West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-03-03
FLoODED DISTRICTS.
Those Of Our Citizens who Have Been
through Various Floods from 1854
TO the Present Time were In Their
Element Sunday.

TO the Present Time were I'm Their
Element Sunday.
Those of our citizens who have,
been through various Fl 'ods, great
and small, from 1884 down to the
present time. were strictly In their
element Saturday night and Sun
day. They were put to whole lot
of inconvenience and expense and
physical exertion, but the oldtimers
rather enjoyed 1t, and took the
philosophic view that what cannot
be cured must be endured. If wa
ter was to climb to forty. FIVE feet or
thereabouts. why, N .ture must be
permitted 10 have her way and
sway. and the only thing to be done
was to move In advance from the
approaching danger and trust gen.
orally to kind Providence for i'm
munlty from DANGER.
The scene In the low portion of
the city Saturday and Sunday was
a very busy one, particularly Sun
day afternoon. The report had
spread over the city that the stage
of water of 1884 would be reached.
Now, as many of our residents are
aware, that amount of water would
have wet a whole lot of residences
land would also have disconnected
a large number of families, and
naturally there was hurrying to
and fro. However, the report
proved false, but many families
moved to safe quarters during the
excitement due to the report.
In some localities the scene dur
Ing the latter hours of the after.
noon Sunday and In the early eve
ming were very animated. At
about q o'clock, for instance. there
were not less than dozen express
wagons on Water street and avenue
A alone, and there was a general
hustle which presented some pic
turesque and novel "snap shots" of
women In decidedly TN social attire
and usually placed business men In
gum boots and without coats, bear
ing tangible evidence of honest
toll.
On south Water street and Nc
Coy avenue, the residents and
proprietors of places of business
were kept busy all day Saturday
and Sunday moving to places of
safety. All those possessed of two
story houses proceeded to "hike"
their goods up stairs, and those re-
Ijoicing In small one story cottages
either laid claim TO the generosity
of their more fortunate nelghbors,
Tor sent their most valuable and
more perishable goods to safe har-
bors of refuge In the city All
during Saturday and Sunday after
noon and until late last night there
was a procession OF wagons In the
flooded districts, and the express
men reaped a harvest.
| A busy feature of today was the
laying In of supplies. Experiences
of food sufferers who had been
through like conditions, early In
the day sent orders for food of all
sorts, including fuel, as 1t became
necessary for the gas company to
shut the gas off Sunday, and many
grocery firms were kept busy de
1ivering' bread. canned goods, tea,
coffee, sugar, -four, potatoes, butter,
eggs, and In fact all the miscellane
Gus things indispensable for state
of siege, as the water Is receding
very slowly, and 1t will be several
days before all the families In the
flooded districts will be Eat home
again, so to speak. Those who
n were so unfortunate as not to have
the necessaries of life, were amply
provided for by the city, charitable
, societies and generous cilizens In
general, and the average flood
stricken families, as rule, are
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