The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-11
DAyGER POINT REACHED.
The Farmers Moving Out OF the Lowlands
40 save Their Lives


90 save Their Lives
LOUISIANA, No. May lO.-The raging Mis-
sissippi river has reached the danger point at
this city and after lapse of several years
again threatens inun lati6n TO the large and
fertile bottom of Pike county. Illinois op-
p0site this city. The Sny leyee. which
alone prevents the mighty Father
of Waters from DESTROYING thousands Of
acres OF growing wheat and driving
hundreds of farmers from their homes. IS
now In serious danger from the continued
rise in the river. The strong east wind OF the
past two days has driven the waves and drltt
~ the Missouri side and has ma
terialiy assisted in preventing q break
iu the levee. bat should the rise contin~a
au ther twentv-f0ur hours and the wind shit
to the West dire disaster will be the result.
A'ready the people ~ the bottoms are be-
coming alarmed and are crossing 20 this side
of the river with their household goods.
MEETING THE DANGER.
Word was sent 10 this city for men to assist
i'm riprapping the levee 40 a point below the
Chicago and Alton railroad bridge The low
lands around this city are submerged
and the Crawford Lumber Company
is experiencing serious Inconvenience there
from. This company planning mill furnishes
power 20 the iucandcscent Electric Light
Company. and the overflow threatens inya-
sion TO the pOWer-house and tho shutting
OF of light he Burlington road has
force OF men at work uprappng Its embank-
ment just below this city.
HANNuAL. No. May lO-The Mississippi
rlvor is raging and is ont Of It's banks above
and below here and serious trouble IS ex-
pccted Hundreds of acres of the finest
farming lands are inundated and the damage
can hardly be estimated. The river IS rising
rapidly. All the houses in the bottoms are
under water and the occupants have taken
refuge on the bluffs.
AIEyEE OWES WAY.
GnurvuL1E. Miss, May lO-At about
o'clock yesterday morning the leyee 10 Brooks
Mill. on the Arkansas side of the river.
twenty-five miles south of Oreenyle gave
way after strenuous efforts to hold st
had proved futile. At +. d. the
creyasse was $50 feet in width with
the water rushing through at depth
Of six feet The Ieyee was eight feet high.
The water flows directly into Otter bayou.
Seven thousand acres Of Arkansas land, al
ready planted ia corn and cotton. are mum
dated. while that section of Louisiana near
bayou Maria embraces q vast amount Of
lands ia cultivation that viii be flooded. The
Otter bayou empties into bayou Maria.
IMPORTS OF THE DAMAGE.
ST. JosrpH. No. May 10. Authentic re-
ports of the damage done in Buchanan and
Andrew counties by the rain have been re-
celved. Ia buchanan county the damage 10
growing crops. fences and buildings will
reach $4,000. Farmers and their families are
eucamped on the hills. where they were COM
PEELED TO flee with all their live stock.
At Oregon. No, the NOdaway river is two
and % half miles VIDE and much stock IS
pershlng.
Al Iarke Mo-. a steady rain has fallen
since Saturday night The Iarkie bottom
is stu flooded. Trains cannot get below
fIr..
ness is discO3ragng.
At Pattsburg the great flood has almost
entirely cut the city of from mail cOmmuni-
cation with the outside world The Rock
Island and Santa Fe's bridges over the Platte
river are both under water and liable 10 be
swept away at any time. Loaded freight cars
VIII be put On them TO hold them down.
At Agency. Mo. the water is running over
the railroad tracks near the santa fo depot.
Ab0u. two hundred yards OF track have been
washed out letWeen the depot and the river
bridge east of the town. The entire valley
from bluff 20 blum Is now ii broad expanse
of water and tho volume Is increasing hourly. |
A rise of three feet more and the town of /
Agency will be under water.
DANGER rs NEw ORLEANS.
NV ORLEANS. La, May 1O.-At noon to- |
day the river at this point rose three-tenths /
VI an lnch, and the wat .rIs now running over !
.le Wnarves aud through several of the down /
Town streets The old leyee at Carrolton is /
8ushing badly. but the new levee that pro- /
ects New Orleans from overflow is holding 1
we'll
no apprehension as set is being felt as to |
le safety of the city and 10 is believed that /
w to-morrow the crisis will be passed Re- /
)ort- from mp country state that the leyees
10 far are intact. The report that the
ilorgonza broke is q cauard.
REPORTS FROM OJHER PLACES.
CwIIc0TW. Mo. May lO.--1he raging
waters ol Grand river continue Increasing in
.olume. The track of the Wabash railroad
few miles east Of this city is inundated and
il trains have been abandoned. The water
s. still rising slowly and should it 90 a font
higher II Will cut OF the water supply of the
MY.
MMrHis. TEyN., May 10.-Ihe rapid cur
ent in the Mississippi river caused the
nite0 States gunDoat Concord to drag her
nchOrs and float nearly half "A mile down