Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-16
RELIEF MEASURES.

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RELIEF MEASURES.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Fcp. IL
The Board of Aldermen tonight appro-
priated s., 900 for relief of the flood suIer,
ers but the ordinance must be approved
by the City Council before ltnec9hfes f c9r, .h
tainty. A dispatch was received from the
MavGr of Lawrenceburgh to-night calling
for immediate help in the way OF food ana
there is belief that all along the river
border the demand for relief viii be nearly
as great as that OF last year IN response is
to the Masonic appeal for help Mystic Tie
Lodge of this city responded to-nlGht Win
500.
an, has issued an appeal to members and
lodges in the State, requesting donations
in aid of the sufferers, 10 De seh1 10 w III. H.
Smythe, Grand Secretary at Indianapolis.
COLUMBUS o., Feb. IL.
On advices from Pomeroy and other river
towns, making appeals for aid, a meeting
of citizens was called this evening, at which
81 POO ca sh was raised in short time and
a committee appointed to canvass to-mor-
row. 1t is expected to make the amount
many thousands. All the bakeries will put
on full time and the first tram load OF
bread and hams will be sent down the river
by tho Hooking Valley Road to kerr's sta
tion in the morning, from which point pro-
visions will be conveyed to the sufferers.
Mansfield and the surrounding towns are
also sending large quantities OF provisions
to this point to be forwarded 10 the river
towns over the Hooking Valley Road. Tel.
egrams received from towns IN
ley, near to the inundated towns,
state that the whole of Ports
mouth is under water. The citizens fled to
the hills. The same story comes from Gal
lipolis, where thousands of people are
driven from their homes. Pomeroy is III a
similar condition. The Secretary OF State,
Governor and Adjutant- General have been
telegraphed to send tents to shelter tho
people and the Legislature will take prompt
action for relief.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. II.
The Mayor has called "A meeting OF citi-
zens for tomorrow to arrange assistance
for the sufferers by Western Hoods Calls
for relief are urgent.
NEW YORK, Feb. IL.
Mayor Edison to-day received dispatches
praying for aid for sufferers from the
floods. Mayor Edison referred the appeals
to various commercial bodies and urged
them to take immediate action.
WHEELING, w. VA, Feb. IL.
The water recedes slowly that the low
lands in some places still covered, but
it is now so low boats nav igate without in
jury to property through sh-of waves.
No more firing on relief boats reported.
The b. 81 o. depot and fridge adjacent is
endangered by the flood and trains now stop
at Water street south of the creek. Ac-
cumula, ed mails are pouring in on all the
trains so far resumed.
An unknown boy was drowned on tbs
bank. About half of the homeless people
have returned to their houses or have found
quarters elsewhere. Fully 5000 people are
homeless, destitute and hopeless, and Will
have to be fed by the relief committee for
weeks The damaged mills can not start
for weeks.
GALLIPoLIs, o., Feb. II.
The relief committee sent to Pomeroy has
just returned. Five thousand people are
camped on the hills i'll terrible want for
food and shelter. One hundred and fifty
houses have floated away; Boats land at
the Courthouse steps. The people are haS-
gard and worn out for want of sleep, food
and shelter. Nearly every business man is
bankrupt. The coal mines at Syracuse are
flooded. A house went by Middleport this
morning with woman sitting on the
gable end. Men rowcd out and appealed
to her to get off, but she refused, saying
she had four babies below. The glass was
broken, and the children We're seen foating
dead.
CAIRO I'LL, Feb. 1l-NooN.
The river is forty-six feet and rising halt
an inch an hour; light rain since nine yes
terday morning. Reports from above this
morning show the river is still rising stead
lily. The water is nearly seven feet below
the high water of last year, and 1t is not
probable it will reach that stage this sea-
son.
$50 p. ma heavy fog hung over the
river and city all the afternoon. The wealth
and rising about half an inch an hour. The
ST. Louis & Cairo Railroad is shut out by
the flood. All the other roads are running
regularly.
MEMPHIS, Feb. IL.
The river here this afternoon at two
O'Clock attained thirty-two feet on the gauge,
which is two feet below the danger line. 1t
continues rising at the rate of nine inches
daily. 1t has gone over the banks both
above and below here in low places, but so
far no damage has been done. II will take
two feet additional rise before the trouble
in the bottom begins The general impress
sion prevails among Steamboatmen that the
Mississippi Valley will not be subjected to
serious inundation from the water now in
sight. The st. Francis basin is filling up
from breaks below Cairo, which Will check
the rise at this point, but which must find
its way again into the Mississippi at Hele
ma, Arkansas, where the st. Francis river
empties into the Mississippi.
SPRINGFIELD Mo, Feb. IL.
The heavy and almost continuous rains
for the past few days have caused all the
small streams throughout this entire sec
ton to become much swollen, though but
little damage to property has been report
ed. Tonight the rain is still falling, and
the roads through the country in many
places have been rendered almost impassa-
bic on account of the mud and water. This
morning the mail train on the Frisco Line
from st. Louis was delayed nearly four
hours on account of n waShont.
LAwRESCEBURG. IND Feb. H.
1t is growing worse and worse. The
Mavor for the first time to-day asked help
from abroad. More houses lifted
from thelT IOunuat1onS- Ieople are TeilpV-
ing from the second floors and abandoning
goods because there is place to take
them and the current is swift that boat-
ing is dangerous.
LITTLE ROCK, ARR. Feb. IL.
The Arkansas is rising here rapidly 5ow-
ing to the heavy rains in the valley above.
Il ha, risen thirty mine inches since two
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Tonight it is
rising three inches an hour at Ozark. The
wire is down hey ond; no dana se yet
Mt CARMEL, Ill. Feb IL
There is general su pension of work
throughout the mining region. Rain and
melting snow submerged the workings.
A large force are endeavoring to dam
mountain streams. In some mines there is
from thirty to forty feet of water.
AURORA, IND, Feb. IL.
The situation is alarming. Tue river is
rising more rapidly. Three deaths since
yesterday.