The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-27
THE GREAT FLOOD.



ST. Louis. Nav i9.-The Mississippi
pas~-d the S5-fcot mark late last night
II i still rising slowly. and. il i pre-
dirte,i. will continue 10 DO - for the
next ten days IL j. reasonably certain
that the river will 60 AZ least s6.s before
COMING to a standstill-
This will car~e many points no. a.
present under water 10 h submerged.
and will increase the los to several mil
lions
The wind yesterday lent its force 10
aid the waters in their work Of desoia-
ton perfect gale prevailed over the
river all day. flashing the waters in
angry waves against the crumbling
lerees and emba nkments and the sub
merged houses. causing the former TO
give away in weak places and making
the latter totter upon their foundations
A cyclone prevailed in st Louis county,
doing great damage.
There were heavy rains all over Mis-
souri,. Iowa Arkansas. parts Of Kansas
Illinois and Nebraska Tuesday night
and yesterday and the Missouri. kaw.
Plate and other streams are rising.
The Mississippi was rising from 81 Paul
south.
Said Observer Harmon yesterday
afternoon Il can not see any reason
why the river will fall below 50 feet in
side 81 ten days The water now in
sight will prevent that IL will rise
slowly to B.5 or thercabout- There
are rises coming down both the Missis-
sippi and Missouri rivers There were
- IN ...-..- .l... .fr<.. In - nisrhf
The precipitation will average inch.
In Iowa the rainfall was heavier.
averaging at least an inch and half
over the entire state within the past
trxenty-four hours In the vicinity Of
Omaha. Neb. the rainfall has been 5
inches in the past forty-ei-ht hours
There were heavy rains in parts Of ILL
nois. kansas and all over Arkansas
The amount was increased in these SEC
tions BY the amount Of rim which fell
TO-DAY.
The Indications for the weather of
Thursday and Friday ARE that it will be
fair.
The rivers are rapidly rising in some
places and more slowly at Others. The
Missouri river At Kansas City rose = of
foot in IL hour last night and i still
going up. with the Kaw pouring in .
heavy food
"A rise Of a Of foot at Boonville Is
reported. At Hermann. where il was
failing the day before. il began rising
Yesterday from the floods Of the Usage
and (;aSronade rivers The Mississippi
river rn~e 2 Of a foot ut Alton
l.sr night Az Quincy Il was on a
stand AZ davenport II rose A Of =
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SOUR has already caused unestim3Dt
damage and threatens 70 DO more.