Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-18
nav, Rains in Kansas LlA''' 10
' Cause Another Destructive
Delugc.
RIVER.
,,.,, Rains Reported In """s"'
Nv" Last Night.

... Rains Reported w
h Last Night.
.. LOUIS, May IL. The upper
,i.,ipnI /, fni ing above Alton, lll'i
A,ns Missouri from Kansas CITY 10
ny r W. il on the decline, but the
service reports heavy rains IN
T.sa, last ght and Gays that an
~, downpour will reach the lower
W'.oun and central Mississippi va,
,s.ttrm the Forth tonight This wiz
1 ",ly check any fall that may set
=" M viii cause another risn and add
M, mora water 20 the Immense vol.
W, that ia now rushis, down the
u streams aud carrying destruction
tpis,.elntlon with It. II IN imposst.
NJ NJ row 10 pl ed ct what the result VIII
mi the outlook Is gloomy IN the
,.mc. Conservative estimates now
- ibe area under water In the sec
- grounding ~. Louis at 400
w. miles OF fertile farm landu.
Enc 400 families are out OF their
ts%s. The main suffering IL In
.ns,l,an bottom anu ON Missouri
1sis, where every living thing was
ddysn 10 higher land. w the former
los.llly nearly 800 peopl,fAro gathered
az thr bluffs. BoschefioNA II under
~,ter In st. Louis county immense
S,mage was done 10 farming lands.
Tbr rtots are ruined over hundreds OF
t,oy,rnor Francis has ordered fonts
and fsod sent 10 the sufferers on Amcri-
can bottoui. The flood II increasing IN
Fs,t MAdlson, Venice and Brooklyn.
Tie water IL hswing over the Alton,
me- -Four and Wabash tracks and add.
Ins to the quantity already there.
Aimed guards are protecting the dykes
br,ween Madison aud Venice TO pre-
vent them being cut TO relieve Brook
Ism at the expense Of the other towns.
In southeast 81. Louis the train Sur
vice Is badly crippled by the high wa
ter.
the oYrsEY cREvAssE wIDESs.
w.ORLlAgs, May l7.-This morn.
ing tho UyTsty c'evaito widcned out
10 such m extent that oil hope Of clos.
iue IL 1. abandoned. The water Is
weeping oyerthc plantations to within
few miles Of K.nner About eight
miles OF the Mississippi Valley railroad
track have been covered and traffic
over the submerged portion aban'
gOncd.
The location OF tho break IL about
twenty-five miles above this city. The
elAe, course the overflow wafer will
take cannot DO determined until II has
reached IL Lowell. IL IN now going back
into the swamp In the rear OF the plan.
tations; thence 1t will likely find Its
wsvlo Lake Pontchartrain.
News from Vickeburs says: A
tieidy souiherly wind ut twenty miles
al hour has been blowiugal II day, and
has oecasloned much saxiety for the
leyecf, which show signs Of softening
In many localities.
Aspecial from Paris, Tex, says that
immense iloodo In tho Red river are
doing great damage, and lumbermer
Iesulierlng greatly.
InE DEs MONIES AND MISSISSIPPI
AGAIN RISING.
KEoRUR, VA, May lT.-Both the
Ds Moines ana Mississippi rivers are
again rising, and water from the Dies
Moines Is pouring through tho break
~ The Betge lovee. There arc fears
mat The Egyptian lcvec, protecting
Alexandria, No., and 100 acres adj
Joining the line will give way II the
nse continues, rs IL was seriously
weakened by deep cuts. The Mississ-
lpp has risen one.tenth aud the Des
Moincs ak inches during the day.
Farmersnro six weeks behind In their
work.
THE RED RIVER RAISED.
PARIS, Tex, May 1.-THE recent
hins have raised Red river, aud tho
wafer Ia spread out over the bottom
lands for a distance OF one TO three
hlics, running crops on thousands Of
acres OF rich farming lands. A rise Is
itpohed from above, and the river 1,
erected to pass the high flood mark u
nh' IN many places the river u
ensnging It's bed, which means utter
Illumination TO thousands OF acTeB OF
vuoPs. Much stock Ia lost, and human
ne y IN Hanger. More than slOO, OOU
iItshel.
U. y. GRADE WASHED OUT.
>, CouNciL BLuFFs, May 1.-THE
eheh Fac Tic gra 10 In this city was
sssthed out anu travel over the line
rom mere IL suspended. The through
ua'ns on tho Chicago, Milwaukee &
w. rsul and Chicago, Rock Island 4
pae,nc, which pass over thb Union
sumo bridge, arc lying In the yards
And can get no farther.
DAMAGE An at.ttX e,,,,.
SIOUX Cay, May 1.-The city wa
SSinaged TO the extent OF thousands OF
sO',a ". ny the heavy rains OF last night
Ha Iolay. The river In this vicinity
rising and great damage i
nnnt,alened. At Huron, \. d., rain IL
b,,nas ~ torrents md great damage Is
s s, iona, Many parts Of the city
Tue RIVER AT OMAHA RISING
RAPIDLY.
ohLhA, Neb., May 1.-THE eastern
snIVa'h TO the big Uulon Pacific
on, lse over tho Missouri was washed
w., w.. "h', sri fears are eni.rtniued
~, ~ Tue VII ! structure will 20
rfhnm On the bridge Is suspendcd.
lo.s river 10 rising rapidly, Tn.
WI. portions OF tho river are under
and PEOPLE are becoming ALARMED
Syn u residents arc seeding higher