Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-20
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ST. LOUIS, March I3.--Repofts from
points ON the Missouri and Mississippi
above here show the rivers TO be rising.
kilograms from the interior show sll the
smaller streams to be very high and tho
lowlauds in the vicinity of creeks and
rivers TO be under water. A dispatch
from Vienna, H., says that @ number OF
families in the eastern part of that town
have vacated their homes, while fences
and vast amount of lumber from the
planning mill near the depot have Aoated
away.
NEW ORLEANS, March 13.-The river
rose 80 rapidly to-day that the situation
has become criticsl. at 8 O'Clock this
morning the water was Is $40 feet above
the zero mark, or one.tenth above the
highest water ever known. Shortly after
noon q great wave struck the city and
the river went to II feet. Such sudden
rise was never before known on the lower
river. The water came over the embRnk-
ment in several places, and sections Of
Canal and other streets were flooded to
depth of two feet. The outlook was one Of
extreme danger, but fortunately about 2
o'clock there was fall of three-tenths of
an inch. Then came another rise and
the rive went to IL feet again. There
Yves another fall soon after of an inch or
SO, end the gauge now marks 10 8. The
water is still running through the sewers
to the swemps in tine rear of the city in
such volume that the drainage machine
will not be able to throw it off should
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any length OF time. The le7ees in the
upper and lower sections of the city are
sufficiently strong TO keep out the
flood, but above and below the city
crevasses will surely occur il the river
remains at its present stage for few
days. Several have already occurred,
but they have been promptly closed by
the railroads on both banks of the river.
The situation below the city is especially
critical, the water having almost entirely
demolished the new levoes and it is now
running over the old dykes. II the
volume Of water predicted by the signal
ofiios comes down before the present
flood subsidies large section of Louisiana
must necessarily get under water.
! The oity council met tonight and ap-
propriatGd $50, 600 for work on the levees
during the danger period.
MEMPHIS, March i3.-The rivers are in
an alarming condition. The highest
flood level ever recorded has already
! been reached at many points south of
| here, and will likely be attained from
| Cairo to the Gulf within the next five or
six days. The rainfall of the past three
days sums up total Of from two to three
inches over the country lying west of the
Mississippi to the Indian Territory and
south of the Ozark range, and from two
| to FIVE inches between the Ohio sand
Cumberland vslleya.
The river OF this point is three tenths
\ above the great rise Of 1882 and one-tenth
below that Of 1887, the highest on record.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott d Memphis,
the Iron Mountain and the Little Rock &
Memphis railroads, whose tracks lie
through the flooded district, opposite
here, are confident Of escaping inunda-
ton, the road bsds having been put iu
excellent condition during the past year.
A reporter who has just returned
from Arkansas City, Arkansas, says
the real condition Of Affairs q;
that place has been suppressed. The
water from the Sappiugton break has
country, hundreds of horses and hogt
! huu hhNo b0oAA hIOWhph NM
people are in constant fear of break il
the le7ee in front of the city, where the
water yesterday was four inches upon
the sandbsgs on top Of the levee.
CAIRO, Ill, March 15.-The Ohio
river has fallen about three inches sine
last night; gauge reads 48 feet and 6!
tenths. The MiSsisaippi river is elsl
falling. l. is thought the river hal
reached about its highest point, but tht
heavy rise from above may cause it Il
rise again or materially check its dec inc
The Illinois Central and Mobile and Ohio
roads are again running trains regularly
and the O., O. O. g. st. Louis will bs run
ming again by morning. The st. Louis
Alton & Terre Haute and Iron Mountain
will no. be running trains for severa
days.
NArcHEz. MISS, March 13.-The entire
coal fset here broke loose from its moor
ings in last nights storm.