Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-05-20

W.. LOFTS, May 1~.~~A rr1"r' r. .ct'@1
htrt TINT tt,t OI,tt, d Mi-~i-tltp} rhl'~
tund dyke in E4st r.. I.iuA. wht"A
!lA% prnt"tttd ,t,t III lin |'nrt]t. uf thti
city from tie fl Ynd llu~ hrhkcI4, aud llt
water il pouring into The town In tor
rcutS. Thr people are II -ting for tneif
lives.
The l;n aI iIu ii -i'u4tion IL II, re So
RIOTS to-'lay. Th+ river " rising s|owl;
and ut ~ O'Clock thi- nnrning rtgls-
tered - {+t: S inches. Thi. II ri@e of
four iucI.es ~in"r yesterday. Lo'al
rains lnst night and this morning add
t. the gravity Of the situation, and it
is believed the river vii! eventually |
reach the ~ feet mark. The Missouri |,
river continues TO ri.e at the rate "f
nearly one inch per hnut. The city Of
Alton haa been entirely cut ott from
railroad communication for IT hours
and travel wilt not be restored before
Friday ut ieu=t.
at West st. Charles, No., the scene
along the river is QUE If deAolatlon
and destruction. Thousands upon
thousands OF acres Of rich lands on
both banka of the stream are lnundA~
ted to Il depth OF several feet. Hum
dreds Of farmers have been driven
from their homes, their cr'ps dastroy~
cd. their stock drowned and ln many
case. tleir
HOUSES WASHED INTO TIE RIVER.
AT I.A}adie the river txttihfs 1r"lh
the Missouri Pacit1c tracks ia Augusta
.n the upf"~ite h'utl", distance nj
over five nih*. Steamer. are ]shulnR
ut the tnrt ut the bluffs u{ Augusta, -
u,it+~ inland Ifrm 'he st'"re rr"l'tr.
At New H4vtn the hu-ines. portion
nf the town will b. II "tled by night II
the water rpntiuu-s tn f:se ut the prer-
ttt tatr.
Al,n i .5 houses in North 1t. Louis
have tl>a,ed from Their foundations
and their occut uuts n:t camping 1n
tcht- OIL the high sr"u11'. Ihe ~r*he'
un,tt1 n1i the ri ,tr are heart rendihB
From the hills IN O'Fa'l"n Park rtlit!
boat. cntl lm y Ell l,urrNing t" nud nc
norg the needy u1,d i1e|pl. s@ p+"s'ie
Over lu, tutlt,ii, IN the vicinity have
hptn rendered hut1itle.s. To nHd Il
the general Wreichetlue-+ robbers AIT
tiieve. have l'tguh t" ril'agc th
abandoned houses.
Over G,Ot|u balts OF cotton are IL tn
cellurs nu the ievtt. Kou.tabuu1* ar
wo,k'ng III water to their necks un'
getting 81 Ill hour to re-cne the cot
ton. Tie city's 1uilk supply IL I'll
dungered BY the tiood since The Iii
nuis railroads have ct:sed To lun ac
commodalion trains.
The latest prediction IL that til
river will rise six inches or u t""t .
St. Louis. It il ps sslble that tie rls
will be even greater and the levees III
expected to go.
The signal service this mt ruing seI
out \ special warning to 1T. Luuis,
be distributed through the river Ii
tricts. This warning WIS prepared |
p,of. Thomes Russell, the flo I'd al
forecAs.er for the department of aKt
culture: It predicts that the river
st. Louis will go foot beyond tl
highest stage of water yesterday, whi'
will put 1t at 50 fett 3 inches.
Iu the southern district, below
Louis, Prof. Russell says that the
THE LEvEEs Will NOT HOLD III
WATER
which ls int,ight and coming dow
These reports were prepared before
formation had been received If /
tremendous rnius in this eection II
uurth of here lust hight nd II l. ll>"l
ing,
The following IL Prof. Russe
statement ct the situation:
"'rhere has been Il rainfall ut :
inches atnng The Missouri river tr
Kansas City tn Pit rrt, aud > so incl
along the Arkansas from Fort S'n
to Little Rock. The rainfall In To-
Missouri uud Illinois nud along
upper mississippi averages over
inch. The present high 1tage of
Missouri at Kansas City will he n,t'
tnlued for sonle time aud may T.
Increase In the Etxt three days.
st Louis the very high Rlage Of 3
feet prevails. there heiug II rise of
feet in the rrst five days. The p
poets are that the rise will couti
Que fool 1>lore aud the high stage