The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-22

y has fallen considerably, u u still above
any known high wster marx. Soup houses
open, but Inadequate Thousands are home.
less and pennile6s. Frame houses have been
lewept from their foundations and brick build
inge crumhlcd into the waters At Hanging
rock but four houses are shove water. Cary
vill9 has but two houses shove the Hood The
bottom lands are devastated Starvation stares
thousands in the face.
The waters have receded about six feet in
the Kanawha at Point Pleasant leaving many
houses upturned and twisted from their foun-
dations.
/, Loses on property at tIawerenceburg Ind. can
inches more would have flooded the floor of the
highest located house in the city. Wind and
waves lastnight not only caused more loss, but
terrified the inmates OF flooded llouscs. One
row Of houses, five in number, was swept away
on the 18th. -Four squares arc now . total
wreck,
In Boston, s35oo has been subscribed in aid
merchants sent u 100 worth of blankets.
About 5000 people are out Of homes, at
Louisville, KY, but the local relief committee
have things well In hand, and there il not much
suffering. Inch by inch tho water has come up
ct Jeiersonville, Ind. till nearly every street
has disappeared II the water continues to rise
Tho sights are most distressing Houses have
caved in, and hundreds of people are huildled
together In the same building. Many remain
in the second stories, slivering aud suffering
from dampness and cold and in many cases.
hunger.
-. The SECRETARY Of war has te!egraplied the
Indiana and Ohio, authorizing the purchase OF
supplies for immediate use aud directing them
to make returns properly authenticated, to
the military officers. He estimates the cost of
their expenditures and tho cost of expeditions
es OF $lO, 4I6.13 being an an increase over
SS,S3l.2l in taxes.
A. D. Charlton, recently appointed general
western passenger agent of the Northern Pa
to the sufferers from Pittsburg and Louisville
will aggregate slSO,O00
The Association of the Rcd Cross at st. Louis
as raised nearly u COO for the benefit Of the
sufIerers. sadIe Gen. ". T. Sherman subscribed
SlW to the fund. Ivanlloc commandery,
knights Templar, sent 800 to Hansclmann
commandcry, Cincinnati.
The towns of Northern Ohio are generously
contributing money and supplies for the dis
tressed people of the Ohio Valley. Children of
tho Mansfield schools contributed their yalcn-
tine money.
Tho subscriptions Mt Cleveland for sufferers
exceed SIC, 900 Mrs. Garfield contributes s1OO.
Tho committee is still forwarding supplies to
various points.
Jappa, ILL.,, is inundated, water covering the
tops Of houses.
Tho rise of tho river at Cincinnati was over
73 feet.
At Catlettsburg, KY, many streets are
blocked with houses that have foatcd from
their foundations.
The gross receipts of the matinee in Chicago
were given by the Mapleson company, includ-
ing Patti and Gcrster, for the benefit of the
Ohio flood sufferers and were over $1,000
After hard fight against the rising water,
streets are now five to fifteen feet under water.
Har1har, Ohio, is flooded, and the people
destitute. Hundreds of buildings have been
washed away, and people are camping on the
hillsides. Harmar asks for relief.
The latest kilograms say that the Ohio is
slowly subsiding and people arc hopeful that
the worst is past.