The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-21

The gauge shows n rise OF seven lDch' Get
Law with something less than eighl \ m
below high water. Much OF tue oo''o
country is already suffering .t,,o,i,,
KANSAS CITY, June lO-Ihv situa., ,ed ,
alnnv the river Is not materially charleu
to.dav. The water has risen about elgnt
inches since last night and TINS eVerInb
'eS dispatch from Brownsville below
plattsmouth. Nebraska, says Inc river
fiji an inch and half there this ai'eIhoo .ni
Most of the trains east and north are SUI
interrupted Alton trains, GhlCasV , amu ~;
louis, are running as usual also Misso s,ura
Pacific to ST. LOUIS, sent OUT lts Pass'n rvar
,o.nioht. going four miles down the river
Nv terrv 10 Randolph, there Transferring
M .-a;ns on the Rock Island to.nignt,
although they came through this morning
n Hv a penr about route. The Wabash, the
Gonncil Bluffs and the Burlington
N Denver have been a6ahaohesu
since Saturday. The Missouri faclnc
track north of Alsa is suomergeui .;sa
sumption OF trains will depend on 'n ,o rai ;I
or fall of the river. Damage excepc o w ara
road property, as yet has peen ''n'P''"
ST.. LOUIS, June 19.-The river rose nine NM
;nches at this point and the gauge to-nigh'
marked thirty two feet seven inches
Although there is q great mess o.
natar covering all low LANDS
~ %at 5otb sides Of tie river no material dam
age has vet been done to property IN tnis
immediate vicinity. Even though tnt
water should rise two ieet hlgne,
the destruction would not pc glea
A good deal of apprehension mas peei
felt for the safety of Madison dyke, on tn'
Illinois aide of the river from Venice tt
Madison landing but 1t is still intact. 1t II
ID ~, n;aht II will stand four feet more
water. This dyke protects larg'
part of the American bottom between her'
and Alton, and should it give way severa
thousand acres of highly cultivated iarn
lands will be submerged ~, an!
great cs.ruction of crops ensme. ms
not now looked for, however. the easter,
part of ST. Charles county, missouri, " iaut
between the Missouri and the Mlssfssipp
rivers, is nearly all submerged ant
great damage is being done to grow
ing crops. 1t is estimated that lOO0
TO 10 COO acres are now inundated
and the river is still rising. Water at tina
point is now two inches higher than wv
years ago, when the hisn, raa
was only exceeded by the gfea
flood of 1874, The damage 10 CROPS s. any
o tsm property so FAR, IN is Estimated
fom i land along the river between here al
Cairo will be submerged, but no reports q
material damage have been recelved.
SENECA, KAs., June 19.-Particular
have been received of the drowning OF I'M
family of John Crib, living north four
teen miles, during the flood SUNDAY morn
ing. He attempted to Leave; leave TN n,
wagon was overturned by the current anS
Mrs. Crib and all the chill rem drowned
This makes Twelve lives lost Sunday, Onil
four of the bodies have been recovered. ~.
The little town of Cincinnati was total!
submerged all day Sunday. The loss
property there is very great. - MI, u;
LEAvENwoRTH, KAs., June l9EIhe rive
here shows nineteen feet ten lnches' rlslnl
slowly. Rock Island trains are stu aDah
one passenger and q stocl
train through, which arrived on the kansa
Central, the first since Saturday. 80 Ia
there has not been any, oam
age of consequence by IN
treshet, but if the river continue
to rise some little wheat may be Hooded ..
tomorrow. The weather is warm to;nlgnl
but there are little indications OF ram
None fell to-day.
ATcHIsoN, KAs., June 19,-The condition
of affairs here is somewhat gloomy
although it is believed the worst !
passed. The river has been rising all day
but is now at a stand.still. Train
north, south and east have al
been abandoned with the exception
of the accommodation, which arrived her
from Kansas City, running through lou
inches of water to do so. Two thousan,
feet of the B. & M. trac
above Falls City in the Nemah
valley has been washed out. One tnousan'
, feet of the Missouri Pacific south Of tina
town is gone. Repairs cannot be mad
until Saturday. Mails and passengers ar
greatly delayed.