Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-26

have placed hundreds of sacks of earth
on the track to stem. the advancing
flood The expense has been jointly by
the city and the railroad company. If
this line of enhancement should break
at any point the territory between
Broadway and Missouri avenue would
be flooded. The graded streets would
escape by twelve or sixteen inches. but
the water would stand several feet in
the first story of the residences and bus
mess houses, and much damage of prop
erty would result but not necessarily
any loss of life.
The third point of danger is where
the water is banked up against the Air
Line track. about mile south of town
Many acres of suburbs are under water
here, but this portion is very sparsely
settled. 1t is interesting to understand
where this water comes from, as mis-
taken impression prevailed among even
some old citizens of East st. Louis that
it was from the Big lake at the foot of
the Pittsburg bluf: The water runs
under a culvert under the Cairo Short
Lines track at Centerville sta alton, and
the force and trend of the water is
from Jarrott'S station. 1t does not in
terfere with the running of trains on
the Cairo Short Line road, nor is that
emba nkInent broken. The water. ag-
gravated by the high wind, is spreading
over acres of ground and strikes with
telling force upon the Air Lines slen-
der enbankment, only little over
milo from tho of East I nriS
and within a half mile of McCasland'a
opera house on broadway.
On the Lower Mississippi.
GREESvLLE. Miss. May ia very
high west wind has been blowing here
all day. which is very trying on the
levecs after the heavy rain of last night
OF y inches After midnight it cleared
off. with n westerly wind which has
been increasing all day causing the
waves to lash furiously against the
levee, making it necessary to fill in
washed places with sacks filled with
earth. There is no report 50 far of any
serious damage being done by the storm
of last night, as extra forces We're on
patrol, and the same programme of Wig
lance will be continued tonight. and,
in fact, until the danger is over.
The river here remains stationary at
$50, the same as recorded three days
ago.
The first of the freshet from the Ar
kansas river will about reach the
waters of the Mississippi tomorrow.
The effect it will have on the river be-
low the mouth Of the White river is a
matter much talked Of and the result is
looked forward to with much anxiety
and apprehension. An unusually large
body of water is coming and it may
cause the highest stage of water ever
recorded in the lower river. with only
two outlets for relief
The levecs on this side are conceded
to be from = to . feet higher than on
the other side of the river, and
should this rise now coming upon us
exceed inches it will be a question of
the survival of the fittest, or which can
stand the height and the tremendous
weight OF the water that is likely to
continue for long period. This flood,
in all probability. will be of longer du
ration than any other since the Coll
system has been adopted. The 1evees
on this side have shown no signs of
weakness and are seeping less water
than in former high-water years. This
is perhaps due to their compactness and
the dryness of the season. Confidence
in the levees is still mistaken, and no
uneasiness would be felt were it not
for the continuous rains that are fall
ing in the upper valleys.
The condition in Arkansas remains
about the same. The water from the
Panther Forest break is slowly and
gradually finding its way over the coun-
try and covering up fields of cotton and
corn, which one week ago gave promise
of an abundant harvest.