Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-01
D~lsastrous Flood In Illlnols-Great
Loss Of Property-A Whole Fam.
lily Drowned.

QUINCY, ILL.,, June 30.-Thrss hundred
feet Of the lsvss below this city has
given way. and the water has inundated
5000 to 5000 acres Of the best farming
lands in Illinois. The damage 10 hay
and corn il incslculabls. Wheat 10
largely secured.
HANNIBAL, No.. June 30.-what ID
known as the Suy Lsvss. An embank'
msnt which protects the Illinois bottom
lands for many miles north and south
Of Quincy from the overlooking Of the
Mississippi river, broke ct 8 o'clock this
morning near Cincinnati Landing. about
eight miles below here. . break about
half o milo wide. and the water 10 rush.
inR through and backing up with great
rapidity. The loss In the Illinois bottom
will be immense. and many Of the farm.
ers will bs ruined. The wheat which
was cut and shocked Hoated Of, and the
corn crop will DO destroyed. Another
break 10 feared.
The water IL now spreading rapidly,
and an area OF several miles in extent IL
already overlooked. It IL impossible to
compute the immense amount OF damage
that will result from this food, but Il
will aggregate several hundred thousand
dollars. 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 wal pro-
tected by the embsnkmeat. This IL
probably the richest farming land In the
State, and a. . consequence the yield OF
grain this year would have been snor.
nous, The news Of the break ct mid.
night spread like wildAre. but II scarcely
preceded the rushing Of the terrible food
Of water, and the excitement during the
night was intense. Families were oom'
PEELED to leave their homes, In many
c,ses with scarcely any clothing ON, and
ase for their lives. A. tho river
Al the cutoff where the crevasse 90
cured 10 forty feet deep. the watsl
Toured through In vast volume and with
overwhelming force. An entire family,
Mr.. Trsemsr, his wife and all the chill
drsn, II 10 believed, were drowned. Nc
trace can DO found Of them whore The
break occurred. Mr.. Trssmer WA
farmer Who had considerable means and
was . man very highly respected. Sc
rapidly did the water rise that men,
women and children rushed upon the
smbankmsnt trying to save themselves,
and they did not have sufficient tims tt
oct 10 high ground. The east rivel
break had been anticipated for several
days, and hundreds Of men have beer
At work strengthening and watching thu
embankmsnt; but the greatest danger
was believed to bs at Cincinnati Land
ing. Last evening . large party Of msr
left Louisiana for the Landing, being
summoned BY . report that the breai
WAS imminent Of that point, and 70
spondipQ 10 tha alarm sounded BY thu
ringing Of bells.
The harvesting OF the wheat crop Wal
beQun three weeks ago. and the thresh'
ING commenced last Wednesday. Every
team and every machine that could b
secured has been In service night ant
day for the past ton days. including Sun
dsy. but many have hoped that the dis
sstsr would bs avsrtsd, and have delayet
moving to places Of safety. Mile ats
mile OF Ans oornAslds are ruined. and
thousands OF acres Of wheat In shoel
and still unshocked have been sub
merged. The aood has not yet reached
the railroad embarkmsnt, bat the tract
will be Hooded By tomorrow morning
and The damage 70 the Chicago, Burling
! ton and Quincy Hns to the town 0