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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
A TRIP Up RlVRR.
Scenes Of Suffering and Dest1tutien
Between Here an6 Park ersburg.

Scenes Of Suffering and Dest1tutien
Between Here ano Parkersburg.
The steamer John Lomss came up from
Parkersburg yesterday evening, bringing
up large number of passengers. One
gentleman who made the trip informed 9
REGISTER scribe that the most heart-rend.
ing scenes prevails all along the river
Fifteen persons, be ssys, were reported
drowned at Marietta and many houses
were washed away in that city. At Coch-
ransville, a small village, only TWO houses
and church are left standing, the rest
having been swept from their sites. At
williamsburg, also, the distress is terrible,
and at New Martinsville something over
twenty dwellings have been carried away.
All along the river at towns where fire.
arms were TO be procured, armed senti-
nels poured into the boat volleys OF shot
and some of the passengers narrowly es'
capped injury. Some OF the travellers were
almost scared out Of their senses, and
when man On the bank was observed to
level his gun at the boat they would dodge
and bretk for the hold of boat, into which
they would attempt to gain entrance that
they might be protected from the flying
bulIets. The cause Of this promiscuous
firing no doubt was 10 keep the steamer
well away from the houses, for fear that
the waves made by the vessel might in
jure buildings or sweep them from their
foundations. Cries were sent out from
,boTe al many places for "GOu's sake don'i
cone near; We sIs standing almost up TO
our Iecks in water and the waves will
wash over U.s." The suffering is simply aw
fnl
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10

will not mere than aiIevisAe the Iu3srins
and want which has % unsA 'pectedly visit.
ed our people. We thereforN' request that
you win make the represent ttion TO our
Senators and Representatives q Congress
and ask them to press it upsn tie promps
and favorable consideration OF Uol 'gre:s.
Mayor Miller and anumber Of pi ointment
citizens signed the appeal.
Governor Jackson Immediately tele-
tives in Washington as follows:
WORD TO WASHINGTON.
To Senator'S ]. N. Camden. John E. Ke.7.
La and Representative Goff, Wilson,
Snyder and Gibson, Of West Virginia:
call your attention to the above stste-
nent Of editors of leading West Virginia
papers, as also OF leading citizens OF our
state. to the condition of the residents OF
the Ohio valley, who are rendered home
lees and destitute by the recent unprece.
dented flood. We want help; il is urgent.
The amount proposed by the joint resolu-
tion OF Gen. GOfi is inadequate to our re.
lief.
We request you TO amend the re solution
so that at least one million be appropria.
ted.
Your prompt action will meet the ap-
proyal Of your constituents, and IL relief is
granted Thousands of destitute will be saved
from further suffering.
J. b. JACKSON. Governor.
Governor Jackson also telegraphed ls
follows, to the Governors OF Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylranis and Kentucky:
AskING JOINT ACTION.
On the representation OF citizens OF this
State, in which fully concur, have to-
night telegraphed the Senators and Repre-
sentatives OF this State in Congress re-
que.tirg that they press upon Congress
the immediate appropriation Of not less
lhsn one million dollars, for the relief OF
sufferers in the Ohio Valley. hope Il
msy be your pleasure to strengthen the
sppesl by adding your own timely sug-
gesiion TO the Senator'S and Representa-
lives from your State. J. D. JACKSON.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
The BRIDaEPOnr FLOOD.
Its Extent and So,ncthinK AboGt Ihs
kO>s 'EntnNr6

