Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
a number OF houses were fioated

hills. 4 number OF houses were fiOated
away.
Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, reports the
towns IN that State along the Ohio as be-
ing in the general wreck. The reporter
says that the expressions on the counte-
nances OF the people at that place would
cause even heart of stone to weep.
| The Mayor of POmeroy telegraphed
from Athens on Tuesday, to the Mayor
of Columbus for assistance, saving the
wants at that point were beyond their
control, and that they were cut off from
all communication. Over $50 houses
were swept entirely way. The Mayor
of Columbus Immediately issued a proc
lamatlOn calling a Bcetlng, which met
at Board of Trade rooms, ana large
amount OF money was raised, and tele-
graphed to the different points. Mans
field and other inland towns collected
large amounts of money aud provisions
and sent them Immediately to where
they were needed.
A telegram from GallipoliS says that
10000 people are on The hilisdes shell
terless in twenty miles of That valley.
They all need bread and meat
A dispatch from Athens to Governor
Hoadley says the scene of desOlatiOn
and distress between Pomeroy and Bel
pre- is indescribable, ami that private
charity was inadequate, and asked the
Governor in the name of the God of
mercy to get the Leg gIslature to acL
promptly.
Twenty thousand people in Middle
port and vicinity are homeless and with
out food. For God's sake send some food
Immediately" Is another telegram re-
ceived by the Governor.
| Another telegram dated the 1Ith, from
Gallipolis, reads: Our relief boats have
pushed as far as Pomeroy, twenty miles
above here. The river is "a hOwling will
derness of water from hill to Mill. HUI
dreds of houses are washed away and
all submerged. Between here and Syr-
acuse there are fifty thousand people
destitute and starving, many camping
on the hills with a pitlless rain pouring
down on their uncovered heads. CALI
polls has contributed everything it has
and We are now out of supplies. We
have not enough now to send them to
eat to morrow. SEMI all you can, and
send 1t rapidly. BAKED bread and pre-
pared food Is the best, Ou, any thiug will
do. People above heIe are catching raw
meat ont Of the river and eating it. The
loss within twenty miles OF here is five
million dollars"
AS au i-4Ci41nt of the heart-breakiDg
scenes that are frequent along the river,
we copy the following dispatch:
"a message from GailipOlis last night
said that dwelling house went floating
Nxrt
pole, and parties going to her relief were
unable to persuade her to come off. for,
said she, My children are all below
drowned" She tioated on down the
river with the bodies of her children
floating in the rooms of the house be-
meath her"
AT CINCINNATI.
The flood is terrible at Cincinnati. On
Sunday the high water mark Of 80 was
passed, and also at noon on Monday the
mark uf 'S3, and the biggest river ever
known was there. The flood of last
spring, when so much property and so
many lives were lost, showed 66 feet
inches at Cincinnati. On Tuesday, the
gas aud water works were shut down,
with only five days supply of the latter.
Az lo.ou d. H. on TUESDAY tue marks
showed IS feet, l inch and rising; and
that a large number OF lives had been
lost at Cincinnati, CoviDgton and New
port. The telegraph service was much
impaired, and no trains going in or cut
Of the city. The story OF suffering and
destruction can never be told. An
army could not have wrought the ruin.
Wednesday morning al a. m., the
marks showed SO feet and l inch, and
the latest telegram showed 90 feet and s
inches and still rising, with no knoWl-
edge Of where it would end