The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-28
WANTED, AN ARK.
"WHERE, Now, WHERE Il coon OH
NOAH :"
WIId WssIsFn Waters SliI on the Ram
PAEe-RiVeFs RIslnE and submerEing
whole Valleys = LeVses swept
AWsy And Towns EndanEeF.
ed-OthOF Damage DOae.

ST. PAUL, April GA Pioneer PrEII spe.
CiAl from Mankate says: The intense ex.
element and fears OF the innundAtion ot
Front street have, in Q measure, su6sided.
The river fell two inches last night aud
has risen four o.dAy, making % inches
above the extreme high water mark. Not
withstanding, from reports received from
the Upper Minnesota, the general feel
ing 70 that the highest point has been
reached. ,.-g
A Fargo special to the Pior<t;r Pres says:
The Red river continues TO rise and 10
about "a feet shove the ordinary level at
this point, The water at the corner OF
Washington avenue and Seventh street 10
several feet deep on the door OF the en-
gine house Of the water works, A foot
more OF water will bring 1t In the rear Of
Sherman, and 1t 10 still rising. No one
can tell when II will stop. t,gt
Dr.. ShurloCk has abandoned bic house
on the Island Park addition, and many
people have been driven from their homes
near the river bank.
Reports from below say that consider.
able portion Of Manatoba has been wSshed
out between Fargo and Hill city. Maple
river oyerhowed its banks and consider.
able territory In the vicinity Of MApleton
10 flooded, It Is hoped, however, that the
w0crsE Is over, and that no Heltous damage
will occur. 5s
The river St St. Paul raised five inches
from to II o'clock tonight, making six.
teen feet eight inches.
The river rose steadily all night and
stood II feet 8 inches this morning.
Through this forenoon the rise has been
more slow and II 10 supposed that the
CrisiSis nearly reached. There is no unu'
sual rise above the mouth OF the Mime.
sofa and the Minnesota Ia falling. II is
supposed that the chief volume Of water
has pssied here. Some trouble 10 expected
Of the West st. Paul fats we're covered
with water, no ground being Visl.
BILE except the elevated roadway. All
that can be seen Is the tops
Of submerged willows and houses, whose
foundations are under water, The Island
In the middle Uf the river, under the wagon
bridge, Is wholly covered. The water Is
In the lower foors Of most. Of the houses
on the. fat and the inhabitants have
either moved out or taken refuge In the
upper floors. The only communication
from house 10 house 10 by boats. There
Ia very little current on the fat and the
damage will be confined TO dwelling house.
hold goods and perhaps some undermin.
ing. Only one Gmall house 10 known to
have fallen 20 far. E. L '"s
ST. LOUIS, April 27.-The officers OF the
steamer Bald Eagle, from Alton, report
that the old levee above Madison, ILL.,,
about twenty miles north Of here, has
been washed away; that the water was
breaking over the new levee and inundat.
ing the iarmS on the American bottom; /;
that Venice, about fye miles north oil
East ST. Louis on the Illinois shore, Is sur.
rounded by water. The water has risen
here about four inches since last night,
and 10 now very close TO the danger line.
A few inches more Of rise will Submerge
large part Of the Wharts and some Of the
railroad tracks In East St. Louis are GOV.
cred with water In places, but no pArticu.
lar damage Is yet reported on either side
Of the river.