The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-19
THE FLOODS.
Scenes from the Iiurrlca,c Deck OF tht
Relief Boat.
tho Abomlua,iou OF Desolation Abroad
In tho Valley.
Brighter Inelden,s-Nobie Responses.
sunday. Flood Report.


aud the Gallipolis committee, aud has
agreed 10 help with the 81, 600 from tho soc.
rotary OF war. Gallipolis IN out OF Supplies
Two boats are waiting with tho COMMITTEES
and Major Byrnee - meet the Biockdhlt
and ret load from lropton tonight.
There 10 q great scarcity OF meat every
where. GAliipolis merchants are ON the
river. running boats. Msjsr Byrnes has
asked Governor Hoadley TO ask the Ken
lucky authorities to help. NJ aallipolis Is
feeding the south side, and the expenses
OF transportation, purchase OF meat aud
other supplies are heavy. Tue Ohio state
fund is confined to tbs Ohio ride. Gnllipc-
lie has not suffered. Farmers along the
bottoms have lost everything. Stock are
corn are gone. A fire at Point Pleasant
burned buildings to the waters edge. Mid.
dieport Ia badly damaged ana much in
need OF women's underwear, etc. The
Chesapeake. the flag ship OF the Gallipola
relief squadron, carrying Major Byrnes,
state commissioner, on q tour OF examina-
ton, put in here aud iound much devnsts-
largely among the farmerr.' Fodder 10 a.
most all gone, aud stock are suneriug.
The United States rellet boat, Stockdale,
will probably remain IN the twelve miles vi
Pomeroy Bend and distribute her free load.
Circun stances have had 20 dictate the
boats course. The original intention was
10 20 10 lron.or and work back. but the
destitutlon Ia this bend II 70 great nnd the
ap ne II. 20 pressing, thst C9lonel Ross, In
cnnrPa Of the expedition, thinks he will r..
main here. Pomeroy Is tveEty-nine milos
by water fom Ltttrt, Ohio. To Poiu!
Pleasant, West Virginia, II is only seven
Mills between the two points across the
country. Tue city OF Pomeroy Is IN toe bright
OF tne bend. Ths bottoms on is concsye
norihern eide will average hall mtls Ia
TAs.l a INN NfaNl
oi nineteen towns. embracing 10000 inbGb-
i,gnts. The district is Il good Goa End sal.
region aud supplies much o. tho Mississippi
river. The tipples OF sll tho mines are de-
s,roysd Six OF the largest mines are Hood
ed, but two, one at Antiquity and one OF
Minersyilie arc In working order. The ro'
gion IL one OF heavy labor and fully pe0-
ple8. In the bend oil are idle and 10 coo
need assistance. All the towns were flood-
ed and the bends are estimated Gt over 81
600 eco. Many lOEt their all, and as thore
will be no work for some time much .!rs
lug may occur. Gallipolis, 208 nll.5
west OF Pttsburg, hos suffered but
little and having railroad commu 1ication
has been N ,de the headquarters oil relief
supplies Five reliefstermbU9is patrol the
bank, giving out Provisions. Bed clothing
is much needed The SlOokdsle left 800
pounds OF meat, 500 sacks OF -four, leo bar
rtlg Of flour, % pairs OF blankets and two
IONS OF other supplles ~ Middieport AZ
Clifton, West Virginia, Opposite Mifcl'.
port, the Standard Nail works have tuildrau
serious loss and will not resume work FOR
At lcss. five weeks It's salt works we're
destroyed. About Eve tons Of
supplies were put or at Pomoroy.
The Laura Boil the roliel boat from Cal
lipalis took a cargo OF supplies from iha
S 0okdnle and will run IN 20 the smGller
tt-eams whore the Stochdsls cannot rua.
