The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-25
SIOUX cITY.s DEAD.


just Score Of People Met Death In the
Great Flood Mt That City-Damago to
Property Falls Heavily on Railroads -
The Situation at Other Points.
Sioux CITY, Ia, May 21.-The worst
news OF the flood here has been told and
the death list will not exceed twenty.
The body Of Mrs. Henderson was iden-
titled Friday. None of the bodies Of
the children have been discovered. They
may be cast up by the Missouri, which
is flowing at twelve miles an hour. 1t
is so high that the usual sandbars and
eddys will not retain the bodies of VIC
tins. The loss to property has been
very mildly put. The Sioux City &
Northern railroad had four bridges over
the Floyd and all are gone. For a dis
tance Of twenty miles the roadbed Is
practically destroyed. The Illinois Gen.
tral loses two bridges and It's track,
which parallels the Northern over its
disastrous twenty miles, is also badly
damaged. The terminals Of all the roads
from the east were ON the low ground
in this city and all lose heavily. Many
OF the cattle supposed to have been
drowned are being found across the Mis-
souri,, In Nebraska, where they were
swept out Of the mouth OF the Floyd
Local organization for relief Of suffer-
ers is proving adequate forall demands.
Another flood is coming this way, this
time in the Big Sioux, which forms the
west line of this city for four miles.
The water has reached Elk Point, where
1t forms wave several feet high. The
river there has risen twelve feet in q
few hours. For miles up the valley is
covered by water and the stream is two
miles wide. Great damage was done to
farms and villages up the valley but re-
ports are meager.
ST. LOUIS, May 21.-The downward
tendency Of the river was stopped last
night by the influx of the first of the
water which fell all over the Missouri
and Mississippi valleys on Wednesday.
According to the weather bureau the
river will commence rising to-day. A
three-foot rise is coming down both
rivers and 1t is only matter Of con.
lecture as TO the height the river here
will go. II is admitted that a rise of a,
least six inches may be expected within
two days, while the water may go To
thirty-seven feet before 1t goes down.
Light rains are falling all over the val
ley. Conservative estimates place the
loss within radius Of twenty miles Of
St Louis at $40, 100000.
KANSAS CITY, May 2i.-The Missouri
river rose Friday, but slowly. The sig.
nal service gauge showed a rise Of
eleven inches in twenty-four hours. The
river was reported stationary at st. 10
sephat s o'clock yesterday morning.
rise of six inches was at the same hour
reported from Plattsmouth. From Man
haitian, on the Kaw river, a rise Of one.
tenth Of a foot was reported.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 2l.-The de
struction Of life and property in the
Arkansas valley north and south Of thi'
city caused by the flood increases IN
magnitude with every new report. II Il
now stated that sixteen negroes were
drowned on Henslv island Thursday
night Several more people lost their
lives near Red Bluff The loss to tn,
growing cotton crop is incalculable
All the bridges.on the Iron Mountain
road south of here have been swep
away, and the water in the eastern ant
southern parts Of this city Is covering
the ground to the depth Of three or foul
feet. President Harrison has directed
that government boat be ordered her,
to the aid of the suffering. The rive
is still rising.