The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-08
UES7ERN FLOODS.
The Hunt Ievee Gives Way and the Missis.
sIppI - Rising Again.

1 s'ppi - kAissus -NSiiU.
QuINcy. H.. June THE Hunt levce has
given way under the enormous pressure OF the
food. and what was fertile district twenty
miles long 10y four wide is now Il sea of water
from six to fifteen inches deer. Tho district
extends from Warsaw south. where it con-
meets with the Indian GravS leyee. eighteen
| mil eS north Of Quincy. and most Of it was I'M
| der cultivation.
! The crevasse occurred ut 4 point known as
| Otter Bay twenty-four miles north OF this
| city. and tie water is now pouring through the
| break in n volume 200 feet wide and twenty
| feet deep. carrying, everything before it. The
rush Of water is heard for miles. and the cur
rcnt is rapidly widening tho crevasse. Fortu-
| nately no loss Of life has occurred SO far as
| reported. as the people had been expecting
| the break for several days and were prepared
| to flee to the bluffs ut moments warning.
Men are working like beavers to strengthen
| the Indian Grave leve". but it is only n foot
! above the flood level. and may go out at any
moment. inundating the district.
TExAREANA. Ark. June IA span OF the Red
River bridge and about thirty feet Of the tres
tle.at Fulton gavo way last night and were
carried of. On the Cotton Belt Railroad. about
thirty miles from this place. Liz washout is
reported. The Rcd River is rising rapidly and
is sweeping everything before 1t between this
point and Fulton. The river is fourteen miles
Mihs; and ne people living in the low lands
BuRIINGroS. la. June THE Mississippi
hours. Should q heavy wind come upthe e ex.
paIse OF water now flowing before this city
w 6n w We tdrncd int" an 1@enn OF
properly to pieces. Travel hns been SUSPEND
ed on the roads leading north from Burling-
fully ten miles wide at this point the Illinois
ssldo Icing inundated clear back to the bluffs.
Much I'm" farm land Il from two to ten feet
under water. and IN many Places the farmers
bad to moye to this or n"ghhoring cities.
leaving their homes at the mercy the waves.
seems to BIO ove1. II is now Thought TINT the
river will go very little higher. even with the
ihe Missouri This sE SECOND ,iac las done but
littlo damage to business on the river front
lyrrybody has been prepared for what was
coming. The railways On TINS sido ana In
East -. Louis have SO protected their tracks
that their trniilc is unimneded, The rise Is
Tho Missouri Is falling as far north as Omaha.
4, lNDLAN, o.. June IA cloudburst fell upon
hs most tsrrc s{orm S' Of wi"d Ind. rain and hai
followed that has ever been sccn here Hail fel!
u I une ,nrbth OF two inches, while the wind
thousands q dollars, As yet no loss OF life has
TIE slrcams are OVERLOOKING thcir, banks.
ana p"I nIo living near tho river are abandon
nj n .noI houses ior E!nces 81 sIt"ty, an Sum
day afternoon between Harold and Blunt
Hooded a large section Of country. doing dam
aGr 70 crops and washing out u stretch Of the
Nnrhwcstcrn Railroad track. Mrs X. NJ: Foote
ana three children, while returning from
We'll. We're, drowned in attempting to cross
rhxine with their team.
MohoNGAHhLA CRY. Pa. June 1.-Between 7!
and O'clock this evening rain storm equal
g. cloud-burst visited this ncighborhood.
ilfton Creek rose rapidly and swept away the
nrldgo OF tho Pittsburgh Virginia and
thuleston Railroad. One OF the piers If the
heavy heavy bridge which crosses the MOI" ngah"la
II leit In - dangerous condition. Masses Of
wrrrEage ARE passing here from Pigeon Creek.
re GsuddG dhismantIed barns hnd sheds It. is
been swept away. and that great damage has
been lOnO in TIM fnrmin diltri.IR