Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-10
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Waters.
Great Floods in Tennessee 4na Ms.
sssPpi-A fssaso Fsii or Sne~
IN TIRE West.
KAGfNs KvERs


from their homes. and goods ia
ware houses aud cellars have suf-
fered much damage A. viewed from
The bridge the river l. a vast angry
torreRt spreading cut over the low
lands. Nearly ali the jam her yards ere
oyerrowed aud In some considers bic
loss vii result The river has broaght
out a vast amount Of drift wood
and il Is passing the city ia great guam
titles Merchants are busy removing
goods from CELLARS aud warehouses
near the wharf To higher ground The
reports from all points on the river
show that II Is rising everywhere, and
the fullness of tAe Ohio and Mississippi
will prevent the Culn6 erland from run
ming down as rspidly as il otherwise
would.
kSoxvIIrr. Tenn, March a-Very
heavy rains have prevailed throughout
this section and all streams are out Of
their banks 4 s-year-old colored girl
WAS drowned sunday IN a raging
creek A colorcd man named Hunter
also lost his life.
HEAVY RAINS IL THR sorTH.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March . The rain
fall 10 this city and section of the south
for the last two days Is unprecedented.
nearly inches have fallen in this city
during the last forty-eight hours
Specials from the adjacent country re
por; the heavy rain as general The en-
tire lower part OF Canton. Miss, is under
water and all trains on the Illinois Cen
trial road are delayed The whole coun-
try around Wcstpoint, Miss, is flooded
and all trains are badly delayed, The
Georgia Pacific east bound passenger
train is tied up west of that place on ac-
count Of "A 800 : yard wash
ont near Lime Creek, and the
Yves + bound is tied up at West
point from a similar cause. The
damage is considerable. The Missis-
sppi j. Is feet above the danger line
and is still rising. Considerable bot
tom" country in Arkansas and lower
Mississippi is overlooked, but no dam
age has a. yet been reported.
JACKSON, Miss, March 9.-The Sc
verest rain-storm for years has pre-
vailed almost throughout the entire
Five inches of rain fell at Vicksburg
and the heaviest rainfall ever
known is reported from many
points. All the smaller streams
have overlooked their banks and much
damage has been done the roads and
bridges. The railroads have been badly
washed out and trains are all delayed
or abandoned. At Yazoo City the river
is now ten inc>2s above the highest
point reached last year and still rising.
All the warehouses are more
or less submerged and many
families-mostly colored-living in
the lower portion of the city
have been driven from their homes.
Many bridges across the bayous have
been washed away. The long tres
tie of the Yazoo Il Mississippi
Valley railroad across Martins creek
was swept away and the roadbed
badly damaged. West Point reports
the hardest rain for years, the whole
country being covered with water
and railroad traffic entirely suspended.
/ Washouts are reported at Lime Creek
and other points From Canton a story
of the food has been received. Pearl
and Big Black r.ycrs are on. of
their banks, and Bear creek,
ordinarily a small stream, is now
half mile wide. The water
has backed up on the south and west
sides of the town to within quarter of
a mile of the courthouse. About thirty
negro families living in what is known
as Frog Town had to be moved out in
boats. Railroad traffic is suspended.
Several washouts are reported north Of
| Canton.
Louisville, KY, March 9-The en-
tire valley is flooded by rains, and the
Ohio is rapidly rising again. At Frank
fort the Kentucky river is flooding ali
the lower portions Of the city and is do
ing considerable damage.
BURIED ~ DEP DRIFTS.
DENVER, Col, March 9.-Reports
from the san Juan country and Cone
| Jose range state that the country is
completely buried in snow. Railroads
and toll-roads are bio-kaded, all traffic
has been suspended. and can
not be resumed for weeks The
fall of snow has been the hesv-
lest for wears and covers the ground
in many places 30 feet deep. The
towns of Silverton, Lake City and ser
/ eral mining camps are entirely cut of
I from Geographic communication with
the outside world. Their provisions are
+ running .ow. and unless the blockade
( Is soon raised considerable suffering
I will be felt.
ST. CLOUD. MINI. March q. - /;
F enowed furiously here for sixteen
hours and a thirtv-milc wind has
+ blown IL into drifts from TO 20 feet
/ deep. Travel on wagon roads has been
( wholly suspended since noon sunday.
and railway trains are running TO cover
as fast as possible. There is no proba-
bility that passenger trains VIII be
able TO move on time for many hours.
MooRHEAD, Mimi. March s.-For The
first time this winter Great Northern
and Northern Pacific trains are exper-
fencing difficulty. No trains are run
+ ming on time. The snow Is from n
! 5 feet deep on the prziries. and In many
localities the drifts are 70 fee; deer.
1 81. PAUf- MINI. Marc6 a-Between
DAYLIGHT and dark sunday nearly u
f.. inches Of snow fell here. ny far ths
I largest fall 81 the winter. and higf
wind drove i into immense drifts
/ Trasie On the cable lines ws'
kept up through TIE sfd Of ssoz
plows tst the electric Ines we're al
hzslv denoTsIized On The rsilwa.s
trains from the soDth arrived nearly On
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