The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-04-16
THE GREAT FLOOD.
Immense Destruction or
Property.
The Mississippi River Lcyce,
All Giving Way.
DETAILS OF TmE DIsAsTUn.

DETAILS on THE DIsAsuEr
Il rF-am the Vicisburz u.rHd.
In conversation with Mai james f..
Louisiana leyee contractor, We ITa.
that Bass and Lookout leyees We're .....
lesslv gone; that nothing could Stop r-..
Mai. James, said that rise ofu t..tr...
would overflow the icv,a- tHi- -#. ..
,Gr.,uville. We may safely uu. ....
these levees viii be utterly swept asia. ..
our last nights kilograms report
A FURTHER RISE
in the Ohio of 10 inches, 46 mu.e. ..
Evansville and 40 inches at L1...
and also further rise 10 81 Lau.. t.
70 and Memphis and other points .# .
Mississippi and IT, atiluents.
THE MON WAITER
Of 1867 and probably that OF ls.g ..
almost certainly be attained au. l...
viii be few leveos this side 90 N.#.
on either side of the river thal H
able to withstand the pressure. t....
sands of acres OF the riches. M.- W..
valley is under water, and iUe I.F..-
no protection whatever Below ,H. H#.
of Red river, the situation De- a.aH.
and the water is nearly
EVEN WITH THE ror uF THE BASIS.
at nearly all places whore it IS uot ao.....
| w running over; ond while the aE .aE...
are contributing thousands of du.IW +.
| the support of levcc contractor. ... ...
! return they receive is am IuuuduU..
/ their farms and the sweeping away
their crop prospects hy tLe reIcH..p #.
tiers of the great inland Sea.
STEADILY GIVING wAv.
Levees both above and below are -.5a
" giving way, and the whole tIoe RI '..
country is covered with water Ia.
GERS of the Natchez say the water a- ...
mouth OF
RED RIVER
and below there is higher than bats ee..
been known before. Almost the oHum
western portion of Louisiana is -uum.I...
The officers Of the Frank Pmgaud r....
the river rising again at GreeuNI." .
all points below. The swell u tHo OH.
will be much greater than was at hrs ..
ticpated, and will come down 0u l.F If.
the present swell. The
ARKANSAS RIVER
was still rising rapidly at last account.
The Lucy Keirn's officers report Che
YAzoo AND rALLAHAcmE EivEa-
falling all the way down 90 N8loo Gu.
the water from the break iu tHe a#..
puckana levee not having reached ..'
low down when the Kern came down.
As far as we are able TO learn, the y a...
Valley has not yet suffered from overflow
THE CITY THREATENED WIN E>oU..
MENT.
The condition of the water Zoo from. e..
the city remains about Che same as ..
Saturday and Sunday, with perhaps
slight tendency TO rise and % strong pr-.
pect of increased danger. lr many I.".
il has been necessary tg construct -wNI
on the t0pUl tha lnyeos aua
in others the water has been running across
into the cutters.
LATEST FROM THE LOWER COAST
BY the steamer Heuzlcy, which a.
rived mt a late hour last evening ~.
learned that work on the crevasso lt B....
Chase had been suspended, tine rain ..r.
VI last evening having swept away UI gu.
piles and earth which had been placed
thenew levee since the break, and tHc labor
ers were discouraged.
THE n. @. a j. Il. X. STILL OPEHATIE.
FROM cAREoLLToN TO EENNEH
On this line of levee the citizen hHs.
been working unremittingly and at lh.I
own expense for several days past 1H.
lc wees are insecure, threatened 900 umH
point and in need Of the most painful
vigilance
LATEST FROM bonnet CARRIE
President McComb Monday morning
received dispatch from Bonnet tHa.
which stated the break was now 900 ..#..
a hundred and fifty fcCt wide aud @
increasing, there being little 0r uu posi-
Dility Of closing it. The railroad
had opened fifty gates through tHa .e.0
bed, which have been carefully bridge.
over, and allows the water 10 runthmuu.
This having been done for "a distance ".
twenty miles every fifty feet there SSH. y.
no Danger of the track being wH....
away, though it may be- covered with o..
er The officers OF the road. hJw....
believe they will not have TO u-H.#.
travel
BONNET CARRIE LAST NIGHT
1t was stated in the city last evening
hat the crevassc at Bonnet Carrie N
~ no means abatcd, bat was uu.
growing in width in spite of every .H..
o close il, and no hope was cHtortHu..
If success; the water having raa....
,ack into the Lake, which was even u.H
icing tinged by the turbid food.
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