In bridgeport, like all of our other
neigbbOrs, the loss WAS very great, ranging
according To some estimates as high as
10000. Almost all OF the town Is inun.
dat, d, some huiidtngs being about thirty
feet under water One and two story
buildings were overturned, displaced and
carried away and nearly every business
house u town n,io fill-d with wster. To
these the lUSr will be very hePvy. Some
merchants lost every ;EinG they had. The
only man in town sh o saved his stock OF
goods wss MOyber5N tie shoe desler. Ev
cry dealer suffered more or less, and TO
some the loss viii Ue great. Msdills loss
N his stock Of dry goods IS fully 81 900;
McConnnughey the druggist, estimates his
loss at 800; DunUap, the grocer, $1,000;
BrsnBum &. soas, groces, fully 81 900:
Woodcock, toe bsrd~sre dealer, 81 900;
Alexander, grocer, about 81 900; Open
% ,Der. dry goods and clothing. 81 800;
M,Clsy land, hardware. S3od or more;
Bowie 4 lIs. nis, drug. sGS0, Wells % Dent
drugs, etc., $ls,l. and Others accordingly.
some OF tie merchants Iveu
Grost OF their goods by removing
them. Smith &, Soos, millers,- lrs
about 1900 bushels of wheat and saved
ibsir -four by renewing II npstAirs J.. T.
Rhodes & Co, miller, were more fdrtI
ostr The lima and Standard mills LOST
rotbipg scarcely. The report that the Ls
B. lie glass works was burned by the lime
lacking, IL, we are glad 10 state, without
foundation and was Dot even on fire. Very
lirile ware was lost and their los will not
rtsch ~ ~. At the Ohio Valley glss
factory tho loss H. Estimated at 500. The
isrnBRe To Reohnleins ice house and carts
will Ii IL thought, reach fully $1,000. A
very larEs amount Of drift consisting OF
dwelling houses, stables, wagons, barrels,
boxes, oil wells and almost everything
you can think OF lay against the wooden
bridge soyoss 10 the Island antil yesterday.
This sprung II greatly. and caused 1t 70
more several inches. II 10 in danger and
may 90 out any moment. The sufferers
are being we'll cared for and while proyis-
ions are not worry plentiful IL 10 not be-
lieved there is any danger OF starvation.
The damage TO The c. &. p. railroad IL very
heavy. Houses, stsbss, logs, etc, are
piled mp sll slsDg the road and In some
place. the drift wood 10 twenty feet high.
Many bridgss are washed away and no
trains can Tua for . week or moro.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL
But n o~ sadly Wreck ed Garden sp

But n oN Sadly Wreck ed Garden Spot.
The power Of the current at the west
end of the bridge was tremendous. The
heavy stone wall, surnounted by q wrought
iron railing, which extended from the
north anchorage to the round house, was
carried away DOVE TO the level of the
street. Some OF the stone, weighing eight
hundred TO q thousand pounds, were car.
ried twenty feet and the railing is bent
and twisted as though it had been exposed
TO intense heat. South OF the round house
the whole surface Of the street is gone to
the depth Of two or three feet, and in many
places there ara wide holes in the solid
MacadamiIing six feet deep. On the south
side OF the street, " here the side walk former
ly was, the foundation OF the anchorage Is
exposed to . depth Of seven feet. Ths
crossings at the intersection OF the three
streets which meet at this point are under.
mined and the heavy stones are scattered
BADLY, as are also the curbstones. Below
the south anchorage, aud between il and
the spot where Wagoner's house stood,
pletely changing the topography of the
street. The amount OF work to be done
here is very great. The street car track,
as far ~ can be seen. is uninjured.
A great amount Of cleaning up has al
ready been done by Island citizenA Soon
after 10 O'Clock in the morning house
holders began TO make their way to their
homes, and by dark the mud had bseo
cleaned from the lower tioora Of the high.
est houses, fires kindled, and ths actual
damage and loss to the premises ascer-
tsined. This morning tAis worked viii be
resumed, and by McP DAY a pretty sooC
showing will be the fssuli in this i!rectioa-
One Of the most pItssing needs is coal q
keep up he dres 30 necessary IN dryins
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
KyERYBODY WANTS Ir.

Five thousand extra copies Of The
nSpAY REGISTER Were printed this
sorning. Hthe number Is not entirely
rbausted to-day we will be pleased to
tpply all orders of this issue for several
sys to come. The paper, to-day, con-
<ins a full and connected account Of
I flood during the past week and all
! terrors graphically described. 1t is
tpecially valuable to send to friends
broad, and many business men will
1ant copies to supply their customers.
lany single orders of one and two hum
|ssd each were received yesterday. All
,srsons desiring extra papers should
md in their order early this week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
LET CONGRESS- ACT.

