New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-15
SUFFERING IN OTHER TOWNS.
SCORES OF PLACES sUBMERGED-A CHORUS OF AP-
PEAIs FOR AID.

SCORES OF PLACES sUBMERGED-A CHORUS OF AP-
PEALs FOR AID.
BOsTOv Feb. 14.-The Mayor Of GallipOlis says
in dispatch TO this city: "This city, owing to its
high loea tiOn has suffered comparatively little, and
we do not ask for any thing for ourselves but for
those people living on the river forty miles above
and forty miles below this place. In this region
every city, town and village but Gallipos is
inundated and inaccessible except from this point.
The suffering is intense and immediate Ieiicf Is
necessary. The waters arc rccedIng worry slowly,
and it Will he days before they viii be down To their
ordinary level. 1t is impossible to correctly esti-
mate the loss of property in the district above men
toned but it viii be enormous. The territory con-
taius about $4,000 inhabitants. living upon the
banks of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers and Gal
hpolis is the only town not submerged. AT least
1000 houses have been swept away or damaged TO
such an extent as to he uninhabitable after the
food has subsidized The farmers have lost largely
of their horses and cattle, of nearly all their grain
and feed and all their fencing. The merchants and
manufacturers have lost their stocks. and the me-
chanics thrown Out of employment. Coal mines
and salt works are flooded and everything is desc
late indeed. lit will be weeks and months before
business can be resumed, and help viii be needed
long aftoT TIE waters have subsidized"
CIyCINNArI Feb IA Dispatches to The Times
Star gives the following advices from other towns:
MAYsvIrLE, Ky.-The wind caused much dam
are here and at Aberdeen, o., by wrccklng houses.
The loss by the food in this locality cannot be less
than 100000. 1t is showing and freezing now.
IRoNToN, O.-This city is twothiIds under water.
The destruction is beyond all estimate. More than
half the people are homeless and out Of food
GRERNUP Ky.-The town is completely sub
merged There is great suffering among the poor.
Provisions are especially needed IGntIiOu'lH2n L
sent to :. Powers or j. L. PemDeFt0n, GraYSon, N.Y.
will be properly distributed.
WHAT THE RE.IKF-BoAT FINDS
The Commercial GasetteS relief steamer Kate Waters
returned thismorning from Ripley. Aessrs. Bishop
and Collins who went with it. say that The hills
the opposite sdes of the river now form its banks.
The people asked first fornews next for ropes with
which to anchor their houses and lastly for cooked
provisions. None want clothing The houses arc
everywhere swept away or floating Oh their corners.
Rural and Augusta, KY, are wrecks. The water is
running behind Augusta, making an island OF
IT, Dover, KY. is in twelve feet water in the
shallowest part New-Palestine, Ohio, is nearly
ruined. New Richmond is still worse off. In Point
Pleasant, General Grants birth place, only two
houses are out of the water. Moscow is in bad
condition many houses having disappeared. Neville
Is wreck, and Shiloh is worse than Neville. Half
Of HiggnspOrt is IN the water. Leyanna is badly
submerged. Ripley is in terrible condition. One
side of brick house fell Ia yesterday and others
are weakening. The people say the farmers from
the country are helping them, whenever the roads
and the floods permit access The misery, destruc-
ton and distress cannot be overdrawn.
THE SITUATION GROWING WORSE DOWN STREAM.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. lathe suffering is great
at Jacksonville. The people are crowded
together in the churches and schOol-houses
almost to sufocation The relief measures
in operation are inadequate. The waves
did much damage TO property last night One foot
more of water Will flood the penitontiary, and there
are 500 convicts to be cared for. The 122 families
of lime burners at Utica, twelve miles a&&se here,
are still huddled together in one church, and
sadly in need of relief.
The town of Clarksyle, Ind, is almost washed
away. The Kentucky River at Frankfort is Ie-
ported to be rising again account of yesterdays
heavy rains
IdPROMPTU DYKES AROUND GAS WORKS.
LOUISVILLE. Feb. 14.-The river continues to rise
ebout an inch per hour At 6 y. M il had reached
forty-six feet by the canal marks. The weather is
very cold. The wind is blowing and inundated
houses are being knocked down by the waves The
southeastern part OF the city is flooded from
water from Bear Grass Creek but not badly. Men
have been employed all day in building a cement
wall around the tanks and purifiers of the gas
works and not much fear of the works shutting
down is entertained. About 5000 people arc with
out homes here hut the local relief committees ave
matters well in hand and there not much suffer
ing. The transfer across the river Is con inued and
all railroads still running trains except the st.
LOUIS Air Line.
CAIRO H., Feb. lathe steamer Fowler reports
water on Front-st. at Paducah and all the landings
on the Kentucky side are under water. The people
have gone TO the hills. Joppa, small town on the
Illinois SIDE IL inundated, the water covering the
tops of the houses The town is completely de-
serted. At Metropolis, Ind, the water is over the
first floors In the buildings Front-st and all bus
iness isg been removed 10 the back streets
AT Mound City, Ind, everything Is secure so far,
snd business Is being carried on as usual.