Telegram-herald., 1890-03-28
SUBMERGED.
SEIPHIrH VILLAGE UspER WATER
nsss4s4s. F9Tesa - s~ta f~E rhekr
L1sss-Iws rsrsszs Drss Gsa-s erSa2-
l.-1s C4Cxs4 kisks Ma Lite -
C-A for Ai1.


GhEES VILE, Mss, d AEul - -cs-
aay aigAt ds2feaing GprS-r, TOO fa2li-
lar - the oft-smicts1 people Of the
selt4. 2~0ss ths sleeping family 81 Mr.
I.ssas. % Skipsith. Miss. ~ tie Ter
ribls consciousness that the lesOes os-
hind ~aieh wAs their dwelling. bad
broken saa the waters OF ths Mssis-
sippi we're upon them through a
ereVlce hundreds of feet vide. Through
tie inp0uring hood they battled
their way 70 = large skit Ia front Of the
warehouse OF LAchs & Co, near their
dwelling, Mrs Lachs barely escaping
with her li.e. When she arrived 81 their
ARK Of refuge the water lad risen to her
chin
Mr.. Lachs, standing In four feet OF
water and holding his child on his
shoulders, telephOned an appeal for =
szit and boats - rescue the drowning
people. tie had seen two OF his neigh
bors drown close 10 him and expected
that many more would suffer the same
fate. lie claims that the people living
In the country can not escape. Re-
peated warnings have had no effect on
them. as they telt secure behind their
big leyees.
To add further horror 10 the scene the
warehouse belonging to Lschs & CO.,
With its entire contents, was totally de-
stroyed by fire resulting from the wa
ter coming in contact with several bar
rels OF unslacsed lime. The warehouse
also contained an immense amount OF
freight
Some Of the inhabitants were forced
20 make their escape by swimming.
The crevasse Is said TO bes0o feet
wide, and the ends are wash
ing away rapidly. II is difficult TO get
details because the telephone line be-
tween the town and the outside world
was washed away almost az the
first rush OF the water through the
break. Unless the break is stopped
at once great damage will ensue, be-
cause the country threatened includes
some OF the finest farming lands
in Issaquena, Sharkey and Warren coun-
ties. The Mississippi Valley railroad
will also suffer both on the main line
and the Riverside division. In fact, the
railroad officials expect that the line
will DO washed away within forty-eight
hours. There is no doubt that the food
will cover all the fine plantations in the
threatened section, and there is like
lihood also that GreenVille will be cut
off.
The break IS bad and the levee is
melting like a snow-bank. Rescuing
t. IL ~
organized at various points. The ne
groes in the bottoms are panic-stricken
and many OF them will be drowned.
Live stock will be drowned by the thou
sand, as no provision has been made for
removing them and the Government
boats patrolling the banks can do nc
more than rescue human life.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 27.-The low
lands of Mississippi and Arkansas seem
to be doomed. Levees are continually
breaking and the foods are PRACTICAL y
beyond control Work on the crevasse
at Arkansas City has been suspended
which means devastation for that sec
ton.
ARKANSAS CITY. Ark, March az
Captain Leach, United States engineer,
is fitting out a boat to GO to the reliet
OF the sufferers at Laconia circle, below
here. Awful devastation is report ted
there Houses are surrounded by water
and the occupants have taken refuge or
the roofs or in the top stories and are
without provisions- A large amount oi
live stock is drowned.
WASHINGTON, March 27--In the Sen
ate to-day the House bill authorizing
the purchase of 2,5Oo tents by the Sec
rotary Of War for the use Of the people
driven from their homes in Arkansas
Mississippi and Louisiana by the pres
ent floods and appropriating SIS, 900 foi
the purpose, was passed.