Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-02
FLOOD AND STORM.
FIRES AND OTHER CALAMITIEs.
A MEMPHIS MANS TERRIBLE MIS-
TAAE.

Severe Losses Sustained by the Farming
Population.
The signal service bureau reports that
yesterday the rivers fell inches at Cairo,
inches at St. Louis, 3 inches at New Or
leans, 5 feet at Cincinnati, 66 inches at
Louisville, and rose inch at Memphis,
inch at Vicksburg, 4 feet at Nashville and
Chattanooga, feet as Augusta, and
feet at Davenport. {.
A telegram from st. Louis reports that
more than one-half of Mississippi
county, in Southern Missouri is inundated
and tho farmers in the flooded districts
have lost nearly all their live stock, many
families arc living in the second stories of
their houses, and many others have been
taken away in their boats to higher ground
aud are being provided for at the public
expense. Much suffering exists through
out the submerged district.
Advices from Little Rock report that
three miles of the track of the Iron Noun
tain railroad have been swept away. A
despatch from Vicksburg reports break
in the Concordia levee and the loss Of two
lives. Other breaks are reported in the
Clay, Wade, Baggot and Clark levees,
which will increase the area of the flooded
region. 1t is said that 4 number of people
have been drowned at Riverton aud other
points.
Storm In Texas.
A severe cyclone struck Valley Mills,
Texas, on Monday night, almost completely
destroying the town, only one business
house being left standing. Brinkman's S
Hotel, a two-story building, was carried
some distance and hurled into confused
heap. Ten persons were in the hotel at
the time of the accident, all Of whom were
injured, but none seriously. There was
no loss of life. but the damage to property
| will amount to $4,000. Accounts from
| Hampstead, Bryan and other places show
that trees, fences and telegraph poles were
levelled, and dwellings and churches dam
aged and demolished. Around Navasota
the storm did material damage uproOting
trees, blowing down fencesa and some houses
and demolishing two largo gin houses neal
the town. A tree fell on the house of a
freedman named Sandy Williams. near
Anderson killing child and cripplihg an
| old woman.
| Losses HI Sea.
| 4 collier has been wrecked of Var
mouth. Twenty-thrcc persons were
drowned.
The steamer Heivetia, at Boston yestes
day, from Antwerp, encourte immense
masses of field ice and ioebergs on the
banks of Newfoundland On the 23d ult.
IN latitude AZ, longitude AZ, she was com
pletely surrounded by ice and had to turr
back 80 miles in a southeast direction tt
get clear.
The yacht Eva, from Norfolk for Jack
sonville, was capsiZed in squall of
Charleston bay. No lives were lost.
The three -masted schooner, Hannah NJ.
Lollis, of Wilmington. Delaware, with
lumber from Savannah, for New York
went ashore fifteen miles north of ChincO
league station. Her crew were saved.
Railroad Disasters
by railroad accident near Davenport
Iowa, one man was killed and five freigh
cars and one engine were wrecked.
John Small, in attempting to board :
freight CAR at Glendale, Mimi, on Tuesda!
fell under the cars. His body threw th'
train off the track and six cars were
plunged into ditch. He did not di'
from his injuries until yesterday morning
BY an accident at Opheim, 4 station ol
the Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy rail
road, a fireman was killed, and fcu,
freight cars and locomotive were bad!.
damaged.
damage by Fire.
Ruyter s. Sons tannery and several AL
joining buildings in Greenbush, near AL
bany, were burned yesterday morning
Loss, $780, 1000.
A fire in Waterville, Maine, destroyed
part of the Waterville bank block, causing
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