The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-13
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from abroad. The rimes.s!ar has starle
n popular subscription, heading IN
| u With 500 A considerable sum has III
ready heen collected In respon g,
Tue Commercial-Gaz ties Ripley, Ohio
special saw; rae river Is D iaet I inohe
rising one.fourth ot an inch par hour. Tn
supply Of provisions IL about exhausted
aud there Is much suffering for want
food.
The loal committee "a doing all Il can 4
relieve distress. rgenty.siK houses wer
wrecked last night aud eight .sgep
DO On tho river fhs loss will be double
tlst of las! year. A brave ~
who Is a telegraph operator, perchet
on tho roof Of house rs a ,st resort aud
remained =, her pos. untll III, wire refused
% work. More tlan two thirds oil ths town
10 under water,
ArJsTSEssosyILLE IND.
! JETrRRso' VILE. isD, Feb. l2.-Nln'
! Thousand people are compelled TO move u
the second ttorles.
Ar0ALIP1Lis, o.
GALIrnLis, o Fec. ~ The river 10 fall
ling ,lpsly. -Four relief boats have been
seut to PVmeroy, where 10000 people are
camping On hill tops. Many are suffering
from hunger.
AT PIrrsBusd.
PIrr-nuRG, Feb ~ The river Ia swell
Ing aPain al the rate OF two inohesan hour.
Dspst shes from points Aooye report con-
tnucd rains aud tho water stll rising.
People living In the bottom lands are
ililed with apprehension OF another Hood.
Many nave not yet recovered from tho late
deluge and the discouragiug outlook tends
tn Increase the uncomfortable feeling, WIN
10 feet OF water now submerging low dis
trics OF two ctee, ~ is quite probable
the situation OF affairs among the
A IL 4
any day since tho food absted
aud there are numerous additional cases OF
destltation, Many Of the victims, In adj
dillon TO having been plundered oy tne
water, are thrown out OF EN-. ,yment by INC
work shops being devastated, and under
any circumstances this fact alone Is produc'
tive OF more or less want among the poorer
classes. over $500 people were supplied
with food yesterday, an increase over any
previous day.
WHEELIsG, Feb. l2.-Donations for the
beno IL OF tue food sufferers are still COM
ing In literally but the committee are under
heavy expenses yet. Senator Payne, OF
Ohio, telegraphed q subscript on OF VI 600
to-day. A telegram was received from the
secretary OF war authorizing the mayor u
expend 5000 and to draw on the depart
ment. The relief committee report that
the worst needed IL clothing and bedding.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l2.-rhe society Tor
organising cnariiy voted 81 600 for the re-
liof OF sufferers By the food, that being the
sum remaining from tho fund raised lHat
spring for similar purpose.
CLEyELAED Feb. IL "A meeting OF citiZ3ns
was held nj the board OF trade rooms TO-
day, Mayor Foley presiding. TO arrange 10
send releftO the sufferers by the Hoods IN
the southern part OF the stare and in West
Virginia. a rel 81 committee was appointed
and arrangements msde TO procure supplies
OF prov glUn8 and O),hing 70 send nt the
earliest momoi :. a thousand dollars was
:, l'Rrnphed 10 POmeroy, Ohio, and $500 TO
Wheeling. Il ght thousand pounds Of pt
~ bread Wefc ordered baked immediat BY
to b, forwarded 10 sundry points.
piiLADELPHGA, Feb. l2.-Drexel Ca.
have baen made tretsurers OF the western
Hood relief fund and a distribution CON
mittee appointed. The PENIS lvanin Rail
road company contributed 81, 800 for the
sufferers. 81 500 TO be distributed from the
Pltisburg office. 81 900 each along the line
Of the Pan Handle aud Pittsburg Fort
Wavne Il Chicago roads.
BALTIMORE, Feb. l2.-Robert Garrett has
ordered five transports OF provisions and
other gifts on the Baltimore d. ONO road
for sufferers by the floods; also the free Use
Of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph.
NKw YORK Feb. IL Tho coffee eI-
change and importers and grocers board OF
trade have formed committees for the re.
lief OF the Ohio valley sufferers and sub
scribsd 1000.
BosroN. Feb. ia committee ofcitissns
has been appointed TO make collection for
sufferers by tre western Hoods.
LITTLE ROCK ABp VICINITY.
LITTLE Rock. Feb. 12.-The rise In the
Arkansas river at this point was five feet
for the twenty-six hours ending at O'CLOCK
this afternoon and has been rising since
two inches an hour. The
water Is nd flowing q, eyeTy~h nns
houses on the river bank are reached
by skihs. Bsck-water has formed
extensive lakes in the rear OF
Town. There is no damage
on IN. Little Rock side, though many & DDS
have been removed from stores on the
levees and the water is now
h CHER than In years second lana
side occurred on the portsmouth
ra way this afternoon, hurting qusniiues
OF rock, earth and trees into the river,
and IL will be several days before
the trains resume. Several hundred men
are working TO replace the bridge near t1e
Ozark. The track is still reported al
right from Little Rock to Arkansas City
but 5000 sacks were cent down to
and De used in holding down the track
Planters In the valley below are slil safe,
but II the rise continues a day or
two the water will begin going over the
levee at South bend aud below. Rains
are general throughout the state and
the small streams are out
OF banks and flooding the bottoms. The
Sabine river has been rising three Inches
per nour all evening.
AT LAwREEcEBURG, IND.
LAwRINoEBURa, IND, Feb. 12.-The con-
dtion Is growing worse. More houses are
f)ating and only one days rations remain
Bread in plenty has been sent, but the
oily mode OF access is in boats from
Blasdells. The people have
at last been compelled to make
al appeal to the public for help. They say
40 900 haye been driven from houses. Fol.
~ . 900 must be fed daily while hundreds OF
houses have been swept away.
AT AURoRA, IND.
CIscIssATI, Feb. II The News Journal
special from Aurora, Indiana, says: Shortly
before 10 O'Clock tonight storm
Of rain and wind passed over from the
northwest. 1t is feared the resul
here and at Lawrenceburg will
be terrible. Morning alone will reveal
the result. Two dwellings drifting down
a. noon are supposed 90 be from Lawrence
burg. At 10 p. IN. the water was ten inches
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