Inn. 20 60,
days. The situation along the river
front is unchanged, and of course, there
is very little to add. The waters con-
tinue to creep up slowly, and where it
will end no one can tell with any de-
gree of certainty.
The relief committee Of the Cincin-
cinnati Chamber Of Commerce and
Common Council issued the following
circular: ,.a. .t 81,
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1O.-The Relief
Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce and Common Council, in
view of the steadily advancing floods
in the adjacent cities and towns, and
along much of the upper Ohio where
great suffering and restitution are be-
ing entailed, begs to assure the outside
public that any contributions made for
the sufferers will be expended for the
relief of the distressed in other locali-
ties with the same diligence and care
exercised in the relief Of the afflicted
here, upon whom 1t is the purpose of
the committee to expend only such con-
tributiOns as are made In Cincinnati.
III. G. URNER, Chairman.
AT Newport the continued rise brings
the signs of distress to the surface, and
in many instances the cases are truly
pitiable. The limited supply of goods
in the relief store cOmpels those in
charge to be saving, and consequently
there are a number of hungry people in
that city.
Unless relief comes from some source
1t is hard to tell what will become of
the poor suffering people. The city is,
financially speaking, bankrupt, and no
relief can be expected from that source.
Reports from the upper Ohio valley
show deplOrable condition of affairs,
take 1t in any shape, and coming near
home the catastrophe is no less dread
full.
WHEELING, w: VA. Feb. ia fire
broke out in the large three-story bust
ness block belonging to the Heinlein
estate, corner of Bank and Like streets,
Bridgeport, and in two hours six store
rooms and their contents were burned.
Total loss. $55, 900; insurance, about
$4,000. Heinlein Brothers are the
heaviest losers. j. &. Dent was fatally
burned.
The waters are gradually disappear
ing from the streets, and only on their
disappearance is the terrible devasta-
ton to valuable property disclosed.
Nothing definite as to the total loss of
life can be ascertained as yet, but will
probably not be over twelve I'm this city
and forty between Wellsburg and Park
ersburg.
The relief committee is doing nobly,
but outside aid in money and necessa-
ries must be had at once, not only for
our own citizens, but for the destitute
in small river towns. In smaller places,
from many of which nothing has yet
been heard, the restitution must be
frightful.y AFBfaT
AS the investigation by the relief par
ties proceeds the reports become worse
and worse. The little town of Warren,
Ohio, is almost swept out of existence.
Not a vestige Is left Of Cochransville,
Ohio. village in Monroe county, At