A4I.saSI SI.OOO.OOO should be ApPrO-
prtaIed to Relieve Suffering.
The Congress Of the United States
should, Immediately on its assembling
3o-norrow morning, suspend all rules
and appropriate out of the overlooking
treasury a sum Of not less than one
million dollars to aid in the relief of
the suffering caused by the flood in the
Ohio valley.
The loss TO the people of the valley
win BE- millions upon millions, and the
suderings will be like unto the suffer-
ings caused by great and widespread
plague. The appropriation should not
contemplate the restoration Of any part
OF The losses, but a much larger sum
fhan one million dollars will be re-
.qnired to aid in the alleviatiOn of the
actual distress.
While it is true that Wheeling can
take care of her own people; that she
Is well-to-do; has been blessed with
prosperity in the past-yet Congress
haso other occasions authorized aid
out Of the peoples treasury for the re-
lief Of victims of calamities that were
not more widespread nor more nearly
national than this. And now that it
has become the turn of Wheeling and
her neighboring cities, towns, villages
and farming districts to suffer, We may
fairly expect like treatment from our
public servants at Washington.
Gen. GoFF has moved for an appro-
pri2tion of SlOO, eco, but this sum would
be as but bucket Of water to the great
flood whose devastation we are cOpsid-
sring. Let the appropriation be ade-
quste to tie crying necessities, and
above all let it be prompt.
Within the last few years Congress
has appropriated in the way of subsi-
die 10 private individua!s-men and
monOpOlists-the colossal sum of three
hnDdred millions of dollars, for the pur-
pole of building railroads to be owned
and mansged when completed by these
nm. Then why may not Congress
yo(e the three hundredth part Of this
H1.bunt Of these gratuities to the God.
mn Objtct Of mini t-rlng IN merci ul
~ 10 tLuse in sickness and distress?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
AUTHORIZATION ASKED.
Congress 10 be AemeSalizad for en-
Mfllkou Dollars

Congress 10 be Aemo~alfzsd for 0ne
Mfnsen Dollars
The ness wA received With contempt
yeste1dsS thai General GOT had asked
CongreA to appropriate 100000 for the
relief II Ohio Valley sufferers. Such an
amount Was mere bagssslle, and great
numAsr Of ciiizens prepared q memorial
to Governor Jackson asking for an increase.
Ths received a great many signatures, and
We presented 10 him at . meeting at the
city building lat night II was a. follows:
1aE MEMORIAL
To the Honorable Jacob B. Jackson. Gov.
eynor Of West Virginia:
The 1ndtTsigned citizens Of wheeling,
". Va, beg leave to bring to your stteu-
tion the uTsent necessity which exists Tor
provision for the relief OF the sufferers
from the disastrous food which hss over.
vbtlned the people residing In the Valley
of the Ohio River and tributaries nors
liberal than can possibly Be Furnished b
local contributions Az the watsT sub
| .ides. the destruction Of property aad tAs
ctr.sipiy Of prolonged and oyeruhelmtel
suffering on the part Of those Skoes beaas
| have been wrecked or swept awaJ hs0jme
sIsImjnely apparent.
The telegraph inioyms us that join
| resolution hes been offered In Congrss
| prop6sirg z sn sppropriatiou OF on hundre'
| ihUusard dtllsrs for tbe Ohio valley sanef
| ers. From cur observation which Ss bss
| rec. iyed fronu points brlow. We feel tAs
"a appropriation Of oas miiiloa dollar
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
OVER THE CREEK.
The Condition or People and Things In
The I.nx.e.. Of f,IIE

The Condition OF People and Things In
the Lower Part of the City.
south Wheeling did not present such
destitute sp )earar &C yesterday, although
Q great part is slill undated and the bal.
ance of its territory is covered with mud.
In the extreme southern part of the city
great suffering still prevails and starving
people are still crying for food. Women,
men and children are in the most abject
condition. having no dry clothing to put
upon their backs. The suffering is still
intense and heartrending scenes can be OBJ
served in almost any house. When the
Relief Committee took food and clothing
down yesterday they almost had their
clothing torn from them by the starving
inhabitants, everybody crying to bring
them food first. A great deal Of the dis
tress has been relieved and as the water re-
cedes people are able to geG from their
homes to procure food and clothes for
themselves. Large knots of men
Sts ,'HGd sos%S Sn1d cs ss vsehns sSs e0Fni5s ths
fall of the flood, while Others were in their
houses cleaning out the thick coat of mud
the water had left behind it. There are a
number Of places Of refuge thrown open to
destitute families, where they are being
cared for by kind hands, and everything is
getting along as we'll as could be expected.
Many pt ople who had saved just money
enough TO build themselves comfortable
little houses and others who had their
houses furnished nicely are entirely
washed out and have lost their all. Many
houses are washed away from their founda
tions and either broken to pieces or turned
over, thus many people will be homeless
end poyerty-strickeu even when the flood
subsidies.
In the Fifth and Sixth Wards the condi.
ton is not nearly rs bad, very few houses
being injured save broken windows aud
mashed fences and Outhonses. The lum-
befmep, however, have lost heavily f:om
the obstruction and loss OF board.piles,
iarge numbers OF which foated away to
points below. In the whole lower part OF
the city coal is in great demand, and the
inhabitants are compelled TO use wood in
stead to dry out their houses and slso for
cooking purposes. A right good-sized mar.
ket wss held at the Fifth Ward Market
nor.. yesterday evening, and the people
aid in sufficient supplies to last them over
TODAY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
1HE COUNTY COnaIssIOSERs.
rney ShouId Meet at once and Make
an nAppropriAtIon.

