Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-17

cause still higher rise south of the
mouth OF the Arkansas to the jetties,
and it is quito probable that there will
be numerous breaks in the ieveess
Latest Flood News.
GREENvILLE, Miss, May 16. - The
Panther Forest levee break, on the Ar
kansas shore, at O'Clock tonight, was
seven hundred feet wide with q volume
of water eleven. feet deep pouring
through. The big plantations now un.
der water are those of P. Craig, B. H.
Smith. w. p. Halliday, w. o. Critten-
den, Gaines landing place, Chapman,
Linwood aud Brinkly places and all
the plantations on both sides of Bayou
Mason.
ALTON, ILL.,, May l6.-The river rose
seven inches yesterday afternoon and
today. It is now In Second street.
Only two trains have reached here
today from st. Louis VIA the Chicago &
Alton tracks and they had difficulty in
getting through.
New MADISON, ILL.,, May 16.-All that
protects this place from being flooded
by the breaking of the Madison ,evee is
the embankment of the Chicago & Al
ton railroad. The water is WITHIN two
feet of the top of the embankment at
present.
New ORLEANS, May 16.-A break oc-
Cured in the Gipsy levee early this
morning and this evening is 250 feet
wide and twelve feet deep. The water
is pouring through at fearful rate.
The tracks of the Louisville. New Or.
leans 4 Texas arc submerged for miles,
but so far as known are not badly
washed.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, May 16.-From
the southern boundary of Oklahoma to
this city the land which has been
flooded since Saturday 10 Just begin.
ming to show again. Miles upon miles
of crops are ruined and 100 feet of the
Santa Fe has been washed away be.
tween here and Purcell. Tenkey Val
ley IN Greer county was swert by q
| cyclone from one end TO the other. and
not building has been left standing
Five people were killed iustsntlv, ter
are dying from their injuries and many
more are badly hurt. Hardly . person
in the valley escaped. News is hard te
obtain tonight, but wagon load OF
collins were cent out tonight by the
man who brought the news.
WASHINGTON, No., May l6.-The Mis-
soun here Is at q stand at twenty-nine
feet six inches higher than even in
1883. Thousands of acres of wheat are
destroyed. William Lottman, farmer
was drowned today in the Burbois
river while trying tn save stock.
vrcKsBuRa, Miss, May l6.-Ths
VIcksburg, Shreveport q Pacific rail
way is threatened near Delphi, La, By
| Hood from the big breaks at Panther
Forest levee, which u coming down the
Macon river, now out OF its banks.
ST. Louis, May l6.-Tne Missouri has
about reached its Greet and ~ not ex
pected to rise more than five or six
inches above its present stage. Groa,
distress il prevailing IN the flooded dis
tricts of East Sc. Louis. The manufac
turers have shut down and hundred
OF men are thrown out of work
The homeless families are suffer.
ing from want OF food and shelter
Starving people are applying for food
| every hour at the police station. Busi
ness throughout the entire Missouri
and MsssssIppi valleys is almost sns
pended and wholesale houses have re
called their travelling men for ths
present.
kaSsas CRY, Nav Is The Missonr
river has been falling at this pcin
ssnee early yesterday morning sna tls'
kaw went down two feet II
| that tune. bst this evening th'
| rain fell along the upper river IN saeE
aaanttses That another fise - on. TIE
Iadseatsons ere fnf mere ram AL evei
| kans~s and SstHasks.