St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-22
THE BROKEN LEVEES.
Great Destruction of Property from
the Rushing Waters.
The Best Lands on the Lower Mississippi
Overlooked.

New ORLEANS, March 21.-There are now
ten crevasses in the leyee on the west side
OF the Mississippi river, between Vicksburg
and New Orleans. ALI are pouring great
volumes of water into the country. The
great Morganza crevasse is now nearly a
mile wide with an average depth of ten
feet of water going through ike mill race
The following parishes will be more or less
inundated, Madison, Tensas, Concordia,
Ayoyelles, Pointe Coupee, West Baton
Rouge, Ibervil e, Assumption, st. James.
st. Charles, St Landry and st. Mary, en-
braclng the most productive sections OF the
state for cotton and sugar. No estimate OF
the loss can be made yet. The United
States engineer writes, there is no money in
my hands applicable to the levees
consequently no further aid of any kind can
be expected except for work in protecting
the government levees. The plantations at
Davis bend are overfiowed, and the levee
there is now expected to hold till morning.
Laborers and stock on the ,,levees below are
awaiting removal to higher ground.
THE RAGING RIVER.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
BISMARCK, March 21.-The river fell five
inches here today and rose five feet at Buford
making total rise of fifteen feet at that point
in two days. 1t will take the rise six days to
reach Bismarck, when it may be expected
the ice will break.
New ORLEANS, March 21.-DaYis crevasse
is now $50 feet wide, and very deep. All
efforts to close it is abandoned. No progress
is made in closing the Mulato Point crevasse.
The water from this and Morganza is gener-
ally spreading over the country between the
Mississippi river and Atchafalaya.
VICKsBURG, March 21-The water has
backed up through the railroad culverts, flood
ing the houses on Front street. The levees
at Ships Bayon and Point Pleasant are
broken. Steamers are busy bringing stock
from overlooked districts. 80
ST. JOSEPH, La, March 21.-The Brock
ridge levee is broke, and also Ships Bayou
levee, the former running through ten feet
deep and the latter fifteen, while both are
widening. Point Pleasant and Hewitt gap
both broke last night The water reached
the 1882. gauge last night These breaks,
with Hard Scrabble already open, will cause
general and disastrous overflow of Tensas
parish and the parishes south of it, There is
MINE CASUALTIES.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, March 21.-There were
nineteen deaths at the mines in this dis
trict last year, against twenty in 1882. Sew
enty-two persons were injured, against nine
ty-one in 1882. There were 7,075 persons
employed.
STEAM AGAINST CABLE.
CHICAGO, March 21.-One of the cable cars
on the State street line, while crossing the
track of the Illinois Central Railroad at Six
teenth street at 2 o'clock this afternoon, was
run into by locomotive. Two
street car passengers were injured,
but it is not believed seriously.
The locomotive struck the grip or leading
car, which contained only boy and the
driver, neither of whom are seriously in
jured. The car itself was badly demolished.
The rear cars, filed with passengers, were
stopped on the edge of the railroad track.
NINE EXPLOSION.
MT. CARMEL. Pa, March 21.-An explo-
sion of sulphur in the Enterprise colliery in
stantly killed Carl Yoknbouskey, z. Herringer
and Peter Supoloskey. The brattice work
and other timbers in the mine are badly shat
tered.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
NEWPORT, Ark, March 21.-The boiler in
Ratman's saw mill, six miles from Augusta,
exploded yesterday, killing the fireman and
three children. The sawyer was blown forty
feet, but was only slightly hurt.
A MILWAUKEE BLAZE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 21.-Romadka
Bros trunk factory was burned to-day. Loss,
$50, 900; insurance, $4,000. The works ex-
tended from Third to Fourth streets, but the
flames were confined to one building, $50
feet by so, of brick, and three stories. The
firm claim their loss is $50, 900, but the in
surance men place it at &c., 900 on the build
ing and $15,0 900 on stock. Two hundred
and thirty men and boys are thrown out OF
work.
OIL ON FIRE.
BUFFALO, March 21.-This morning a
freight train on the Lake Shore road near
Angola, that had parted came together
heavily, causing the explosion of an oil tank
on an oil car, setting fire to the train and
also to one on the western bound track.
Two brakemen, VIM. Frawlen and Newell
Silvers were burned and otherwise badly in
jured.
ANOTHER LEvEE BROKEN.
VIcKsBURG, March 21.-Buck Ridge levee,
Louisiana, thirty-three miles below Vicks-
burg, broke at II o'clock last night. There
is no chance to close the gap which will over
flow much of the best lands in Tensas par.
ish.