The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-21
FLOODS AT LAST RECEDING.
DANCER Ter FROM THE STOLLEN
MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI.

The Former Five Miles wide at Rurt,sr 4.
ton. Iowa-Threateui.e the Railroads
At East st. I.ouis-A Hundred Persons
Take Refuge IN Trees at Redne,d, Ark,
snd sixteeH Perish-Two Hundred Res.
cued from . reriious Situation at East
Csroudeiet. III. - The Worst Over a,
Sioux City-snow II the Northwest
CHICAGO. May 2O.-Hcports from tho sub
merged country to tho west show that the
foods aro either at standstill or subsiding.
Astho waters recede tho ruin wrought by the
food becomes apparent. and It 10 feared that
In the tangled mass OF wreckage many human
bodies arc still hidden.
The weather was cloar and cold throughout
the West to-day In many places snow foil.
an almost unprecedented record In the history
OF the Signal Service at this time OF the year.
fcrcc wind has been blowing oil dny and
tho sea it raised In the submo rgod districts
wrecked many houses and sent their inmates
to tho bluffs.
Tho situation in Iowa md Nebraska Is more
encouraging. Tho Floyd River at Sioux city.
which destroyed twenty lives in ten minutes.
Is back In Its banks. and tho Des Moinos
which ut one time threatened to destroy
keokuk Alexandria. and n score OF other
towns. is ut a standstill Streams in Illinois
and Wisconsin are stlll high. but unless there
is a further rainfall within the next forty
eight hours there Is little danger Of further
loss OF property.
Thu Hoods OF tributary streams have made
the Mississippi and the Missouri rushing. re-
slstcss seas. which threaten to burst their
banks at any point. Tho flood In Illinois is
subsiding and people who have been living on
the bluffs for weeks are returning to their
homes.
The widespread ruin OF the Hood sent corn
up cents on tho Bonrd OF Trade to-day.
This is Jump Of IS cent? In two days.
HUNDRED TOOK REFUGE IN TREES.
LITTLE Rock. May 20.-During the flood at
Rcdneld. ono hundred people who woro
overtaken by tho waves before they
could got to high land wero compelled to take
refuge In trees to savo their lives. Thoy re-
manned there twcnty four hours without food.
exposed to tho fury Of the storm.
Among the refugees was mother with her
baby in her arms. Tho rain drenched the In
FAINT through and through and finally It died
The woman clun. to the body until she was
rescued. She was then insane.
OF the hundred. eiGhty-four were rescued
Fifteen had succumbed to cold hunger. and
fatigue and had fallen into the waters below
where they were drowned
The river is rising steadily. Yesterday tho
building OF tho Elite Lumber Company. on the
north side of tho river. fell into the water.
Tho loss Is about S25.OOO
In Pulaski county many negro planters have
deserted their plantations. leaving oil their
stock and ousehold goods
The Cummins lcvee in Jefferson county has
given way. flooding about 1900 acres. all
planted in cotton.
Trains on the valley routes between Pine
Bluff and Arkansas City have been abandoned.
PINE BLUFF. May 2O.-Reports from the sur
rounding country say that great destruction
has been done BY the Hood all over the valley Of
the Arkansas Ryer. The river is still rising.
The gauge hero reached 2H.S feet to-day. tho
highest mark ever recorded.
SIOUX CITY EMERG1No
-SIouX CITY. May 20.-The worst news Of the
Floyd River flood here has been told. The
aee to pro T wi is ' estimated at s2Ueoo
The local organization for the relief OF the
sunerers H. proving equal to the emergency.
lishment OF natural conditions. Many offers
Of assistance have been received. but Sioux
the requirements OF the occusion and prefers
TO do 1t nlono.
es s sSss y md eyd sna sSe had
For twenty miles tho roadbed is practically
the tics having been carried away.
sadly T%s ssT@sals 81 al aie = -a s
from ,t the Enst WeL. On tne low ground IN this
Men nv" were re- put put /" worf yesterday by the rail-
road coomparies to clear the tracks. The paY 10
the men struck for $50. which they got. In
Gnr Of tey 6nx tie tSfqaa m
pnny granted the increase and most of tho
drst time since the hood It came Svor tho |
Chicago. MINNEAPOLIS and Omaha Railroad. |
Washouts wore encountered all along tho
Little Sioux River was, reached. it was found
long ,,restio bridge. Tut tho train dashed
'ea% and nnssf p.o oyrr in sas tn rnto,
stock yards and packing houses. including
bridges nmL TRACKS. to 10 between s4oo.MW
nave hoen drowned have been found across
he Missouri in Nebraska. whore they were
swept from the mouth Of the Floyd;
boom. MAY Gothic rain of the ras, forty
%n ": M fs%ffa st. TG Ee' bss S
liver i've, at ths point went above the hgh-wnter
Vas done in various ways. At least one-third
4 be corn land cannot be planted this year.
?c"n suspended OH til" Minneapolis and st.
lonis l'ailrcad on account Of wushouts. No
Jams nave iren run over the Dos MONIES
Northern and Western road for several days.
.C"vNclL BLUFFS. May .O.--The Mississippi
.l,cris now more than seven feet nbove low
water mark. and is still rising. The western
part OF this city is still under water and tho
:osidcnts have great difficulty in going to and
SPENCER. May 20.-A small blizzard struck
his town this morning. md snow Is now fall
ns The weather Is extremely cold. and u
strong northwest wind. which Is Increasing
nourly. Is blowing. Al! hope Of crops this year
DNI MolNks. Mny % The Dcs Moincs River
IS still slowly rising. 1t hns risen on" inch to-
ss ~ II II r,a"c lvGr inches more all East Des
BrEIlNGTnS. Mny .N.-A cold wavs struck |
fnuthna>t Iowa this morning. Snow fell here
tthi- afternoon. and u heavy rain is now Ealing
na ms ,n ss'ss El I,ardy risng again. and Il
!ah.!s "pl"'st" tnis city ar. from eight 10 ian
iset uhctr water tn" farmers in tits part OF .
mo country nave nearly gwen up the hons ri
raising corn crop this season. ''O'' ~ ,,
YEARS. OF HIGHER WATER AT ST. LOUIS.
81, LOUIS. May 20,-Ths river fell slowly last
r!Ght. and at O'clock this morning tn" ramws
nni krd 80 feet - inches. tXp.ri|ncei ~.
neh predict Tint when tn. foods which nnvor
he territory along tn" Missouri and upn"r
lie eli Bti ria IL