Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-03-02
A WATERY WASTE.
Fearful Havoc BY Floods along tn.
Mississippi.
Destruction of Property, Loss O
Life and Suffering.

Memphis, March pa private letter
from Anton, Miss. $50 miles below Men,
phis and l70 miles above Vicksburg. says
the levee broke Monday night and the
loss of property is fearful. Some people
we're drowned. Among the number was
Ben Hipe, shipping clerk for Frank &
RurRch. He tried to go TO the assistance
If Mrs. Bradshaw and was drawn into
the channel of the break and drowned.
The stock ls all drowned and there are no
provisions for the people to subsist on.
The break occurred about 100 yards above
Duncan's. We have sent to Terrine for
the steamer Plowboy to come and take
the women and children to Mem
phis, They are suffering greatly.
having lost everything they possessed
and the clothing they have on their bod
les is the only property they have. It
is impossible to describe the fearful hav-
90 and destruction the waters have made.
Besides the break at Riverton there are
two more at Wright's, one mile below
aud another at Judge Miles place, two
miles below Riverton. Mules, horses
COWS, goats and houses pass by contin
ually.
In Duncan's house there must be q.
many as twenty five women and chlldrer
and good many more are huddled to
gether on the levee. 1t il pitiful to see
them, half naked, frozen and hungry
Every house in Rlvsrton except Dun
cans and Frank Rauch's has either float
ed off or is 90 badly damaged by th,
washing away of blocks that they will b
unfit for habitation when tho waite
lowers. The front OF Dunoanis holse i
weak and there is danger Of it's breaking
down. The store-house Of Max Mile
together with his stock Of goods tloate
off and was lost. Letters from Concol
dia. Miss, twenty miles below Rivertor
says the levee at Blackburn broke Tue
day morning and the water is over th
Concordia bottoms, breaking throng
the Flannchard place. The Pearso
place is catching it, and they are built
: ing scaffolds to take care of the stocl
: The river rose three inches in "a hour
! Greenville, Miss, March 2-There vi
a perfect wreck of the Bolivar levee We
terday morning. At Riverton, Wad
Clay and Blodgett levees the river brol
J. through, and at Concordia it was repor
g ed broken the day before. These breal
will overflow every plantation in Boliv
q county. The river fell here inches Ia
e night and is still falling rapidly.
g Bolivar the breaks will probably sa
the levees Of Washington and Issaquen
n but the loss to the district in levees alo
q will not be less than one hundred al
n fifty thousand dollars. The Clay OIL
Bodeot are the largest levees IN the d
!. trict except Husspuckan. Several liv
). are reported lost. Rosedale. the coun
T. seat of Bolivar, is six feet under wat,
,r The Ledger Office aud other houses ,
washed away. Clark levee on lake B
lah is gone. This overflows what "
left of Bolivar county. Williams lev
Of this county, is broken. All of northe
~ Washington and the back lands throus
- out Issaquena and Sharkey count
~ will go under. A number of people ".
10 drowned at Eventon.
'e LATER-In addition to the bres
d above stated there was one at Hugl
is front, between Wade and Clark. I
a, accounts Of suffering and loss O.
IN continue coming IN and exceed anythi
s. ever attended by previous inundatio
p These crevasses are oil above Greenvi
or Albany, March 2.-The stores along
'n river front are full OF water. River q
"a rising. Advices from the north repres,
the river higher than for years, and m,
damage done to Oridges asd factories
pr| The Weather.
as Washington. March 2-The Indicate
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