Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03
Terrible Situation at Riverton and Belo,r.

Terrible Situation at Riverfon and BelOtp.
MEMPHIS, March 3.--A private letter from
Riverton, Miss, $50 miles below Memphis,
and ITO miles above Vicksburg, says the levee
broke Monday night, and the loss of property
is fearful. Some people were drowned.
Among the number is Ben. Heyne, shipping
clerk for Frank & Reenach. He tried to 60 10
the assistance of Mrs. Bradshaw, and was
drawn into the channel of the break and
crowned. The stock is all drowned and there
are no provisions for poor people to subsist
on. The break occurred about 100 yard above
Duncan's. We have sent to Terrine for the
steamer Plowberry to come and take
the women and children to Memphis. They
are suffering greatly, nauing lost everything
they possessed and the clothing they had on
their bodies is the only property they saved.
It's impossible to describe the fearful havoc
and destruction the waters have made. Be-
sides the break at Riverton there is two more,
one at Wright, few miles below, and another
at Judge Miles place, two miles below River
ton. Mules. horses, COWS, goats, and houses
pass by continually. Add to these The falling,
crashing timber and then you have but the
faintest idea of the condition of things. In
Duncan's house there must be not less than
twenty five women and children and a good
many more are huddled together on the levee.
1t is painful to see them half naked,
frozen and hungry Every house in
Riverton except Duncun's and Frank
Reinach's has either floated off or is SO dam
aged by the washing away of blocks, that they
will be unfit for habitatlon when the water
declines. The levee in front of Duncan's
ing. The storehouse of Max Miller, together
with his stock of goods floated off and was
lost.
A letter from Zeil Cohen, of Concordia,
Miss, twenty miles below Riverton, says:
The levee at Blackburn's broke Tuesday morn
ing and the water is over Concordia. The
Persons place is catching it, They are build
ing scaffOlds to take care of the stock. The
river rose three inches there in twenty-fOur
hours.
REPORTS FROM GREENvILLE.
GREENvILLE, Miss, March 2.-There was a
perfect wreck of the Bolivar levee yesterday
morning. The levee yesterday morning at
Riverton made of clay, and the Badgal levees
broke through. Concordia are reported broken
the day before. These breaks will overflow
every plantation in Bolivar county. The
river fell here four inches last night and is
falling rapidly. The Bolivar breaks will prob
ably save the levees of Washington
the district in levees alone will not be less
tnan S150,000. The Clay and Badgal are the
largest levees in the district, except Hashpu-
cana. Several levees are reported lost in Rose
dale, county seat of Bolivar, which is six feet
under water. The Ledger office and other
houses are washed away. Clarke's front levee
on Lake Balsch is gone. This overflows what
was left of Bolivar county. Williams bayou
levee, this county, is broken. All northern
Washington sand the back lands throughout
Issaquena and Sharkey will 60 under.
A number 6f people were drowned at River
ton. In addition to the breaks above stated
there was one at Hughes front, between Wade
and Clark's. Accounts of suffering and loss
of life continue to come in, and exceed any
thing that ever attended previous Mississippi
river foundations. These crevasses are all
above Greenville.