The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-05-26
intance with Boschee's

hero. T. all ,'S.:,.-,.. .n'fesGiting ftoqrty
| TINS and succeeded in saving thirty lives.
! Atlin he started for another unfortuunte
| ! ne boat was upset, and, exhausted by his
| ,AnoIs, hesuccumbcd and drowned. The
| u''l'S coy FRANK henderson and wife were
/ recovered TINS afternoon near Leeds bur
their little one has not yet been found II
!,l uncertain how many lives have bccu
Lost IN Floyd Valley. Some rrpori, pIncn
the number at over 100.
The full story of the Sioux CITY dclurc has
not Vet been told Hundreds of pconlp nv,
closely following he receding floods IcarSh.
M for their ruined homes and MISSING rela.
UNrS. Weeks dud perhaps months will lac
required tu repair the havoc caused bv ina
mood ana u VIII probably never be known
I\'ctly how many ucri,hcd i'm thcturrcnt Tho
loss 10y water, even where the buildings wpro
Not carried away WAS very large Eyerv-
iAins IS soaked cor ruined or smashed by tEe
waves, or hy the 'mbcr hurled along by
the current
Down through Nebraska the Missouri and
D. 9iiiucnls are ON the rampage. The town |
Of Harlem is left without soul Of its ropu. |
lace, and many houses have been carried |
nom their foundations
AZ DIS MONIES
DEs MoiyEs, H., MAY 1.-The rivers hero
passed the highest point at noon Friday
since that time they have remained station.
ary. The rise during thc might was "a LITTLE
over foot, and the result was a large Dor.
t'n OF the eastern part of the City is under
water. The flood now runs through the
second street cutting on access tu the east
,lg over the locust street bridge. The track
vi the Chicago Northwestern has been
washed out for several blocks There are no /
freight trains running into the city, and
passenger trains are few aud irregular The
uN Ihhds IN northwest lands are all under
water. The number of houses that have
!cen abandoned is 1000, there being 500 in
south Des Moincs alone. Tonight il is
lowing gale and rain and snow is falling
IilsE ANIL Tllr FLOOD.
Sr. LoulS, May u The house Of Thos
loore tcolorcdl, standing In the flooded re-.
ION Just back of brooklyn, ILL.,. was burned
ms forenoon and Mrs Moore and her child
we're drowned while attempting 10 escape }
loSs on LirF ~ AEKNN-A-. q
PING BLUFF Ans. May 22-'lhc dcstruc-
on of life and property in the Arkansas
alley north and south of this city caused hy
ne Hood increases with every new report .
{ is now stated that lB Bncgrurs were drown
i ON licnslcy Island last night and that
uff J
ENORMOUS DAMAGE DOSE rs 81. LuuIs. n
ST. Louis May 2l,-lo.day's decline in Il
ic river though It has stopped at 80 feet q
lches, has given the people of thcallpctei e'
strict an opportunity 10 catch their breath az
10 fight the rise which Is coming n
ON above, and which is now expected be
IRE Sunday incidentally, too an oppor- IA
nifty has been given 10 estimate the losses FL
the districts Immediately tributary to st. st
ouis, and truly the figures are ppalling II
ere they are: - -
81. Louis county, S2,OOOOOO; st. Louis In
iy, 100000; 81, Charles county g. pi
0 900; the American bottom, from Alton. La
, 10 Cairo 1900, 900, this including East n,
Louis and vicinity; total, $ll 900, 900. -
lese figures astonishing ms they may seem, VIZ
Q considered by competent Judges ex- fr,
'mely conservative. In looking at the In
ses i must be remembered that in all the -,
oded territory referred TO- practically /, 500 eii
iare miles, the waters have rendered 1t in col
majority of cases impossible for the farm die
popuace 10 raise crop this year All
$ comes In addition to the damage actu.
\, done to existing property.
he number of persons driven either from AZ
M homes or 10 their roofs in the Hooded a.
ritory is estimated at from 4,OOO To 5000, hu
vond this, in 81. Louis at least Is. 900 per roa
s have been temporarily thrown out OF vii
Ik by the stopping Of factories by the ma
IA water. ~"