Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-06-28

The Madison dixie, between Alton and East ST.
Louis, broke In two places on the 23d, flooding
u strip OF fifty square miles Of the richest land
| in Illinois. The farmers made their way to the
bluffs with such effects as they conld transport.
The wheat crop of the region is q total loss.
| and railway communci ton with East ST. Louis
| is cut off.
| 4 st. Louis dispatch of the Gath says the
river is still rising; and shbtild it rise another
| foot will overflow the dykes, and 70.0O0;0D0
| feet OF lumber will be afioat at the yards near
| that city. Early in the forenoon of that day
| about GOO feet of the track of the Chicago
and Alton Road disappeared; and the gap has
been widening ever since. The Indianapolis
| and st. Louis ana the Wabash tracks, which
are close BY, are also down. thus cutting OF all
direct railroad communication with the north.
The area of farm lard submerged near East
st. Louis, is estimated at about 5000 acres.
and tie damage to crops il placed at S2On,C00.
At East arondeet the situation is deplorable:
Three-fourths Of the people OF that place are
quarteled i'll the school houses and buildings
on the high ground, crops are nearly all de-
stroyed. and the loss is estimated at over $780,
900. From that point back to the bluffs, a
distance of twelve miles, the bottoms are all
undec water; and the damage and suffering is
almost ipcalculablc. The little town of Caho-
kiL, near Carondele. is entirely Under water;
and the inhabitants 60 about the streets in
boats, as their only means of locomotiop. Tho
up into millions.
An Omaha dispatch of the 18th says: Heavy
rains in southeastern Nebraska fcriously dam
aged The crops in Cass, Otoe, Nemaha, john
son, Richardson ard Pawnee counties, drowned
srge numbers of cattle and washed away
bridges and raj road tracks. Cass County lost
fifty bridges. The destruction In Otoe County
will foot up ?100,0 Tho south part of Te-
cumseh is under water. The 81. Joe and West
ern Railroad has lost thirteen bridges and all
| trains from Nebraska CITY have been discon-
| tinued. The Missouri Pacific track near Au-
| burn, Falls CITY and Hiawatha is gone and no
| trains are running The Nebraska Railroad
lost large number of bridges and miles of
track. son Of James NJ. Woods was drowned
in Table Creek. D. o. Smith lost his life at
| South Auburn, and an unknown man
| succumbed to the watsrs at Dunbar. at Kan
sas City the rlver rose eight inches III ten
hours. aud trains from the east and north
were interrupted. In the vicinity of Liberty,
Mo, large bottom lands we've under water.
People on the river front at st. Louis had to
vacate their houses. hut will not lose much. At
Helena, Ark, The river rosa at the rate Of
seven inches day. A large strip of splendid
corn land in St. Charles County, No., is sub
merged and great destruction to crops will en-
sue. ltis estimated tnat $4,000 acres are un
der water, and the damage will foot up in tie
neighbofhood OF 100000. At Leaven Sorth
Kansas, the river is still Using. and trains on
the Rock Island road are abandoned. Reports
from Senec a, ILL.,, state that several lives have
been lost by reason of the high water in that
| vicinity. Tho loss of property has been great.
Two Thousand feet Of the tracks of the Bur
lngton and Missouri and 1000 feet of the
| Missouri Pacific have been washed out near
Atchlson. Kansas. and norepairs can be made
till the water subsidies. At St. Joseph, No.,
the river has passed its best record, and morc
than two miles wide outside the city. Num-
bers of cattle and hogs have been drowned,
and crops are entirely destroyed