Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-02
WATER COVERS ALL.
Threo Suburban Towns of Chicago Sub
merged by the Breaking of n Dyke--The
Mississippi Eighteen Miles Wide at Bur-
linpton Tn

Mississippi Eighteen Miles Wide at Bur
1ington, In.
CHICAGO, June 2T,-What is known
as the Eighty-seventh street dyke, sep
arating the towns of Dauphin Park
and Grand Crossing, gave way Sunday
afternoon, having been cut, it is pre-
sumed, by some one. The breaking of
the dyke let the flood with all it's force
in upon the suburban village of Dauphin
Park, submerging every street and
yard to the average depth of about "a
inches. In many places the water was
much deeper, and the first floor of
nearly every house is under water.
Easements everywhere were filed,
and the damage not only TO
streets and sidewalks but to the
foundations of houses and all
early removed, will amount to thou
sands of fdollars. There was heavy rain
fall Sunday afternoon and at o'clock
p. IN. the water was rising at the rate
of an inch an hour. The only outlet
for this great mass of water that is
drowning out the homes of the 800 resi-
dents is through bitches and culverts to
the lake, which are wholly inadequate.
| The water comes from large SUBJ
| merged territory in the region of Mud
lake. The Chicago authorities have
been asked for aid.
AT midnight the water was from ~
to feet high in the principal streets of
Grand Crossing and Daughin Park and
was flowing with strong current A
high wind lashed the waters against tho
buildings in great waves and an
enormous amount of damage is being
done. The situation is critical as it is
feared that some of the less substantial
structures will be torn from their
foundations, imperiling the lives of the
inmates.
The flood has spread to the suburb of
Burnside, and if the rise continues at
ITS present rate the entire village will
be submerged to depth of several
feet.
Sunday evening there were 11O sail
ing vessels in the basin or in the slips
at the mouth of the harbor and also
numerous steam craft, all with cargoes
on board consigned to various wharves
in the inner harbor They were wait
ing impatiently for the word of
the harbormaster to allow them to
come into the river. Vessels
are in tiers at the foot of the Randolph
street viaduct, and the basin is full of
craft at anchor So crowded are the
slips at the mouth of the harbor that
vessels can no longer enter them, and
there will be great confusion and numer
ouus jams when the tugs commence NOV
ing them out. In the south branch forty
outbound vessels are detained and
crafts are suffering detention at almost
every point in the harbor. All this is
caused by the unprecedented rise and
current in the river caused by the re-
cent heavy rains.
BURLINGTON, Ia, June 27.-An uu.
precedented rise has taken place in the
Mississippi river at this point the last
day or so and it is now within II inches
of the high-water mark of 1883, IL
feet above the low-water mark of 1864
and the highest gauge recorded since
1851. The water is now running
: in at the windows of the Diamond JIG
packet line office, the building being
useless for freight or Office use. A mum
Der of other buildings along the levee
are submerged. The water has spread
| OuU oNcT Illc lOWll I'LL Unt
: river at this point is virtually IS miles
wide, and STAT boats car
, run to Gladstone, yniles inland
. The current of tn water on the low
lands is very swift and is doing much
damage to submerged property. l. i:
, running like a mill-race through the
, long slough bridges on the Quincy
branch of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, between this city anC
; Carmen, ILL.,, and rise of foot more
!, will undoubtedly sweep the track away
This would result in a complete sus
D pension of railroad traffic on both side.
: of the river between Burlington anG
st. Louis.
DAVENPORT Ia, June 27.-The Mis-
: sissippi river at this point is feet
, inch above the danger line. Report.
: from above indicate furthel
+ rise. For miles along the rive
front the first floors of saw
mills and factories are under
: water and work is impossible. Th'
d stations of the Burlington, Cedar Rap
Il ids 4 Northern and the Chicago
k Milwaukee & st. Paul can only b,
y reached by boats. Eight hundre'
e employees are thrown out OF worl
g by the overflow and thousands o
!, dollars of damage done to stocks o
d goods.
v MASON CITY, Ia, June 27.-Complett
9 reports from the cloudburst that iai
! waste many sections of Chickasay
T. county are now in. At Fredricksbur
= two persons were killed and dozel
5 injured fatally. At Sumner five per
: persons were killed outright. The dc
n struction to property and CROWN
!, crops will exceed $3OO,oOo The home
/ of twenty eight farmers are completed
$ destroyed and as many more are pal
q italy wrecked Throughout the pat
t of the storm the destruction of crops
q complete.
u MONMOUTH, ILL.,, June 27.-The receu
=, q heavy rains have raised all the stream
j, in this vicinity, causing much damag