New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
TIE MISSISSIPPI FILLING.
BELIEF THAT so FURTHER CREvASsEs WILL
occrR1N THE LEvEEs-HEAvY LOSSES BY
FLOOD Is DALLAS, TEXAS-THE
MARYLAND HAILsTORM

New. Orleans April os.-A dispatch 10 The Daily
states, from Baton Rouge says The relief boat Dacotah
laid AT Martinez Crcvassc all last night The break
is virtually closed The laborcrs on the Dacotah To-
cciher with the other hands began saching AT 80
O'Clock Yesterday morning. Nearly 100000 SACKS
we're dropped IN front OF the crib work. aud at o'clock
the back water had fallen three feet. AT intervals
the water would get the best OF the workmen. and
rush through small aperture with lightning speed
cutting a deep channel under The cribbins. Ihc en-
tire force wond then be concentrated on the danger
polnt. and hundreds Of sacks dropped into the hole
lanes d. Houston who has been at Martinez ever since
the break. gives the credit Tor the
succrssful fight against the crcVa>so 10
william Cummings. roadma>ter Of the Valley road
co,or,l Manager uarahan. Of the Mississippi Val
lev Railroad i, on the scene. and Will remain until
the DANGER Is over. VIII Clark at who-e place the
fobdcll lcvce broke arrived from that place TINS morn
ug lie stated that the water was stu Hi'hinS
through with terrible velocity. but as soon a,
material arrived an attempt would be made to close
the break.
The river Il steadily declining, ana All lcrs VI
further breaks are gone.
The steam gin and sawmill OF Charles Lawrence, In
>harkev County three miles from Rolling Fork, Miss
wer. burned saturday night. The loss Is small fhly
or sixty II Mr. Lawrcnce's tenants were guarcren III
the gin and in their efforts to escape from the names
sevcn were drowned The building was surrounded
water feet deep. lhcy Ia" '"n'" i't"-N
there from the overflow and 1t Is stated 'hdU 'no"
carclcssncss caused the fire.
The rcport that several lives had been lost in the
vicinity of the Lobdcll disaster has been coniirhed
4 family named watson, numbering nve persons
were drowned.
4 dispatch to "The Times Democrat from ST.
Joseph La says: There has been "a decline of ono
inch in the river in the last twenty four hours. Inc
lcyees are all holding well. The backwaer l. aoou'
nm a stand and it is not believed that over - per cent
of the cultivated land in this parish Tcnsa>l Is under
water
A dispatch 10 THE Pcayune," from Dallas. IeNaS'
savs. The sun rose beautiful and clear tins morn
ing but the outlook was the reverse Ill a"o"' nv
homes I'm Dallas and the suburbs. from when tle IN
habitants had been driven by the oVerho" III '"o
Trinity River The river at this rise was ie"
inches higher than that Of s66 which was the hEhe''
rocorded within the memory of the Oldest Set''iS'
Large forces Of men are hard at work repairing inc
washouts on the Texas and Pacih'' "uii' 'oIo'''"
and santa Fe Missouri Pacific kansas al" icN"''
Texa. Trunk and oak Clin Elevated r"i"aNS' i"r
wafer last night ran through the windows oi the rS'
aoor of the Dallas Elevator, and damaged Il "'So
a,o,nt ~ wheat as well the machinery ana beuhs'
Two Thousand bales Of cotton were soahed III III"
comprc,s foot of Lamarst. >es'oina' d. tic % n,'''
was being transferred from one 'rn ri ~ ,rd u nil
nm thr rexas and Pacific. poucn ol rrSl9'c''i n'n'
sipued of the hand car and sank III inc i swl In am
rent. The city water w9rh1 a ,hr srect. is ccttna
m ior mla""F 'in damage done by the flood In Dallas
viii amot to several Te 9G'sS 9tI H'inG' ed r6 aG' Sight
bai,lHluln, Kc wreck caused by Yesterdays hal'
storm North Charles It. o wa wG aal peIa aII over Ss the the
'Ia . % .f ff., trred Mount Vernon Methodist Church
i, riGded on the exposed iron ana sa Sndnw
Er,,tnn Md APRIL 2s.-Bctween ana . "'io'k
ye,tcrriav afternoon terrific thnNnnrsorn p'rsi" it
49, Ee,t c.nntv accompanied by hall hoaN rain
ord a birh and destructive wind Great hamass, 10 ~
ncach and apple orchards and fences Is reported III III
4
,i's ,nnudcr wind and lightning but 10 damage -
oil