Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-19
BREAKS IN THE LEVEES.
The Waters OF the Mississippi Still
on the Rampage.

The Waters OF the Mississippi Still
on the Rampage.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 1.-THE coun-
try below the Arkansas line and Vicks-
burg, on both sides of the river, is in
imminent danger of inundation. The
Arkansas levee has been abandoned.
The water is running over the Arkansas
levee in several places. This means
that the Tensas basin in Louisiana Will
be inundated. All efforts are being
concentrated to save the levees in
Louisiana, between Vicksburg and the
Arkansas line, and those on the
Mississippi shore between Vicksburg
and Greneville. If Louisiana goes un-
der Mississippi may be safe, ana vice
versa. On each side Of the river the.
most heroic exertions have been made
TOR weeks, and are now being redoubled.
Rain has fallen in torrents everywhere.
At all endangered points work is kept
up day and night. Live stock and
movables are being taken to places of
safety. Stock on the Richardson planta-
ton, in Louisiana, will be removed to
Bolivar County, Miss, in the Upper
Mississippi levee district, which is con-
sidered safe.
The protection levee at Mayersville,
Miss, gave way yesterday afternoon,
and the river came against the new
levee, which is considered unsafe. A
panic seized the population, and many
ladies and children we're sent to VickS-
burg by steamer. Longwood, Pecan
Grove, and Aisatia levees, in Louisiana,
are barely maintained. Over 200 miles
of levees are endangered, and general
Arr II hi H<,
majority of experienced persons.
There is no cause to apprehend
loss Of lite but the destruction of prop
erty will be great.
A dispatch from Natchez says seven
inches Of rain fell there during 4S
hours, and it still continues. The
planters in the low lands are count
ing upon their plantations being
overfowed, as they expect a break
at any moment in the weak levees be-
low Lake Providence. This would send
the water down the Iensas basin, and
flood the plantations all the way to the
mouth of Red River.
The latest reports from the upper
levees indicate that general overflow
in the Louisiana end Lower YSzoo Delta
may be expected.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March 1.-THE Ohio Riv-
and is st''l falling here slowly. The
late rains IN this section are supposed
to have all run out by this time, and the
rise coming from above will not ma
terlaliy check the fall here. The
rise in the Mississippi, unless
very high, will not effect the
stage of water here. The water being
so high will cause backwater IN the
Mississippi, and this water will all run
out through the low lands of Missouri.
Trains from the north are all running,
and also from the south on the Illinois
Central and Mobile & Ohio. A wreck
on the Illinois Central, between Golden
and Makanda, has delayed trains some
on that road, but they expect to have
everything going by noon. Weather
cloudy and cold.
New ORLEANS, March 14.-The levee at
A. Burgess & Son, Mia Plantation, IS
miles above the city, on the New Or
leans side of the river, broke at IL
o'clock last night. and in less than two
hours the break was Is feet wide. The
levee was new one, and had become
soft. The water from this crevasse will
do but little damage; it will flow into
Lake Ponchar rain.
A northeast storm prevails. The
river went down to 164 feet. buG is
again swelling, and the water is
now running over at Bienville, Cont,
and st. Peter Streets, but the overflow
is not enough to cause much inconven-
ieence.
A telephone message received at 10
A. NJ, from the Mia plantation. says the
crevasse there is now 10C feet wide;
that there is wide batture in front OF
it, and that the crevasse will be closed
by the Mississippi Valley Railroad.
Several small breaks in the old levee in
that vicinity. aggregating 81 feet, are al
SO reported.
JACKSON, Miss, March IA fine
iron bridge, several hundred feet III
length, over the Bayou Pierre Greek,
on the Natchez, jackson & Columbus
Railroad, between Jackson and Harris
town. was washed away by the fnod
last night.
Peazle River, at this place, is higher
than ever before known. The city toll
bridge, an iron structure, and the bridge
of the Alabama Il Vicksburg, is still
safe.