Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-22
|E GREAT FLOOD.
NTH AND WEST UNDER
WATER.
80 huDmerged-TeIeEraDh
nnsc alton Interrupted
xynl IinPeded and People
u6oVen frOm their Homes
a % n q . 4 kh ter.
LlTTLE Rock, Ark. Feb. 81.

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LlTTLE Rock, Ark. Feb. u.
. f2aset..e's Helena special says:
6latnnce caused by a break in the
~ Williamson Place prevented
nnniestion with the outside world
conaiderable extent The Iron
n1a1n Railroad track was submerg-
" telegraph lines broken last
= night The ievee has been
|o1 SiIy rebuilt The eutire lower
ID The city and the main street
~ 6 3prner OF Market aud Ferry
" under water and the only
ca tion with West Helena IS
E> The prospect is very gloomy,
= 5ls, the foundry and other in
~ Embellishments are closed aud
3,1A1ekmcn aud laborers are thrown
I'm plOy mGnt. There IL little
nj great distress will result
H1he working classes in this city,
SIll be at least two weeks bcfOrc
|11f ia IS sufficiently 10 permit re-
- OF business. The water is
Ng.
boito os contiguous to the Mis-
tlver thousands OF horses, mules
= have be"ndrowned, miles OF
5wcpt away, houses destroyed
pcribS fl lated OFF with contents,
1Dstancrs leaving the people
ectHhl necessaries. What the
Is will tc none can T. i, but it |
u thar relief will lie needed or
rson will die Of starvation.
Is entirely at stand. still in
The damage to plantations |
kiley viii he immense.
14 ST. LOUIS
1Ary 2l.--lhe weather turned
1 about I've o'clock this morn
Che mercury sank several de-
low he freezing Hoint betW cen
III aLd day liEht, The ground Is
eery La,d. Tbe river has rseu
ge feet eln'e las, evening and is
X H. iigh, Il total rise since
S6f about II feet. The rise is
ICwer now than yesterday and
.9ee will probably begin TO fall
&norrow. Railroad travel is still
Inch interrunted. Tie only roads
IeSht out trains this morning were
3ni0 ard Mississippi, the Cairo
H Line, the st. Louis and San
!Ieco and the Nandali4.
4 Inst named used tn, Ohio and
gnlppi track to Odin, thence by
llinOis Central to its own road
My train from Chicago this morn.
rived over the NandaIia Road.
nCuIning trains on all The other
were either abandoned or have
indefinitely del yed.
lKsoF, MISS, February 2l.--At II
ng OF 5 uatorS and Representa-,
from the river district, held this
ne In the office Of Governor Lowry,
measure were taken tor the TT
Ssuderers from tie food. The
lAeure will be requested to make
pTiAkions Resolutions wele adOp
Qu6onng the Governor to inform
balnbers O.. Commerce Of New Or.
Aemphis and st. Louis OF the ac-
~ meeting and solicit their aid
I0xtnG the sufferers; also request
i'm 10 call for government aid
81 Senators and Representatives.
lgress.
@ CHICAGO, ILL.
ruary 2l,-The great storm has
I'd Chicago, and after raining
" yesterday and last night the
or has grown much colder and
has been talliuE since early this
Bg. Tclegsapbic COMMUNICATION
dtrection is seriously interfcrcd
= entirely Y cut of, Private dis.
y from Rock Island, Illinois, say
nm ragged SO violently there last :
hat part Of the gr~at government
4 there, Il solid stone and iron {
1te, was blown down. Advicrs
EAndalia, Illinois, say the Okaw c
! put of its banks and the bottom &
&Omprlslng an area of some three S
s3Miles square, is one vast sheet q
~ An immense amount of live r
I'd Of lumber has been swept
Il The water is higher than at
ne since 1915, and AZ it is still a
II Is greatly feared some of tho t
Won the National road will be G
Bway. 7
erliuvilIe. H., it has rained for v
dght hour. Al trains have been =
Ned and bridges aud houses E.
zen swept away and great damage o
5he farms situated III the low 8
LAWLENCEHvEG, IND, y
by 2l.-This city is entirely sur '
= by water and all communica- b
I'd hcigbborinE towns and cities o
u, except by water. The Ohio a
ysslssIppi Kailload is washed v
NEARLY quarter Of II miIe-that q
lng between hr"e and the Mi. n
Yer. The town is in IL state of ex-
nt. Many iamlleS nave been a
70 flee before Tie raging wa ters
7eraI hundred eople driven from II
0lnes have hocked 10 the Court y
for safety. a
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