New-York tribune., 1883-03-10
THE SOUTHERN FLOODS.
THE SITUATION ALONG TIRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY ENTIRELY SUB
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| THE SITUATION ALONG TIRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
| PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY ENTIRELY SUB
| MERGED.
ST. LOUIS March "a Globe Democrat cor
respondent, who reached Helena yesterday Mem
phis gives the following OF the situation along
river bank: "There not than three spots
OF ground between Memphis aud this point Scores OF
the best farms In Arkansas and Mississippi arc COM
pleely ruined, aud most Of them are abandoned the
owners aud aborers having fed 10 higher ground. In
many places the cattle are standing in water which
overhows the platforms and almost every cn
filed with cOOred people. At Iarbuts Landing there
were eighteen negroes in two boats to
the foods bank, waiting for steamboat to tAkc them
away. There is not foot OF dry land In forty III le.
skffloads OF coOred people with their household good.
are TO be at various points seeking ground rest
on. Al Sterling coloIed people, houses and cattle
only store there. Most Of the fences aud houses
along the bank stu intact. though many have been
hOacd away. AZ star Landing the dwellings full Of
cattle and the gin full o negroes It is probable
water from the St Francis River Is undminshed"
, Captain TAorwegan Of the steamer Chouteau thinks
and New Orleans account closing OF the Bonnet
Carre creyass. The bridge and trestle CassadOs
Lake on the Iron Mountain Road mile west Of here,
was discovered to be ahoat as' night from the back
water coming up from the break In The levce below.
This WIZ cut Helena of from railroad communication.
as raroal nen say it viii be impossible 10 get trans
out until the water subsidies.
HELENA, Ark, March 9.Tho river has been stationary
since yesterday with 46 feet IL inches the gauge 1t
stationary at Madison yesterday and is probably
falling to-day. decline is con6denally expected here
by Sunday. Work the levee is still going forward
The people Of this vicinity have confidence In their secu
Iity fully restored The country below s entirely sub
merged, the water in many places pouring over the
Ieyees back into the river The reports from Austin,
Carksdalc ana Frars Point Of the discourag
ing character Not angle house In Of the places
named escaped the deugc. To-day Is clear and calm
NEW ORLEANS, March "a despatch to The Picaytne
from Greenyille, Miss. says: The levees OF Bolivar,
Washington aud Iss quena counties undergoing
severe strain yet only break has occurred
that at Esee IN lower Issaquena. the water here Ia
still rising inch per day. ana 1t 10 now about foot
below the food OF 1882. II the fine weather continues
tho town will escape serious disaster Tho only point OF
danger In WashingO on County Ia at GlenOra Inc main
resources and tue efforts OF Be Board nave been CON
oenirated upon the Bolivar County front.
despach 10 The Times Democrat from Helena, Ark,
says The river began falling this evening. The trains
have stopped running the Crowley Ridge brancn OF
the ST Louis Iron Noun and Southern kIilrOad
Ing TO the Unprecedented rise In BAngule River. The
ST. francis River Is falling slowly, and the LAnguille
River remains stationary. The weather Is clear and
calm.
MEMPHIS, March 9-The river here has declined two
Inches despair to The APpedt from uelcna Ark, says
The river is falling here tonight Several hundred
inst south of bere have reported that they
and mules standing In the overflow In the
81. Francis swanvs aud have been hopelessly aban-
tOned"