New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-13
Destructive Flood AZ th. West.


perry have been destroyed anl .liarci
a. thc tac a writing tbs para1r.Nk We have no
! Fe,egTsphic src0uufs iron ihe Illinois or tae Ms
SCUM the iiHo,s. accor.lns 20 the last d.spu.h.
was ia--ag 5l. tae recent hcsyT rams may have ex-
ierle- 10 ;hat quarter AID caused li 90 rise again
Pom gre Oellwls Src,-a'>r. % ,ast.
TkENkN D0IN OVERFLOW
TIE Base ef 1874 Surpassed .Dsc4ss Destruction Of
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The waters are upon US We write smii scene
/ OF confusion and excitement Sc lom fne>>el. All
Che bu>ness portion of our town. except one or Two
houses, IS covered with water deep enough 70 at'rt
F passage Tor steamboats, Iae condition 90 affairs IS
beyond des Tipton and can onl, be real,zei bs be-
/ ing seen The food of ~ was nothing IN conparl-
/ son with the present. and. as nearly a u can nov
be aScCTtalCct. The memorable rise OF ISIS failed OF
| hing the present mark.
On Thursday last. the water commenced foollng
the lowest portions @; tic fat, AM the report was
brought Us by Captain Harms OF Tie Dr.. frAnkhn, of
q very heavy rise coming dOwn. ~ Fntay morning
the wafer had risen several inches. am every cXer-
ton was made - secure the gram ana Other property
irom Az INJURY tha; Nigh; result. from iac continual
ton ~ the rise. The water however, rose - rapid
y - tO cause the destruction q large quantities Of
produce. Many o.. those suffering from the elects OF
;hc FOOD are farmers who had gram stored here IN
sheds, and Who. BOO spite OF every eNertion have SuS
tanned heavy losses.
! Throughout the whole OF Saturday. the work o
salvage Was carried on with renewed activity.
/ Duuug the evening and night the river commenced
rSipg more rapidly than ever, while heavy thunder
/ storm, roaring and crashing around added 10 the
! already gloomy prospects.
On Sunday the town presented scene OF hustle
ana activity. Families. driven from their tenemenIS
! by the encroach.ng waters, were deserving ther
homes and SeeNing refuge m tue upper PARK oi the
tO~n-lor. n tins case. the Homestead Exemption
Law failed % secure them N the IN disturbed pos
session OF Their properly
On NonIsy the water was still coming up. and Il
was found necessary 10 remove all the household
goods and considerable quantities OF merchandise 20
higher ,roUnd. Wagons. SkitS and raitS were occu-
pied AL day IN conveying men and merchandise from
point to point.
Al ms moment Monday evening" the entire bot
tom presents a spectacle OF devastation. From the
bank of where the river USED - vas 10 the iDOtOt
tine sand ridge, the water Is from four - hye feet
deep N the houses west OF the east side OF second
81, south OF and including Spectator Row and the
whole Of the fat south of the Post Ofce In our
Press Room the water Is over twenty-five inches
deep. The farms along the bottom OF the Ridge ar.
completely inundated. and many OF the fence, nave
disappeared Several hundred cords Of wood have
been washed down stream. The dlstlllery premises
are under water, and operations suspended. Mcssrs
Nor VIII sustain quite loss by damaged com.
Just - We are putting mp tins paragraph a nat
drct sacks OF gram and 0thsrs are loading A differ.
out warehouses. LumOer-yardS are beng uoNel
inland or Stshed down 10 keep them fast rats ami
boats are plying cVerywhcrc-ant men are waiing
shoulder deep from house 20 house.