Iney shouId Meet at once and Make
an Appropriation.
The Board of County Commissioners
should ba called to meet tomorrow
,ncrniug to consider what action should
taken by that body in aid OF the suf-
ling and helpless. The suffering to
cone will be much greater than the
aziering past. Considerable sums Of
noney will be required to furnish the
httnal necessities in the way Of food
and fuel to those who have not the
ability to help themselves.
In this emergency, the Board OF
County Commissioners should act
prou pity and discreetly. Money should
beapIropriated and placed at the dis.
pcsal OF the members in the city, to be
expendnd in their respective districts
under their own personal supervision.
An appropriation Of say $1,000 should
~ made. Ifit is nOta needed, it need
nct sli be expended. II larger apprO-
nj, ton shall become necessary, another
appd op:iatiou could be made after this
am hss been expended.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10

only knows what q large portion OF our
people would have done, crowded in the
Maud upon the hill side and in the few
hoRes remaining above water, with moth
ing but the clothing they had on their
backs when the sood came. The sight
was dePlorable, and the pititul appeals
from wsmen and children would ring tears
from the strongest hearts. Those of rs
who are more fortunate have exhausted
every effort TO afford relief, and are now
helpless and must depend upon the
generousiIy Of your people. We to have
heroes whose names should be embalmsd
upon the tablets of history, working With
ell the energy Of their Lature in reseuins
the helpless from their residences. Their
names will be given in . few days, as we'll
as few, and thank God they were only o
few, who would refuse aid unless paid. In
conclusion sgaiB return the thanks Of our
unfortunate people for the assistance
rendered by your people, also to the
officers of the steamer Regular.
Yours truly,
FRANK MCJILTcN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
OyERFLAw AT HARTIN'K EERRY.
uaI PaFti suisFs s< the Flood Gathered
AbonL the Teskn.

AbonL the Teskn.
Martins Ferry . stilI ALI torn mp ovo,
the great food. 80 such an syenaul week
il known 70 the oldest inhsbitant" and
probably never will be. L 10 hoped % at
least. From Wednesday morning until
the present writing our people have bssn
in feIer Of excitement, and nothina has
been thought Of or talked Of but the food.
Whss she began 10 swell on Wedsesdsy
morning the interest became genesai, and
BY night eonsids1ab,s eIcitsmsat prs-
vailed. On Thursday morning No watsr
xss veil up ever that portion ot the town
east Of The railroad, and By rs8ht 1t vas
over lie yai,yoad and nearly ap 10 tt,s esil-
ing in George vollhardt's basbse shsp. By
,hst time the people bad SsoHn Wild and
The sIeitsnsnt ves inten0. No such ~.
Ter bad ever bssn seen slA there Appeared
to be no telling when II would Sep isiss
People began vscsting their housss - sasiy
as wedsssds, morning. and b. 7hufsdsy
evenirg every family had leit fos highs
ground. nm ess savs . few living In two
story hHitdings. aad the nunosr W. vssJ
few.
The different halls and churches on u!
bill GsSe thrown open 70 the sunsfsn. an<
. Welcome hsnd eItssdsd b. the citizen
TO thsir friepds. In tbs Grsnd Army and
Con. mercial and Odd Fellow Haiie sooo
siJ hundred persoss ars bsing led s!efy
day, and oil fhoss Who have ben drive
from tbtir homes are co1foetaoay esovsoSs
for OF night st thess halls and st -
ckurcbea Contibutions afs pouhng u
1 from the part Of town out a vet3 = :
| bsck in The country, snd each sunsr:f =
| given three good squsfs meals eseU ~
| With cheering prospscts Of svsfy perso 2 =
ing scoommodstsd until tbsy can fstan :,
their homea. Yesterday wagoa - -
busy eli Day hauling pro.isioos 70 80
ausrtfrs.. eeysral yaeon loeds c.oe
Eom Jt ferson and Harrison eonsesse -
ore lsrse Iosd from Csdiz Toe ooonsf
sor,riba,iops pp filI lsst night Aonf'untee
70 pssr'y 81 coo. sbieh n er,'s.ely enses s
Ge. Tf. eouniry people hess . warn iss
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
DO WHAT YOU CAN
alleviate the SuferIngs OF Victims
nf the Elond.

