Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-21
THE GREAT FLOOD.
NO UNDERESTIMATE or THE DAMAGE
DONE IN IOWA.
a y.v Cha oter of Disaster Anticipated ~
st. Louis-The Losses Everywhere
Enormous
(By telegraph to the Dispatch.l


roads in the Floyd valley for thirty
miles. is at least 81, 500, 900. The city
is still without gas or electricity.
The railroads put men to work to clear
the tracks and switch yards yesterday
agreeing to pay sl.25 per day. Alter
working short time the men struck ioa
sl.5O. All acceded and the men went W
work again. In about an hour Trey
struck a second time, demanding 2;
Only the Milwaukee company ncceue'
to this and most Of the men quit
NO HOPE FOR THE SUFFERERS.
sr. LOUIS, Mo-, May 2O.-With hard
wind blowing at late hour last nign'
tbe Mississippi river was at standstiii'
but this gives no hope to the nooo'su
ferers. for before a fall can pos
sibly take place tue uP'imr
rise will reach here and add a lev
chapter to the suffering already lnl,ic,eu
mon people LIVING in the flooded as
tI;cts In North ST. Louis nearly ~,
o0o 400 feet of lumber is floating about
almost ready to go down the river IL 'ne
current sets in to the west strongly
enoupb. ST. Louis county north anu
west of the city Is still under water
WATER IN EVERY HOUSE.
Across the river and below the city az
Fact CarondoIet the situation IS worse
than Il has been before thought possible.
TIC levee broke at 1870 =. NJ. yester-
dav and in ten minutes there was Tour
80 S. - voter in every house in the little
hamlet Many horses were carried
awoy. bnt so far as known no lives were
lost. The railroad tracks are all
washed out for thousands OF feet near
the Venice belt crossing. AT East ~.
Louis there is no change. AT Brooklyn,
III opposite the northern end OF this
citv. the backwater from below has com
nletely isolated the little village, which
il now under twenty to thirty feet OF
water.
THE DAMAGE ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF.
In South St. Louis the damage al
ready done is almost beyond belief.
MANY manufactures are menaced, while
Others have for the past ten days been
shut down one by one as the waters rose.
over $4,000 persons in this section
of the town have been thrown
ont Of work. The damages in this
portion of the city will exceed $1,000
600. The steamer ldlewild, from down
the river, reports rescnng ten families
from Connors Island, which is now COM
pletelv overlooked From Chouteau
island. above here, twenty-three persons
were last night rescued by relief boat.
A sUBsIDsscE AT SIOUX.
Sioux CRY, a., May 20.-The flood
has almost entirely subsidized. Nearly
all the railroads running trains here are
expected to make schedule time to-mor-
row. The Union tockyards are being
built better and larger than ever. The
market, however, will not open until
next week. The packing-houses are all
right, and will resume work when hogs
and cattle can be procured. The loss OF
cattle and hogs has been greatly overes-
timated. The actual loss WAS about $50
cattle and 800 hogs.
BODIES RECOVERED.
Two bodies were recovered to-day
those OF Frank Henderson and wife,
which were found caught in the wire
fence after the floods had subsidized.
Their 3-wceks-old baby was also drowned,
and the little ones body Was not re-
covered. Mrs. Henderson was beautiful
woman Of only 20 years Both parents
and child were lost by tine capsizing OF
boat in charge of resculng party.
The total number of bodies found is
four still missing ten but a number
| OF cases are reported by eyewitness
of the drowning OF unknown persons.
Four men (names unknown and several
children and infants are also reported by
eye-witnesses to have persisted.
MORE RAIN AND A BLIZZARD.
Bad weather to-day has greatly COM
| plicated the task of bringing Sioux City
| back to something like its normal condl-
ton. About 4. NJ. rlin began falling.
At o'clock there wss perfect blizzard
Of snow, with high wind.
THE HIGHEST PoINT-A BLIZZARD.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, May 20.-The
rivers here reached the highest point at
noon. Since that time they have re-
NAMED stationary. The number OF
houses that have been abandoned is
LOCO. Tonight it is blowing gale and
rain and snow are falling.
THE MISSISSIPPI FALLS.
ALTON, ILL.,, May 20.-The Missis-
sippi river has fallen about six inches.
| Tie Alton relief boats Alton and Ram
bier came in this morning loaded with
4 tAi Ia
Many houses are badly wrecked aud
number have been swept from their
| foundations.
| THE MISSOURI FALLS SIX INCHES.
OMAHA, NEE, May 20.-The Missouri
river to-day fell six inches, and the fears
OF food coming down from Sioux City
were allayed.
| PACKISG-HoUsEs FLOODED.
KANSAS, CRY, Mo-, May 2o.-The
waves broke over the banks at the river
front to-day where Armour's, Swift's,
Fowler's, and other packing houses are
situated. At some points the embank
ments were washed partly away and al
! lowed the water to rush through cellars
| of the packing-houses, which are filling
up rapidly despite the efforts made to
keep them clear with pumps Harlem.
across the river from here, is all under
water. and that town now has not a
single inhabitant.
A NoAH's-ARK.
The Burlington bridge. which con-
meets Harlem and Kansas, to-day looks
| like Nosh's ark. 1t il crowded with ami
mails of all descriptions, and men. women,
and children, driven there 10y the flood.
THE RIVER RISING.
ST. PAUL, May 20.-The Mississippi
here has risen two feet within twenty
four hours, and the jewellers on the b.
hemian flats, whose houses are on an
island, are moving to the bluffs.
FLOOD, SNOW, AND ICE.
Flood news comes from all parts Of
the Northwest today, mixed in with
specials telling OF snow and Ice. At
Aiken, MIMI, the meadows are cover
ed by two feet Of water. Fears Of a re-
petition of the flood of 1888 are ex-
pressed.