, 1875-08-05
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THE 0ftf9 bfERtl

Gpsefal Dispateh IN The CA.daco. Tribune.
CAIRO, ILL.,. Aug. 4.--The Ohio iH now, at p.
M, At A feot aud inches on tho gauge, aud
the news from up tho Ohio ia very discoutAglng.
big rise Is coming out Of tho Tcnnessee and
Cumberland, alao out Of tho Wabash, conse-
quontlY at Evansville aud paducnh tho wator is
coming up inst. Our rise in tho lust twenty-
four hours has been inchea against II inches
tho preceding day. II tho Ohio continues rising
here At the samo 1ato for twenty-four
hours, 1t will bo from to miles
w!do from Columbus, ky., up towards
Paducah tor . long distance. At 47 feet on tho
gauge At Cairo. tho MlHsIsslrpi will overflow tIe
ollBeuuri Bhore, aud the Cairo leyces will bo i'll
dauRer It's impossible to estimate tho tn
Ohio aud MlsBissippi ValIoyH. It looks now as
though We arc to have repetition Of tho dan
gerouH floods Of other years that destroyed tho
levees OF tho Mississippi and laid Uhste millions
OF sereA The weather 10 warn, and cloudy
little tbia evening. The Oldest river mon hero
mover saw such floods bofo1e 10 July or August.
There is danger alt around us.
AnOYE AND uELow 1T. LOUIS.
Special D'state. 10 Tht Caftapo tribune.
:. sT. Louis, Aug. 4.-Binco yesterdays rororts
tue river ut this potut las fallen fourteen iucleB.
Reports from the West and North give heavy
rain fall, which will undoubtedly keep tho rivor
atlta present stage, II it docs not rtse. I,ore s
conaldersbla uueasinesd, and many ateaulboat-
men predict . heavy rise. Tho weather tonight
indicates. that auother Eaiu-storm Ia imminent
Tho aliseiseippi broke through the en-
bankment to-day 81 Carson, oght m!ten
t,o ooansry one mile back 1 tsom the 's; river W il
Hooded with water. 4 number Of small farms
and large tracts Ut uncultivated land arc roln.
plote'y inundated. This morning the wind
" %ss1ea the Ta,Srs Of slo1kh against tho Telo.
hours later the embaukmcnt began to slide, and
almost Immediately thereafter it broko to such
al extent that 1t was impossible to set
the locomotives, sovon 10 numbor, from tho
got the englnoa out, but, tho track breaking In
several places 1t las been impossible 10 run
thcm out. Along CaEokis Greek tho water has
come up In tho houses and at least dozen FAM
tweeu tho leyeo aud Cahokia Creek, on the 10.
1edo, Wabash i Western Railroad have bsen
washed sway, tho foundations being undermined.
Water began Creeping through tho ground alonnd
ues, shst building will be surrounded BY 8 or 6
feet OF water. Portions Of East St. Louis eaat
Of CAhokla Creek arc covered BY 1 feet OF water.
Some OF the epots have not been submerged
suoe 1862. The interruption to railroad travel
~ worry SERIOUS. Hundreds OF persons who
desire to 20 cast arc detained hore unable
to obtain transportation. There IL Xroat
confusion amouR railroad mon. and all are push
q L. aes.d Ito to sPss sa tGsr .s H. h ast s.a ahF
through yesterday morning. Cars on that rad
now run ~ far "a Vlncennes. Ihe heavy three
span bridge, l73 feet 10 tho hpAn, 1T Nedora,
Ind, IL down. Thero IL q broak at Washing.
ton, 1ud. Tho indianapolis Il St. Louis
Road mAkea tHo transfers between hero
and Indianapolis, ono at Paris, 10 mica
fEom 1erre HAute, and one It Fe1u, 40 mles
from Terra Haute. The Superintendent nayB
tho damages At tho Inter place will be repaired
BY tomorrow afternoon. On the Illinois Cen.
t1al Two trslns have been abandoned. Tho rog-
ular TIL ough train IL announced to leave eQ-
morrow night. Tho Toledo, Wabash L Western |
has bAd break between here and EdBsruHyjIto
They seut 4 train out to-uight by way at tho
Chicago 4 Alton Junction. The break will be
repaired Tomorrow. Gu tho VanlaliA route
trains ere running regularly to Terrs Haute.
East ut Tore 1laute eorious breaks have boan
occasloned by the overflow Of tho Wabash. BeY-
e1sl waslouls have occurred on the Rockford l.
Rock Inland. but everything will be III running
trim by Tomorrow u,Rht. Tho CAicago l. Alton
ale running oYer the Jacksonville b1aneh, hav-
Ing suffered serious damage. Tie train
IL four hours late tonight. The old
Missouri from horo 10 st. Joseph
has suffered terribly from NAshouts and over
flows, aud II will be two days before trains cau
be aent oyof tho line. Tbs Missouri Pacific hsa
= bad break several miles In length bstween
WArsensburg aud Knobnoetes. NepAirs have
been made sufficient 10 permit tho passage Of
tr&sns- The Atlantic 4 Pacific u only running
tsaips 10 Pierce City, Al important bridge |
}4st beyond that point hsTlIg boon wash |
Cd AWAY: now bridge will be up In thrse
days. On the Iron Mountain route several
tFaius have boon abandoned on account Of wash. |
outs but to-day trains ase running the whole |