, 1881-05-02
Feara Entertained that the Water
Works at Bissell's Point
49,. viii Be Flooded.
A Fall OF Four Feat Nine Inches
in the Missouri at Kans
'sas City.
The Water Rising at Winona, Mimi,
at TIP Rate Of Nearly an
Inoh an Hour. =. I'd,

ST. LOUIS.
spteiat bi,pdteh to 1ns CHICAGO 7tib,.nA
ST. Louis, Dlay LA. very heavy rain fell
III this sectl0n during Inst night aid today,
and ihe result Is n continued rise In 'tho
river, which makes the situation MI alarm
Ing one. Persuns WHO Visited the river to-
,iay snw tho bridge pier deep in water ai,u
submerged to within t!irre feet Of tue ends
at the tubes wl'tcl, form. tho nrcl,cs ,ipon
which, tho superstrActuru rests. North OF
the bridge tic only yls;ble, postsoh OF the
lcvee IL narrow strip about twenty
feet wide on MI average, ut which draynlnti
and steamboat hands llaye great, tr0uba
In plIti,B freight. -DAyges and, wharf.
bonts lie vgry mar. thB doors III
dwellings. From Morgan street to- ;Vinu the
enst track of the A1issouri l'ncitc Railroad Is
under water, and the brink .ot tic river IL
within few ynrtls Of, md only three or fo,tr
inches below, the thresholds Of houscs'' At
, tho foot uf Bates street. numerous temporary
structures arc In the wafer, and the bank,
which In not protncted by stone, is w;lslllng
away fast. An old quarry, which Is cllaa to
the rivers brink, IL full of Mater. To-day
boys were swimming rafts across It
from bank to bank. The . railroad
tracks; are entirely submerged at this
rOlnlg NLlA MHEu 0J 43EtENk lNuHo
only. AtMounl street the 6ark IL washing
from tho main land R1la fell into the river TO-
day. Several {selght4cars arc Up to their
boxes III winter. Had they been left stahdng
a few yards North they would be half SUBJ
.niergal. From Mound street i0rtli two
blocks five or SIX temporary buildings arc
under water. At the footof Salisbury street
tile water has etcroaGlled on the preserves
OF tho elevator and forced a dtscoltttnuanco
of operations. The railroad trucks are over
flowed from Salisbury street.. to the
Eau. Claire t0npany's '<' llmber-yards.
A., largs number :::..of~ dWellfngs
are under water. A. small .,sl1anty:; hdyilE
tfoated shoreward Is moUrea" to n pile OF
lumber. It's latB occupants are rs coMforta-
bic. as could be exuected. They stay! on land
and bask In the sun by day aud RETRO to o
tlatboat by. night. For. so,nB distance dr.
sorted md partially submerged dwellings
can be seell. from which r0H-boats are sped
by PERSONS AcsIrons ot rescuing PROPERTY on
danRered by. the flood. Seho1tz & co.'s saw-
mill ilas been abandoned because of tho Ell.
croachmcnt Of the river. The yards at the
Eau Clairu Lumber Company, covering forty
six acres of ground, arc Hooded from
two to ten feet. They arc ,strronnded' with
heavy logs, fastened t0Ratherto prevent the
inc1uted lumber from, tlontlnx away. The
Company lips great trouble III flllangr orders,
and has almost BEEN compelled to cease
operations temporarily, Even III the log
fence should bruafs very little lumber would
BIZ carrlcd away, al tie channel OF the river
Is taE out from the yards. Some pal,a Of the
Union Stock-YaTtls, whioh cover four acres
OF ground.'ara FROM ten to twelve feet under
WATER The portion living ,t1eDrest salisbury