, 1881-05-01
Great Anxiety Prevailing at
St. Louis Regarding the
Increasing Flood.
The Mississippi Still Rising, Gain
lug Four Inches in Seven
teen Hours.
Winona, Mimi, Threatened with a
Serious Inundation BY the
Father Of Waters.
an Appeal for Aid from
Hamburg, Ia., for the
Stricken People.
The Mississippi at St. Paul, Having
Reached Its Highest Point, Is
Slowly Receding.
All the Bottom Lands in Kansas
Bordering the Missouri
Inundated.
All the Bottom Lands in Kansas
Bordering the Missouri
Inundated.
Efforts to Repair the Break in the
Sny Levee Prove Futile.
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS.
Special Dispatch to The Ch.caon TRIBUNE
ST. LOUIS. Mo, April 3)-The Mississippi flood
bevns TO excite anxuus fca7 iii everybody in
tcsested III property al"ug the front Inc
river s sill rising und making rapidly t''"ards
the warehouse G.,urs all alon:: the levce By tue
t.uure TIT, wa .cr rose abuut four inches dErinS
.uv hast seventeen hours, lea, lng ony i've 1ucnes
uf the gauge sight. n1id Is that DISTANCE "h1s
l.Iow tie level uf the street ut the highest punt
III tue foot OF Market street. From NorTah
s,ruct south IL Elne the cast track nt the rail-
road Is COVERED, and ut Cherry Street oHn
trucks nre completely submerged, and only
three inches are lack .ng To p!lt the water into
the front dotr of NJ. .l3 North Levee. Trays,
lu1ts burreis. sacks. aud freight Of every dis
eruption are crowded into IL small Space all
alt,ug the pArt OF tho 1cvec "ueEo
the steamboats, lie, making 1t eScceo-
iCx:y irconvcnieu1 to do business Inc
river yesterday evening gave indications 81
coming to Il stand, but this was owing u the
1e,.l3urury check to the rise, here causen W
breaking over the vast bottom lands nbove
NV the river is rising more sharply, and 1t eii-
cruacaes very fast towards this naaus. 1t takes'ln
i.uiuensc volume OF water III tho present Stage
to add one inch. TIE river IS IRON "ue u hsc
niles wide The op ,on prevails among we'll
informed river men that theirs may yet be near"
" two feet more rs. here The skies are lower
iu1 t,,-JAr, ana Sao0iu 6chSOit VI ia4u 9ck ''A
TIT. result would be disastrous. Stca nlboass
With ordinary hixh1 OF cnltnneys are untb1o 10
pass under the bridge. The piers SIT deep IN
the water and are submerged TO within Abnut
tlree fret If the ends Of the tubes which torm
the arches upun .ch tue suprrsfructufe rests
Es,tur north from the font 0f Morgan street the
streets along the water front are Al more or
less submerged. The elevator Ill istttlc strect
ei1s very los duwn. ci.,st tu the ru$n tls water,
Anu lumber piles. sma shant1cs. anu temporary
thar
Many, Ut the lnrse manufacturing estaollst-
,neuts along he line ut the NAbAsu Road are Ill
Julgcr of Icing washed out, anl great incon-
ycntence is already experienced sil along tne
wharf The people dwelling in tue Madison
County bottom lands. summoned BY telegraph
last night. were working with tha energy ~
desperation Ibis morning t0 prcs ent tue break
in their ieyee and dixie from enlarg1nR at!d lcf-
ting the fuli t!ood of the RIVER into tue no!l:
Al O'Clock to- uight the river wa@ still rising,
with nj, indications IF coming to stand. an
inch mure Of the gauge has been covereu since
puon leaving but four Inches in sight. ts'ug
ict-house Ill Cnrundelct WAS partly suomerxedt
Four tiers of Ice are unler waiter. and tie re-
1ouiuder is being removed to save IL