The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-05-25
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| Tho Deluge IN the MISSISSIPPI valley
Shows No Sign of Abatcment-Rains
Keeping the Rivers Out OF their Banks
| Terrible Destruction All the Way
from Iowa to Arkansas-Great Suffering
Among the Residents of the Flooded
District Relief Measures.
! ST. Louis, Nay 19.--Yes5erday's reports
from the flooded districts are from Keo-
knk, Ia, to the remote parts of Arkansas,
and show terrible destruction. A Louisi-
ana (Mo9 dispatch says that the breaks in
thelevee here, caused the river to fall about
foot since Thursday night, but the
flood is increasing in the. Sny dis
|. tgict from one. end to the other. An
other break occurred below this city
Thursday nightg and the torrent is now
rushing from the lower end of the valley
to meet with the flood coming from the
other break above. A great mauy:of the
farms are ten feet under water and the
buildings almost ruined. Crops will be en-
tirely destroyed. The only remaining hope
of the farmers is that the water will go
out in time for a late corn crop
QUINCY, Ill, May 19.-The water has fall
en- two and q half inches, and many are
hopeful that the foods have attained their
height But the Des Moines river, which
north, is rising, and it is feared the worst
is yet to come.
The first loss of human life was reported
yesterday morning. Before there had been
a number of narrow escapes from drown
ing in efforts to rescue stock, but no one
had been drowned
In the Indian Grove district $50 families
were rendered homeless. They are obtain
i'm ial ch for. in hn l111ffs
while many are still in the upper Stories of
their flooded houses. All are suffering,
but are being cared for by neighbors.
In the Sny levee district there are several
thousand people deprived of shelter They
can be found on the bluffs or any high
ground eamped with nothing but tents to
protect them Many of them are almost
without clothing, having been driven from
their homes so quickly. There is much
suffering among them even for food. The
damage to railroad property is very large.
Miles of track are washed out and many
bridges gone. .+....
Three relief expeditions, organized by the
Quincy H5hig, Friday visited the flooded
families of the Sny and Indian Grove
leyee districts, and report great deal OF
discomfort aud suffering on the part
OF the refugees, who are encamped
on the high lands in tents or wagons, with
scanty clothing and food. OF the 15Q
families rendered homeless in the Indian
Grove district many are partially sheltered
in barns and sheds of farms not in
undated, and the attention Of more
fortunate neighbors has so far pre-.
vented actual want The misery and want
of the homeless families in the Sny dis
trict is reported still more absolute AT
least 600 men, women and children who
have saved nothing but perhaps a
few chickens and escaped in cloth.
ing Insufficient to protect them from the
weather, are in great need of assist
ance. The Investigators found that the
railroad property in the submerged dis.
ricts had suffered great loss. A thou
sand yards of both the Chicago Burlington
& Quincy and the Wabash tracks were
found to be washed away.
KEoKUK, Ia, May 19.-There was very
slight decline of the water late Thursday,
but the rain that set in at 2 o'clock served
to keep it at standstill Measurements
recently taken show the stage Of water to
be within less than a foot of the great rise
Of 1851. The railroads are all blockaded
and will not be able to resume for week,
even should the worst of the flood be over.
No further damage is reported from the
village Of Alexandria.
HANNIBAL, Mo-. May 19-Great damage
has been done in the lumber district here
by the food, and the loss to the property
holders of the Sny district is incalculable.
Old citizens are of the opinion that the rise
is not yet over.
O'F'AiLoN, Mo-, May 19-The heavy rain
has added largely to the increase of water
in the flooded districts. Much uneasiness
is expressed on account of the continued
rise of the Mississippi and Missouri. The
Culvertr river has risen over three feet
since morning. The loss already done to
wheat and corn is very considerable.
FEARFUL FLOODS IN ARKANSAS.
ALMA, Ark, May 19.-The hardest rains
for many years have been falling in Ar
kansas in the last two days, and the
streams are overlooking. Immense cotton
fields and-corn bottoms are submerged and
the country is suffering q general inun-
dation So quick was the rise from
the Big Frog creek that the people were
forced to flee from their homes and some
were compelled to swim for their lives.
Many women and children are standing on
the tops of houses crying for help, with the
water ten feet deep around them and still
rising. tits feared that several lives have
been lost. f,s VI zs5s-s.. ~ .-
A waterspout in Crawford County caused
Frog bayou to overflow and submerge over
10000 acres of corn and cotton, which are
completely destroyed. The rise was very
sudd@ People took refuge upon house
tops, from which some We're rescued in
boats, others remaining Oh them all night
The Frisco & Valley route tracks are under
water. Two bridges have been washed
away and no trains are running Much
stock has been lost m