New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-24
THE GREAT FLOOD.
TILE FLOOD In EGYPT.

CAIRO holds ts lead out Of the water msnf1lly and
the Csiroites keep stiff upper Lips in spite OF tue ~
lie fresh" they have had down there. They tell US 1t
wasn't much Of rise after alP'-only IL feet oil
Mississippi water in town-only 40 frame houses )sted
about loose and abou. r. of the better class OF build
nes moved from their foundations. These things are
mere Iihes, which the folks regard with the most
ssntbke serenity. In few days We expect to hear
that Cairo has risen from the mud like - phenlx
Notwithstanding The reports that all the buildings
or nearly so, in Cairo bad been carried away by the
food Tie Gazette still published at the last ad
vices That paper Of the 18th says:
"On Saturday morning last, few minutes after
o'clock severe earthquake was felt here, shaking
every building in the city to its foundation. The
workmen ia our Ctlice were nearly thrown OIL tneu
feet by the force of the shock. The shock was ac,om
panied by heavy rumblpg noise, much IKE the rapd
passage of a train of cars.
The can e paper gives an official >unt OF the late
food at that place. ressipg the opinion thst, a:er
all. at was not much of shower Mound ClJ N'n7
rival Of Cairol il admits is in terrible conouon'
"Tbe damage at Mound City is awful. The loss at
Cairo is nothiIg to that which 10 sureled py Tue uu-
fortunate inhabitants Ct Mound City. The inundauon
of Cairo will only serve to advertise 10 the Woe
world tie pretmnent eXceency OF the place as Town
site. But Mound City is done for
The closing paragraph OF the oihcai report wnion
we have been quoting, ID worthy particular Pio"i'
nerce. and is above the range Of commentary:
"About the orly dry spot the rivers 10 TINS Soc
ton Of the three States, is TO be found in Cairo
Mayor Taylor of Cairo writes TO The Chicago Press
under date OF June Il, as follows:
The reports of the late disaster to our town have
been greatly exaggerated. A large portion of it is
indeed subnefged from a break IN the levee on the
Mississippi bank but no house OF any considefaOie
sze has as yet been washed or dEiited away tamoea
down or sunk and am Lot aware that any expects
ton of spy such occurrence is entertained by any
reasonable person residing here. A portion OF tue
south half OF the new hotel building lately in course OF
constructor fell down on Sunday last but that is not
attributable the water, as the walls nave oeen OUT
az line for some months, and its fall expected.
Our Oldest citizens, whose knowledge extends oac X
TO 1915 agree that this the highest water they nave
known here, and doub, if any one eversaw II hsner'
To Charleston in Missouri, twelve miles distance on
the south ard TO Burkevle, nine miles on the north,
on the Line of the Illinois Central Railroad, II ls one
unbroken sheet of water including the size OF Mound
CITY which is in about the same predcemeri az OUT
selves except that have Little more dry ground
their bigh bluff, having vanished inio thin air.
Our leyees excepting tie cIeyasse about JV ieet ID
extent are yet sound and uninlured and we nave no
fears this. they will not continue 80, although 10 some
plsces the water Is running over them. Inc damage
r. onr town consists principally in the removal Of
fences and outhouses and the Immersion tue WAFER
of some furniture and merchandise, al oil whlch a
well as the damage to our evees, can be repaired ~
avery short tine after the water suosiaeS "a tb
weeks work will put "a al right again, ana none 'ne
worse for little wettipg. m
18th, says
The river rose here an inch AID quarter during
Wednesday night, making iise OF three incnes II
tventy.four hours. Yesterday the Mississippi ana
Ohio Rivers were nearly if net quite on stand zoe
Ohio is now fort feet above the point
by the Engineers of the Cairo and Illinois Centfa
Companes as the line of ordinary low-water marx
and is within ess than a foot Of the grsce OF th'
leveee. This grade was established upon the state
| nents Of tie oldest inhabitant, whose memory
reached back to 1900, ard supposed to be thre'
| and half feet above the highest water ever known
! understand that tho same 7" Oldest nhabtant say
That he belle, es the water TO be little higher than
was n 49, and much higher than at any suDSs4ueo
! perioo. ,, ,b,ouoh IN.
| streets CT Mound City yesterday morning ana 20
water stood eighteen inches spon me NOOK VI 'a
! Shelton House. ,,.;. -, C.;.
TIE only important change in The CONDITION OF Cer
IA the cpening of new creyasse IN the oid 1rsssRp
| Ieyes. a quarter Of mile above the POINT. IL pfo1
early Yesterday morning, and was soon ioo ieet Wid
and about seven feet deep. 1t 10 nearly duectJ oPpo
site the big crevssse, and the water from the Mssi1
.ppi strikes across to it. The water IRON ihe in'.c
runs th, oush the cTevasse Ike MIL Isce oul tael
is current through tee TO NJ sufficient 10 csue ecu
ace. large lumber pile went through tae ep5nle
Yesterday morning. Ttis crevasss IS una.aoteo.!
goo thing Coz the tow - Il ri save "a siIs's'P "a