The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
LIVING IN COW SHEDS.
Great Suffering in the Flooded yauev-
Farmers Homeless and Starving.


Quincy, H., May 1S.-The aood in
this district gives no sign OF abatement
decline OF an inch and half here nm
10 O'Clock this morning was due solelv
to relief afforded by tte numerous
breaks IN the two levees which ner.
mitted vast lakes of water to overflow
The basins, Since that, however. the
flVer has been on stand, and further
rise Is certain. 1t is possible In the
judgment OF experienced river men that
the nigh water mark of 1851 will be
passed before the climax is reached. The
aituation among the people e6uffering from
thi5 disaster, Is practically unchanged
since yesterday. Relief crews from
this city have been sent in all direc-
lions and the people on the bluffs will
be cared for
The i.nmedIate necessities of the peo-
pie are being supplied by boat-loads of
provisions and citizens here are SUBJ
scrblng liberal sums of money and
boxes of clothing TO be forwarded as
soon as the location of the distressed
refugees is determined. They are in
| especial need of feed for their
stock, hundreds Of which are huddled
| together on the embankments and only
| partially fed by the citizens among
| whom the sufferers have taken refuge.
! 1t IS probable the state viii be called
| upon to furnish tents for the peorle out
| of houses who are now chartered in the
| barns, sheds and corn cribs of farmers
on the highlands.
The first loss of human life was re-
ported this morning, Before there had
been number OF narrow escapes from
drowning in the efforts to rescue stock.
The river is now ten miles wide and
| the flooded district is fertesffe miles
long. The loss is Sl.5C0 600. 1t is prob
| able the 4etea viii not be rebuilt I'M
less ny The state or government.
A special from Alma, Ark, saws the
| hardest rains for many years have been
| falling in Arkansas in tha last two daVs
and the streams are all overilowed. Int
| mense cotton fields and corn bottoms
| are overf1owed and the country is
| suffering general inundation. So quick
| was the rise from the Big Frog Clear
| Creek that the people were forced from
| their homes and some were compelled
| to swim ior 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. 1t is feared that sew
| eral lives have been lost.
/ y PtC4ti ittht NtOhuh says ltitIt W dS
a very slight decline of water late yes
terday but the rain that set in yesterday
at 2 O'Clock served to keep it almost still
| The measurements taken to-day show
| the stage of water to be within
| Iess than foot of the great rise in 1851.
The railroads are all blockaded and will
not be able 10 resume for a week even
| should the worst of the flood be over.
| No further damage is reported from
the Venetian village of Alexandria.
| Efoin Fayetteville, Ark, comes a re-
| port that it has rained necessarily there
for the last thirty-six hours, and that
the White River, usually a peaceful
stream, is now rushing tor
rent five miles wide. Severe light
ming has also prevailed, in one
| or two instances, doing damage to prop
erty. No report has yet been received
| from the lowlands away from the rail
ways and the exact damage cannot be
figured. 4 washout is reported on the
| Frisco Railway near Wi1sl0w.