The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-05
WORK OF THE FLOOD
Great Suffering Caused By the
Flood Along the Lower
Mississippi. .
The Engines Of: the City Of
Paris Collapse and Leave
Her Helpless at Sea.

/" VIcKsBURa, Miss, Special.-Latest news
from the Mississippi levees report no change
except that the water is steadily advancing
southwark from skipwith crcyasse. and the
towns of Mayersvllle, Filter and Hayes are
being surrounded and must soon go under.
The steamer Evergreen is in from q sec
ond trip to Steel's bayou, going MS far as
the DRIFT would admit and exploring the
adjacent plantations in, skiffs. Her officers
report that they found no suffering; that
cattle and stock had been removed and the
people were safe. News has just reached
here that the bank is caving rapidly in
front of Redford levee, Madison parish, the
caving being now within seventy-five feet
of the levce. Work began there to-day,
and the levee may be finished before
the old one goes into the river.
The levee inspectors elsewhere in Louis
lana report no change. Trains have been
abandoned between G%reenville and Rolling
Fork, and, in fact; all trains on the River
| side division except from Greenville to
Hampton and between Coahoma and
| Benoit. This leaves Greenville without
communication with the outside world ex-
cept by river. ="
TIL p
on the Mississippi Valley railroads main
line between Yazoo river and Katzeneimer
is very serious, indeed. Six inches more
of water will send the Vicksburg, Shreve-
port & Pacific railroad under be-
tween Tallulah and Lake One. The
water is rising slowly, but it is very
unlikely that the road can run trains more
than a week longer, and additional crew
asses may stop operations at any time. F.
| VIZ NfoC,Lo continuation for hri10na efOr the
New Orleans s. Northwestern railroad,
until lately in process of construc-
ton between Videlia and Winnsboro,
La, arrived to day from Rayville, La. The
water rose five feet in Dry bayou, six miles
from Rayville, in the twenty-four hours
ending this morning, and is now within
half a mile'of town. The transfer steamer
Marion, used by the Mississippi Valleyrail-
road to transfer trains between Hunting
ton and Arkansas City, passed down to-
night, and will transfer trains at Nita Gre
vase. Greenville is now on all island
Last night the town was in the greatestdan.
ger of overflow, with little hope of keeping
out the water. To-day the situation is unim-
proved, though the levees are still standing.
A dispatch from Talluluh, La, says all
farmers east of that place are planting,
while all west are under water.
IN THE LAcoNIA CIRCLE,
which is situated in Desha county, Ark,
ana comprises about 10000 acres, the scene
is q h~eartrending one. This strip of coun-
try is now inundated to a depth of from
five to twenty feet, and the inhabitants,
numbering between 1000 and 5000 people,
whites and negroes, M and children,
are perched on house tops and hay stacks
and trees. Live stock not already drowned
are maintaining a precarious existence with
their wretched owners in some in
stances on the roofs of residences
and elsewhere on improvised plat.
forms OF wreckage. Starvation is telling on
the cattle, while there are many victims in
scarcely less deplorable condition without
food. The break at Easton is now 1,30(
feet wide, and that at Huntington about
800. A new break occurred at Hunt.
ington this morning about 1.OO(
yards below the one of three
DAYS ago and the water in the town Is now
rising at the rate of one and a half inches
per hour. The levees in that n~eighborhood
are reported in bad condition. A gentle.
man from Huntington tonight says that
the railroad depot is now surrounded by
water. to the depth of two or three feet.