The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-26
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
The High Water Still Devast-
ating Valley Plantations.
WORK OF THE RELIEF BOATS.
Some ortho People Refuse to Leave
Their UOmcs-Grcnt DcstructiOn
Of Property Congress Votes
n Ncat Sum for Aid.

BATON NoudE, La, April 25.-Botl
ends OF the Martinez crevasse, below thi
place, have been secured aud and do
tcrmined effort will be made TO close it
The water is rapidly filling the country
to the rear and male its appearance ir
Shannon's canals this morning. Mr.
Shannon does not anticipate that all o.
hi' place will 80 under, even II the break
is not closed. The north.bound Missis'
sippf Valley train due here at noon yes
terlay, reached hero ut 40 last night.
The chances are that the track OF this
road will be submerged. Tho break at
Loudells, the old Parish levee, as 1t Is
called, eighteen miles above here, on the
West Baton Rouge side, Is 800 feet wide.
All OF Clark's, Chambcrlain's and John
Devall's, is under water. David Devull,
President OF the police jury, has 25O
acres OF cane under, 10 out, with the
back water still rising. -
The back water has reached the
Burke, Dougherty and Westover places,
but there the levee is m excellent one
and they expect to keep the water out.
The people Crosse Tote and Baton
Rouge are as fast as possible in bringing
their stock and cattle over to the hills
for safety. Only the highest places in
West Baton Rouge will escape the over
flow.
The Texas& Pacific Company 8 steam.
er Wheelock, that has been doing relief
work around Morgauza, has arrived.
Her commander, Captain Seoyell, saws:
1--WE went rs high as the mouth Of Red
river in search OF Ell that needed assist.
ance. We brought down few people and
stock. Some We landed at Bayou Sara
and some here. Tho steamer Henry
Marks proceeded down the Atchuialaya
to sec il any assistance was needed there.
So far ms | can see. there is no need for
further relief boats. The people refuse
to leave their homes. saw Captain
kingsman Wednesday evening. He ex.
presses the opinion that the end OF Nor.
ganza can be protected. Tuesday and
Wednesday Captain kingsman and
others were deyoting MI their energies
to the very important work OF
saving life and property. So far there
has been no loss OF life reported, and the
damage thus far in the overflowed sec.
tons at and in the vicinity OF Morgansee
has been confined almost exclusively to
the crops in the field.
A STEAMERS RESCUE.
The steamer Dacotah, Capt. Mitchell,
in command, has reached here from the
overtlowed district and put oil six or
seven hundred people and large quan.
tity Of stock. The people put Off were
mostly negroes, who found no difficulty
in getting employment.
Several planters from the interior were
here for the purpose OF getting labor for
their plantations. The Dacotah yester-
day went up as far as New Texas land
ing, rescuing people and stock along the
route. The boat transported about
$500 people to this side and could
have brought many more, but the peo-
pie said the river was falling and they
preferred to stay and take chances in
Pointe Coupee. Capt. Mitchell said the
break in Old sforganza at o'clock yes.
terday evening was COO feet wide, while
the break in Grand Levee. last below,
was one thousand feet wide, and was
widening rapidly. AS these levees are
three miles in length only compara-
lively small portion OF these great works
have yet been destroyed. The boat
rescued every living thing from pig
to the dogs and chickens.
SHREvEpoRr. La, April o5.-Reports
from Upper Red River, above Fulton,
indicate a big rise, caused by recent
heavy rains which have fallen along the
border OF Northeastern Texas. At this
point the river fell one.tenth, but the
situation is not encouraging. The
streams are all bank-iull, aud very little
more water will flood ali low places not
thoroughly protected by levees. A
number OF places are already sub.
merged.