A bost from below slntsa that muoh Of
lrnnr,n, Ohio, Catilesburg aud Greenups-
Soup houssB have been established ~
Ironton. Ironton was fret reached with
supplies Saturday mOrniug. Toe people
srs gradual v returning 10 their honlea IN
the bend and ara occupying bAe 81 o nj
floors. 1t will DO hard for many merchants
IN towns along II 10 resume ouBin, "a,
their stock having been destroyed and
nothing 10 rssume with. Lass
Tuesday tho food reached ix baizst aud
| was 8 feet and 3 inchss ahsye the chic h
water OF 1882. Last wesk thoIssrds oil
valuable hoices, cattle and sheep were
taken rom the parlors anc dining rsoras oil
the residences In tho farming county be-
low the bend by steamers and fiat boaAh
The health OF tho people IL ropoxtd In all
directions AS excellent Immediate neces-
stiles are supplied, but the idle classes will
need help for ful two or three months.
Pomeroy is in the blight Of the bend. There
is still in water above it's first floor. The
| river rs fBlling.
IEpIAnApoLIs, Feb. l7.--Tho Journals
Madison special says: The steamer Little
Sandy, chartered for relief purposes by the
Indianapolis board Of trade, reached Madi-
son this morning from a trip up the river.
Milton and Hedgesville were entirely sub
merged aud the people encamped on the
hills. Many were suffering greatly. Ra-
tions for tive days were left. a hundred
and fifty persons were found destitute at
Brooksburg. At vevsy the houses of two
hundred and fifty families were under
water. but less suffering than at other
places. AT MARYLAND the homes OF 250 peo.
pc are entirely submerged, and they are IN
great need. The people OF Florence are in
di ,tress, twenty seven families being bud-
other building. PAtiot was found In a
most distressed condition, with only five
houses above water. Thirty persons are
sick, and relief IL greatly needed. The
Sandy distributed its entire stock Of snp-
plies. Tho CITY OF Frankfort started down
the river this morning.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE river 10 reced.
| Ing about one inch and half an hour, and
stood 65 feet at II p. m. A hard rain tell
this forenoon. 1t 10 cloudy and warm With
light rain tonight. Three roustabouts at
| the risk OF their lives undertook to recover
tbs bodies from the building, al the corner
OF Pearl and Ludlow, which fell Friday
morning. They found the bodies OF Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Burke and two children,
two and four years old, In bed, evidently
! drowned. Father and mother each had
a child in their arms. They also found the
bodies of Mary Il. Uoltor, james Ogden
and ]. w. Kyle. The reported finding o
Burkes body on Friday was mistake. The
relief committee Of the chamber Of COM
MERGE to-day made an appropriation to
Immediately up the river on the steamer
w. B. Cole, to be used In towing and snch-
orinR buildings to their foundations. A
most commendable work has been ipaugu-
rated BY the G. A.. r. In furnishing at a
small expense hand and steam pumps for
emptying cellars and also furnishing stoves
houses. The lare Shields engine, which
stopped pumping the water supply last
Monday started again $50 this evening and
anxiety about water famine 10 removed.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 1.-THE state COM
MISSION to-day received "a 900 10 voluntary
tr,butiops from here and other points,
the New YORK ttook exchange sending
clothes were to be sent TO Portsmouth,
GaIlipolts. Middlep0rt and Pomeroy from
here to-day and the demand for food 10 sub
sidiag. the committees AK money TO help
replace houses on their foundations and for
Repairs. A careful estimate makes 400
people and 8i6 entire families almost desti.
iuti in twelve MP DIVER towns OF Ohio and
Wsst Virginia.
Loui.viLLs. KY, Feb. 1.-THE river fell
sbout fifteen inches during the twenty
four hours ending ct Q O'Clock, and WAS fall
eng Ct the rate Of an inch per hour with
our feet OF wafer By the canal marks and
forty-shres feet on the falls. The weather
IL cloudy and IL 10 raining, but this will not
Affect the river much. Il will take great
deal Of rain here. and nom above TO even
bring Il 20 stand.
EvsrsvrLLD. IND, Feb. 17.-At Shawnee
toWn Il o'clock this morning the river
han reached any 1--we feet four inches, rise