Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-20
ANOTHER FLOOD.
Break In the sny Levee Below Quincy--A
Large Area Being Overfowed---Great
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QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-The river rose three
inches from o'clock this morning to p. m .
The stage Of water was II feet inches, and
the water still rising. The highest point
reached In Quincy last spring was II feet An
inches. The water is now higher than since
1851. It was reported rising at Keokuk to-
day, and the Des Moines river was said to be
| coming up. The levees north and south
OF this city still hold. One hundred
men were ut work to-day on the levee north,
| and large numbers of men were employed in
Strengthening the Sny leyee south of here.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-Both levees are ex-
pected to break If the rise continues twenty
four hours longer. Water is seeping through
the Sny leyee, opposite Hannibal and points
above. Is the water is several inches
higher than last spring, when the levee gave
away, there are fears that break viii
occur tonight. There is much alarm
in the district protected by the
Sny leyee, as break would
destroy great number of cattle and hogs.
The citizens in the district were engaged to-
day in driving stock out of the bottoms.
State Fish Commissioner Bartlett has about
half million fish there that will be lost if
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road track and up to the door of the National
hotel. The Keokuk & st. Louis railway
track is urder water from Keokuk to Hanni-
bal. and the water over the road at several
points below Hannibal and will have to be
abandoned tomorrow. North Of Quincy
several farms are overfowed by back water
from Quincy and farmers are gathering corn
In sklffs.
LATER-THE LEvEE BROKE.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-Specials to the Wing
tonight from New Canton and Rockport an
nounce disastrous break in the sny levee,
two miles above Scott's Landing. The water
is pouring through crevices in torrents,
and vast area of highly cultivated
land IS being rapidly inundated.
Runners are out to warn people
of disaster, and farmers are sing efforts to
save stock and household effects. The disas-
ter at this time will be much greater than ever
before, as o very large area of winter wheat
has been sown. The corn and other crops
have not been secured, and the bottoms are
full OF cattle, horses and other stock, The
flood has come upon the people so suddenly,
and is SO unexpected that but few of them
have prepared for it, and as a result the dam
age will be great.
WARSAW.
WARSAW, H., Oct. 19.-The levee broke at
place called Copper Slough four miles above
here. The water is now four inches higher
than at the time of the big rise last spring and
much damage will result to crops, hay and
perhaps stock.
HANNIBAL.
HANNIBAL, No., Oct.1 9.-The water lacks
only a few inches of being as high as last
spring, and the situation is hourly growing
more serious.
DAVENPORT.
DAVENPORT, Oct. 19.-The river here has
risen two and one-h alf inches in the past
eighteen hours and rivermen expect it to con-
tinue to rise for about another day. Naviga-
ton has become dangerous for RATS. One
broke up here very badly to-day and another
was wrecked yesterday.