The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-02
Tremendous Rain. Storm.


Tremendous Rain.Storm.
rain.storm unprecedented In it, wide.
spread area and disastrous effects swept over
tho West, beginning about tho 18TH Of Fsbru-
ary and ending about the 22l. The storm, IL
seems, began away out In Texas. AM moved
slowly northward, completely inundating the
country m II progressed. At st. Louis We hear
the first serious results Of the delnse.
For nearly forty hours II poured down steady
torrent. the rainfall In that time reaching tile
extraordinary average Of seven inches. Ali the
water feeders Of the Mlssisslppi, In large re-
gion OF which 81. LOUIS formed the center,
wire soon raging torrents. and the Father y
its volume at an astonishing rate.
For twenty-four hours thu great river
rose at the extraordinary rapldity Of six inches
IN hour. Tho leyce was covered with large
piles oilmcrchandise, and oil The available belt
IN tho city was called thlther 10 remove the
goods from the threatened danger, but with
only partial success. A large amount cf mcr-
chandlse was swamped BY the waters and either
swept away or seriously damaged. The loss will
amount to many thousands Of dollars.
At Cincinnati and Louisville similar scenes
we're witnessed and similar losses are recon- i,d
The ONO r.vrr, swoll II by tho nunssou, trip-
utaries, ov, iflowed lis banks in MI incredibly
short tlme sweeping away hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars worth Of property, and bui-
ness OF every kind wascoinpletely paral.zed for
the time being. At Cincinnati nil the rolling mills
and foundrics stopped wors. and nearly all the
factories located near the river. In tho foun-
dries tho damage II very serious, for the reason
that II will require ct least i xty days to dry
out tho molding floors and get then,
INTO proper condition for nso again:
Throughout Missouri, Central Illinois and
Central and Southern Indiana tho disastrous
80 - A1,n nsOr fa1t All ia
creeks and rivnlets were flooded, and. spread
ing over the adjacent country, swept away
fences, and damaged the growing wheat. The
losses throughout the West will reach into the
millions.
At Now Albany, Ind, the damage was very
great. All the shops and factories along tho
river were forced to suspend.
JeRersonville, Evansville and other points
along the OHIO river also sustained serious
damage from the Hood. Railroad traffic ct
many points in Illinois and Indiana was par
TALLY abandoned through the destruction Of
bridges.
age has been produced BY the breaking Of the
levecs and the inundation OF vast areas OF
country, and planters are enduring great hard
ship from the loss OF live stock by drowning.
The city OF Helena, Ark, was completely
drowned onts The greater portion Of the town
was several feet under water and tho streets
Serious loss OF life Is reported In connection
with the storm. At Paducsh. Ky, I've persons
Who lived on dathoat were drowned, - WAS
also . man named Little, who went out In .
skin TO their rescue Near Helena, Ark, ak
children were drowned on the plantation Of the
he found that the plantation would be overlooked,
put his wife and six children In dugout to
take them 70 place Of safety. He had Just
started when the dugout capsized. An tho
children were drowned. Washington and wife
were saved BY clinging to the capsizcd boat.
Helena, by the capsizing Of - small
boat. Near Carlinyllle, Ill, two
young man named Rhodes were in . house
when the creek rose 30 rapidly that they were
surrounded BY water, aud they attempted to
escape, when one OF the boys was drowned.
The other managed te climb into tree, and
staid there al night in snow-storm.
The Flood I'm the Lever Misssssippi-
An Aygfu1 1numdaGion.
MENPHls Tenn, Feb. %.
A dcplorable condition OF affairs exists
throughout the Lowef Mississippi valley. Thou
sands Of men are on constant guard along Il .
levees between here and Yicksburg. using every
possible means to strengthen their power or
resistance and elevate their cres's, to prevent
the water from inundating the whole country.
Washington, lssaquena, Bolivar, C0ahomA aud
Tunica counties. Miss. and. In fact, tho whole
shore line between Memphis and vicksburg
on the Mississippi side, and the whole
eastern shore Of Arkansas, are either
under water or threatened with inundation.
The inhabitants OF . vast area OF country
are in great distress. MANY have been
forced from their houses, and are subsist-
| ing the best they may on nfts, and some on
| knobs or parts OF the old levees. The dostruc-
| ton OF 1.-Two stock 10 beyond calculation. Tho
waste OF property by tho great submerslon
is outside the limit Of present computation.
Navigation Of the river itself ID regarded by
steambOatmen - dangerous ct ito present stage
| on account Of the great expanse OF water in
many localities and the billowy character Of
the waves when the surface II swept BY heavy
gusts Of wind. Between Cairo and Memphis
the following points Of land are only visible
the bills hack Of Hickman. land on the Ten
nessec side opposite Island 10 New Madrid,
/ Point Pleasant, nptonyillc, Fulton bluffs. Ram
| dolph, Richardson's, Islands IS aud IS and
Deans island, above tho head OF the Centen-
NAL cutoff, forty miles above Memphis.
Gov. Lowry. Of Mississippi. has appealed to
the people OF Memphis and other cities for aid.
A sad accident occurred on the Tyronxa, .
| small bayou which empties into the 81. Francis
river about twenty miles above Madison, Ark.
The high water had overlooked lands belong
ing TO . Mr.. Jamison, and, while en-
i gagged in removing his wife and six
children to place Of safety on the high lands,
the dugout which contained them capsized,
drowning al tho children, two OF whom wcre
grown Young ladies, the remaining four being
aged from TO Il years. Jamison saved his
drowning children.