The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-26
TELEGRAt.PHIC
THE FLOODS.
The Muddy mIssOurI on q
aRamPase-GOuDciI Bluffs q
Marine CiGy.
Omaha en- the Ragged Edge.
! Damage an Along the Line.

Omaha en- the Ragged Edge,
5IlbF 10 % --1-i .
| ( Damage All Along the Line.
| Omaha, 24.-The situation beth al
Omaha and Council Bluffs and at ell
points in this vicinity is becoming hourly
moe, alarming. The river rose an addi-
tional four inches last night, marking
twenty-ihree feet and eight inches sbove
How water marx, or about twenty inches
abOve the previous high water mark. All
buildings on the Omaha levee have bean
abandoned, and people are sn6iodsIy
awaiting the result. There are few
dwelling houses; small frame structures,
not more than seveniy-fve, that are i'm
perilled. but the principal danger is
centered in the URion Pacific shopB,
smelling works, packing houses and
lu1 Der yards. There is between four and
five feet of water in the smelling works
which are located close to the channel of
the river. As vet the buildings and
brick smoke stacks stand all right, but
considerable loss has been sustained
by damage to material, principally
to the large quantity Of blue. yitriol
and acids. A frame daughter house
footed down and struck the boom
this morning, nesr the Union Pacific
shops, and broke it, letting loose a large
lot of telegraph poles. Three large ice
houses have fallen down. AT Boyd's
Packing House there are twenty inches of
water One million three hundred thou
sand pounds of meat have been piled up
out of danger. The lumber yards are
utterly demoralized, everything being
afloat, but held by boonns Nearly every
Office, shed and other buildings 10 the 1
yard are floating or toppled out Of posi-
lion. r-a ~ . -
The Union Pacific trains arrived aud
departed from Omaha on time to-day,
taking out delayed passengers. Transfer
by s&iffs is kept up between the transfer
depo. and eastern trains, which cannot
come within two miles of the transfer on
the east side of the river. The Chicago, |
Burlington and Quincy, Chicago, Rock |
Island and Pacific, and Wabash, st. |
Louis and Pacific trains all run to dry |
spot near the deaf aud dumb asylum, on /
the southeast outskirts OF Council Bluffs, |
to which points skiffs run. The Chicago |
and Northwestern trains cannot get |
within three miles of Council Bluffs, and |
have to transfer with wagons and then |
with smell boats. Kansas City and st.
Joe and Council Bluffs trains have been |
entirely abandoned, the track being |
under VIZ ter for twenty miles. ~ ..
To-day large number of skihs were /
employed in transferring mails both |
ways between the Union Pacific transfer
and eastern railroads A large fat boat |
has also been engaged for this purpose.
1t is two mssted sail boat, capable of |
ten or twelve TONS. ALI mails |
were transferred to-day, but very little /
baggage or express was handled. Not |
more than one dozen sacks Of through |
western letter mail went out on the |
Union Pecific to-day, but to-day's west
ern mail will 60 out on to-mor7ow's |
train, about q car load having been |
brought over to Omaha this evering on |
trucks. All bos,s sail through the streets |
of Council Bluffs 10 the lower part, where |
several hundred houses are abandoned, |
and Ia which the water varies from three |
to five feet in depth. 1t is estimated |
that there are 1,500 people driven |
from their homes. Many of them are |
staying with friends "a the higher part OF |
town. Several hundred are being taken |
care of in the court house and public |
halls and public buildings, at the city's |
expense, as was done during the previous |
food. The sidewalks are all ahOat, |
fences are being washed out, as are also |
all railroad tracks. The Chicago and |
Northwestern depot is used for a landing |
place for parties wishing to walk up to
the business part of the town, which is
not flooded. The Union Pacific trans
Ter to the Northwestern depot, by boat,
is one mile. A person starting 1T the
northern city limit, for the southern
limits can sail almost in straight line
through thickly settled streets. In terri
tory tleast fully one-half OF the city is
under water. The inundated portion is
occupied mostly by the poorer people, by
railroad depOts, stock yards, etc.
The report from Sioux City Is that the
Big Sioux River rose four feet yesterday,
and weuld reach the Missouri River last
night. 1t was doing considerable dam
age, and will cause an additional rise 10
the Missouri. COvingtOn, Neb., oppo-
site Sioux City, has again been entirely
subme ged, and people have gone over 20
Sioux City. The river Is washing the
Union Pacific track between the east end
of the bridge and the transfer depot,
and to-day pontOon bridge had to be
extended the length of several fat cars.
The current is growing stronger and
stronger on the Iowa side, ct that point,
and threatens serious damage.
Couacil Bluffs, Iowa, 25.-AfJer con-
tinuous rise since Wednesday the Mis-
souri, River became stationary here yes
terday. The water on the overlooked
districts, however, has been rising stead
liz all day, and now covers more territory
than ever, the river being fully seven
miles wide The worst, however, Is
fk,v,,hA ., ho nnH hrrt m
is expected the water will begin TO slowly
recede. Yesterday the river proper fell
an inch, which is encouraging. Several
hundred Waterbound passengers departed
Yesterday, outgoing trains starting from
a point several miles beyond the city
limits
st. Louis, 25.-The river Is rising and
rapidly approaching the danger line.
About another foot of water will sub
merge some low lsnds in the northern
part of the city. and inundate pant of the
bottom on the Illinois side of the river.
Much apprehension is felt on both sides
of the river and measures are being taken
30 protect it Old steamboat men are now
pr dicting a food of unusual magnitude,
and say f the present warm weather con-
tinues, and particularly If there is much
rain fall in the north, q freshet equal to
that Of 1874 will be likely to follow.
Hannibal, Mo-, 25.-The levee broke
at 8 o'clock this morning at point about
a mile and hsif above East Hannibal.
The crevasse is $50 feet, and still cutting.
| 0elow the break and above East Hanni-
bal there are several weak points liable
to go at any moment. Up to this time
the loss of ice at this city il about $4,000
tons. The river is nineteen feet one inch
above low water, still rising very slowly.