The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

| The river is still rising marking o4.o Zee
at midnight. The weather is showery.
number OF flour mills along the river from
have closed down and the riverside eleva
tors will be forced to do the same.
ALTON. Ills, May IA. The Mississippi al
this point is higher than for nine years
past. All the packing houses along the
levee are flooded and temporarily aban
doned. The Lamothe ,levee broke last
night doing immense damage on the Mis-
souri, side. The bridge on the Bluff line al
Medora is afioat and is liable to complete
| destruction.
NEW ORLEANS, May IA dispatch
from United States Assistant Engineer
Tollinger to Major Richardson. chief state
engineer, reports that the Panther forest
levee broke last night This Is an i'm
portant Arkansas levee, just below Gaines
| landing 10 Chicot county, and any very
serious break in it means disaster to the
Fifth Louisiana leyee district, the Tensas
| basin section.
The crevasse is about thirty miles, by
river, above Greenville, Miss. The water
from he break flows first into Coon bayou
and then over the entire county of Chicot.
| 1t is feared that almost the entire county
will be flooded and that a crop Of cotton
can not be made Corn is nearly washed
out, and the loss to the planters is fearful.
! As a result of the break, perceptible fall
has taken place here.
OKLAHOMA DRESCHED.
GUTHRIE, o. t., May 1.-THE heaviest
rain for years fell in the territory last
night. The rain was accompanied by a
great deal of hail, which did much damage
to the crops. Nearly every stream in the
territory was over its banks today. All
traffic on the Santa Fe WAS entirely sus-
pended during the night, as many OF the
bridges were in dangerous condition.
Ell RENO, o. T., May 14-This section
of the country has been visited by very
heavy storms and has suffered heavy
losses. The rivers are out of their banks.
The Rock Island railroad bridge over the
WashiUa river went out yesterday, but is
being rebuilt. Reports haye come in that
a cyclone VISITED eastern Oklahoma yes
terday and destroyed much timber and
many houses. A. least twenty residences
were blown TO pieces in Canadian county,
many of them having totally disappeared
A number of school houses were de-
stroyed. No deaths have as yet been re-
ported, but several people were seriously
injured.
FLOOD NOTES.
FORT DODGE, Ia, May 1.-THE Des
Moines river has risen four feet and is
steadily rising The people in the low
lands are preparing for flight. A disas-
trous food is feared.
BEARDsTowN, Ills, May IA The Illinois
river continues to rise here at the rate of
four inches day. 1t is doing immense
damage to this city and to farms in the
valley.
OTTAWA, Ill, May 14-The Des Moines
river is higher than for sixteen years. and
fears are entertained of disastrous flood.
The farmers have been unable to do any
work on account of excessive rains, and
they are becoming discouraged.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14-Continued rains
have delayed plowing and sowing TO such
an extent as to cause encouragement to
the farmers
Topeka, Kan, May 14-The river fell
four feet last night, and is still rapidly
falling. All danger from flood has passed
and there will be no more danger at
present.
JOPLIN, Mo-, May 1.-The heavy rains |
of the past few weeks have seriously inie er-
rupted mining operations, and the output |
has been greatly reduced. Many of the |
mines are under water and prospecting is |
at StandStlll.
LAWRENCE, Kan, May 1.-THE Kaw |
river at this point reached the highest |
point this morning and has been slowly |
falling since. No great damage was done |
here, although for two days the Union
Pacific has kept large force of men at |
tracks. The Santa Fe west of this city is |,
still under water
De SOTO, Mo-, May 15-The heaviest
fall of rain this section of the country has
had for many years fell this morning. The
Iro Mountain road is washed out in
several places near Arcadia, Logan and
Labula, and the loss to the company cam
not be estimated. This is the section of
road that was washed away on April 3,
and had just been rebuilt.
WATERLOO, La May 14-A terrific rain
storm struck this city this morning. Dry
run overfowed its banks and did much
damages TO small buildings.
JACKSONVILLE Ills, May 1.-THE
Illinois river is on the rampage. Naples is
partly under water, and a great loss of
has ensued. Unless the food
5u bside soon, the place will be nearly
wiped out.