The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-22
STORMS
Have Ragged Throught the
West.
Damage Done in Various
Localities.
Telegraphic Communication
Stopped.
THE STORM.
TRAINS DELAYED.

SILL Whb0f Aast1 - COdHlkE VI DEGtty IQ1Ck
ice The river has risen over five feet since
last evening and now marks 274 feet by
the gague, total rise since Sunday OF
about seventeen feet. The rise now is
much slower than yesterday. and the water
will probably begin to fall again by to-mor-
row. The only train from Chicago this
morning arrived over the Vandalia road,
and the only eastern train came in by the
same line. The incoming trains on all
other roads were either abandoned or in
definitely delayed. The Chicago 81 Alton,
Chicago, Burlington q Quincy and Indi-
annapolis & ST. Louis are stopped at Wood
river, about twelve miles from here, and
have washouts, bad bridges, and overfiowed
tracks in various other places The Van
dalia and Louisville and Nashville are
flooded at Silver Greek and other places.
The Wabash, eastern division, has trouble.
The Alton and western division had q bad
landslide between here and the Missouri
river-at st. Charles, on the Missouri and
Pacific. There are several land slides
within fifty miles of this city, and consid-
erable track is overf1owed. The Keokuk
s. St. Louis is also under water in several
places. The st. Louis Sc San Francisco
has no serious damage Trains have not
employed repairing damages, and the pros
poets are that all trains will be running
regularly in day or two. The rise in the
river here is said by the best steamboat
men to be unprecedented.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21'-The only train that
arrived from the east tonight was on the
Ohio g. Mississippi road. This road also
sent out train, but as far as can now be
learned no other road did. Three trains
are said to be stuck by land slides near
Franklin, on the Missouri Pacific. a con-
struction train is nearly buried in deep
cut near Huntley on the Wabash road, be-
tween here and ST. Charles. kThe Jackson
vile branch of the Chicago s. Alton is also
in trouble, and trains delayed. The rain
finally ceased about 11so'clock tonight,
since when the mercury has fallen several
degrees. and q light snow is now falling
The indications now are that it win freeze
nard before morning. a high northwest
wind is blowing, but the clouds are still
heavy, with 10 signs of clearing.
The weather continued very cold all this
afternoon, and tonight it is freezing here
The Chicago s. Alton railroad will send
out trains in the morning to Chicago and
the East. Possibly other roads will do the
same, All have large gangs of men at
work, and every effort is being mads to re-
pair damages speedily. The most trouble
to any roads seems to have occurred with
in radius of fifty miles beyond Alton
Junction, and the Wabash, which passes
through nearly the same section OF country,
is severely injured, but TO what extent is
not knewn, as the telegraph wires are
down. The officers have little informa
ton.
The country around Springfield, Ill, In
badly flooded, and besides damage to the
railroads, wheat fields and other property
has bsen greatly damaged. This may also
6a 0fr Of he Mt in Illinois
directly east and southeast of here, all fiat
prairie lands being covered with water.
Dispatches received tonight from sew
eral towns within the area of rain fall says
the waters are receding and the subsistence
of the food is expected to be rapid. Rail
road travel will doubtless be resumed with
in twenty four hours.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 21-Business is sus-
pended on the wharf to-day, owing to the
river being too high The canal is thirty
five feet and two inches and rising at the
rate of an inch an hour, with thirty-thr
feet in the ahute on the falls and thirty
feet and fout inches over the rocks. Wind,
northwest Light snow and quite cold.
AT EVANSVILLE, IND.
EVANSVILLE, Feb. 21-The river is ris-
ing and is now three feet below the food
of 1867. During the gale last night the
harbor tug Uncle Buck was swamped and
sunk on the wharf at the foot OF Main
street Two families were wrecked and
two men, two women and one child
drowned.
AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Feb 21-The river is within
sixteen inches of the extreme high water of
1862. -Four breaks in the levee have oc-
CURED, the largest one being Just above
Austin, Miss, which is six miles longs
While tho river at this point does not, ac-
cording to the signal service officials re-
port, show any extreme high stage, yet at
many points between here and Vicksburg
the river is twelve inches higher than was
ever known. Every plantation between
Memphis and Fairs Point, Miss, is sub
merged and the water extends back from
either shore fifteen miles
AT HELENA, ARK
HELENA, Feb. 21.-The situation remains
unchanged. The river has been on stand
for the last twenty four hours. The water
continues rising in the city, and is now
over North Main street at the Presbyterian
church. All mills and workshops in the |
lower part of the city have suspended op-
erations. Many laborers are thrown out I
of employment
News reached Helena this afternoon of |
the drowning of six children on the pfanta- |
tion Of the late Col Ellis.
AT NEW ALBANY, IND.
New ALBANY, Feb. 21.-The city is |
now partially under water. The damage |
done up to 10 o'clock tonight can hardly
be computed. Old steamboat men say |
there are indications that the river will be |
as high as in 1862, the winter being much
like that year.
"a SEVERE STORM
DULUTH, Feb. 21.-A very severe and
unusual storm for this season of the year
prevailed here last night ceasing at day
ngnt. The winds, accompanied by drig-
ing snow, blew gale from the north to
1ne northeast, and the sea on Lake SUI |
Perior ran high. All the ice in the harbor
was broken up, and the shipping living here
for the winter is now riding freely at an
chor or alongside the docks The tempo
rary suspension bridge over the canal was
badly damaged and left almost impossible