The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-14

Great Fled In the Upper MississlPpl.,
@. Ra0l Lsveo 5000.
600 LeEs Logs ~ oe. A6shomY-Ths
liver rvseney.ene Feet aDove Lev
Our Minnesota exchanges are 6llsd with r..
ports Of another food In the Mississippi szesed
ing the highest stage Of water known . thu
Oldest inhabitant. We copy the chief issns d
interest embracing the losses a. far - ascsr-
tanned.
From the d. Paul Minnssetian, eth.1
On Saturday mofning. early, the turbulent
waters began closing up the little strip Of lsvee
shat was left q tho lover landing, and soon
came tumbling into the warehouse cellars along
l,-;aesn Jackson and Siblsy Streets. Then
ssshere was . hurrying to and fro" and many
busy hands we're engaged in hosting the freight,
wares and goods into the upper stories We
hope mo- damage will be done to any Of the
warehouses; or their contents there. The steam
boats were compelled to land ct the foot Of Rob.
ert street, where, the descent being more de-
clivious, better landing vas found. Above
that the new levee Is completely submerged, and
We fear the sweeping current may injure it, q
1t was hardly finished, being recently filed in
with loose dirt and stone.
The river rose on Saturday at about three
quarters Of an inch an hour, and from six
O'Clock r. H., on Saturday to yesterday eve
ning, the rate Of rising had decreased, having
only risen during those fifteen hours about Eve
inches, as near az we could tell.
On the upper fat, the roof and pipe Of Cobb's
saw mill still glimmer above the water. It will
sustsin much injury, while some logs and tim
Der have 6oated away. The few houses ct the
foot Of Eagle street are isolated and surrounded
and partly filled with water. On the lower
Hat, the road between the gas works aud Day
tons blum is neck deep under water, and the in
habitants are compelled to 60 around by way of
the Saltwater road. The road 10 made of sand
and dirt, and will sustain damage. A steam
boat has gone far up the fat, back of the saw.
mill, where none ever went before, as far as we
can learn. The steamboat Clarion, which was
stove up by the ice-boat last spring, aud left in
q damaged condition at the upper levee, foated
of on Friday night of its own free will We
have not heard from it.
We cannot pretent to give any figures of the
loss and damage occasoned by the food. In
the aggregate it will be enormous, if the waters
do not subside. Coming as it does in the hard.
est of hard times here, it will be more severely
felt. After this food, we predict no one will
want to settle on bottom lands again, while our
high, rich, rolling prairies invite settlement.
Aoated of, hay, &C., destroyed. We have not
definite particulars Of the flood below, but some
of the towns must possess valuable water priv.
leges soon. e
At st. Anthony, and Minneapolis, the storm
and food has been terribly destructive, and
property to the amount of hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars have been destroyed and lost.
The pier on which the turn.table OF the upper
bridge at st. Anthony's stands 1.-THE bridge is
has been moved down stream some
thirty feet! Another pier near the shore has
been swept away, taking about one hundred
feet Of the bridge with it The water was level
with the bridge at 10 A. N. to day, and is prob.
ably over it by this time, There is great dan
ger OF the whole bridge going. The suspension
bridge is as yet intact, being about three feet
above the water. The fifth pier from the St. |
Anthony slde) Of the lower bridge has gone, |
'aking about one hundred and fifty feet Of the
bridge with it Both adjoining piers are being |
undermined by the food. The suspension |
bridge is probably safe, unless the one above it
should come down in q body.
At least $3.50, 900 worth of lumber and logs |
lave gone over the falls within three days. Two |
mall single mills were carried away.
The Falls, we are told, present an appearance
10Th fearful and sublime. The torrents pour
'ver the precipice with terrible force and in
reased roar, and the spectacle has attracted
wen persons from this city. Portions of the
ocks, we learn, over which those torrents have
'oured since the time that the Almighty first
ct creation in motion, have given way to the
ressure of waters and fallen down, creating a
till more rugged cataract. Esprit Island, Just
Glow the cascade, has also been nearly swept
way. The Minneapolis Mill Company's dam
till stands intact, while the drift flood does not
ct reach the only bridge that can be crossed
he Suspension.
The water, according to measurement made
ere, is twenty.one feet above low water mark.
he W. L. Ewing, Capt. HiIlhouse informs us
oud not 60 under the bridge, lacking about
'ur feet, as her pipes require seventy.two
et, and but sixty nine remains, out of nine
at low water, between the timbers and the
yer. 81
The business men along the levee are keep
G register Of the food by marking its
titude on their doors, as the waters crawl up
Re posts The last mark will be pointed to in
ter times, "as the higth of the great food"
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