Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
AFTER FLOODS, SNOW.
Western Rivers Beginning to Recede
During a Real Blizzard.
RELIEF COMES TO SIOUX CITY, IA.
A Large Kansas City Suburb Left Without q
Single Inhabitant.
ALL CAMPING on AN ISLAND BRIDGE
RELIEF COMES TO SIOUX CITY, IA.
ALL CAMPING on AN ISLAND BRIDGE
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
CHICAGO, May 2O.-Reports from the
submerged country to the west show that
the deluge is either at a standstill or sub
| siding. As the waters recede the ruin
wrought by the flood becomes apparent, and
it is feared that in the tangled mass OF
wreckage many human bodies are still
covered and crushed.
The weather was clear and cold through
out the West to-day. In many places the
snowfall was unprecedented in the history
of the Weather Bureau at this time of the
year, Flood news comes from all parts of
the Northwest to-day, mixed in with spe-
cials telling of snow and ice. Correspond
ents in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa re-
port regular blizzard this morning, turn
ing into rainstorm this afternoon. A big
snow is now prevailing at Bird Island,
where two inches are on the ground, and
farmers are out with their sleighs,
A fierce wind has been blowing all day
and heavy seas in the submerged districts
crumbled many houses and sent their in
mates to the bluffs. On the lake the storm
was so violent that vessels had to put to
port as best they could.
Better Feeling at Sioux City.
The situation in Iowa and Nebraska is
more encouraging The Floyd river at
Sioux City. which wiped out 80 lives in ten
minutes, is back in its banks. The total
number of bodies found to-day is four. The
Relief Association is actively at work re-
leving distress and providing food and
clothing. The citizens of Sioux City have
raised $40, 900 to provide for immediate
necessities. Offers ofaid from other cities
have been received.
1t is now reported that food is rushing
down the Sioux Valley and is only two
hours distant from Sioux City. The river
is now two miles wide. The rise of the Big
Sioux IS said to be from II to Is feet. 1t
has risen eight inches at riverside. the
western boundary of Sioux City, and the
inhabitants of the quarter are making pre-
parations for flood.
The Des Moines, which at one time
threatened the demolition of Keokuk,
Alexandria, and score of other towns, is
at standstill One thousand houses have
been abandoned in Des Moines Streams in
Illinois and Wisconsin are still high, but
unless there is further rainfall within the
next 4S hours there is little danger of
further loss of property. The Missouri
and Mississippi are roaring, angry rivers.
The pent-up floods of all tributary streams
have made the great rivers vast seas, which
threaten to burst their banks at every point.
The flood in the Illinois is subsiding, and
people who have been living on bluffs for
weeks are returning to their homes
Down the Raging Missouri River.
At Omaha, where it has been showing at
intervals all day, the Missouri river has
fallen six inches, and all fears of flood
coming down from Sioux City are over. The
worst seems to be over at Kansas City. Har-
lem, across the river is all under water and
that town now has not a single inhabitant
The Burlington bridge, which connects
Harlem with Kansas City,, looks like
Noah's ark. 1t is crowded with animals of
all descriptions, men, women and children,
horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, all driven
there by the flood. Many of the people of
Harlem have taken up their abode on the
bridges approach, and will remain until
the water in their homes subsidies.
One pathetic incident of the flood at
Brooklyn, ILL.,, suburb of st. Louis, is
that the house of Thomas Moore was burned
this forenoon, and Mrs. Moore ana her
child were drowned while attempting to
escape.
The ends of the levee at the Bonnet Care
crevasse, on the lower Mississippi have
finally been secured and that break will
grow no larger. The Illinois Central Rail-
raod is raising all it's trestle between New
Orleans and Manchaie, in order to prevent
overflow. The tracks of the Louisville,
New Orleans and Texas Railroad are being
tied to trees to prevent their being washed
away. Crevasses are threatened at TAYLOR
and Berten, in Pointe Coupee parish, where
the levee is sloughing badly. A storm is
dreaded now, as it would cause several
breaks.