Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27
NOT so BAD.
Exaggerated Reports Concerning loss
of Life and Threatened Danger.
Few Orleans is saie-Secre tary Proctor Noti-
fes the Various Governors Of ApprO-
priations Allowed.
HIGHLY coLoRED REPORTS.

NEW ORLEANS, La, April ga
Bayou Sara special referring to the great
Morganza crevasse, says: "Here the
water of the river is only about a foot or
less below the crown of the Ieveer which
at the break was twenty-six teet high !,
with base OF over 200 feet. The break
is now some 1900 feet wide, and is
caving of at the lower end at the
rate OF 800 feet in twenty-four hours.
Capt. Kiugman estimates the discharge
through this crevasse at over one hun
dred and fifty thousand cubic feet per
second. Every effort will be used TO
protect what remains of the Morganza
with as little delay as possible. The
United States steamer Ruby. with
gang Of thirty men, is engaged in Sc
curing a supply of willows for mattresses,
and the tow boat Prince and tug Tilda
arrived off the crevasse with a barge
load of rock from New Orleans, with
which to load the mattresses. Capt.
kingman expects to have the mRttrRss
ready to sink tonight.
Stories of suffering and danger Of loss of
life in this overflow are TO say the least
premature. That q financial calamity
has fallen upon this splendid section of
Louisiana is, unfortunately, too true, but
10 attempt TO color IT with tragedy is man
ifestly absurd. Thus far some stock has
been drowned, and it Is impossible TO say
how serious the loss OF stock may be in the
interior, but even there there are many
whnwill not take trouble TO have their
stock removed, though it is absolutely
sure to be overtaken by rising back
water within the next few days. For
tunately the water from the great Nor
ganza cTevasse falls into an immense I'M
inhabited swamp, and it is sheer nonsense
10 suppose it VIII oveTtake anyone who
has not had ample warning of It's ap-
pToach.
NEW ORLEANS ALL RIGHT.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 26.-Secre-
tsry Hester of the cotton exchange re-
ceived a dispatch from Norman Bell,
secretary of the Norfolk, Va, cotton
exchange, which saws: ''Our members
are very solicitous about New Orleans. -
Nj. Hester replied: "Your dispatch
indicates that the situation as regards
New Orleans has been exaggerated.
There is not now nor is there likely to be
the slightest danger to New Orleans from
high water in the Mississippi river
The following statement was just made
gineers. 1.-THE city is as safe as if it
were on q high hin.'
NOTIFIED OF CONGRESS- ACTION.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Secretary
Proctor to day telegraphed the gov
erDors of Louisiana, Mississippi. Tennes-
see and Arkansas asking to be informed
as to the extent of the restitution in the
over1iowed country and the points to
which ratious should be sent; also to
designate persons to act in conjunction
with officers 10 be assigned TO duty in the
distribution of stores. He says he is pre-
pared TO afford immediate relief. Tele-
grams have also been sent to the quarter
masters and subsistence department at
New Orleans, instructing the officers in
charge TO take measures for the issuing
of provisions whenever needed. They
are instructed to confer with the local
authorities. and TO act promptly in
nffording the relief authorized by con-
gress.
THE TRINITY AT DALLAS.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, April 26.-The Trinity
river has been rising here all day and is
rapidly nearing high water mark. A
number OF houses in the northern part Of
the patrol wagon and a number of police
went 10 the assistance of the inmates and
are at work aiding them in removing
their household goods 10 places of safety.
II is difficult TO estimate the damage done
thus far from the unusual rise in the
river, but it is considerable, with the
prospect of still more disastrous results
before the water recedes.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
- LITTLE Rock, ARK, April &c. - A |
Cotton Plant special gives an account OF |
a destructive wind and rain storm in |
Woodruff county at an early hour this |
morning. Yorkville, a village a few !
miles southwest of Cotton Plant, |
was almost entirely blown |
away, and the disaster is |
very great. Houses, barns, fences and |
structures of all kinds were taken up by |
the wind and carried some distance. The |
store of c. d. York & Co. was COM
pletely demolished and the stock of |
goods destroyed. Two houses were |
overturned by the force of the |
wind, and the families narrowly /
escaped death. Hundreds of cattle and |
stock are reported killed, but no loss of
human life so far can be learned. A |
rainfall of four inches added TO the dam
age very greatly.