The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-05
THE FLOODS. rFa
The Rivers Sill Raging-SuE-
terIng and Destruction.

New Orleans, 3.-Picayune's Green
villa, Mississippi special; The water
from the Bolivar breaks is rapidly en-
crosching on the town limits. Fifty con-
victs are at work, but our security from q
partial overflow is by no means assured.
The wstsr is higher than ever before.
Many Inhabitants are reported in the
trees in Deer Greek County. Bosts, to-
day have been sent to their rescue.
Portsmouth, N. H., Alec swept out
the rivers and piled up huge jam for
miles, covering large tracts Of land. 1t
is the worst known for years. The rivers
are badly damned.
Little Rock, 4.-The GGsette's Arksn-
sas City, ViG Tupp Station, at noon,
says: The water has fallen in all, fifteen
inches, caused by the weakening of tia
levee in the Mississippi, opposite and
above Riverton. ALI Of Bolivar
County, Mississippi, is under water AID
most of Washington County, including
Greenville. Families are huddled to-
gether in such houses as they think SAT-
est. The government aid it is expected.
will reach US in good time. Many heart
is made happy 10y the approach of bread
and meat f.r tine hungry ones who would
other wise st4rve. In this city the water
rseeded from many houses which are
heir z washed out to-d-y. ready to receive
the inhabitants from the garrets. No
more loss of life has occurred. Peoplejfeel
more cheerful as there, are signs of relief
and returning business. Railroad man
have begun to repair track prepara.o ~
to the running of trains. The tow i
flied with people looking anxiously up
the river for the expected government rs-
tions. The food comes SO early as to
give hope that it will soon recede, and
furnish an opportunity to begin raising q
crop far beyond the usual time.
New Orleans, 4.-Csptain Sennett, en-
gagged in the Red River tIRde, just re-
turned from trip, says be found great
distress everywhere, and NO telling what
damage may yet result. The people are
undergoing terrible hardship. Many OF
them are emigrants, VINO eettled in the
productive loWlands along the river, and
improved the country considerably. and
were building it up. Some Of them had
only made one or two crops, and we're
just beginning to get their plans in full
running order, when the water came and
swept their crops and everything else
away. Those who could do SO ran their
stock up the hills, but most Of them are
rulneQ 6IHIeiyS ouu VI IuS Verge Va
starvation.
Memphis, S.-The river at this point
declined one inch since o'clock this
morning, when it marked thirty five feet |
ten inches. on the gusge. Thirty.seven |
miles of the Memphis and Little Rock |
Railroad, across the river, il under water.
A large number of people continue
coming from ArRan'as being forced TO
leave their homes.
Avolanche'S Helena: The rivershere
within the past tweuty-four hours 70 Sc
nearly two inches, and the overflow in |
the city is fully as much. It is predicted |
that we will have more than twelve
inches higher water by old river men.
Washington, 4.-Governor Crittenden,
of Missouri, telegrsphs the secretary of
war, to increase the Tstions already
ordered for sufferers by the floods. The
misery is worse than was represented.