Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-21
THE RAGING MISSISSIPPI t..
Predictions OF the Most Serious
Flood on Record.
Particulars.


New ORLEANS, March 1.-the levec at
this point has broken and the portion of the
city upon the river front is entirely sub
merged. A large tire is raging. One of
the largest tallow factories here and Soules'
brewery and several other buildings are on
fire. There is q bonded warehouse next
door on one side of the hre and on the other
side one OF the largest oil mills in the
south. The city is lower than the river.
The water Is all through the streets and is
being pumped out at the back part of the
city into Lake Ponchartrain. The fall OF
water may exceed the capacity OF the
pumps and flood the whole back of the town
but they are making all possible efforts TO
choke the overflow.
The river here at 5 n. IN. was six inches
above the record of other years, and the
water went over the levees along the city
front at every depression or low place and
soon flooded the streets and sidewalks of a
large section OF the city.
The damage done so for IS net so great.
The greatest damage was that sustained
by merchants who nad sugar stored in the
old bonded warehouse on Old Levee street
The Southern Pacific and the Texas Pa
citc tracks are both covered, but travel is
sun uninterrupted, owing TO the good work
done.
Just below Algiers is the Orleans levee.
A new levec was constructed only few
days ago, but the river has been climbing
up, aud today the warning signal is again
given. The water was six inches deep over
the Levels crest. Men and material were
promptly furnished and gallant effort is
being made 10 stay the flood.
The swells caused by ocean steamers
seriously interfered with the work at the
levees several days ago, washing some of
the new work into the road, and the mayor
has asked the governor 10 issue a procla-
nation TO steamers TO show due regard
g.. II.
council met night and adopted resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 or as much as
shall be necessary for work on the levees
during the danger period.
The private levee on DAVIS island, Lake
Concordia, has given away, flooding Novel
ty, Evergreen, Sahara, Morgan and Pata
woma plantations, belonging n. V. Davis
and the heirs OF Samuel Davis. The
steamship Leathers is hard aground at
Pecan Grove, having run into AN open
field.
The situation at Newport, Ark, at the
confluence OF the White aud Black rivers,
is one OF extreme danger The water is
within a few inches Of the top of the levees
which surround the town and is rising at
the rate of three inches an hour. 1he in
habitauts are greatly excited and with
good reason. Should the leyees break
the destruction 10 life and property will
be terrible. There will be no sleep had
there TO night.
AT Batesville all that portion Of the town
through which the Iron Mountain runs is
foot under water and the trains are aban
doned.
Reports from the Black River valley
show that the low lands are now under
water at places so deep that tree tops
alone are visible.
ST LOUIS, March 15.-Additional advices
from the lower Mississippi regarding the
flood in this section are that the country be-
tween the Arkansas line and Vicksburg on
both sides OF the river, is in imminent
danger of inundation. The Arkansas levees
have been abandoned. The water is
running over the Arkansas levees in sever
al places. This means that the Tensas
basin in Louisiana will be inundated
All efforts are icing concentrated 10 save
the levees in Louisiana between Vicksburg
and the Arkansas line aud those on the
Mississippi shore between Vicksburg and
Greenville. II Louisiana goes under Mis-
sisipi may be safe and vice versa On each
side OF the river the most heroic efforts
have been made for weeks and are now
being redoubled.
WASHINGTON, March ID The signal ser
vice people say that, during the next seven
days, the biggest food ever known IN the
south along the Mississippi river will
obtain.