The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-09
THE WORST IN THIRTY YEARS.
Continued Reports OF Damage by tn,
Floods in the South.

Floods in the South.
ST.. LOUIS, March 2.-The reports
brought by steamers to-day from the
south represent the prevailing flood to
be the worst known in thirty years.
There are no longer any landings, and
the boats 90 right along unless hailed
by some one in distress There is no
such thing even as following the chan
mel. One OF the captains, In to-day from
Memphis, says: mo one signaled us
to stop anywhere along, but we saw
enough TO make your heart sick.
Everything not tied up had fioared
away, aud all the stock to be seen was
that that had been got INTO wood boats
seemed TO be about halfway up the
sides of the houses, and there were men
women and children on the roofs They
were even cooking on the roofs, and pad
ding around in their skiffs to feed their
stock. At Hale's Point, on the Tennes
see shore, the river has spread out seven
ty-fivc miles wide. | haven't the words
to tell how bad it is. The distress now
must be great, and that which must
follow it seems to me will be much
worse. To see the people on the tops
of houses. and pigs and cattle living on
boxes and RATS looks terrible. For -
life of me l don't see how theA -
stand it over night. Those living north
can not realize how bad it is.'
THE WHITE RIVER RISING
HELENA, Ark, March 2. = White
river is rising even higher than the
Mississippi, and reports indicate at least
two feet more. tits estimated that fully
10000 acres OF the best bottom lands in
this locality are under water.
The suffering increases daily, and
hundreds of people, nearly all colored,
are living upon RATS and upon the mar
row strips of levee yet out of water, and
in houses with several feet of water in
them. The loss in cattle between
Helena and Memphis, and in the Mis-
sissippi bottoms and in the bottoms of
ST. Francis and its tributaries, and
SOUTH OF HERE
seventy-five miles, and west in the
than 10000 head. This may be below
the real figures, which will be largely
increased if the water continues up
considerable length Of time, as many
animals are already dying from starTa-
ton.
Governor Churchill has appointed
Judge l.. II. Mangum, OF He
lena, general commissioner of the relief
fund furnished by the United States gov
eminent for distribution among the des-
titute. Judge Mangum's headquarters
will be at Memphis.
AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
ST.. LOUIS, March 2.-The United
States subsistence department here has
forwarded supplies to the sufferers
in the south as followers: To Arkansas,
143 barrels of flour, 65 barrels of corn
meal, 10 barrels of rice, 10 barrels of
hominy, and go barrels Of bacon. To
Mississippi, IA barrels of flour, 156 bar
rels of corn meal, II barrels of rice, Is
barrels of hominy and 20 barrels of ba-
con.
NEW ORLEANS, March "A Green
field, Mississippi, special says: There
was perfect wreck of Bolivar Levee
yesterday morning. RIverton, Wade,
Clay and Budgat levees broke through,
and the Concor1ia was reported broken
overflow every plantation in Boil
var county. The river fell here
four inches last night and
is still falling rapidly. The Bolivar
break will probably save the levees of
Washington and Issaqucnna counties,
but the loss to the district protected by
the leVees above will not be less than
one hundred and fifty thousadd dollars.
The Clay and Budgat are the largest
levees in the district with the exception
of the Hushpuckana. Several lives arc
reported lost. Rosedale, the county
seat of Bolivar county, is six feet under
the water, and the Ledger Office and
other houses are washed away.
Clark's front levee, on Lake Bulah, is
gone, and this overfiows what was left
of Bolivar county. Williams bayou
levee, this county, is broken. All the
northern portion of Washington, and
.he4baelS laGas through Issaqueuua and
Sharkie counties, will go under. A
number Of people were drowned at
Overton.
Later-In addition to the break above
stated, there was one at Hughes front,
between Wade and Clark's. Accounts
of the suffering and loss of life continue
to come in, and exceed anything that
ever attended previous Mississippi in
undations. The crevaces are all above
GrcenVille