The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-02
GFuOOD LOSSES.
The Aggregate; In Five States Is S32,.
OO,OOO-IlIinois and Missouri the Great.
est Sufferers.

The Aggregate; In Five States Is &32,
900, OOO-Illinois and Missouri the Great.
est Sufferers.
New YORK, May 2S.-Special advices
to Bradstreet'S from regions affected
more sc riously by floods point to an ag
gregatc loss in five states of So, 900, OO0
which includes damage to railway
property destruction OF or damage te
leveeS. to farm buildings, machine
cry, live stock and crops. as well as loss
on1other property. Louisiana and Ar
kansas have lost less in this reSpec,
than has been reported. and Illinois
and Missouri probably more. Losses
in Iowa and Kansas have been greatly
exaggerated.
Llr1LEF Rock. Ark. May 2s-The
story Of flood. suffering and deStrnc
Eton in thu valleys *of the White and
Arkansas rivers has not been half told.
There is not thousand acres of dry
soil left in De ,ha county. The towns
Of lIollcndel, Chicot City, Red
Fork and Pendleton have been
wiped or the earth. and not a living
being is at any Of them. All have been
rescued and are snow on high ground
but act aal y Starving, 50 difficult Of ac:
cess. are they to the relief steamers.
All the big plantations for 10 miles in
the Arkansas valley are utterly ruined
The first batch of mail in six days
from Benton county was received here
Thursday. 1t relates the story of the
most appalling disaster that ever oc,
Cured in north Arkansas. The water.
spout which visited the suburbs of 81,
loan Springs last Friday resulted ir
the loss of sthree lives and the destruc.
ton Of property ] worth Sl00,000.
ing the rain began to fall and by 1O:3(
O'Clock all the low land in the towr
was submerged by water, which swept
everything in its course. At llico. az
eastern suburb of Sloan Springs.
nine buildings were washed away.
and Mrss Martin and her six
ehiklren% H> their dwelling went
10 ) pieces hung i to- the. limbs
lof trees mill they we're rescued. AT
the lower portion of the town was
swept away. When the water>p"u'
struck DIR. Swallows house the mem
bers of the family, being very old, had
retired for the night 1t bore down all
resistance. taking the doctor and his
wife and mother down the stream
and drowning them. Dr.. Swallow
was Il Frcnchman and had retired from
business. lie leaves a daughter and I,
son in Kansas. His property. consisted
Of SscycralE thousand dollars in notes,
500 in cash and beautiful Residence
all of which were swept away by the
food
As the river falls the terrible work of
the flood is plainly seen here. Dozens
of valuable farms are ruined. the water
wishing out bitches on some and or,
others leaving sand ranging from to )
feet in depth. All fencing has been
carried away. No estimate of the loss
can as yet be made 1t will run far up
into the thousands. The work of re.
alicvlng the Sufferers continues. but re-
ports of half-Starved people are still
Icing received. The river is still
fall ng.
SHREvEroI:r. La. May IS. Three GREY
ASSES, occurred Friday below the city
in the samr ievee. tinundating a large
tract of the finest farming land in the
world. The water poured through the
breaks with roar that could be heard
for,rniles. The los><bY the three breaks
win be not less than $500 OOO Three
million dollars will scarcely cover the
loss to property and crops in the upper
Red river valley by this years floods.
SIoUN City. Ia. May 3S.-The body of
{. NJ. NauX. the ninth victim of the
floods. was recovered Friday aftern ,on
from, the debris near the Sioux City i
Northern bridge e I