Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-21
Telegrams to The Star.
MADE DESOLATE BY THE FLOOD
Rich Farms and Happy Homes Ruined
THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLIES.
Considering DR.. Woodrow sCase at Baltimore
SCENES VI DESULAI1ON.
The Reports From the Flooded Dis
trict Along the Mississippi mot Exag.

Aue tSepOrto rom the Flooded Dis
trict Along the Mississippi not Exag-
gerascd.
QUINCY. Ill, May 2L-The great food in the
Mississippi which viii be remembered as without
a precedent in the destruction and suffering
created, is slowly abating. But the worst that
could happen has already occurred, hundreds OF
families having been rendered homeless and thou
SANDS OF acres OF growing crops ruined, TO say
nothing or the loss entailed by demolished
dwellings, wrecked fences and washouts. A
TIP through The submerged regions shows
puonshed have not been exaggerated. From
tue northern end OF Adams county 10
the southern end OF Pike County the land on the
llhois side OF the river was protected by system
OF ievees, the region embracing $4,000 acres, the
SOIL being the Richest I'm the states All the region
is now one vast lake from 10 10 feet in depth.
Along tne oluns on the eastern edge OF the sub
merged district hundreds OF families are camped.
living In tents, huts and In the open AIR. Before
tne HOOD most OF these people were well-to-do,
prosperous farmers, but now they have little or
nothing. Mucn sickness prevails among the un-
IorIunates I owing TO want and exposure, but
prompt measures have been taken 10 alleviate
their suheringS
The Inundated regions are full OF desolation. De-
serted homesteads with the water tapping the
caves are the most frequent as well the most pa
thetlc sight But here ana there Is a spark OF LIE
not yet eAtinguished by the all-destroying waters
While the vast majority OF the inhabitants fed 10
higher land, a few We're nos granted time To get
ay or mis- Judged the character OF the breaks Ia
the evee and determined 10 stay with their homes.
and are now
LIVING IN THE CARPETS OR on TIE ROOFS.
Every roof has been turned into place OF refuge
Tor live stock, poultry, a.. buS numberless houses
have been llfted from their foundations and car
ried away with the irresistible current or denol-
ished entirely.
In the Sny levee district below this city the stu-
tion is Infinitely worse than In the regions TO the
north. The crevasse, which completed the inun-
dation, opened at the upper END OF the embank-
ment and the pent-up waters from the river poured
over the vast Tract OF rfch farming land, sweeping
everything before II. The torrent rushed down In
a great wave several feet hign with a force which
nothing could Withstand.
The towns Of Fall creek, Seehorn, and Hulls are
but mere islands, and hundreds OF refugees are
huddied together In limited space Four or i've
families are living In each of the rooms In the lew
houses above the water and are suffering intensely.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE 10 RAILRoAD PRCPERTY.
The Damage 10 Railroad property Is enormous,
and it Will Ue three weeks after the water subsidies
before trans can be running On time. This city is
cut on from railroad communication North, West
and South. The quincy and Carthage Is under
water for a distance or several miles 1ne Quincy,
Alton and st. Louis TRACK Is covered for miles,
briages are gone and telegraph poles down. The
Chicago, Burlington and quincy and the Wabash
tracks at last hannibal were Washed out Satur-
day morning. ON the west side OF the river no
attempt Is made 10 run trains on any of the roads
Owing TO the great CONFUSION IL Ia impossible 20
obtain detailed losses, hut the aggregate Will
reach fully 81 O00, ,00o irou crops alone The DAM
as,e 10 the leSees, houses anu railroads VIII ap-
pTOXlmaUe S6OOUOO.