The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-03
WATERY GRAVES.
Terrible Destruction of Life and Prop
erty by Flood.
Destitution and Starvation in the Inun-
dated Districts.


Memphis, March Private letters
from Riaerton, Miss, $50 miles below
here, and ITO miles above Vicksburg,
say the levee broke on Monday night
and that the loss Of property is fearful,
and some people were drowned, among
the number being Mr.. Heyne, shipping
clerk for Frank 81 Reinach. He tried
to go to the assistance of Mrs. Brad
shaw, and was drawn into the channel
of the break and drowned. The stock
is all drowned, and there are 40 provis-
ions for the poor. The break occurred
about n hundred yards above Dun
cans. We have sent to Terrine for the
steamer Plowboy to come and take the
women and children to Memphis. They
are suffering greatly, having lost every
thing they possessed, and the clothing
they have on their bodies is the only
property they saved.
1t is impossible to describe the fearful
havoc and destruction the waters have
made. Besides the break at Riverton,
there are two more, one at Wright, one
mile below, and another at Judge Mills
place, two miles below Riverton. Cows,
mules, horses and goats pass by contin-
ally.
Albany, March 2.-The stores along
the river front are full Of water, and
the river is still rising. Advices from
the north represent that the river is
higher than for years, and there has
been much damage done to bridges and
factories.
Granville, Miss, March 2.-There
was a perfect wreck of the Bolivar
levees on Tuesday morning. At River
ton, Wade, Clay and Badget the levees
broke through, and the Concordia is
reported to have broken the day before.
These breaks will overflow every plan
tation in Bolivar county.
The river fell here four inches last
night and is still falling rapidly.
The Bolivar breaks will probably save
the levees of Washington and Issaque-
ma, but the loss to the district in levees
alone will not be less than S150,00O.
Clay and 9adget are the largest levees
in the district, except the Hushpuck.
Several lives are reported lost.
Rosedale, the county seat of Bolivar,
is six feet under water. The Ledger
office and several other houses have been
,,o.Ial ou-ou Tho ClorIy 1auaa on
Lake Bulah is gone. This overiows
what was left of Bolivar county.
Williams bayou levee in this county
has broken, and all Of northern Wash
ington and the back lands throughout
Issaquena and Sharkeyville will go I'M
der.
Later-In addition to the breaks
above stated, was one at Hughes, front
of the broken Wade and Clark's.
The accounts of suffering and loss Of
life continue to come in, and exceed
anything that yer attended any previ-
GUS Mississippi foundations. These
crevassesare are all above Greenville.
Easton, Pa, March 1.-The Delaware
river is % feet above low water mark,
and still rising. 1t has risen n foot
since 4 p. m. The river is filled with
lumber and broken rails. The lower
floors of the mills at South Easton are
submerged, and considerable damage
has been done to the locks on the Del
aware and Lehigh canals.
New Orleans, IMarch 1.-The news
reaches here of a terrible destruction OF
property by the breaking away of the
levee at Carson's lnnding. After the
heavy rain and wind storm of Tuesday
a gap of rs feet was made by the rush,
ing water and a hundred yards Of the
levee swept away.
Saratoga, March 2.-The high water
has caused much damage to the Adiron-
dack railway bridge, by the embank-
mdnt being carried away at Thurman,
and above that station 400 feet of track
has been covered by land slides. Near
Hadley a slide covered n hundred
feet of tack.