The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
RIVERS STILL RISING.
st. Leuis and Its Suburbs Surrounded BY
Water.
Great Damage Feared by the Rapid Increase in
the Swollen Streams Many Persons
Rendered HemeleSS.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

ST. LOUIS, May I4-The Mississippi is
rising at the rate of one-tenth Of al inch an
hour. Along the river front the damage is
not yet Of a m0mentous character. Train
switching is almost at a siandstill along
the lower tracks and the handling of freight
on the wharves and river boats is much in
terfered with. This. with the flooded cell
lars and the back water in the sewers. con-
stitutes the worst feature of the flood in the
city proper. Above and beloY the worst
damage is being done. From as far up the
Missouri as st. Charles and Alton on the
Mississippi come stories of great damage
done and more threatened.
Near ST. Charles, on Mullappy Island,
seven families are on the roofs Of houses
waiting lhe arrival of tug, which has gone
to their assistance. At Alton the bottem
lands are flooded and the river is four or five
miles wide. The new water works have
beea abandoned and the old plant is used.
Sparks Touring mills have closed on ae-
count Of the foods, as is also the Illinois
Glass Works. The bluff line railroad
tTestles are being held down By loaded
trains; the qnarries are flooded and thou
sands Of acres Of farming land on both sides
of the river are ruined for the season. at
Madison tie low lands are flooded aud the
new levee will break before morning. At
Venice the water IS over the main street
anu traffic Is at an end. At Brooklyn the
situation is growing worse.
The National Stoekyards at East st.
Louis are mere like sea tnan land, though
the town Itself Is not much affected, as is
the case with East CaTOndeiet In South
ST. Louis the Missouri car works are suffer
ing from high water. The Missouri Pacific
shops nave two feet of water In them; the
St. Louis and PEPPER cotton congresses are
damaged to the extent OF Si6, 600. In Caron-
delet the houses are damaged and consider
able other injury has been done. The bridge
over River Drspere is likely to 90 at any
moment The Glendale zinc works have
suspended operations, and so II goes through
cut the flooded district. Hundreds Of poor
people In the flooded districts have been
driven from their homes 10 the shelter Of
fered By friends.
At tile rate the river is now rising, two
and half feet viii be added each day, and
unless the fair weather comes at once the
greatesrfiuod in the memory Of the oldest
ST. LOuisan viii be thrown into the back
ground. The continued rise necessitated
tne closing OF several t0uTmlllS to-day, and
will force all the river bank mills 10 quit
work till the foods subside. 1t is probable
that the riverside grain elevators viii be
forced TO do likewise. The river Is running
through the Farmers elevator, and there
stroyed before the food subsidies.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. May 1.-THE
Missouri River is ris ng two inches an hour
aud has already flooded many farms aud
driven hundreds from their homes. But
the worst is not yet, as the immense rise is
coming IRON above. The Usage is over its
banks aud tie GascOnade is running over
for miles back and tile MOreau flooding the
bottoms. The rivers are now all within a
few inches of the disastrous food Of 1881,
and tue indications are they will go higher.
FORT DODGE, Iowa, May 14.-Fears of a
flood are entertained by the residents Of the
Little Sioux Valley. Thousands Of acres
are now under water, aud the farmers have
already suffered heavy losses.
Ell RENO, q. T., May 14.-This section
has suffered heavy losses by storms. The
rivers are out of their banks and the bot
toms are flooded. 1t is reported a cyclone
visited East Oklahoma yesterday afternoon
and twenty houses were blown down. In
Canadian County number Of schoolhouses
were destroyed No deaths are reported,
| but a number OF persons were seriously hurt.
GUTHRIE, o. T., May 14-There was the
heaviest rain here IN many years last night,
accompanied by hail. Much damage to
crops has followed. All traffic on the Santa
| Fe was suspended during the night and
many bridges are in a dangerous condition.
MARSHALL, May 1.-the Missouri River
rose 10 inches last night at Arrow Rock,
east Of this place, the water covering 1000
acres Of farms. The damage to grain is
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
KANSAS CITY, May 1.-THE Missouri
River continues to rise, going up over half
foot last night with prospects of eOntinu-
| ing TO rise till Monday or longer. The
| damage TO property increases hourly. The
! Kaw River OveIflowed its banks this morn
ing doing great damage TO the packing in
teresls of ArmOuTGale. 0ae or two estab-
iiah ra a ehut ,inWn The re.
mainder viii be compelled to do so If the
water rises a little more. At the suburban
town of Argentine water burst the reser-
voir, so their is no public supply, and the
electric light plant is flooded, so there will
be no light tonight All the houses on the
bottoms are flooded to the second stories.
The big Muddy" has risen steadily all
day, and at O'Clock tonight the Signal
Service gauge registered 1880 feet, From
until 10 O'Clock tonight rise Of 1.6 inches
was recorded. The houses ia Armourdale
and North Argentine have been vacated on
account Of the food.
GREENVILLE. Miss, May 14.-The great
levee at Panther Forest, on the Arkansas
! side of the river, suecumbed to the awful
pressure Of the river last night, and a
crevasse was made about 30 miles by the river
above Greenville. This evening the crevasse
is $50 feet wide. The water from the break
flows first into Coon Bayou and then over
the entire county Of Chicot.
1t is feared that the entire country will be
flooded, making cotton crop impossible
The corn is already washed out, and the
farmers loss is enormous. 10 consequence
of the break the river has fallen nearly
two-tenths of an inch in the past IL hours.
DE SoTO, Mo-, May 14-The Iron Noun
tain Rliroad is washed out near Arcadia,
Hogan and Labula by heavy rains early
this morning.
WATERLOO, Iowa, May IA terrific
rainstorm, amounting almost to a cloud
burst, struck here this morning The dry
run oyerflowed the banks and did much
damage to small buildings. Sidewalks and
bridges were washed away, the streets were
almost impossible. and the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern Freight went
through cuvert, doing slight damage and
delaying all trains. The river is rising
rapidly.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, May 14-The Illi-
| nols River IS on the rampage, having risen
nearly foot in the past "a hours, and is
still rising. Naples. in the western part of
the county, is partly under water, and great
loss of property is reported. Unless the
Hood subsidies soon the place will be entirely
| wiped out.
coahsgration In Pennsylvania.
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