The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-01
SOME FLOODS.
Great Damage t. Crops In
Illinois.

Quincy, Ills, 3G.-The water is
spreading rapidly, and an area Of
several miles in extent is already
overlooked. 1t Impossible TO com
pute the Immense amount of damage
thst will result from this food, bat
it will aggregate several hundred
thousand doilare. A slight idea OF
the damage may be gained from the
fact that an extent OF country forty
miles long and from four TO ten miles
wide, was protected by the embark
ment. This is probably the richest
farming land in the slate and as
a consequence, the yisl1 of grain this
year would have been enormous.
The newa of the break at mid
night spread like wild fire,
and it scarcely preceded lthe rushing
o. the terrible food Of waters, and the
excitement during the night was IL
tense. Families were compelled to
leave their homes In many cases with
sca:cely any clothing on and flee Tor
their lives. As the river at the cut
of where the creyice occurred is
forty feet deep, water poured through
in vast volume and with overwhelm-
ing force. An entire family, believed
to be Mr.. Treemer, his wife and all
his children, were drowned, and 10
trace can be found OF them. So
rapidly did the water rise
that men. women and children
rushed upon the embarkment 10 save
themselves, and they did not have
sufficient time to get to high ground.
The break had been anticipated for
several days, and hundreds of men
have been at work strengthening and
watching the embankment, but tue
greatest danger was believed to be at
Cincinnati Landing last evening, and
party OF men left Louisiana for the
landing, being summoned hy the re-
port that q break was imminent at
that point, and responding to the
alarm sounded by tae ringing of bells.
The harvesting of the wheat crop
was begun about three weeks ago,
and theshing commenced last Wednes-
day. Every team and every machine
that could be occurred has been 10
service night and day for ten days
past, including Sunday, but many
have hoped that the disaster would be
averted. and nave delayed moving to
places OF safety. Mile after mile of
fine corn fields are ruined and thou
sands of acres of wheat in sheaves
have been submerged. The flood has
not get reached the railroad embsnk
ment. but the track will be flooded
by tomorrow morning. and the dam
age TO the @. B. & o. line 10 Louisi
ana will be considerable. Section
hands have been hard at work for
several days past strengthening
the road ted, but the water will uE-
doubtedly cover the tracks. The
water is spreading very rapidly snd
to day could be seen from New
Canton, which is seven miles east OF
Cincinnati Landing. By the break in
Warsaw levee, which occurred yes;er
day morning, over 10000 screa OF
farm lands are submerged and crops
ruined. The break is increasing and
the levee, which cost $2S, 600, will be
seriously damaged. The new leyee,
in process of construction from Quincy
north, is almost ruined. The loss in
this county will be heavy.
Hannibal, 30.-It was reported,
this evening, that another creyice
had opened near the east end OF the
bridge which crossed the river here,
but the report proved to have been
based upon the fact that the water
was trickling through the embsnk-
ment. Should break occur at this
point, The water would rush through
with such force that not only would
the whole bottom be inundated, but
crops and everything else swept away
and destroyed.