The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-09
Heavy Rains Throughout the
South Causes Great Destruc-
ton of Property.
A Large Part of New Orleans
Under Water.
Great Damage Done in the West by the
Recent Rains.
The Latest News From the Capital
of the Country.
THE LATE STORM.

THE LATE STORM.
An ENTIRE TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
RESo. New. Feb 2-The reservoir back OF
FranktOwn gave way TINS evening, IN tie op noJu
Town Telegraph communication is broken, and
no details have been received.
THE FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.
san FRANCISCO. Feb. 2.-The flood in the sac
ramento River eliminated this morning at sac
ramento. the water being within Ioot 9 anu T, a
half of the TOD OF the levees OF that elly. Inc
ievee below town roke and Overiiowed the town
OF Washington, NelO County opposite oacra-
cnornous sum- The entire sacramento Valley
presents the appearance of an inland sea;
aTay but fortunately the loss of life, far as re-
ported. l. very small. Hills, high ground ans
ievees i'm the OverfOwed district are covered with
live stock and there's great demand for boats 10
save the cattle, sheep ETC., remaining, as great
number have been drowned. 1t Is raining III
Sierra Nevada from PlumaS to CalaVeras COuhues'
and a. there j. an immense deposit OF snow,
should the rain extend high up on the mountains
another flood j. probable. Should II come on top
of the already immense body of water in the sac
Ii fenSl1'0 hI e tI5 nj In11dation would end or the
destruction Of property. as the water covers places
that were never OverilOwed before.
} FURTHER PARTICULARS oFrHE SWEEPING AWAY
= OF FRANKTON.
! C,r.ov Ne, Feb. 2.-At3:sO this evening the
dam OF the Frankton reservoir burst The reser-
vOir was a mile long, three-q quarters OF a mile
bursting the people of FranktOn moved their
household effects. The Virginia ana Iruckee
diam and were drawing water on When
il broke 70 went all at once. a dozen men
were swept in the torrent. and escaped by being
cast up on the side of the rslvine- No lives were
lost. the water in a narrow portion of the IA
vine was 100 feet high When the town was
reached the houses went before the flood like
Tha WAS
Nearly a mile of railroad track was washed away.
and some OF the rails were snapped in two.
rH1ErY-sIx HOURS SNOW
OMAHA. Neb. a storm OF sleet, rain and snow
has prevailed the last thrtySix hours. and Is nm
Precedented in extent the street kaIlMayS m way are
tratgd and the roofs OF a number OF Dullulngs
have been crushed in, and the easements flooded.
Dispatches to Chicago and the East are sent VIA
Cheyenne. Denver and Kansas City.
TIE STORM CAUSES NEW ORLEANS To BE
FLOODED.
New ORLEANS Feb. THE storm yesterday was
the btaviest ever recorded At this signal Office.
The cartlOuary signal flag displayed at the Gus
tom House was torn TO pieces. Several breaks are
reported in the levee along the Bayou of st. John
and Old Basin, this morning. the water pouring
through French Market, and that part of the city
The water along the line OF the Mobile Railroad
is much higher to-day with indications THAI the
entire road-bed from Mcheaux 10 Lookout sta
ton Is submerged
The steamer Camilla left west ElQ Tor bay 81
Ouis, and win convey the passengers OF the
Louisville and Nashville Road 10 and from that
point No train has passed over this road since
ea.Iy SUNDAY morning. Several theatrical COM
Danies were detained by the break on the Mobile
Road. among them Fun on the Bristol" and j.:
X. Emmett's company. LOtta and Oliver DOud
Byron were prevented from leaving the city by
The crevasSe in The new and old canal Ievees
submerges nearly all that portion OF 'the city
west of Broad street, between the two canals. and
all west OF John street and north as far as Ursu-
line street Within this mentioned streets en-
bracing 100 squares the streets and sidewalks
entirely covered with water Great efforts are
making by authorities to close the breaks IN me me
canal ieveeS. notwithstanding Ihe water az all
points is rising. The she'll road from the New
Lake end 70 the Halfway h. sSo House House
were blown down and the roof OF the North End
Dryadas Market carried away. Morgan Wharf,
damaged. preventing the ferry from running. The
roof of the wing or the State House, in which are
the Offices of the Superintendent OF Education and
Commissioner Of immigration blew of. and the
records received wetting. Algiers suffered ter
ribly. Nearly every fence in the town was blown
down, also smOke-stacks and roofs OF houses
Buildings on Nallette street were blown to
pieces. The signal Officer reports threatening
weather with brisk easterly wind, which will
have The effect of forcing water INTO the city
from the lake and gulf water. In the rear of the
city il is rising and spreading rapidly. The In
dications are, that by Tuesday noon. all the city
west of Claiborne street, from carrollton tC
Elysian Fields street, will be submerged.
HEAVY ICE.
Lose BRANCH, " j., Feb. THE ice is SC
heavy here that people walk out to sen 200 yards
The ocean pier i badly damaged by ice.
SEVERE STORM.
MOBILE, Feb. There was heavy storm OF
sunday. There were several washOuts on tho
New Orleans and Mobile and Montgomery Roads
Trains have been suspended. The wires aTC
down nearly everywhere.
Snow STORM.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. THE rain storm tele
graphed on Saturday turned into snow abOu
TsnaI feature. West of here there was a storm o.
sleet when We had rain, which ProstrateC
all the wires. The Union Pacific had no Western
connection for twenty-fOur hours, and now ha
but wire. The ice and snow Will cauS'
heavy loss among cattle in the Western part o
CARRIED AWAY.
san FEAScrsco. Feb. "A dispatch from Red
ding saws: 'An the buildings at the United
states Fishery and McClOud River have beer
carried away by the late storm. Loss yer!
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIVE STOCK.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. THE destruction 4,
live stock by the recent floods is very heavy. Ii
YOcum County the loss amounts to 50 per cent.
WascO County 80 per cent, and in the section
east of the Cascade Mountains ii is unprecedent
edly heavy.
THE MISSOURI RIVER OVER ITS BANKS
TRAVEL ABOUT SUSPENDED.
KANSAS CITY, No.. Feb. Two days rain ha
raised the water in the Missouri and Kansa
Rivers very rapidly and il has resulted in mucl
damage to the stock Yards. bridge across tn
Kansas River was carried out, and the river view
bridge badly damaged. At one time tO-da,
the gorge of thick ice placed tn
Kansas Pacific bridges in grea
danger A new dredging boat viii
expensive machinery demolished, and is
total loss. The rapid rise in the Missouri Rive
alarmed the people of Harlem, opposite this city
and many moved to this side for safety The rail-
being over no further damage isapprehended
Great damage has been done to the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe road-bed, and trains wer
today sent out and arrived over the Kansa
Pacific track to Topeka. Heavy storms and fresh
cts from melted snow in Col
radO and Southwestern Kansa
have caused serious delays ON the Santa Fe road
10 train has arrived from Pueblo since Wednes
diy. Il will be some days before the water viii
subside and the track can be put in repair. At
small station West Of Sargent several tons OF mai