Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-08

anu IL Is tnpUput Nv 'iN'Ns 49,
experienced in raising, any amount
needed. Public balls oil both cltles are
dered homeless, and everything posi-
bIe Ia being done in the way of fur
nisbjng them food and raiment to al
Ieviate their suflerings. In me city
hallo number of women and children
are renorted very i'll. Only one cas-
ualty to-day. John Jacobs oil Sharps-
burg was catching driftwood, wnen ne
fell In the water and drowned. Travel
mn nearly nil the railroads is still sus-
pended. and hundreds of strangers are
unwillingly forced to remain IN .he
CITY. Heavy land slides are reported
ON all the roads.
AT BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA.
Beaver, Pa, February IA dis
patch says the most serious disaster
has been the total destruction OF two
bridges, and serious damage oil othefs'
Last nights pressure OF water ON the
Fall river bridge caused II to give way
and the structure was carried by the
strong current against the Cleveland
and Pittsburg bridge with lrresistioie
force. carrying itaway bodily, together
with nearly 400 feet OF approaches.
The two bridges were swept down lhe
Ohio until they came in contact win
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie bridge, an
iron structure just below Beaver
The approaches on both sides Were
torn away, and the bridge Is in great
danger of going down.
Wheeling, w. ", February I-fhe
river is fifty-six feet and yet rising.
There was great distress during the
night, and the steamer Belle Prince
has been engaged to-day in taking
families of the island, where, however,
many still remain. Skiiis have also
done good work. Many heartrending
instances of sick people imprisoned all
night amid the waste of waters until
the light of morning. The scenes
about the city are unprecedented with
in century, and there IL four feet
more water than in the famous Hood OF
1882. Two or three feet more is eN-
pected. 1t is impossible to give an IS
innate of tue damage. Business is
entirely suspended.
IN EASTERN OHIO.
Coshocton, O., February THE |
Muskingum, Tuscarawas and Wal
honding rivers are higher than for
twenty-five years. The adjacent val
leys are flooded, and the lower part of
the city is submerged, the water rising
TO the second floors of houses on Water
street. A bad washout at Navarro and
Bedford on the Connatan Valley rail-
road. and the long bridge ut
Bartlett is threatened. No trains
on this road since Monday.
At Trenton the Panhandle track is
under water or half mile and a hum
bred yards Of track washed away. An
other bad washout at Mingo junction.
The east-bound Panhandle trains
We're side tracked here, and probably
will not get ut tonight. The damage
caused by the flood in Eastern Ohio
will be incalculable. The river is still
rising four inches an hour. Below
IanesyilIe number OF bridges are re-
ported gone.
THZ SCHUYLKILL RIVER.
Reading, Pa, February THE
Schuylkill river rose two feet during l
he night In the northern part Of the
'ity halZannlayor's dams oYerflowed {
md Hooded the streets and cellars in !
he vicinity. MANNERS dam also I
,ursted. The small streams above are t
III swollen. After the overflow of the l
iams the people engaged in catching /
ish in their cellars. i
THE spSoUEHASNA e
Wilke-burre, Pa February Ice u
n the Susquehauna Is gorged betweensl !
iere and Nanticoke. The water is
pouring over the low lands on the
west side of the river, and still rising {
rapidly. IL is twenty-five feet above I
low water mark. The railroad be- !
tween here and Kingston is inundated
and travel suspended. Thousands of ,
people are watching the further move
nent of the gorge. The state of the
liver is dangerous to those living in
the low lands.
AT WHEELING.
Wheeling,W. Va, February THE )
water here is still rising, and vastly ,,
anger areas are submerged than in :
So. Houses, barns, bridges, straw !
nd hay stacks have been floating ,,
ast all day. The Wheeling Cheese /,
ompany's storage house here loses :
81, 900 by water in the cellar. Mer- ,,
hants on Main, Water and Market :
.reets also lost heavily in perishable :
Gods now under several houses or !
Dated OFF on the island a
nd South Side. 1t Is H"
impossible To estimate the losses, but -,
hey will aggregate over 81 200 900. :
NO loss OF life resulted here, but the ia. y
ality Of removal of sick persons from !,
exposed houses will be great. The !;
Western Union telegraph office is only .
cached by boats. The Baltimore *
)hio's wires reall down and telephone !,
with the suburbs cut :,
fl. The water and gas works gave
ut to-day, and tonight the city Is in
darkness and at the mercy of fire if
me should start. The streets of half
he city are navigable only in boats,
md all sorts OF improvised crafts
ire plying as ferries. Many
people are still exposed on the island, s
not a spot of which remains above wa
.er. The work of removing them goes 4
IN by skifis aud steamboats,. A reli f |
meeting was held here this afternoon,
ma o., ioo raised in half an hour, and !
appointed to look after the /
destitute.
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Al