The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-08
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of destruction is at the Lamarsh drainage
district which is now under 10 feet OF
water. The crevasse is now over 900 feet
in length. A rescuing party were out
all night and by daylight all OF the 80
families living in the district were ac-
counted for. with the exception OF George
Nichols and family, who resided in the
lower end of the district. and 1T is not
known what became of them. Fortunately
men at work on a high embankmenr
below the upper dyke when it gave way
quickly gave the alarm, and most OF the
residents had time to get on roofs and IN
trees and await the coming OF res
cuers. Many thrilling and narrow es-
capes are reported. A second break
over LOCO feet wide occurred
today. Three men standing on the dyke
when it gave way were rescued with diff
Guilty. Nearly all the houses in the mum
dated district are threatened with total
destruction, as driftwood and debris are
piling high against them. Household
goods fioated of and were rescued In bad
shape. Small houses along the bank in
the city were carried away, and the owners
are occupying tents. The marsh commits
sioners hold the railroads responsible for
the damage, as the dyke was constructed
of sand instead of earth. The greater por-
ton of the crops are planted, and will be
total loss as the ground cannot be used
this season. Several industries in the city
are threatened with high water, and I'M
less the river quickly subsidies. of which
there are no indications. they will be COM
PEELED to shut down. Most of the rail-
roads are again running.
KEoKUK, Iowa. May Tt is not be-
lieved so great disaster as that of 1881
will result from the present floods in and
around Alexandria, Mo. The unpre-
cedented rains of the past week have swol-
len the Fox, Des Moines and Skunk
rivers to such an extent t lat the Egyptian
levees between this place and Alexandria
have broken. flooding thousands Of acres
of land, mostly wheat, and doing great
damage. Alexandria is being rapidly sub
merged. and the people are preparing to
go to the highlands. Stock has been
driven to the hills, but great loss of cattle
is nevertheless reported. Business at
Alexandria is at standstill, and the only
means Of locomotion is by boat. view
of the flooded district from Warsaw pre-
sents picturesque sight. The river has
made tie lowlands back of Alexandria
great lake, upon which are floating wreck
age, driftwood and small buildings. The
loss cannot be estimated, but stock
and farm products have suffered greatly.
The greatest fears are entertained for the
extensive levees along the Illinois shore,
but it is now thought thousands of acres Of
wheat between Warsaw and Quincy will not
be inundated. The river measures about
eighteen feet above high water mark, both
at Warsaw and at Alexandria, and water
is pouring over the lowlands. At
Keokuk the river is fifteen and
six-tenths feet above the high water
mar of 1864, and there is no indication of
further rise, as the rain has apparently
ceased. Heavy floods are reported along
the line of the Toledo, Peoria & Western
road, with bad washouts near Bushnell.
Untold damage has been done to crops
and farm property by rains and floods. On
the Mississippi the danger point has been
passed and the river is falling. Between
Alexandria and West Quincy some thirty
miles of track of the st. Louis, Keokuk
& Northwestern is covered from one
to two inches, and trains We're
abandoned this afternoon. At Canton,
No., this morning water put out the fire
in freight engine. The report that
train was washed away is untrue. 1t is
expected that the water will fall enough
by Monday to permit trains to run as
usual