The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-26
TELEGRA.PHIC
The Rising Rivers.


St. Louis, 24.-The river is rising more
slowly than before. The flooded district
in the northern part CT The city presents
about the same appearance 1t hiss fer
some DAYS psst. In the lumber district
large gangs of men are working on le-
wees and dykes. a rise of another foot
will inundste ell the timber yards, At
one slough, twenty D1iles above, among
the islands on the Mississippi, the saved
boards, in RATS, are moortd. While the
slough, d reasonably secure place, con-
siderable apprehension Is fell lest the
RATS break and sweep down. In east
St. Louis proper the situation is the same
as yesterday. Bowman Dyke is still in
tact. It protects the business part of the
city, but outside there is nothing hut
Wstery waste. This afternoon the water
which broke through Madison Dyke
yesterday reached q point q short dis
lance above Venice, and broke fearful
crevRsse 10 the Chicago end Alton en-
bankment. About six hundred feet OF
the track seemed to sink and disappear
instantly. The gap has been widening
eYsr since. Parallel with this embank-
ment runs the Indianapolis, st. Louis
and Wabash tracks, which could not with
stand the current. They also went down
in quick succession, cutting off all direct
rail connection with the north. The
water is now spreading over all bottom
lands north of the old Ohio and Missis-
sippi embsnkments which crosses the
bottom between Fest st. Louis and Gays
vile. Il is probable no efforts will De
mGde to repair the mbAnkments till the
water recbdes. Meantime the Chicago &
Alton. Burlington & Quincy, and Indi-
annapolis & st Louis roads will convey
passengers to and from ST. Louis and
Alton by steamer. Trains from the
north and east are made up at the latter
place. The Wabash was using the Van
dslia & Illinois Central Ii es to Decs-
tur, whence they use their Owa road.
| The bres6 in the Chicago and Alton
track has flooded nearly all the eastern
part of Venice aud fofcua many families
to vscste their houses. 4 considerable
part Of the town vest II he Chicago and
Alton track which ruus directly through
the place is also submerged, The Venice
and Enterprise ele7ators are closed. The
stock yards on the back Of the river Rre
no longer avsilsbls for use The amount
of farm lana on the American bot
toms north Of East Saint Loui:
is said to be 1900 scree. The loss tC
crops is computed at not less than $2C0,.
900. At East CaFondolet, seven mile:
below on the Illinois side, thrse-fourtbl
Ofthe families in town are qusr;ered il
three schoolhouses, and fen residences
on the ridge OF high ground. Most o
these people are ia a destitute condition
From this point to the Bluffs and for fou
1 N =, -
Submerged and presents sceoe of desc
latiOn and ruin. HEd the fot held bsci
two weeks longer farmers could hav
saved most Of their heat and potatoes
now both are lost and farmers are en-
tirely ruines. The little town of Csho
kis, short distance from Carondolet, j
under water. The inhabitants NOV
about in skiffs. Fully 10000 acres O
wheat alone is from two TO six fee
under water in this section an
other crops is submerged, causing q los
of $500, Geo. 1t is stated that the 81
Louis, Cairo and Belt roads hsve bee
damaged fully $4,000. Crave Coue
| lake, twenty miles west of here, whic
came Into prominence as q rowing cours
last season, has flooded its left banH
OOAAb kL0At OhAAhH0S 4u6 IumoQEo ICE
house of the CreVs Couer Ice Compan
was undermined and fell; loss, $40, COZ
Other properly sustained conslderabI
damage.
The chief apprehension tonight is tn.
the VandAlia road which is north Of II
Ohio HEd Mississippi will be flooded. TT
Ohio & Mississippi are above the foo
line of "a. No apprehension is felt. I'll
river rose three inches here TO day, an
marked thirty.aeven fee! seven incbes Il
. night. Reports say nearly all the be
ton land along the Missouri and Missi
sippi between here and Cairo, is innuI
dated. The Loss OF crops ia hundreds
Thousands.
Chicago 25.-Jo&YnGl'8 Alton, Illinoi
The magnitude Of the disaster from Il
D foods below this city ia just beginning
be disclosed. The break of the dixie
| low this city has caused destruction CO
ering vide area. guy Carte bottom
are ruined for the year. A thousar
families between Louisiana and Cratic
{ are homeless and Reeiog before Il
floods. Stock to the number of E
thousand head have Already drowned
American bottoms. Telegraph comm
. nicatiou is seriously interrupted.