The Forrest City times., 1888-05-19
THROUGH THE IEyEES.
Bs1 Br~aAs ia th~ s~T a-1 Near Q'-s.~y.- Thsu.4z3- s< A<r~. ~s L&n< szA- Rer<-& and crup~ D--rruy-~-

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 @~rx-a and crvv- Destroyed
 BocKrozT. It, May l4--Early this morning tle sny Czrte ieTee gave wzy and wSth a r0zr that wzs heard miles away the waters of the mighty Missis szpTi cane ps1Eiaz thro1zh the open ing fnursdztinz tb01sxn5s ,sf acres Of land Within the history OE this leves there has been prsTio1s toto-azy fcur tresks. with the stage Of water ranging from nineteen feet and nine incAes to tEs1ty feet four inches. Hannibal glzze- C01seq1Sntly for the last week. as the Aississ5ppi has been steadily rising. there has been much apprehension feat iY tbo=e residing on the lotion lands that were sure to he inundated in case of a break The leyse eoxnmzssiO1erS have recognized the imminent danger by keeping a con s-zDt watch. day and night with a large force a. w0rx strengthening the weak places. Czt1lemeu- whO have had cafte zTzzinz in tbe bottoms. have been moving the.r stock for several days. and f2uailies- who could zes away. ggt out. and i- seems not too seoH. for ttIis morning between and 0iclOck- as one of the watehmen was riding to cal some men to work a. AurTly bAF- nine ID 5es above Lou isiznz. the legee sud 5enly gave way in front of him and through the opening mighty torreat of water began pour Eng. and Ia tat s few minutes the breach, st hrst ten feet wide. was in- eTe2sod f0 i50 feet. and with It al hopes of saving the thousands of acres Of fine wheat and other crops were gone IL is nov certain that from 75.- 90 t0 iEsl. .s.9 acres vill be inundated. and competent judges here place the Es-olzhe lc.ss st from ssSso.9 tO s75s.- ess9, when estimate viii t@ much loo low fl the water remains out any length 0f time This loss III fAn as terrible burden on the owners of the lands in the levee distFict. hO have for years paid heavy taxes 10 keep 1t up.
 To-day a ma sO-ity of the DO Oceu- pants of these lands are on the move and II is hezrtrend ing 10 see sOme of The families as they have hurriedly picked up and thrown into a wagon whatever Of their effects they could in few hour time and deserted thelr homes and the crops upon which they were depending for their next year $ bread. A few, however. are, we learn going t0 oceupy the second story Of their houses and try and live through the food but t Is very dangerous Gn- dertakng.
 STILL RISING AT EEoKUE-
 KEOKrK. To-. May l4.-During last night and to-day the river al this point has crspt up slowly, until now the re corded stage is Is3 feet above low water mark or II foot above the high est point reached during 1881. The sit uatiOn in this city and at Warsaw and Alexandria. remains unchanged. the water having already done all the dam age at these places that II is possible to do. The railroads are made to feel the effects of the flood more forcibly as the rise continues. Not only does the water over their tracks interfere with the operation of trains. but it is wash ing out road-beds and bridges and necessitating constant vigilance and heavy expenditures to keep the loss. thus occasiOnod from being quite heavy. To those already made suffer CTS by the food. is now added the
 
 themselves almost wholly cut of from the Des MOlnes river indicate that that stream is falling, and il is thought that the worst will De reached here tonight or tomorrow.
 FALLING AT DUBUQUE.
 DUBUQUE, To-. May 1.-The high water has be gun to recede, falling one inch since a. m It had reached within four inches Of the high water mark of l5el. and Is almost sure to do that at points feiOw here. The high br dgs here is all cut of and the busi- ness done b. ferry. The C. M. k St. F. R. E. brought up the first passenger train for sever l day this morning. All the raft steamers are laid up. and several thousand men out of employ ment til the water recedes.
 HIGHER THAN IN 1880.
 ROCK ISLAND, ILL, May 1.-The water al this point reached the maxi mum height of 1880 today, and is to- night an inch higher than it was during that famous IeTiOd. The lower dam, which protects the city from iuunda- tion, still holds it's own. and no serious results of the flood have occurred ir the last twenty-four hours.
 ABOVE THE 'sl MARK.
 FoRT MADISON. To-. May 1.-The liver has risen six inches in the last lwenty-four hours, which makes it four inches higher than the high water of