Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-21
THE FLOODS.
stll Causing Much Damage and goms
Loss OF Life in Several States.

maJJer mas been removed, so that IN the
city proper but little more damage can
be done except as is naturally occa-
stoned by flooded, Easements, etc. A re-
porter took trip down the river for
about 40 miles Sunday. The situation
viewed from the pilot house of the
steamer is one which at first
glance is seen to be most serious.
Thousands of acres on which a
week ago the waving wheat was grow
ing are now vast lakes, whose surface |
is broken by floating pieces of furni- |
ture, dwellings, and here and there the |
body Of cow or hog. From bluff to
bluff this is the unbrolSen monotony |
that greets the eye Ten miles is the
average width of the river as far down
as the steamer proceeded Hundreds
of homes have been abandoned and the
number of cattle destroyed is expected
to reach into the thousands.
Bends island, on the Illinois side, is3
feet under water. Near here on the
Missouri side in the vicinity of the
White house is the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railway track.
The embankment, which is dealt vigor
GUS blows by the rapidly flowing cur
rent, has in many places been under
mined and no trains have been run
over the track for thirty-six hours. 1t
is stated that two st. Louis peddlers
were drowned early Sunday morning
in the Merrimac river, but their names
could not be learned. AT Fosters
island 1000 acres of fine farming land
are covered with 2 feet of water and all
hope of raising crop this year has
been given up.
On Mullanphy island, SO miles north
of st. Louis in the Missouri river, four
teen women and children were rescued
from watery grave Sunday morning
by a volunteer corps of st. Louis citi-
Zens. Had the rescuers been two hours
later they would have found only dead
bodies. as the water was rapidly en-
croaching on the small section of land
on which the party stood shivering and
half naked, and here they had been for
hours, after being driven from their
homes by the food.
Reporters stationed on the Merchants
bridge in North st. Louis have seen sew
eral dead bodies floating in the water.
Most of them have evidently come a
sight to see small houses and various
articles of furniture travelling past. All
railway traffic over the Eads bridge
has been abandoned owing to the
flooded tracks in Illinois. The Burling-
ton, Alton and other roads run pas
senger trains in over the Merchants
bridge.
NEW MADISON, Ill, May 16.-The
Madison levee has broken and all that
| protects this town from being flooded
| is the Chicago & Alton embankment.
| The water is within two feet of the top
| of this, and if it gives way, which it
| threatens to do in several places, the
| town will be flooded and very serious
| damage done. The levee guarding
| Horseshoe lake and Cahokia creek to
the northwest are threatening to give
way at any moment and danger of a
food in that direction is also imminent
CARRoLLToN, ILL.,, May 16.-The
Illinois river is still rising at the rate
of one-half inch an hour and great dam
age is being done to meadows and
growing wheat in the western portion
of this county. The Hartwell. Reach
and Kelley levees broke Saturday and
there are now about 5000 acres OF
wheat and meadows under water in
this county. Large herds of cattle
have been driven to the hills and fam
lilies are moving out.
CAHoKIA, ILL.,, May 16.-The embank-
ment of.the Conlogue Railroad Company,
about 200 feet long, has given way and
the town is flooded to the depth of sew.
eral feet. No lives have been lost, but
large amount of damage has been
done. -
INDEPENDENCE, Ia, May 16.-Eigh,
days continuous rain and cloudbursl
in the eastern part of the county caused
four bridges to go out and the lowlands
are flooded. A Danish family, consist
ing of the man, wife and child, attempt
ed to cross bridge just before it went
down. The bridge gave way while
they were on it and all were drowned
The damage to seed in the ground il
enormous. Pine creek rose feet in one
hour
New ORLEANS. May 16.-The situa
tion along the Mississippi river south o
Vicksburg continues to be serious ant
the outlook for the next two weeks
is not promising. All the i'm
portant levees in Louisiana arr
still holding, but in north Louisian;
they are subjected to a very Sc
we're strain. The two breaks in Arkan
sas are widening rapidly and are nov
discharging something more than $50,
600 gallons of water second and tn,
river below has been relieved tempo
rarily of that much of its surplus. Bu
this relief is only temporary so far a
the Mississippi below the Red river i
concerned and may yet prove dis
astrous for that portion of Louisian
lying between the Red and TIL
Arkansas line. The water fror
these breaks is fast filling IL
the lowlands along the Bayou Macor
and will soon fill that stream an
Bayou Tensas bank full. Should on
of the levees along the north Louisian
front break after these streams and tn
. surrounding streams are full the Who'll