New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-06
The Great Flood.
The St. Louis Republican OF the 2o'h u''' cay

saieiy So tnA' w inches more but our impress
;ons are that it will to-day con'i'tn,e ~ ,.
1'L. weather continues clear and warm, aI" ~ 80 -.
o,rsfron above all three OF tle f'Se.S a.
Ia The rise Is not rapid Cr sIea', =, 's
81 Iss, week Yesterday, AT IL W. ",e 80
P' -, = inches over III. cIty drectfN-uc -
I'M. n tyoar oi the market l ms "o'''" - 80
;s ,,f \ plnmb rise above low water taI ~, ~
Asa matter Of course the cali'il', ,,.rrv NV
~, ,,,r state. in the destruction oi ptope,V
osa, s,nd occupies almost unvereal a''e""1'
Eab Ja,,s details oaIy add Ia The extent VI .' u'
-. mil il has become absolute " ear'ui 10 eo
template the loss. la The papers rom 'n ds,,;ls
| c.,v,d by Yesterday mail, we hHo man ,Ij
| 80 ..,cc;vs as have been the ravascs' theN ev"'
,niv have been mperfectly known Ill '''e 'i'"0 "''
weTg Tb ,b~rv (Clay County, Pioneer OF the LIST
:,.s ,be rise in the Missouri, at tnat 'ithe' "
b.. 6v. feet higher than II Was IN io@o' VI 10 y;
pe -, troun 10 be by the Oldest settlers. Inc II
| oneer continues: ,ha, We need
-, ',.nJ r,n- in rrcounring cases IN lndNidua' SUI
,rinG In this county alone. II IS coilP"eu' s'N',
,.,,;liss from Browns and Cooley bottoms are at
rms momenr. many OF them IN want OF the very I'-
ce.saries of iite, and al! ol mem l"o'i''S "'U~
yr,,r and almost irreirev able losses
ysntI-u,n vesrrin, gave Us VIVID drscr'P
, III th. IL, l. of thr foot in Ihr Sa'd f'!'' p'
re living in Ray county, between Ia'ii''e" ".'
not6n On one al the highest oi the NUS VIII" az
scattered over nus prar'r' "",0" =. .,,r,i,., ,b
sunday ~ " 'H'''' '.' ,,,.r,.,u = varied a.
,,.r ~ ina, contained IN M rs afs men, ai'r"'
children, hurS..s uxen, ard Catile o. every 'fH0'ii
| 'io" rh"''''-' I'll ,,,,,h..d While he was
'les ti"r tneH s,'lrn ~ elloMsh shin h, thu
"e'' " s,,.nrss.rvsI,,,n. common 10 brute
'"S,i'o' VI "a. loving of the frightened cattle,
the neichlng OF horses, the strange mixture W '
mails Wild and tam--a seeming 10 have 'o's"''e"
. IT. ot notnrs and looking 10 the human c"un
- ,''1 Tar safa,y m. deep anxiety ana agitation
y, r,,,;.,n,I r(I.n of rhs singular congregation
" " t = ,,h.,h and amid that Wild scene oi drsoln
non Ieit nm ,mpr.ssinn on his mint as our INFORM
,'o" ~, ,,b h. viii NOT soon forget, but which
n'' ', '.,, ,o d,scribe Whllr tie was there, he
u - ~" 49,; hh,r,no hill ,hout ,hiIt, head of sheep.
"a" y" ~, nl.r w-,.r seeming bv their loud
hifea"s "a'i @ ,,;nrs -, h consr;ous of their fate
o.ep.,s h' ~ stock boss &c. floating by dead,
'''p f,, MI mr. rather from island 10 ISL
w !" ~ TN, an locs mr. fallen timber
''I Th, Mar TonnkIns. when near Liberty landing,
,o,i ,nI mn wocd except what was csed up float
I t,yo or thrre cords of a tiatboat. The current
,r,,.d her otf into h- Wacondah prairie some dis.
,onc. 10 the great terror OF all ABOARD, who looked
for certs;n destruction passenger tells us that
L ,,,us, have down ity OF The ta lest cotton
,.noJ rrses in her nassage down this prairie.
plo,y Gr,cnv;lI. che met three men on TWO horses
nm n their arms pts in the midst of strong cur
nnt, With great difficulty. one of them, with the
horses, Wen, taken on board, and landed al Green
vile without charge; the other was taken OIL by a
canoe which came at the same time from the shore;
These men had been in the water three days, ana
the legs of one of them had suffered good deal
from it,
The Lexington Express, of the 18th, contains
the following particulars:
The river is ten feet higher plump water, than II
was in 1926, and full thirty feet above the ow-wateT
mark. The current is exceedingly rapid; running
at least len miles per hour The bottoms North
and South of the main channel OF the stream en-
rirely inundated the water in some places being
mr. fifteen feel deep and strong current, from bluff
~ bluff hearing of every thing moveabe. The
river now present; one of the most majestic scenes
thai VIC ever looked upon The water is from five
10 six miles wide opposite this place.
Millions OF dollars will not cover the loss OF pro
perty which has been sustained by this flood. II
the bottom opposite this pluce, some OF the mos
valuable and most beautiful farms in the state have
been rendered worthless, least for several years
All the fencing has been swept away. hundreds o
horses mules cattle hogs, sheep, &c. have beer
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