of the Flood.
De sun of this Sabbath morning will
Y on ten thousand homeless people
he city of Wheeling-we may say
Be than homeless, for besides losing
savings of years they are for q time
|east deprived Of the means Of win
3 their daily bread. These ten thou
b souls must be given food and
thing, and provided for in every
b. To do this work many thousands
'dOllsrs will be needed aud hundreds
people must work with heart and
d.. The regular Relief Committees
1dOiDg q noble work and doing it
d. But for three days they have Ia
led without res. They are COM
1tely worn out and must have
g SJmc C.c must take up the
Hs, or al leas. assist them ia doing.
soUs. one, We mean every man and
man who reads the SUNDAY REGIS
3 this morning, who have not them
kes been stricken by the flood. The
kerles, by running night and day,
bnOi supply the demand for bread.
lep bake and carry to the Relief COM
lttees. About your house you proba-
have Oil clothing, long since east
I whica you will never use again,
+ which will be a blessing and boon
.nSUy. Then ransack them out, and
'e them 10 those to whom they will
the most good. You have also
|t-c,o,hes and bedding which you
p well spare, aud will be
+ richer for spsring. Hunt
'em out, and give them, too. Act
|on tie conviction that upon you and
O' individual efforts depends al. La
: way and by these means only can
s'1itg.ugs and sorrows of the great
Ism y which has fallen upon our
70 0e a.!eyiated. In the past few days
htrolsm, generosity and unselfsh-
= o. our citizens have been sbund-
r.! .esiel. Do not allow your name
n. ~ nun iE.um7tered among those who have
h. h. =, ..ue or nothing for their afflicted
Act and act at once. In so
you will secure your own self.
kFs t'C:' - We sincere and heartfelt graft
| : cI,;tose =, nose for whom you labor, aud
ti,rn Yet benedietiOns of an over
NS ITCvidenee.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10

out the horses Almost oil the ooai on
hand ut the beginning Of the week was car
ried of in outkuildings, and the diift wood
DO profusely scattered about is too wet to
burn. Some means of supplying fuel
ought to be devised at once. By Monday
we hope to give details of in ividusl losses
and the grand total in this part OF the city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
Tho Situation xesteIday.

At daylight yesterday morning the
change in the situation was decidedly
marked. Gradually the waters reeeded,
and sometime in the morning Market
street was clear to the bridge and com.
municstion with the South Side resumed.
Afternoon brought a still more rapid de-
cline, and by nightfalI that portion Of the
city north of the creek, exclusive OF the
Island, was clear OF water. The New street
bridge came TO ths surface during the even
ing and Water street along the wharf wa
left clear. Ground showed up all over the
Island and on the South Side. Many
houses stood high and dry that had been
submerged nearly to the roof.
AS the water drew OF, the work began
and the sound OF the broom was heari in
the land. The food left behind it, by
wsy OF a souvenir, a deposit OF flthiest,
slimiest mud imaginable and to remove
it promptly was the work Of the hour.
All day, yesterday, the work OF relief
wep, On, as before, and as il will continue
for days, if not for weeks. By the time
this reaches the readers Of the SUNDAY
REGySTER, the river will be back in its
banks and the great food Of 1884 will have
passed into history, except as far as its
effects are concerned.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10

l,,,; ANTS Of q large number Of our
Ia sn' citizens have not n yet sp-
-. 'he Poll Of Honor" as SUBJ
~ % The Relief Fund. Do not
kn,1-ss'' but hand in your checks
the s 20 Starvation is staring you
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
rHg REGISTRH FTSr

Metsrs. KRAFT BtnN and Rosenberg have
contributed SO pau, ~ blankets, and A. ID.
Garden, OF Richland, u wagon load OF cab
rsge
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10

GONE into HISTORY
Has the Great rs.ugs Of February
Eighteen Eiuhty-four.
Except the Effects Which Will Lin
ger for Months.
The Raging River Rstires 10 Its
Own Possessions,
Leaving Only Mud and Slims as
Tokens and Souvenirs,
With Three Thousand Persons
Helpless and Homeless Still.
But the Good Work of Relief Goes
Steadily Onward.
Ard Hundreds Of Purses Open
Freely to Those In Need.
A Full History Of the Flo ID from
First to Last.
A Paper to Pieserys and 10 Send
to Your Distant Friends.
Descriptive Account OF the Great
Flood of 1884,
With The Principal Scenes and Incl
dents Collected.