Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-14

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assss.y 1ss1ssy y shs snsunt Of niilioas
ia vsiy ~ levees arc liable to break
Il timea from creyasses entirely beyon
human control, AID which are in grest
measure owing v the sandy ma eri-ls We
IRE compelled 10 use in buil0sns them. For
instance. the Haegsaan !evee, near Lake
Providence, which gave wsy in 1858, was
considered to be one Of the best lcvecs ever
built,
Lesess have BEEN known 70 break tson.
IS erect ofsUeand cnWo6h ho1es, sFs@ The
effect Of wied, Of rain, Of wavss. &c.
Sometimes the cause Of The breah lise
within The levee itself, and can mot - pus-
pected until after the lsvee has given &sy.
Some eight or ten days after The upper
erevaese he'd occurred, the lsvee eave way
about ave .eass Nov, en4 ie-vSs Sstsd
thss The ievee ~ nothine Sst ! ISae sheli,
The subsIancs Of which bad leaked out
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eter, mr. its base on the tivse sd The
intermittent action Of the waves iejscsing
watss through the holes, and ssckiog i
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esd forming he substanes q ~ lessA had
carried u tie satire inside, end m 0sse
she'll Or crust.
eAeothss cevss Of ths essvaesse 10 les6,
6Saes. fAsos ~ owing . ~ het tbAl
ear coil d formed entirely q deposits d
alluvial sands, which, having - adhesive
o. cohesive properties. 10 runbsd q end
0sSisa away b The r ettsa ~ "
eprrspt Of he Aississippl, :eainst it,
IN this way The tanks u The liver ars IN
derminded by Glow but sure degrees, until
the upper stsu .turc having no mors foun
dation 70 stand upon, slides into the river,
and Of course eogfies away the levse built
upon il.
Another peculiarly very noticible, and
q the seine time very peeplsxisg, IN cavine
banks and land slides, 10 that, changing
thsie ioaIity for = tire, they aAiN from
euo plsee . another, and may snaaegeI
neat yces IT, very pioss thaa vas coesid
oreo ~ none essass - aseas psesio6sly
In 1874 landslide took place close b.
The Fssoch market in this city, asd threat
sosd ~ veey s>sueture Mssif; bet ~ n6a'
ssasen the river commenced making a thu
came spot, and Il hes BY this time ssseeret
more has Y - 49, ecav-=- 90.
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signs lseles(lug siDsis epPsseeessg' eppsar
| oncs. For instApce, some twenty year.
sgs, NJ. Asdryia veil Aaew6 Ctti6Jh -
this place, va passing % hoenebaok - n!
levee, Whsn ~ 4 66ce : laNd e1iae heal
place, sod carried away. lsvss. Aesps On
sid@, end they have nsver bees ssss .
The ehensse in itoet q Nsya Osisas
ere ssch thGe ths Sssues sSApgdf NJ RtD
ssett ~ Which - ~ Il istshfs4 sss \
sothadAe. b 6silyi dhaPbeasiaS. ~ 80
Of our fadess can rs0ember that he We
tern flstbssts used 70 s6ake fsat b . IL
then growing lev fest frsu the spes whss
the seu1RDes sf<AlD ustsQ tiouooal
stands. - sisR spow, hcutsSah1
huadsed let distant lfo0 the spol.)
Our city baa alsuAdY sold, and vii e.
before long. sons fifteen o. eighteen whci
"A squsrss::of gsound thus formed By H. -
teue1 fhttlog = ~ )vuD4asei11lH. II
: eountsspart, Algiett q loSang every ysa
about - nuneA - Nsu sQelGo6 d 0akiol
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