Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-04-14
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
Apyariing Ia~s of life aad rrcrerty I'm
observation-disclosures snd usrror Re-
ported frsnn Levas~- Aad clay Csuatie-

few days have becn the uo-. distressing
this section has ever experienced
"Wednesday morning the Tombigbee
river. already full. began rising raPs4ly-
By Thursday morning all the lowlands
were submerged. the rfver having risen
fourteen feet that ni-ht- u continued
20 rise all that day. aai hy Friday morn
ing IL Was seven feet higher than waS
ever known before. Black and Lgxa-
palils creeks joined their waters with
the Bigbee. aud CJlunbas was then
literally an islani With Gvc miles OF
water in every direction Therc has
heeu Erea, loss Of life. and an immense
amount OF property destroyed Four-
teen negroes wsrs drox aed within a few
miles OF this place A lo~ estimate
puts ;he loss at dry tn this eoanty. Up
10 this time no whites have hcen r.
ported drowned
The food has carried destruction in
all directions. Hundreds OF homes have
been swcp; away. miles and miles o'
fences destroyed. an1 the loss of mules
ani cattle Is fearful
The river and creeks rose 80 rasidly
ssa, . grcs, number Of people were
aroused from their slumber by the rush
of water through their houses. aud of
course could save nothing OF their
household effects
As sccn ~ the extent Of the food Was
known the city government bad a great
number Of boats made. and rcsruin<
Farsies began their labors % merry
| Hundreds xere saved and brought To
the city. .nd are nov being cared Tor By
the citizens.
There are No less thaa sNO homeless
negroes here nOw heiax sheltered and
FED By ihe city and eoanty tcintiy. The
los has been so great. AMI she want -
extended. tha; the mayor % the city
and ,be president % the boari % saper-
vssors have tel-xrapsed Hon John Al
asking him - appeal to the Federal
/ gSvsrnment FOR aid
Great damage has beeu done the road
bs.s and tr~siiiax cf the Mobile S OHIO
ami tseO-xia Pacific ruadS The latter
road has I've miles 0f track washed away
between here and waverly. and there
are several xz.hozts On IN. Mobile 8
ohi0 b~t~een here and Ar,esiA This
-oati has run no trains here sine Wed
assiAy For tao days the Georgia Pa
eiac did nothing. hut IL gos a train
through from Birmingham yesterday.
Several ef the rescuiny parties bad
narrow escape Col William Baldwin.
a prominent atto<ney Of this city. and
| Mr.. william johnson we're cat early
AMI continned their god work all day.
aud in their ea~erness TO save they
over-lOa4ed their boat After going a
short distance their boat was caaght in
a sxifs earreat AMI overturned AEd three
pants werv iro~nel- Messrs. bal1
Nin and Johnson and four % the negroes
surre~sied IN r~arasa< trees AMI ~ets
rescued a. niGaighs. after being m
their psriloas Poslsieas foc six hoars-
Later information ~iIl doubtless sh0w
greater loss Of life and property all
along the banks Of the Bixbee-
The waters have rec@ded six feet.
having fallen since yesterday morning.
wE.T rotyr. Miss. April io.-FiOsd
disasters multiply - news budgets ESss
in by skif from variOGs ,sssions OF the
coanty. Mr. George Grimes, . large
farmer near this city. who has lived fsr
hfty years a. his present place OF resI-
dence without ever Suffering from oser-
eo~. awoke one night 70 fnd the water
rapidly rising in the rooms Of the lover
story Of his house The family i'm
mediately took refuge in the upper
story. and r~sSgers who went the next
day ~ transfer them 10 n place Of safety
roxed their boats back and forth
through the halls OF the house The
negroes on the plantation say that they
vent 70 sleep in total ignorance OF the
danger. and 50 quietly did the water
enter that shey stepped cut of bed in
the morning 10 fHd IL several inches
deep. They betook themselves To trees,
and in little while the water stood
above their cabins. A family by the
rame of Cook. who lived On the banks
of the Tombigbee near here. Is missing
and neither human. boast OF house is 70
be found where they formerly resided.
IL 10 supposed they were washed Asay
during the night Every bridge in the
county Is gone and the railroads washed
up. 80 it 10 inpossible to knO~ yet the
fall extent Of the damage done; but the
accounts already in place il far be-
yona anything ever known in this
county. The banks OF creeks are lined
wish dead eoxS and horses. and the crops
are completely ruined. West Point has
been . veritable island for several days.
The winds Of yesterday worked sill
greater darage TO telegraph wires
GRENADA. Miss, April s--The water
has fallen six feet here in the last day,
bat Grenad. is still cut OF from the
world The damage from the high
water is almost incalcnlable- Thousands
Of panels OF fence are gone, and thou
sands OF acres Of crops washed up.
/ Hundreds of head OF stock are drowned.
It will be almost impossible for the
farmers 70 replace their fences in time
TO make q crop Buffalo gnats in myriad
numbers will succeed the overflow
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