New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-16
LETTING OUT THE FLOOD.
TWO STATES BENZ INUNDATED By TIE
MISSIssIPPI'S WATERS
DAMAGE RESULTING FROM TIE PANTHER FOREST
CREYAsSE-THE FLOODS IN THE
MISSOURI sUBSIDING.

MISSOURI sUBSIDING.
New Orleans. May 15-"Thc Piclyunc's' Green
vile. Miss. dispatch says: Rumnrs Of the break AZ
Panther Forest the Arkansas side Of the river were
current here last night but coud not be authenticated.
This morning positive information received that
the great lcvee had blown out or succnmbcd TO the
awful pressure Of the raging river. The crcva~se ls
about thirty miles above Gcrnvlc. Tho lcvcc was
from twelve to fifteen feet high and with broad base
The break occurred at ii 30 Friday night. and In two
hours the width 200 feet, and the latest informn
tion says the crcvassc $50 feet at O'Clock last night
The Government boat Ndaia left here with men and
material for the srenc and will endcavor to tie tho
ends Of the break The water from the break flows
first into Coon Bayou axl then over the entire county
OF Chicot 1t Is feared that almost the entire country
will be fooled, and that II Is hardly possible that
crop OF cotton can be made. The corn was nearly
washed ont and The loss to planter Is fearful AS a
result Of the break n pcrccptr5!c fal has taken place
here OF nearly twO-tcntls In the last twelve hours
The cvecs on the Mississippi side standing, and II
they hold for Il few days will feel that the
crisis has passed.
st. Paul. Mnn.. May 16.-Thc upper Mississippi
River Is assuming threatening attitude. The nver
has been rising mt the rate OF inch IN hour since
O'Clock yesterday morning. and II Is still rnining
hard far west Miles City, Mont. From Grand
Rapids and Atkin come reports that the lOwlands
flooded for miles. ana that many Of the farmers
will all the seed they have put In the ground
II is late. too. that they will not be able TO plant
again. The tributaries OF tho Minnesota are all re
ported bankfu In ST. Paul, that region cast Of
Rcbcrtst bridge on the west side 1, suffering most
seriously. There the cellars OF many houses are al
ready full ard II the continues to rise the whole
fat viii be submerged In the next twelve or thirteen
hours.
II. Louis May I3-In South 81. Louis. the Missouri
works will have 10 their 100 employees TO prp
tcct t'cr property as the water prevents getting mp
steam and may reach high enough to damage their lne
machinery. The Missouri Pacific shops have two feet
OF water In item. The II. Lou, paper and cotton
compcsses lnvc about completed moving thelr cotton
OF their cellars but estimate their los from damage
and extra labor at $1,000 In Carondclct much dam
age has been and IS being done. The Glendale zinc
works have suspended operations. 20 II goes all
through the flooded districts. Hundred, Of fhe poor
people In all The district named have been driven from
fhc low Quarcrs 70 O." shelter offered by friends. and
stir the river ri,cs. The end not IN sight aud IN
clouds dripping Thirty >iX feet expected at the
beast and more Is not improbable Al the rate The
river Is rising. two feet are added each day. and
unless fair weather NJ once. the greatest hood In
the memory 81 TIE oldest -. Louisan. 4l.0 feet In
ISIs. will have been surpassed.
Thc passing Of the danger line and the c'nnucd
l,c Of river at increased Of speed forced the
closing down Of several mills to-day and viii fore
all river-,Nnk nils 10 quit work until the flood
subsidies. his morning tl" kcplOr NILS and thc
Regina Milling Company announced that their plants
were closed By the high water. They were followed
~ the Hazel Milling Company. of Eat - Louis.
Othcr local mills are expected 10 max" smilnr an
nounccment, on Monday. and probably the riverside
crnin elevators viii be forced 10 do the same tn"
river is already running through the Farmers Ele
vator building at the foot Of Cllnonst. and ther"
arc now grave fears that the building may b.
destroyed before the food subsidies.
jefferson city. Mo-. May 15.-The Missouri River
l..ft a,Il ls,e nj rad
over the Galloway bottoms. flooding many farms
and driving hundreds from their homes.
Van Buren, Ark. May ij-t has roined here
nearly iccssantly ior weeks. The Arkansas River
Is higher than il Las been since l--j and II is
rlsne six inches an hour. The bottoms are inun-
dated and farmer, moving out In the rain TWO
washoui, ar, reported on the knn>h, and Arhnn.ar
\ alley Kailr nd. SIXTY miles W ~ here. lIHih'
ha, cca Cd on that line. All cNp' are "'''N
Fort Eodsc, Iowa. May 15-rcars are entertained
f,od similar to the one thcr" aud al Cherokee h'i
year. Thousand, If acre, ar now under water, and
De soto, Mo. May Tin heayiest fali of rain
this section has bad for many year iel Yesterday
morning and the Iron Mountain Railroad Is washed ont
in several plncc, near Arcadin. Hogan aud la Bua'
and the loss TO the company j. heavy. ihS , !, & ,h
section Of road that was washed away on Apiii ana
had jIst been rebuilt.
Kansa, CITY, No.. May lj.-The Hooded Missouri
and Kaw rivers ,ubsiding and tile residents "f
the submerged suburbs VIII re- In saf'ty tonight.
IL 4
th.-c were many who Pis I'd slrril"'s n:hi,
~ rn,I lest the invading waters would carry away
,hdr house, or food them. The fears OF
somc wcr, realized. f)r the Kaw rose TO
on unprecedented height ana s"eP "''"'''
restraint over the ground which It L;d never seen
before In Argentine AMI hrmonriale II r'"rhci up
4, tho first stoytcs OF some houses and flooded the
lower floor, o. nearly all excepting thp'' bnl upon
the high blum, somc distance back from the river MI
night people were moving ont e their houses NOV
ing vans were at II premium Their prppTleiorS, who
In ordinary times were glad Of dollar a load were
charging sG and got all they cond ID at that price
Places of storage were also at premium.
The regular storag, hOn,cs were all fun
% goods that had been stored there some
days before by those who anticipated tn"
food and the people whb were driven "nt of their
homes last night had 30 resort to all manner OF dc
vices for ko,png their houscLOId goods above water
Some removed them 10 the bluis. where thoy s"'h
guard MI Might. aud some took to their house
tors. trusting that the houses wond not be carried
bodily away.
To day. however, the Kaw has been steadily rcccdins
II BEGAN 10 fall last night and at O'Clock Ibis evening
the gauge marked a decline Of two feet ana three
Inches similar fiIl, u course. took place In the
flooded towns Of Argentine and Arnonrhn'e. ana fhr'
left the houses on the elevated streets high ana
dry. Tqo>e houses in the flats on the banks of the
river are sll partially Submerged but they will b.
lcvci Of water by tomorrow II the fall In the kaw
during the night Is pr9pSmic y. nc to M ali r1par, l 70
fail In that Of from three 10 five feet during the
past forty eight hours.
noon win resume ut The usual time to morrow.
FirIL WRECK on THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
Baltimore May ia dispatch to The sun from
IIagcrs,own Nd SAYS: \ scrous wreck occurred on
ihc Norfolk and Western Railroad at MOndcs switch.