New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-25
EATAGES or THE FLOODS.
TIE CROPS or FORTY THOUSAND L,BoRERs
SWEET ,w NY Is ARK ANsAr-hPPALLIN
tfstHFS Ruin.

lire Bluff Nay ~ ,>peciall-The river fcli three
nchc. TO day mailing In all five inches since ycs'cr
day. An spuro xiuatc estimate Of th" damages ov
IN. food I'm the cotton field, ~ th" Arkansas Valley
can now be made. II }, announced by IN" hu'h'rl
tie, that 10000 ares Of tn" richest cultivated land'
I'm this, Jefferson County, aonc were submerged. TIC
CROPS Of 10000 hbor.r, ar" dc-troy'd~ E'pmn'ins
VIII begin -, soon - possible. but II j. question II
no result VIII be- satisfactory. Relief committees
NJ. ,,tl on the river I'm Government boat, dstrib"i
ing fo.,d 10 the destitute ana half caI sufferers.
Memphis. Tenn. Nav 3f.-icmi cot county, Ms
snun T. scene Of dr,oa'lpn. Tire" iouiih> ~ inc
county &, now under water and assistance j. urSc"uN
needed At several points. Between Real Foot LAKE
and Pargoud on the Arkansas side. thr"" families
have been drowned Washington Hall. hl' wife ana
three children. Joseph MailoN. wife and Two chli
drcn: samuel Moore 1colorcdl. wife and daughter II
/, estimated thnt 800 horses and mnlc, and 2V'o
head of cattle have been drowned. and that 100000
acre, OF cultivated farms are under water between
McmphI, and Cairo. According 10 Captain Howard
there are 2.5COO acre. q wheat destroyed. 3oo"oo
acre. Of corn ruined and nearly 2OOVoo acres ol GU
ton inundated The waters cOrtinu" to nNe, ana IN
ivo DAYS more IL is expected that lOoooOo acres "'
cultivated cruund will be nOodeL The Arkansas bot
tom, ,r. all under wafer and the number OF lives lost
and properly destroyed cannot be estimated BECAUSE
no boat, have gone intp the flooded districts
camden. Ark. MAY 24-rnilr, from the Fast 10
Taxa, Mexico and California now running VIA
th, city, coming to Gurdoa over the Iron Mountain
track. thence 80 this city the Camden branch.
and then over the Cotton Belt track 10 TcAarhana.
All traffic on lie Iron Mountain south from Gurdon
h., hccn abandoned on account Of the trouble at Red
River where the bridge is out Of plumb and the
tr--tlnc crn, on both sides. Trains are having no
trouble however hy the Cotton Belt" with the eN-
cepton Of the lengthening of the time occaSOncd by
the roundabout way. The river /, Iccedlng fast.
Jack..n MIS-, May 24.--tiOVernOr stone Is daily re-
ceyiug nnmciois letters from ls,aPucra. >hiihry,
Adams and other counties on the Mississippi River
calling for a. ,sancc. The people judging from the
,pr,al, ale very destitute While there have been no
breaks on this side large portions OF land have been
overlooked from back aud sccpagc wafer. The GOV
crnor Is poweilcss to render any assistance aS there
are no funds available for such purposes.
II. Louis. May 24-rhe fall OF the Mississippi con
Times slowly Relief work Is absorbing the energies
Of tho more fortunate residents of the district reached
by nocd, The Merchants Exchange Flood Relief ~
so,iation now thoroughly organized Is pushing us
work in direction. seeding contributions ana as
trIhutng the funds collected OF money the committee
has at Il, III ,pOsal collected In three dayh without
svslenatic effort, 5000 20, with organization the
incros, In thc fund VIII be rapid Another fund that
is bdn. raj ,od by The Post Dispatch has reached
lie sun of 1928 90. Benefits etc. are being ar
ranged for. and within week the worst OF The as
tr.,, will be alcvatcd. In addition - money lnrg.
quantities OF clothing and food are coming In, bcad
especially coming In ny the thousand loaves. The
railroad situation tonight Is rapidly Improving.