Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-19
SWEPT BY EWATERS
UESOLATION ALONu THE SHORES OF IHB
MISSISSIPPI
The Great IHlaiaHo1 at Ql.Icy, UL-Ih0g0ais Of
Acres Of Rich Wheat Lar5s Submerged.
Terrible Stories o. Suffering
aud Want

QuINcY, Ills, May l. The great llocd
that now prevails along the Mississippi
river has been equaled hut once, the single
exception being IN ISL Ten days ago the
water reached the danger line, and from
that lime has been rising steadily at the
rate Of from four to fourteen inches daily.
The Government gauge now marks ~ ieet
- inches, being seven inches higher than
during the great Hood OF l~-l. Above and
below Qniucy aTr over one hundred miles
of ltvre- Tor the protection Of fully two
hundred thousand acres Of land-the must
productive farming lands in the valley. OG
SUNDAY morning the first break occurred in
one Of these great embankment7 known as
the Indian Grove Lrvee. Dunng the day
other rTcvdssCs we've made and within Il
lew hau7s thousands Ol GCrIa Of w,uter
wheat, thGt promised u yield OF from forty
| 10 sixty bushels 90 the acre, were LAID waste.
The farmers lNd been working on the
rmbankmcnt night and day III the hope oi
saving their homes, and when the Hood
came minority OF them had barely time
/ ta save then families, 80 sudden aud over
wh,lmIug was the rush OF the torrents.
! Outside the rmhlnkmcnt was the great
| river, a S0hd body of water twenty feet
deep. and ~ soon ~ CrryasSt Wa made
/ il poured through the opening with roar
/ that could he heard long distance
/ Every moment increased the width 0t the
cr,yasse AID tue great flood that WAS To
carry destruction in its pathway. Thirty
homes were deserted in a moments motto"
| from riders who were sent to give wa ming
/ of the danger, in many cases the p'opIe
/ heinz compelled to leave everything and
| liy to the bluffs or seek safety IN boats.
! On Monday the Sny Carte levce An en-
| bautmrut cummrrrinV lu-t below Quincy
ami extending south = distance OF itts-iOur
miles, gave way between Hannibal aud
! Louisiana, aud the scenes enacted the day
previous were repeated anl intensified.
Early in the week the Alexandria levrr,
30 miles from Quincy, gave way, com
p,rtr'y lrodmg that thrifty city. l,s'rr-
dlg q rrryaaar was made In the Sny iryC"
At las, Hannibal, followed soon after 10y
another hrrai. mil" south, and last ngn'
the destruction ui all the ieyee DISTRICTS
wa. complete N1tm eGl ground IN this
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