Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-05-18
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Great Damage to Properly and Loss Of
Life. rIt


NEW ORLEANS, La, May 15.-Special
from Camden, Arkansas. says: We are wit
Messing one Of the greatest overffows
known to the Oldest settlers. The river il
forty.tfive feet above low water markings
and rising two inches an hour. Pianta-
tons are under water, crops are ruined,
and the stock for several miles east are Gll
drowned. Houses, mills, fencesfand vast
quantities Of timber all the surface Of
the current and scene OF devastation Is
visible from every quarter.
PHILADELPHIA. May 15.-The water in
the Schuylkill is rising six inches an
hour. Fears are entertained OF a great
! food. 1'f
At Coshoken the lower stories of the
mills and houses are flooded. The coal
and lumber-yartls are inundated. The
road to Fairlnount Park is now under
water. 10 HAar
On the Delaware river acres of wharves
and lumber-yards are flooded several feet
with water. r
JAcKsoNPoRT, ARK, May 13.-We are
in the midst of the most destructive
overflow seen in this section for years.
The water stands 81 feet 3inches above
zero point and has fallen three inches.
There is not foot of dry ground in the
town except Jefferson street. which af-
fords refuge TO all the stock the citi-
zens possess, Quite numbea of fami-
lies have bren compelled to take refuge
ON the upper story of store house. The
whole country for miles around is one
sea OF water and the damage to crops and
stock cannot be ascertained, but may be
safely estimated upon In the thousands.
A large portion of the oil trough and big
bottoms are under water and the damage
to the wheat crop is terrible.
The present food is tie highest since
1857. IL q second rise should come,
goodbye everything. The weather is
clear with a strong northwest wind and
hopes are entertained the worst is over.
We have not had mail for nearly
week. IN
A special from Batesville. Ark, says
this section has just been visited by an
unprecedented rain. commencing at 8
o'clock Monday evening and continued
in torrents for twenty four hours, with
out moments cessation, swelling the
rivers and creeks to height beyond the
knowledge of the Oldest inhabitants,
sweeping everything before it; Mills,
houses, bridges and fences all
HURLED FROM THEIR FOUNDATION
and washed on with wild fury. utterly
Iobliteratlng the entire crop on the bottom
lands. Not only the crops. but the soil
are gone leaving only the clay surface.
Maxfield & Brothers wooden mill,
valued at $4,000 and, Joe Smiths -four
mill, valued at $5, 600 are both total
loss. Butterford's mill was damaged
"A (l0(, 4 numher Of other mills 1os
vet heard from ara ali believed to he III.
5tal loss. The loss ii oenerallv estimated
at S5llll 0,i, which hawavar will NOT re-
na;, tha Lose to which tha countrv hos
been All, ipcted -,
ynung man en,nlovad at sn,;th,s min
was drowned yo,,nc by tbe, name
~ C.reen Morris 4 son of Hon Pohart
Norris. of th;s county and i st,,dsut II !.
Arkansas College. while bathing in Polk
bayou Yesterday 4 afternoon was Crowned
THE RAIN At HOT SPRINGS.
HoT SpRINas. Nav 13--This TocaI;tv
was fiooded with 4 FORTY. eight hours
rain. beginning on Monday. The damage
has affected the railway. felepranbie af,d
general traffic. and has rendered Hat
Sprinps literalIy insulated from tina rest
OF the world. The damage done bv the
overflow Of Hot Snrinps Greek in the
city alone cannot be estimated a. less
than S30. 600. The area OF rain fall ex-
tendeded many miles around and CON.
tinuons reports of great damage done
reach here iI !, z +
The Hot Springs Railroad sustained
immense loss and damage. Tie frack
for many miles has been washed away
and three iron bridges are Completely
demolised. large force of laborers are
at work day and night repairing the
road. but il will be some days ere travel
is resumed. No mails have arrived
since Tuesday morning, and telegarphic
communication has been impracticabIe
until TODAY.
The Ouachita river rose beyond its
hanks. and its width extended for many
miles over the country. washing away
crops. fences. houses and mills, in the
fart;Io xallar Of CaI;ra river ard itr tr;h
uataries, Throughout the country manv
rich plantations are flooded and practi-
cally ruined. AS vet the total damage
in the country cannot be accurately es-
timated, .and Is placed by some at $780,