The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-08
THE FLOODS.

Gloomy Pictures From the Flooded Dis
=tricts In the South-starvation ard Death
Negroes Feeding the PutrId Carcass
ses of Drowned Cattle.
MEMPHIS, March IA special TO the An
peal from, Helena lark, says: ''The riv T lid
not rise here to-day as expected, on the con-
trary, there was a decline from yester-
day of one zach. The food from the
hills caused rise nesr the
shore, and as il passed Off
there was of course fall. The river, from
water above, began rising tonight again.
and will continue. A big break is reported
in the levee lust below Concordia. which
occurred yesterday morning. and the peo-
pie are panic stricken. Four negroes
and one white man were drowned
&C. w. Blackburn, of Laconia
Circle, arrived to-day. AMI is negotiating for
a steamer to remove the stock and people
from that flooded district He SAYS many
negroes are starving, others are feedin on
the putrid carcasSes of drowned cattle and
game as can be procured. and whole families
subsisting on a half peck of meal per week
The people of this section are Offering milk
COWS for twenty-five cents per head, as
the poor beasts are dying from starvation
Mr.. Blackburn will move his family, hands,
stock and all movable effects to his plania-
ton back of Helena until the water sub
sides. The distress all along the river below
is unparalleled News reached the city this
afternoon that the water in ST. Francis
River bottom Tor the sunken lands) is rising
at the rate of an inch an hour This, if
true. will put MS to thinking before the
week has passed"
GREAT DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN MIssUgI.
ST. Louis, March IA gentleman here
from Mississippi County, in the southern
part of this State. reports over half of that
County under water, covered by the over
flow OF the Mississippi River, and that the
farmers in the submerged districts have lost
nearly all their live stock, grain and other
property. A large number OF fami-
lies are living in the second
story of their houses, and many
others have been taken away in boats TO
higher ground, and are being provided for
at public expense, and good deal of suffer
has occurred, and a very large amount of
property has been destroyed. The track of
the Iron Mountain Railroad is said to be
aiiOat in some places and in order to pre-
vent it being swept away long stakes have
been driven in the ground on each side to
keep it in place.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, March 1.-The river con-
tinues To recede here, with twenty-one feet
aud six inches in the canal this morning
nineteen feet and four inches In the chute
on the falls, and sixteen feet and three
inches over the rocks.
HIGH WATERS IN THE EAST.
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, March 1.-The small
streams are already high from the melting
snow, which lies from two to two and half
feet on a level. The Connecticut River is
rising rapidly, and ii the weather holds
warm disastrous results are feared.
WARKwoRTH Ont. Mar. 1-Heavy rains
the past two days caused a food IN Mill
River. Dams at this place are washed away
and considerable damage done 10 property.
AT Jacques Achlgan, Quebec, heavy rains
have fallen since early this morning The
water is SO high that people are moving cat
tie away ana some are forsaking their homes
altogether. 1t is the highest flood ever seen
here.
EAsToN. PA, March ii. o. Wageners
dam, on Bush Hill, washed away this after
noon. The Delaware at EastOn tonight is
fourteen feet deep 4ld rapidly rising. The
Lehigh is also rising, and if the rain con-
Times the damage along both rivers will be
great
BOsToN. March IA St Adams special
says: There is considerable fear in town
of serious damage by the water from
hillsides. In the lower part of town there
is already foot of water on the ground
floors. and occupants of dwellings have been
forced TO move to the upper parts of their
homes -