The uFcr Is still rising. Tuesday mOrulng) tnouth
more slowly having only risen three inches during
the last twelve hours, while for the twcnty-Our
hours ending AZ 4. NJ. yesterday u rose over ten
inches. The OHeso is loading nom The second Slo-
~ window of the warehouse of =. = Phelps a Co
Large quantities OF lumber and shingles have been
noticed floating By since daylight
Water hD deep around our press and we are COM
relicd TO issue tins by hand. Hope the water Will
60 down soon
The accounts from below are gloomy enough
/ Thruph the poi.ienes, OF capt. Beebe of the fine
steamer Dubuque who stopped awhile % give u, the
news, We are enabled to give our readers a few par
tIculars capt. B. tells Us tsat he never witnessed
such deYastatiOus as the flood Is now making from
Alton up. almost every place IS partly under water
At Hannibal, and for seven miles above and hiLy
miles below. the river was TX miles wide. Marion
CITY rs entirely inundated and all communication cut
of with the bark country. Several large rats have
been sucked out upon the praucs below by the force
OF the current a. the Rapids Hotel, IN keokuN'
water stood eighteen inches deep on The hrst moor on
sunday night Capt b says that nearly an me wood
has been washed away And yet the bulk OF inc
rise had not yet reached the lower towns The Mis-
| sour Is full, and the Illinois IS stl rising
Great damage has been done along the river ABOVE.
Several large mills have been swept away, and a
plumber OF warehouses inundated. ne steamer
/ Kate Kearney went up on Monday to the relief OF
/ Port Louisa, which place was entirely >uOnlergeI.
| An event which has long been expected, threatens
10 take place very Shortly-we refer 20 the passage
the aver is now wearing away through the 1Igc that
seuarates the rper and The Big Lake Al the lower
! end OF DreWs farm fthis should DE accomplished,
there probability that the man channel "lil De on
ths side of large island between II ana Burlington,
and oin the old current again at point above Sho-
kOkon.
The Bridge across the Big Slough, on the road to
Burlington. has been swept away.
The Telegraph SAYS that IN Burlington the houses
situated on the bottom were from SIX 70 eSht ieet I'M
der water on Tuesday morning.
P.S.-BOatS from above report that the small II
vers are all falling, and the main river Is about on
the stand.
Our town Is flooded Goods and household furn
| ture on platforms and second floors We snare the
/ fate OF our neghoors.
FROM BURLINGTON
a rrrc fQ4 rflfo
! ton Hack- Eue OF Monday last. II gives gloomy
picture OF the desoiation which the water Is spread
ing everywhere. We copy from
The water In this part Of the Mississippi IS ABOUT
as high as Il was In lSi4 and IN what We learn from
[ aboye-we mean all the way from Minnesota win
| 10 alluslon 20 the clouds which are stll enptyng
their reseryOIrst threatens to be up 20 the marx Oh
1875 which was SIX feet higher than m ~, ana the
highest on record. Already, many OF the towns ST.
uafcd as are Marion City and LOUISIANA on the mis-
sour side are completely submerged In passing
/ down to Fort Madison on Thursday last, we sa"
several cabins on both sides Of the river that were
surrounded by water, which had already entered the
first story windows.
all around VS. tell OF disaster and destruction one OF
the large Touring mills a. Davenport mas Oeeh Sc
! rlously damaged The bridge across Papoosee
/ Creek IN Muscatne Devil Creek bridge IN Lee
/ County the bridge across Ellison creek, near mop
pers mill, Illinois together Win seyefdl olAefs III
this State are all washed away The Desmolhes was
never known % be high, and was sun rising AZ last
Z dates Bonaparte Bent0nspOrt. lOwaVnle OUum"a
and other towns under water, ana II IS Icaieu
the dams and locks Of the River improvement "liDe
/ ruined Many fences and much LUMBER ana cord
wood nave been washed away cattle ana hOgs' IN
| large numbers are drowned and "haI - heIly ~
alarming all but the highest aud most fOillhe ahi -
50 completely saturated with water as 20 oHef an az
solute prohibition 20 planting and farming opefaHohs
/ generally ,,-.s
Since then the river has risen between TIRE, AMI Jour
! feet All the roads Leading 70 South Burlington on
/ the low ground, are under water. The new Ofidse
/ across 1hlrd-st cannot 10 seen. several iainlAes
nave been obliged 70 leave their houses and several
feet OF water covers the floors Of the Foundry Inc
I accounts from above and below are much more as
tresslng Several towns are under water hhsca-
,Ine ma suffered immensely ~ Tie sweeping away
! Of her dams and BRIGGS. 49,,
/ The BarHagt0H Telegraph OF Tuesday, has the iol-
l,src lnlorrnatlon ID RELATION " me lse u we W.