New-York tribune., 1890-03-31
4 VILLAGE UNDERMINED.
ONLY ONE HOUSE SAFE FROM THE FLOOD
IN SKIPWITH MISS.
THE INHABITANTS SURPRISED BY THE GREY
AssE-EscApING WITH THEIR LIVES
AND LITTLE BESIDES.

vIcksburg, Miss, March 80 spccial).-The crevasse
NJ the town OF skpwth In Issaquena County, opposite
the southern end Of Lake Washington, eighty miles
above this city, which occurred at II 80 a. m on
Wednesday, has increased TO width OF between 'Oo
and 800 feet. The upper end of the break Is ABOUT
800 yards below the central portion OF the town.
Through the opening the waters rushed at velocity
of from six to eight miles hour plouglung out an
immense cavity wherever an obstruction was pre-
scnted The centre Of the break has reached great
Depth The main current from the break coursed
diagonally through the town and everything seemed
10 give way before II. Fences, 0utiolses and many
dwelling houses, well as business houses nave been
undermined, and washed away to fields and swamp'
far to the rear OF the town. Only one dwelling IN
the place is deemed safe to visit. IL Is
that of j. A. Root. In this house
the water Is four inches deep and 1t is only approach
able from the rear The water in the principal stores
is about three feet deep and swift that man could
not against It, Efforts to rescue stocks OF goods
proved futile and dangerous, and In consequence Wero
abandoned. on Friday night the crashing OF timbcr'
was continually heard Dawn revealed TIC iaet iils .
two storehouscs had disappeared whlle Two Oers H. m
been moved bodily many yards 10 the rear Inc
debris which had caught In timber and nnderbrush IN
the rear OF the filed with chickens, turkey
and goats while the carcasses OF horses, mules ana
COWS gave evidence Of the disaster TO the domesuc
50 snGdcn was the lnundatlon that none had more
than time to make haSty run for the intact portion
dyke north of the crcYaS-e rev NdNtu cNtli d
iu suit of clothes. on OF the plantations along
the course OF the food many negroes were not apprcd
Of the disaster until they awakened inc 1ooWIns
morning TO find their homes flooded and their beds
standing foot deep in water. NAM asliessims
incidents cited by those who come from tle cOuil-
tfy where small farms principally those OF negroes,
have been hcnmed In by the roods. Inc ieNee oS sn
now TO hold It's own. AT Ea,ton the break Is 300 ect
wide and that at Huntington 300 feet VIDE bo.h
these are cavng rapidly. IL Is now expected tlat tic
whole country from Lake Bolivar 10 the warren county
HIS Will be Hooded
Chattanooga Tenn, March 30-Thc following dis
match. dated Memphis has been received by "Thc
Tines from John p. Richardson the largest cotton
planter in the South
IL find from special kilograms no break In tne
cvce at Frars Point. Chief Engineer Daoney wires
that there is break in his district. ana none eN
pectcd. His leyees are IN me SHAPE - I1.s' IL, ~
+ strengthening and raising every suspicious place.
10 % great eAeai the newspapers here nave been % lV1
sensational. ! am sure the planters can ana VII VII
provide for their labor Their ae' % ag r aid
the moment Of an unexpected nrcak ueie ~ Ill .on,
fusion fear the newspapers Will cause the laporcrs
10 do as they did In ls-, walt for Government rauohs
and rrfnsr 10 work when planting i further bchlnd
now than | ever knew II. The planters VIII cal,
for Aid when Il necessary, and then ler cais soun
be responded 70 promptly ~ G ina syeet are bad and
arc causlng good deal Of the country to DC covered
with water but ly the planters not appeal ior air
otherwise iabOrcrs VIII be dcmofalized ana edVe le
nisners in "A, bad shape II their lands were COW
cred with water ,
Memphis. Tenn. March 3o.-A dispatch 70 1.-THE
.,,c.,l - from Helena Ark. says: The rVer came
~ a stand today. AZ AZ feet the gauge, three
inches and a half below tho hgh-watcr mark OF looo'
The STEAMER Houston Combs. and barges loaded WIN
pro,sons given by the people Of this place, reached
thc IacOney Circle this morning Inc u''" 80. ~
,eone of that district being relieved as I4st a.
po.aib. Tho levecs around Helena still In good
condition and the feeling here is one oi commence