New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-26
THE WATER BACKING rr AT BATON ROUGE

nrLlrF Boats so LoNcFE NEEDED ~ THE
nfvrR.rur WATER MON Al vICKsBUEG.
Ration Rouge. Ia. April both ends Of the
v,-l, ero,,..e below thl. place have been secured
ana . le,e~mncd effort viii hc made to close it, The
vn,er /. rapidly filing the oouuir, =" The frar ana
made "a appearance In Shannon's canals This morning
nr shannon docs not expect that all ~ hi, place vi"
a. under even II shc break Is not closed Inc noi'h
bound Mississippi Valley train due here AZ noon We
ieriav reached here ~ oci0'N last night The
chance. arc that the track 81 thi. r,ad viii be sub
merged The break at Ioldcil-. the old parish cvce
A. u . called eighteen mile. above here ON the West
BATON Rourhe side q. 400 feet wide. All Of 'larks
Chamberlain. and John Desail'- hand is under water
The people Of Crosse Tcte and Wet Baton h"Afe az"
A. rapidly a. possible bringing their stock and cattle
ovef o. the hills for safety only th" highest pi"''s
a. West BATON Rouge viii escape overflow
The rcNas and Pacific Comuau's steamer Nhecl"'N'
which ha. hocu doing relief work around Morgan ha'
arrived here Her commander captain >ooNcil says ;
We vent a. hieh A. 'he mouth ~ The Red kN'
IN search of an who needed assistance. We hipne'
down = few people and stock. som" "" lann'o AT
lavon sara, and some here. The steamer Henry
MARKS procccd,d down the Afehafslaya to -ce n ans
a..stauce uas needed there. Far a, can -oc there
l. no further need Cor any relief boat. The p"opie
REFUSE ~ leave their homes. Captain kingsman
"Wednesday evening lie expressed the opinion that
tho ends n MorsanSs can bc protected Tuesday ana
"wednesday captain kil-tHAn tuh ntNfrr "'f' n'N''
Ing All their encrlc, to he important work 0f saving
nfo and property Tar there ha- been no loss n
NE rupwt<d. AMI the damssc r. ne osrdowed sec
t,ons st AID In tlc vicinity of MOrgaufa has been
confined almost exclusively To- the crops in Tire Held
NIsh.iurg Miss. April - TIE fiNfr unN iLshcr
tIsn AZ any time in the Last twenty eight year.
Ncw ORLEANS. Aprl 80 The water from lhe IAN"
which suhmerged portion ~ tic 0ut-hirt~ % Tire
Seventh tld tlchfh utri. oi this 'ifi. - faFdN dls
appearing IA, relief steamer pt'utah ha~ arrived Al
l.lln Rouge there DsnE nu further NNfh 10 90 AZ
present nn The Point ioulee front The reported
as 90 the Point plrs-anf icses me Ienss- front
We nsprrc :. Tic Herdcieou N-ll'N ctc'. in con
tUrft Parish fif nne referred fo
dispafeh tn " The Fine. Democrat from trcsu
,IIIr Ns>. -nfs After -four dtts uf nc"~-int rain
ins the up brightly this m"inin-. IT."
rtrr feii three inih'. ~ no LAT twenty nur hour
vhifh II the nrst permanent fal We have had sine"
tfe beginning ~ the high water. three months ago
The same fall recorded fhc back water - fhe
oan and o"untf,. and since morning thc ih ht
been mlly fWo iushf-.'
La sa,-. Report. from upper Red Riser. above
raIn. which have fIrn 1l along fhe border n north
tern fcNas A thI- point fhc river fell on" t"nth
BIT the situation b, nuf ontlursing \ number Of
plares are already submerged.
dispatch To- The Time. democrat from Mann
qnir sa,. The water rising along the tiiiN miles
frit II This district lut most rapidly below ltp."
dsh A. Barrow, bridge. near the centre ~ the
District the water ha- fallen slightly. III" nrdg" ~
n Ioni.ana Central Railroad ha. given naf. 'Nd i-
NV jsnmcd into that ~ the IcNns facih' al 'i''se
Jeie station