The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-11
STILL RAGING.
st. Louis in Danger of Being Entirely In.
undated.

undated.
ST. LOUIS, May 4.-The report circulated
this morning that the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad embankment had broken about a
mile northeast tof the Relay Depot was greatly
exaggerated There was really no break
at all, but a leak at an old cul-
vert, which might have become seri-
Gus, however, had il not been promptly
attended to- A number of men were imme-
diately put TO work. and in a short time the
! leak was stopped. This embankment j. the
highest one that crosses the bottom. IL is
higher than the flood mark of 1874 and is
now relied upon to save the town OF East
St Louis from inundatiOn. 1t can stand an
additional rise of four or five feet. The
water is still rushing through the break
of yesterday in the Chicago Burlington
and Quincy DYKE into Cohokia Greek and
is passing off to the north and spreading out
over the bottom. The current caused by
this break has swept away a large part of
the embankment around the city gaSOme-
ter, which is a few yards below the c..
b. and O. round-house, and exposed the
foundation 10 view; it also washed
out some fifty or sixty feet
on one side of an embankment running
north from the Relay Depot, upon which
are several of the Bridge Company's track,
and the track OF the Indianapolis and ST.
Louis Road, undermining one of the tracks
and letting the water. A large force OF men
were put to work at once throwing IL rock
and sinking timbers. and by o'clock this
evening the embankment was considered
perfectly safe. The Madison levee, opposite
the mouth of the Missouri River, m. de two
or three small breaks yesterday att rno )n
and last evening, but these were promptly
repaired. 4 large force of men are at
work on this levee, and IL is
being patroled by careful watches under
direction of several large property owners
OF that section, who are vitality interested in
making the dyke secure. The tracks of the
Chicago and Alton, Ohio and Mississippi
and Wabash across the slough east OF the
island, are partially submerged, but they are
still being used TO some extent These roads
however Will not to do full freight bust
ness just al present. There is no interference
whatever with passenger traffic. the main
track of all roads from the bridge IN every
direction being still intact and IL good
order. The Cairo narrOw-gauge, which was
broken below East ST. Louis last evening.
mas been repaired and trains running again.
The Cairo Short Line also began using its
trestle leading to the yards on the island
The situation this side of the river j. not
materially changed since YESTERDAY
There Is a little more water. but no
destruction of property is reported The
principal interest centers in East ST. Louis
as much the most danger to property exists
there. If the Ohio and Mississippi
embankment on the north and the
Cairo Short Line and other road
beds on the side withstand
the pressure, East st. Louis is safe for the
present, but if the river rises two to three
feet more the city will be inundated any
how, as in that case the water will overflow
the railroad tracks south of the Relay Depot
and spread throughout the town.