The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-30
Floods in the North West.

\ dispatch from Shakopee, Minnesota,
April %, says:
The river rose two feet on Sunday night, and
is one and a-haf miles wide. The track is
in places washing out near here. Passengers
are transferred from the Henderson depot to
the town in large boat. The water IS four
inches deep on the St. Peters depot floor and
railroad business is suspended. The water
is up to Front street at Mankato, and people
are being rescued by RATS from the flats at
Jordan. The town of Granite Falls is en-
tirely surrounded by water, the river having
cut a new channel around the town, leaving
it on an island. Minnesota falls, two miles
below, is reported to be entirely under water.
The Mississippi river, just below Quincy, ILL.,,
is now ever ten miles wide, all the bottom
lands on both sides being flooded
The Sny leyes, on the Mississippi, broke
about one mile and a-half above East Han
niba, Missouri, at 5 clock Monday morn
ing. At last accounts the crevasse was $50
feet wide and extending, and other points
showed signs of giving way. The river was
more than 10 feet above low water mark. A
leyee built to protect the town of Harlem,
Missouri, and the broad bottom lands ada
cent, gave way during Saturday night, food
ing the entire town, and the tracks of the
Hannibal and ST. Joseph, Council Bluffs, Chi
cage, Rock Island and Pacific and Wabash
Railroads. Heavy floods continue in Min
neSota, Nebraska aud Iowa, aud further dam
ages To railroads aud other property is re-
ported.
At ST. Paul, on Wednesday, the river con
tinued to rise, aud was three feet above the
high water mark Of last June's disastrous in-
uudation The greatest destruction of pro
perry has occurred at Kansas City, where
nearly all the stock yards, packing and ice
houses are submerged At Atchison also
much damage has been done. At Omaha
AID Council Bluffs the river subsidized some
what. Railroad travel is greatly intetered
with.
A despatch on Thursday says The water
continued to rise at Atehison, Kansas. yester.
day, and fully l, 600 persons were driven from
their homes, many finding shelter in cars fur
nished by the railroads One farmer has lost
$4,000 womb OF stock. At Kansas City
dyke gave way aud q large portion otthe place
was covered by water to depth Of Som four
to ten feet At Armoursdale. across the
Kansas river, the water rose so rapidly that
all the inhabitants were unable TO escape, and
at least tiye coloFed people were drowned, II
Is estimated that fully six thousand people
have been compelled to leave their homes al
this place. Dispatches from St. Paul state
that the river rose foar inches yesterday, and
that several houses aud barns we're carried
away by the Hood. Large barracks have been
erected for those who have been driven from
Iheir houses.
INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT FLOODS.
Al one point near Butord trees two feet in
diameter were cut through like willows by the
ice. Two men killed over one hundred deer
IN q single day. The deer were hemmed in,
unable 10 escape.
When the gorge in he Nissogri River. be-
low AaudsH. broke away, the railroad lost
every tie, 20 the number Of about 5,eOo
The ice extended 10 the streets IN every d.
rec,ioa in solid chunks, closely packed, from
three 10 eight feet thics.
The steamboat PgfTaah was picked up by
The floods near Nanktou and pitched agaius,
the machine shops, demollshtng them, after
which IL ssgsied on the prairie ab1at a mile
from the presen, chaauei ct the river, where
u lies high and dry,
During = recent Montana Hood q daring ba,
uu successful effort was made 10 ge; the [ uJJed
States masls across a tivrr Where Ehc bridge
bad been carried assay. After cable had
becu stretched across a basket was adjusted,
and the carrier, wjjb Bis mail bag, sirpFvd la.
When liz the ceniEc. Immediately over the
srcihinE aut boiling watgr-, lHe ba~ketuppvd,
aad hoia toe ma,! aaA Toe 1lau ~crc lost 10
sight forever