The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-26
SUNDAY PRESS.
Terrible Work Of the Floods In the
Wesfs
Some Happenings Of Note In Foreign
Fields.
Miscellaneous Sunday Haps and Mishaps
High wster-Ruln and Desolation.

High water-Ruin and Desolation.
Sr. LOUIS, June A.-The river is still
rising at this point, but more slowly than
heretofore. The exact measurement can
not be given at this writing the official re-
port not having been made yet. The Hood
ed districts In the northern part OF the CITY
presents about the same appearance 1t has
for several days past. At the lumber dis
trict large gangs of men are still working
on the levees and dikes which protect the
different yards, and so far none Of them
have been flooded. A rise Of another foot,
however, will inundate all Of the low lands.
Seventy million feet Of sawed lumber will
be surrounded BY from two to eight feet OF
water. Should this dreaded event occur II
is expected fully one-half this lumber will
be upset, in which case great quantity of
II, no doubt, will be tloated away and lost.
Al Alton slough, about twenty miles
above here, among some Islands in the
Mississippi river which are used Is places
OF deposit for lumber. about $4,000, 900 feet
OF sawed boards in rats are moored, and
while the slough is q reasonably secure
place, considerable apprehension is felt lest
the RATS should be broken up and swept
down by the raging food. In east st. Louis
proper the situation is much the same Ms
Yesterday. Bowman dixie is still intact
aud protects the business part Of the city,
but outside there Is nothing but watery
waste, extensive with the surrounding
country. Early this forenoon the water,
which broke through the dixie yesterday
morning, reached point short distance
above Venice and broke,,a fearful crevasse In
the Chicago Il Alton railroad EN- bsnkment.
About 60O feet seemed to sink aud disap-
pear in an instant. The gap has been
widening ever since, Parallel with this
0mbankment run the Indianapolis & st.
Louis anu the Wabash tracks which could
not withstand the terrific current which set
In through the Chicago 4 Alton break, and
then went down In quick succession, cut
ting OIL all direct ran connection with the
north. Creeks give the water speedy exit
TO the eastward, and all day steady and
rapid current has been passing out toward
the bluff The water Is now spreading over
Ill the bottom land north Of the old Ohio
u Mississippi railroad embankment, which
crosses the bottom between East st. Louis
aud Caseyville. II does not seem possible
to restore these tracks. and II is probable
no effort will be made to repair the EN-
DhHkMento Until tuo WntoI icCcutSs Mcan-
time the Chicago e Alton, Chicago, Bur-
lington Il Quincy and Indianapolis & st.
Louis roads will convey passengers to and
from st. Louis and Alton by steamer.
Trains for the north and east will be made
up at the latter point. The Wabash will
use the Vandalia e Illinois Central lines to
Decatur, whence they will use their own
road.
The break in the Chicago & Alton track
has flooded nearly all eastern Venice,
and forced many families to vacate their
houses and seek safety on higher ground.
Considerable OF the town west Of the Chica-
20 & Alton track, which runs directly
through the place, Is also submerged. The
and the transfer stock yards, on the bank
Of the river, are no longer available for u @.
All the country in the rear and east of
Venice Is inundated. At Mount Farm
land, In the American bottom, north of
East 81. Louis, there are said TO be 10 600
TO 5000 acres inundated, and the loss to
crops 10 computed at not less than 500, 900
ct moderate estimate.
At east CarOndelet, six miles below here,
on the illinois eide Of the river, the situa.
ton Is deplorsble. Fully three.fourths OF
the families in town are quartered in three
school. houses. and few residences on the
81. Louis Il Cairo railroad. The most OF
those people are in destitute condition,
aud unless they receive assistance there
will be great suffering among them. From
this point to the bluffs, four miles, auu
southwark for ten or twelve miles, the en-
tire country Is submerged ana presents q
scene Of utmost desolation and ruin. Had
the flood held back two weeks the farmers
could have saved the most of their wheat
and potatoes, as both are nearly ready for
harvesting, but now erything Is lost, and
nearly all farmers ruined. This can also be
said ofvery many farmers elsewhere In the
bottom.
The little town OF Cohokia, a shot dis.
lance from Carondelet, is under water, and
the inhabitants move about only in skins.
The previous estimate OF damage in this
region Is said to be much TOO low. 1t Is
now stated that fully 10 600 acres OF wheat
alone are from two to six feet under water,
and as much more of corn. potatoes aud
other crops are submerged, causing a loss
Of $200,O0O. II is also stated the ST. Louis
~ Cairo and the belt road, part of which tx.
tends to East Carondelet. have been
damaged fully $4,000.
Creve CGur lake, twenty miles west of
here, which came into some prominence as
Q rowing course last season, Hanlan,
Trickett and other oarsmen appearing upon
IL, and which is really an old bayou of the
Missouri river, has swollen so much from
high water in the river that il
has overlooked its western
bank, flooded adjacent lowlands, and done
great damage. An immense ice house be.
longing to the Creye Occur Ice Com any,
was undermined ard fell, entailing loss OF
$4,000. The railroad depot, hotel and
other property sustained considerable dam.
age.
Dispatches from different points on the
Missouri river say that nearly all bottom
lands along that river are inundated, and
that hundreds OF thousands of dollars
worth Of crops have been totally destroyed
and thousands upon thousands of acres OF
splendid farms laid waste. The same kind
OF reports come FROM places on the Missis.
s,ppi river between here and Cairo. The
river rose three inches here to-day and
marked thirty.four feet seven inches at s
O'Clock this evening.
Another Collision,
LONDON, June N.--The passenger vessels
Husrnni and Waltara, Of the New leland
Shipping company, were in collision of
Portland FRIDAY The Waitara sank 4,