The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-03
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MEMpnn, March "a private Letter
from Riverton, Mississippi, l5O miles
below Memphis and 175 miles above vicks
burg, says the levee broke there Monday
night, and the loss Of property Is fearful
Several people were drowned, among the
number being Ben. Hayne, shipping clerk
for Frank & Reinach. He,tried to 90 10
the assistance Of MrB. Bradshaw, and was
drawn into the channel Of the break and
drowned. The stock Is all drowned, and
there Is no provision for the poor people to
subsist on.
The break occurred about one hundred
yards above Duncan's. We have sent to
Terrene for the steamer Plow Boy 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 bodies Is the
only property they saved. II Is impossible
to describe fhe fearful havoc the destruc.
ton by high waters has made. Besides
the break at Riverton there are two more
one at Wright's, one mile below, and an.
other at Judge Mills place, two milts be-
low Riverton.
Mules, horses, COWS, goats and houses
pass by continuously, added TO those Of
falling and crashing timber, then you have
faint idea Of the condition Of things.
In Duncan's house there must be no less
than twenty-five women and children, and
u good many more are huddled together on
the levee. II is pitiful to see them, half
naked, frozen and hungry. Every house
in Riverton, except Dnncans, Franks and
RemaCk's, has either hoated of or so dam.
aged by the washing away Of the blocks
that they will be unfit for habitation when
the waters recede. The levee in front OF
Duncan's house is weak, and there is dan
ger Of it breaking.
The stone house OF Mat Miller, together
with his stock Of goods, floated off and was
lost.
A letter from Sol Cohenat, Of Concordia,
Miss, twenty miles below Riverton, says
the levee at Blackburn's broke Tuesday
morning and the water is over Concordia.
The break is through BlanChard's place.
They are building scatTolds TO take care OF
the stock. The river rose three inches
there in twenty.four hours.
NEw ORLEANS, March "A Greenville,
Miss, special says There was a perfect
wreck otthe Bolivar levee yesterday morn.
ing, Riverton, Wade, Clay and Badgar
levees broke through, and Concordia is re-
ported to have. broken the day before.
These breaks will overflow every planta-
tion in Bolivar county. The river fell here
four inches last night and is still falling
rapidly. The Bolivar breaks will probably
save the levees OF Washington and Issa.
guena, but the loss to the district in levees
alone is not less than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Clay and Badger are
the largest levees in the district, except
Hushpuckana.
Severallives aresupposed to belost. Rose
dale, the county seat OF Bolivar, is six feet
under water. The Ledger office and other
houses are washed away. Clark and front
leveO on Lake Beulah Is gone. This over
flows what was left Of Bolivar county.
The Williams bayou levee, this county, is
broken. All OF northern Washington and
the back lands throughout Issaquena and
Sharkey will 60 under. A number OF peo-
pie were drowned at Riverton.
LATER-In addition to the breaks above
stated, was one ut Hughes front, between
Wade and Clarks. Accounts OF suffering
and loss OF life continue to come in and ex.
coed anything that ever attended the pre-
vious Mississippi river inundations. These
crevices are all above Greenyile.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March News
reached here Of terrible destruction Of
property by the breaking OF the levee at
Carson's landing After the heavy rain
and wind storm Of Tuesday gap Of sew.
enty-tive feet was first made by the rushing
water and hundred yards Of levee was
soon swept away. The noise OF the roaring
flood awoke the sleeping citizens, who,
looking out Of their homes, saw the river
rapidly spreading over the country. With
out taking time TO Clothe themselves the
people fled for their lives. Ben. Haines
keeper Of the lanlling, and two negroes
were overwhelmed in the rushing waters
Their cries for help were heartrending,
Many people had a narrow escape from
drowning.
In the vicinity OF Boliver $50 yards Of the
levee gave way, and between Catfish Point
and Mound Landing, distance OF six
miles, the leyee is broken in four places. In
Arkansas City the water covers the floor OF
every store and dwelling from six inches to
four feet. The water covers the floor OF the
hotel to the depth OF twenty inches. The
new oil mills will be great sufferers. The
planters are feeding their hands, fearing
that the movement to furnish ratious will
demoralize the negroes. Many negroes are
anxiously awaiting the arrival OF the boat
with Government rations. Boats are NOV.
ing persons and property free where the
people are too poor to pay for the service.
The PicdytHs's Greenville, Mississippi,
special says; The levce system on the
Bolivar county front is general wreck.
The flood is now inundating the whole OF
Bolivar and Washington. counties, except
ribbon OF land on the west bank Of Deer
creek, from Fish lake to the Sharkey county
line, and the plantations Immediately on
the river front from this point sOuthward.
Practically the whole country is under
water. Everybody is busy saving the most
valuable portion OF their live stock. Hogs
are generally abandoned to their iate.