Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-03
THE RIVER FLOODS.
A Bursting Levee Submerpes 8
Mississippi Town.
The village Of skipwith the scene Of the
Disaster-A Prominent Citizen Risks
His Life 10 Telephone for Aid
Two Persons Drowned.
UNpER wArER.

GgEENvLLE. Miss, March s7.-Tues-
day night deafening uproar. TOO famil-
/ lar 70 the oft-afiicted people of the
/ delta, awOke the sleeping family of Mr.
Lachs, OF Skipwith. Miss. to the ter
rible consciousness that the levee. be-
hind which was their dwelling. mad
broken and the waters Of the Missis-
sippi were upon them through a
crevice hundreds OF feet vide. Through
the importing food they battled
their way to large skiff in front of the
warehouse OF Lachs & Co, near their
dwelling Mrs. Laehs barely escaping
with her life. When She arrived at their
ark Of refuge the water had risen to her
chin, and il was with the utmost diff
Guilty that her two children could be res
cued by her husband. Mr. Lachs, think
ing of the immense loss both of life
and property that must occur, entered
the store and telephoned an alarm up
and down the river He also narrowly
escaped drowning Two citizens of the
unfortunate little town were drowned.
To add further horror to the scene the
warehouse belonging to Lachs & Co,
with its entire contents, was totally de-
stroyed BY fire resulting from the wa
ter coming in contact with several bar
rels OF unslacked lime. The warehouse
also contained an immense amount Of
freight The damage done is inestima-
bic, as no precaution had been taken
against the food An immense quantity
Of live stock was drowned.
ARKANSAS CRY, Ark. March 81
Captain Leach. United States engineer.
is fitting out boat to go TO the relief
OF the sufferers at Laconia circle, below
here. Awful devastation is reported
there. Houses are surrounded by water
and the occupants have taken refuge on
the roofs or in the top stotes and are
without provisions. A large amount of
live stock is drowned
ST. Louis, March IS. = Officers OF
lower Mississippi steamers arriving here
report much distress in the overHowed
districts south Of Memphis. and the out
look for their next crop is discouraging.
VICRsBURG, Miss. March 20 The
news received that crevasses have o.
Cured AZ Huntington and Easton, Miss.
has created CONSERVATION in this city.
and settles the fate OF all but the high
est portions OF the Yazoo delta. The
crevasse at Huntington, nearly Opposite
Arkansas City, and forty miles above
Greenyille, was 500 feet wide at last ac-
counts and the one at Easton, four
miles above, is 100 feet vide
The Ofuts and Skipwith crevasses are
pouring floods OF water upon the Yazoo
delta. At Skipwith the break IS now
600 feet wide and Is to 20 feet deep and
the water is shooting through with
velocity resembling that Of the whirl.
pool rapids The town is now covered
with water to the depth Of 10 feet or
more. Nothing Is to be seen Of some
OF the houses except the peaks of theft
roofs, Nhile others nave turned over
and are being tossed about by the surg
ing water. The damage to stock viii be
large, but it is believed there will be
but little loss OF human life. The out
look is gloomy, indeed, and the people
in Louisiana and Mississippi are re-
moving their stock to places OF safety.