Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-12
SUNNY NO LONGER.
The South Experiences a Remark
ably Rain, Season.
The Deluge mandates a Great Part
of Mississippi and Tennessee
Hundreds Homeless.
roo MICH WATER


side, KY, to this point. The gauge
here reads 4S feet The backwater
covers great deal of territory here,
and several hundred families have
| been forced to seek safety on
more elevated ground Several large
manufacturing establishments have
suspended operations, their yards being
J flooded, and within the next two
days Others win be obliged to cease
business. The street railroad tracks in
some portions of the city are covered by
water. There is already much suffer
ing among the poorer classes who have
been obliged to move, and
the relief society is making
arrangements to properly care for
them. Fully 1000 people have left
their homes and many others win be
driven out soon. No loss of life is re-
ported, but numerous narrow escapes
have been made At Burnside, the
head of the river, people are moving to
the upper stories on their homes and
the streets are being navigated by
boats. In Nashville, boats manned by
men are busy moving out the people
who failed to appreciate their danger
and were caught by the rise, which cut
off all avenues of escape for them.
JACKSON, Miss, March "details
of the flood and storm throughout
the Mississippi valley are beginning
to come in, showing that scarcely any
river town has escaped serious dam
age. Holmes county, this state, seems
to have suffered most. All the streams
within its borders are out of their
banks and doing much damage. BY
Saturdays cyclone nine lives were
lost, many people severely injured,
and over $50, 600 worth of prop
erty destroyed within that county
alone. The loss TO the Illinois Central
railroad in chis state by washouts win
reach $50 600, and it is believed that
eighteen or twenty lives have been lost
in the last five days.
0KoLoNA, Miss, March l1.--Reports
just received show that great damage
has been done throughout the country
by the floods of Saturday and Sunday
Many bridges and turnpil1es have been
washed away, and at this time it is inn
possible to estimate the damage. The
Illinois Central railroad is sending its
fast trains cover the Vicksburg &
Meridian and Mobile & Ohio railroads
via jackson, Tenn. in consequence of
washout about Jackson, Miss.
At Lexington, Miss, the storm was
the most destructive ever known in
that community The town is almost
entirely cut off from all communica-
ton with the outside world The Illi-
nois Central bridge mile east OF that
town is entirely destroyed so that
trains cannot come, and the loss is
| incalculable. The track IS washed out
i'll many places. Saturday evening
Minnie Bray, a young colored school
teacher living near here, while stand
ing on her gallery viewing the storm
was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. Bridges, both wood
en- and iron, were washed away,
and roads were washed into gullies
in many places, rendering them impas-
sable. Farming operations have been
entirely suspended and the land that
had formerly been plowed is badly
washed, delaying planting two or three
weeks. Fences along the creeks are
completely gone. Farmers are greatly
/ discouraged at the outlook.
A terrible storm passed within
miles of Brandon, Miss, late Sunday
night, carrying destruction in its path
| Every house of Senator Donald's place
was blown away and he and his wife
seriously injured. The splendid resi-
| dence of David l.. Wilson, near Bran
don, together with every building,
including cotton gin, barn and tenant
| houses, was blown away, leaving
only the floors and foundations. Mrs.
| Wilson and her invalid son were car
ried with the bed upon which they
were sleeping out into the front yard
and completely covered by timbers and
debris. They were severely bruised and
had to remain out in the pouring rain
all night
COLUMBUS, Miss. March 11.-This
city is now entirely surrounded by
water. The lowlands on the east side
are covered with water for some dis
lance, and there has been consid-
cradle loss of cattle. many peo-
pie having abandoned their homes
and come here for shelter The
Tombigbee river is higher than
in many years, and still rising at the
rate of 2 inches an hour. At Aber- |
deem the Tomhgbee river is miles
wide and rising half an inch an hour. |
All farmers who reside on the lowlands |
have been driven from their homes and |
taken refuge in the hills
PIcKI.Ns, Miss, March 11.-This place |
has been isolated since last Saturday, /
when the last train passed north. Con-
tinued rains since Thursday night have
raised th water in Big Black river +
higher than ever known, and it is still +
rising rapidly. It up to the floor Of the
bridge. All the other bridges IL T
the county are gone and communica-
ton cut off The Illinois Central rail
road track is lifted bodily from its bed !