Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-06
BEYOND THE ROCKIES
Much Suffering in the Del
uged South.
Many Casualties Attending the
Overflow.
The Break at Catfish Point Causing
Great Destruction.
Disastrous Floods in Texas-Suicide of
Prominent Citizen of Chicago.
General Gleanings.
Associated Press Dispatches

RosEDALE, Miss, April 5.-The new
levee at Catfish point broke yesterday
morning. The water is rushing through
a gap 600 feet wide. 1t had been looked
Oh as weak for some time. Most of the
plantations affected are already more or
less inundated from the breaks at Easton
and Huntington. Many of the best
estates in the county will be flooded. 1t
is believed no human life is endangered.
Greenville Again Flooded.
GREENvnLE, Miss, April 5.-The Gre
vase in the levee which broke at Catfish
point is now from l 200 to 800 feet wide,
and increasing. The water reached
Greenville this morning, and tonight
rose one foot in the streets, and is still
rising rapidly. Washington avenue, the
main business street, is now one sheet Of
water from the corner of Poplar street to
the racetrack, and the water i5 making
it's way over the sidewalks into the
stores. A great many people had to va
cate their residences to seek higher quar-
ters on account of the sudden rise.
Planters Drowned Out.
Parties who arrived today from Green
wood (the greater part of the journey
being made in a skiff) describe the stu
alton in the Sunhower lowlands s'ter-
rible. At an astonishing speed the water
is spreading over vast extent of i'm
proved and cultivated lands and forcing
out the planters, many of whom would
have been, at the end of another week or
so, through with planting. Houses of
all descriptions and fences in long sec
tions are carried away by the terrible
currents, and every conceivable house
hold object is seen floating down the
Boguephalia swamps.
Much Suffering Among the Negroes.
In this neighborhood skiffs with tents
are badly needed by the colored people.
At every step colored laborer, his family
and his all are found, almost destitute
arrayed in garments which have seen
their best days, and which afford them
bdg little comfort and protection. Ii no
assistance comes to these people, many
will die from exposure. Food will soon
be needed, and if not provided great
suffering will be the consequence. The
Government officers have done great
deal of good in that section, but other
localities are now showing signs of ap-
preaching distress.
In the vicinity of Winerville a great
many cattle are. dying from disease
called the hollow horn.
AT Mound landing, seven miles below
Catfish point, the river fell two feet to-
day, no doubt owing to the large break.
The Lake Washington country and the
highest points on the banks of the beau
f,,l lo1y
out OF sight, a thing which has not been
known since 1854.
The outlook is not hopeful for the
planting of the overfiowed region before
May. Just as soon as the water sub
sides sufficiently, it is supposed the
break will be temporarily closed SO that
the crops may be protected against any
future rise this season.
Government Oficers Affording Relief.
ARKANSAS CIrY, Ark, April 5.-As
foon as the news of the break at Catfish
point reached here the Government
steamers Speed and Graham took sew
eral barges to that point and brought
away about $50 people and their effects !;
also lot of stock, etc. Captain Tellin-
ger, of the Government service, is on
the ground doing everything he can to
save life and property.
Negroes Drowned.
VICKsBURG, Miss, April 5.-A raft
containing twenty negroes who were try
ing to escape from the flood, capsized in
the mouth of the Rogue river. Only
thirteen reached shore alive.
GREENvIILE, Miss, April 5.-Yester-
day, while colored man and three wo-
men were in skiff, fleeing from the
food in the Rogue Camp country, the
skitf commenced leaking, and before as
sistance could be rendered, the whole
party went down. The man had mar
row escape, but the three women were
drowned.
Flood in Texas.
DALLAS, Tex, April 5.-The Trinity
river, like all others, is overfowing its
bottoms, and much damage is resulting
therefrom by the drowning OF stock. A
dam broke at the unfinished city water
works above the city, and now the new
$4,000 pumping engine is 100 feet under
water. The unfinished reservoir will
sustain damages to the extent of many
thousands of dollars.