The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-04-21
FIVE SCORE PERISIIED.
OVER A HUNDRED NEGROES
ARE DROWNED.
appalling Loss of Life Caused Ivy Sudden,
Floods in Missi>sirp!-Large Numbers
of Homeless Colnrcd People Without;
lcod-Minnesofa Towns NIenaccd.
Go. ..:u.urut AID Invoked,

4 Columbus. Mis-. dispatch says:
-at.r ad,ices from the low lands Just
:tu h Of here indicate that over one
hundred negroes hay" been drown"d in
his county. 1t VIII lie wcchS before
III thing Ike Il correct estimate of the
u,, of csttl" can h" obtained. The
,ndits of horses. ulcs an c KS are
'cn -tantl.-- tloat ng down tn" Torbigbec.
.'or u1i,o on both sides of this river
here remain nothing but poverty and
..sria,!oI. Dr. j. j.. iIutchcrzua, one
IF the largest iI;int' +, iii ihie : ale, has
lrs' r"turn"I from nl.n OF his p!;.lta-
i, n in the northern portion sf the
TN y and r"i"Tts great d"stitution
rom overflow OF til" Eutthatrkir. He
oet = ven,y-iiyc head OF eat. q and one
,f his l;ihor.rs. i. il. Keith, liv-
NJ IL few miles south, save!
us males, and cattle ly putting
hem in thc rlrlor ard G!ning-room
"iirr" the wa -: WAS only iwo feet deep.
Ills taaily ami fifty negroes We're Ill e
same satrry ui II" res dcnc". The
,,;.tcr, hAy" rec. d"d al ont seven feet
.uI continue 10 !al slowly. Most OF
he county bridges have bccl swept
away aud il will b. W eis before or
iInary traffic Will l." regularly resumed.
Iiic Mobile AMI Iio halfway has three
work trains with 2i'n mer Oh the road
c,twcrn here and Artcsi;. and will pio!j-
Ally have train, running soon. L. u.
i.idcr, Supcrirt ni"ilt o. the Georgia
ra.iic Railroad, i here. with repair
rains and i, pushing work with great
-up,lty. but it will c we Ks before
rains an Ir run on that road between
acre aitd West Point Mr. Rider has
I'll l.. an,enc Il; with the VI. a q. TO
Sc H. TIA, X from here 10 that city by
Nay OF Ar.csia. 4 cnld rain has fallen
.iiLust constantly since Sunday Hgnt.
No mail ha- lrtn received there Tor a
week Only ona loIy has been re-
:pytrch
At Hci IA. Ark. the river has how
~,;,.iir;i IL sag" which cndangcrs the
u " i"v.es iii the southern lart of the
,ousItry and cNcitcs the apprehension of
Il" planters.
1T jackson, Miss. 50 great is the de-
vastHtinn tilat citizens have arpcaic TO
Congressman Alien ior assi> tince from
the General Govci nIcnt. hundreds OF
Il srGcs are Homeless and without any
hing t, eat. Along, the river bottom all
h w,rh they have done toward putting
IN "a crop has i."rIl ew"nt away. iogcthc.
with fences an'i nIu h stock. The
-rc1;,7! loss of l.fr and injury 10 prop
ariy is Il OAK Iii" line of The Iomhi2 bee
River. II i no: la e enough i'll the dry
season 10 Il, at Il small steamboat, but
now ii is ten miles wide. Its valley
is * xtrcm,ly f"rt lc and is thirklv popu-
lated. All of the lantatlrns along its
border Tor four or five miles ;t"c sub
merged from five otw.rty !r"t, 1t was
tea feet h1hcr than the great f'o ID OF
1917, ,rcr ou- H. which tine nothing
ii.c il lad ever been 81, II. III many in
-tanr' 5. So, rapidly did the river rise that
small cabins wee sw,p. from the face
If the earth and whole families with
;hsm The river wa bank full before
ih., recent heavy rtinS which served to
make ii It ycrita,,le inland sea.