Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-20
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. MONTREAL WATER. The Greatest Flood Known
 For Years. LOSSES UP IN THE MILLIONS. Business Going Again At
 St. Louis. NO STREET CARS IN NEW YORK. NEr. Garland OI4 The Wit
 ness Stand.
NO STREET CARS IN NEW YORK.
\ GREAT FLOOD AT MONTREAL

Water Running Through the Streets Like a MilI Race-The Losses Estf- naied at over Five Million Dollars. MONTREAL, April f9.-The flood appears l to be abating, but very slowly and the city presents much the same appearance as yes terday. The village of La Prairie is seen apparently surrounded by water. All down the south shore of the river to St. Lambert the ice is billed up to the very doors of houses facing the river. On this side of the river the scene is quite as desolate. From the very foot of the rapids down to the Hoshela- ga the river seems to be over it's banks. All St. Charles appears to be under water. Ev- cry street in the lower part of the city is
 canal. The river is clear of ice short dis tance above the bridge clear away west to
 the rapids, but from the bridge east some
 miles down there is complete block of ice.
 The loss to merchants and others in the
 storehouses and warehouses in the city can
 not be estimated. The present flood is
 three inches higher than that of 1861.
 The water remains at forty-seven feet nine
 inches above low water mark and is running
 through the streets like mill race. The fol-
 lowing is a complete list of the streets cov-
 cred by water from six to nine feet deep
 Blewry, St. Urbain, St. Charles Borromeo,
 Jerors, Jacques Cartier Square, St. Vincent,
 St. Jean Baptiste, St. Sulpice, St. Dizire,
 St. Francis Xavier, St. Nicholas,
 Capital Park, Founding, St. Peter,
 Lemine, Normand, Youville, McGill,
 St. Paul, Commissioners Common, Craig,
 Hermine, St. George, Chenhville, Rudegonde,
 Victoria Square, St. Sophia, Busby Lane,
 Dame, St. Maurice, College William, Ottawa,
 Wilmington, Brennan, Grey Nun, King,
 Queen, Prince, Anne, Shannon, Kennedy,
 Colborne, Dalhousie, Young, Murray,
 smith Eleanor, St; Henry, Roy y;5, Lane senebs E
 iix, Grand Trunk railroad depot, Holland, Bane, McCord, Basin. Offer, St. Thomas, Seminary and St. Augustin. The lower end of the following streets simi- lagg na1g 00fsd ss euy Martin nsrSAfs sanebrs al0h Chatham, Canning, Hunter, Payette, Mill, St. Patrick's. Canal, Columbia, De Ia Ferme, Manufacturers', Richardson, Centre, Shearer, Grand Trunk, Mullens, Favard, Bourgeoise, Congregation, Sebastopol, Liverpool, Mazda len, St. Etienne, Forfar, Conway, Menai and Britannia. Thousands of people have visited the inundated districts to day. The damage will not fall short of $5,000,000 and by some is estimated as high as 10000, 900. There are not less than six thousand houses submerged, mostly in Grifintown and Point St. Charles. There is great amount of suffering. Every effort has been made to alleviate distress on the part of the civic authorities and various be- nevolent societies. Five thousand loaves of bread two thousand packages of tea, one thousand barrels of sugar and one thou sand bushels of potatoes have been distributed today in police boats cred the inundated district to-day and found distress beggaring description. In some houses families of twenty persons were found in attics, while all their provisions and furniture were floating about in seven feet of water below. In eight houses visited ing in which to lay them out and no way Of securing cofins. The whole surface of the flooded district resembles vast lake covered with boats and rafts. Following are the losses as known among the wholesalers: Morgan Bros. & Co.,, dry goods importers, $20,000; Thomas May & Co.,, $50, ,OOOr Machlin Bros. Sc Co.,, $5, 1000; $5 ,OO0; Huston, Fish & Co.,, 8 ,000 Theodore Boas & Co.,, $6,000; J. A. Matthewson, teas 5000; James Brown & Son, cot tons s2,Qoo: Beal Ross & G., Keksy si oo Mno@a blankets, S5,00f; Whitney, Wardlow & Co.,, St, ,000; Robertson & Linton, dry goods, s10,ooo; Wilson & O., grooers, s1O, 900; Meager Bros, s5,00o; Morgan 6 O., s5, 900; Child & Co.,, grocers, $5,000; Le Blanc & De saulniers, grocers, s10,OOO; W. P. Martin & O., dry goods, s5,0O0; Hudon orsali, teas, &, ,0OO; Letang, Madoc & O.. hald ldware, ,$2, 600; B. MacPherson, $2 ,000; Lyman Sons & Co.,, drugs, $20,000; Taylor, Lindsay & Co.,, dry goods, $10,O00; Roland Bros, upholsterers, $4 900; Mongenaes, Bowen & O., liquors, $4 1000; Mason & Co.,. groceries, s3,000, Tifhn Bros. groceries, 5000; Hudon, Herbert & Co.,, cottcns, s25, ,OO0; J. Grenie & Co.,, dry goods, $20,000; Le Claire Bros, s10,000; silverman, Boulter & Co.,, matters, sl0o, GOO; Wilson & Co.,, hardware, 1000; E. K. Green & Sons, furriers, $25, 900; A. w. Ogelivie 6 Co.,, flour, S25, ,000; St. Lawrence Sugar re- hnery, S100, 1000; Canada Sugar refinery, $50, GOO.
 This is not fifth of the damage, but all that can be now estimated. Horses and cat tie have been drowned in great numbers. All the adjoining municipalities ts the south of the river for twenty five miles are under water.