The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-20
NEW ORLEANS FLOODED.
The Levee Breaks and the Water Pours
Into the Streets-The Foods at Other
Points Along the Mississippi.

1874, and still rising. At Paydras
street the water commenced running
over the ievee, and all low places in
! the vicinity were soon flooded. On the
! lower side of Canal street, near the
harbor station, the water covers the
levee up to the Louisville and Nash
vile depot. At Bienville street much
of the levee is under water, and at
Cont street the entire levee is covered
with water. The streets about the
Sugar Exchange are flooded, and the
Exchange it reached by temporary
plank walks. Water is flowing down
the cutters Of Bienville, Cont and
other streets below Canal street.
Although the water is running over
the evees there need be no apprehen-
sion, as between the bulkheads Of the
wharves thick plank are driven into
the ground, behind which is the levee
batture This affords protection that
will not give way, and no great damage
is likely to result from the water rum
ming over. At Cloet street the water
is running over the bank in quite
stream, flooding the cutters and ad-
jacent streets.
The river continues rising steadily.
At $50 p. M. the guage was l6 $40
feet, which is six inches above the high
water mark Of former years. A large
part of the city below Canal street is
nearly submerged. The water at the
custom house is over the sidewalks and
coming up rapidly. On the Decatur
! street side water fills the street and is
beginning to encroach on the sidewalks.
The water is flowing out Canal street,
and the indications are that the entire
business portion of the city will be
covered with water before morning.
THE LEvEE BREAKS.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 1850
p. m.--The levee at this point has
broken, and the portion of the city
upon the river front is entirely sub
merged
A large fire is raging. One of the
largest tallow factories here, with
Soule's brewery and several other large
buildings, are on fire. There is a
bonded warehouse next door on one
side Of the fire, and on the other side
is one of the largest oil mills in the
South.
The city is lower than the river. The
water is all through the street, and is
being pumped out at the back part of
the city into Lake Ponchartrain. The
fall of water may exceed the capacity
of the pumps and flood the whole back
of the town, but they are making all
possible efforts to check the overflow.
THE OVERFLOW IN ARKANSAS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 13.-Only
meagre details Of the floods in Arkan-
sas hove been received. At Bateville
White River rose thirty-two feet in
twenty-four hours, and all the lower
part of the town was flooded. Tl,e
depot and freight house of the Iron
Mountain road are two feet under
water. Destruction to property at
Black Rock will be heavy. The water
stands six feet deep in the hotels and
| business places. Orders to remove all
material at the yard at Newport have
been given. No trains have reached
there since Tuesday night.
A special from Little Rock says news
from the interior tows is that all the
streams are high and that large num-
Der of bridges have been washed away.
No trains have reached there from Fort
Smith since Monday, and all of the
roads traffic is badly delayed. The
Arkansas River is rising rapidly at
Pine Bluff, and there is danger of the
government dykes being destroyed.
The situation between that point and
the Mississippi River is said to be
alarming.
HIGHEST EVER KNOWN.
NEW ORLEANS, March 14-Rain has
fallen now ffty-four hours along the
river, the total fall exceeding five
inches. The river has risen one and
half inches in the past twenty-four
hours. The government gauge this
morning shows 1876 feet, fall of from
the highest point reached yesterday.
The streets here are free from overflow
water, except at St. Peters street, and
it is slight there.
The private levee on Davis Island,
Lake Concordia, has given away, food
t!g several plantations. Up the river
the situation is practically unchanged.
The water in most places continues
high, and is rising slowly at several
points.
Every effort is being made to ward
off the danger which is threatened by
the high water. Grave fears are felt as
to the success ofany precautions which
can now be taken. There were several
crevasses discovered to-day along the
Louisiana levees, the most serious Of
which is in St. James Parish, on the
line of the Mississippi Valley road.
An additional levee four feet thick is
being thrown up on the city's water
front, and it is expected it will be
finished Sunday. The water has not
risen since last night. and draining
machines, which are kept constantly
at work day and night, have cleared
the city of water, but there are still
several had places on the water front.
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