Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-20
RAGING RIVERS.
Dweners in the Lower Mississippi
Valley in Danger.
The River Is Steadily Rising and Hun
dreds Of Farms Are sgbmerged-One
Town Entirely Under Water
NO Loss of Life.
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ST. LoUIs. March 13.-Reports from
Arkansas and points along the lower
Mississippi show a most alarming state
Of affairs, and il begins to look as if the
present flood would far surpass that of
1852 both in magnitude ana extent Of
damage. In Arkansas the White and
Black rivers are higher than ever
known before. At BatesYille the
entire town is several feet under
water and at that point the White
river has risen 80 feet and is still
rising at the rate Of inches an hour.
The Black river is 10 feet over its
houses are flooded to the depth Of from
8 to feet. No loss of life has been
reported, but the damage to property is
great, particularly in the saw-mill dis
tricts.
Hundreds Of farms in Missouri, Illi-
nois and Kentucky are completely sub
merged. In many cases families are
living in lighthouses or RATS, while in
other instances people whose houses
are on slight elevations, stick
to them with water all around.
There has been great loss of
live stock, but no human lives have
yet been lost. More than half of the
city of Cairo is submerged and business
is paralyzed, the only means of COM
munication being by boat. The levees
in the vicinity still stand the strain
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March Is. = The
food outlook is more threatening than
at any previous time since the present
high water began to excite attention.
The rainfall over the country west of
here and south of the Ozark mountain
range has been over three inches within
the last two days, and the storm
still continues. AS a conseq the
Arkansas and White rivers are pouring
out immense volumes and the situation
below their mouth is any thing but en-
couraging. The river at this point has
risen to the great lood-level of 1885
feet-and is rising slowly.
CARBoNpALE. H., March 13-All the
lowlands Of Egypt are under water
The track from Wetaug south is sub
merged from to feet and water
in the Crab Orchard river is 2 feet
higher than ever before. The Cairo
Short Line has established ferry and
transfers passengers and baggage across
the river.
ARKANSAS CRY, Ark, March u. The
water from the Sappington break has
flooded the town and surrounding coun-
try. Hundreds Of hogs and sheep have
been drowned and the people are in
constant fear Of break in the levee in
front Of the city, where the water
yesterday was four inches upon the
sand bags on top Of the leyee At Rates
vile ell that portion of the sown
through which the Iron Mountain road
runs is a foot lnder water and the trains
are abandoned. Reports from the Black
river valley show that the low lands are
now under water at places so deep that
tree tops are alone visible. Jackson
port is under water two to four feet.
NEWPORT, Ark, March 15.-The rivers
commenced running over the levees at
10 o'clock Thursday night, and the
whole town except Fort street is now
from four inches 10 two feet under wa
ter. Business is entirely suspended
The White and Black rivers have COM
menced falling. and tits hoped the worst
is over The damage to the adjacentcoun-
try is great. Otltrough County, contain
ing Is, 900 acres of cultivated land,
is now under water from six inches to
twenty feet. The rise was sudden and
without warning. Fences and every
thing movable are gone, The country
south of Newport, which embraces some
Of the finest farms in the State is also
inundated. The losses in Newport are
very heavy, regardless of the loss of
business.
CHARLESTON, No, March binds
Point, Mo, is entirely submerged. All
the people have moved out of the town
TO the higher ground. Deer, bear,
wolves and other kinds OF wild game
have also taken refuge on the high
ground and hunters are shooting them
by thousands. The Iron Mountain
railroad tracks are five feet under water.
Over lo0,QQQ acres OF farm land is sub
| merged and the hood is still rising.