The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-05-12
IN GREAT DANGER.

| Cause q Loss of Millions Of Dollars
Worth of Property-The Situation in
Other Flooded Sections.
PEORIA ILL.,, May 7.-There is great
CONSERVATION in Pekin and in the coun-
try thereabouts. The big dixie in the
Lamarsh drainage district began giving
way Friday evening and the people are
fleeing for their lives. The dixie was
commenced in 1890 and was completed
this year at an enormous cost. 1t is 10
miles long and Il feet high There is
big pumping stat on and much valua-
bic machinery already under water.
The people in the entire district are
getting out as fast as they can. No at
tempt is being made to save any prop
erty, as there is no time to spare. It's
feared in this city that there will be
many lives lost as all the people in the
valley cannot be warned. The loss al
ready in sight ill reach into millions
of dollars.
The Illinois river at this point is ris-
ing at an alarming rate. 1t is now 20
feet above lowwater mark and is ris-
ing st the rate of feet in twenty -four
hours. 1t is now higher than it has
been since 1874. The lowlands on the
Tazewell side are completely inundated.
One farmer lost four horses Thursday
night and narrowly escaped with his
life. All travel over the bridges has been
stopped, as there is an average of feet
of water over the approaches for dis
tance of mile. Some farmers who
rode through Friday morning report
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to take passage on steamer to Spring
Bay in order to get home. All the
docks in the city are covered with wa
ter, and the river is now encroaching
on the railroad tracks.
The people who live in the valley
have been forced to move to the hills
and their houses are filled with water
to depth of 5 feet. Great damage is
being done to the crops. 1t is said that
nearly all the bridges on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy road between
here and Galesburg are twisted out of
shape. All trains are late and numer-
Gus small wrecks are reported.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, May Seas of water
are over and in the five unfortunate
Illinois cities, Ottawa, Marseilles, Peru,
La Sale and Utica. The Illinois has
risen steadily. Friday night the cities
were in total darkness, the result of
the flooding of the electric light and
gas plants. Boats are used for
communication. Despite all ef-
forts, the manufacturing district was
totally covered py water Friday after
noon. AS the water rose building after
building would close down and the en-
ployes leave to await the subsiding of
the food. 1t will be two or three days
before the more fortunate of the flood
! ed factori can be entered at all, and it
will take as much longer to remove the
accumulations of mud and debris which
came with the inundation. Ottawa will
be helpless for week at least.
Marsellles, La Sale and Utica are in
an even more desperate condition. At
Marseilles the river, steadily rising, is
more and more dreaded as the levees
weaken. There is little hope they will
stand much longer and everyone
in the district threatened has re-
moved all property to high ground.
At La Sale the situation is even more
desperate than it was Thursday night,
the water having advanced from
! two to three feet all around the city
and the manufactures, the water
works, street railway and electric light
plants still being under water. At
Utica the waters have encroached still
further upon the lower end of the vii
lage from the river and the outlets east
and west are blocked by water.
PANA, ILL.,, May About 10 o'clock
Thursday night a cyclone passed in an
easterly direction through the country
about miles from here. All the win
dows in a newly erected farmhouse
owned by Mr.. Barth were blown in and
the house split wide open. A great
deal of damage was done to buildings
and fences, but no lives were lost.
GOSHEN, Ind, May THE Elkhart
river is higher than ever before known
and is still rising. 1t is now half way
up the temporary entertainments which
had been placed on the approaches to
the dam and grave fears are enter
tertained as to the latter's safety.
WABASH, Ind, May IA small cy-
clone swept through the northwest part
of this county late Friday night, doing
considerable damage to fences and
buildings. The roof of a dwelling on the
farm of Maj. Kidd was torn off and car
ried some distance, and large trees in the
vicinity were twisted and hundreds of
rods of fence laid fat.
FLINT, Mich, May 7.-This part of
the state has been visited by heavy
rains lately. Thursday nights fall was
so great that Flint river is flooded and
serious damage is looked for. The
Flint p. Smith Lumber Company's boom
| gave way and about 100000 feet of
Norway pine logs went rushing down.
stream. The loss will be heavy.
KEoKUK, Ia, May THE Mississippi
river has been rapidly rising for two
days, approaching the extreme high
water mark. The lowlands are sub
merged and crops are ruined. Farmers
| have taken their stock and families to
high ground for protection. The small
! levees along the Des Moines and Fox
rivers have broken and large tracts are
submerged, but the main levee protect
| ing II, 900 acres is yet safe. Alexandria,
Mo-, is surrounded by water and travel
railroad tracks are submerged in places,
but the roadbeds are yet safe. Should
the rise continue much longer there will
be a repetition of the disastrous floods
of four years ago.
TRAIN RoBBER KILLED.
e. f. Liddell, Leader of Notorious
Gang, Shot Down by Officers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May At Pratt
mines Friday morning f. E. Liddell
and c. r. Miller broke into Gifts jewel
ry store. A detective named McDan-
ien had learned of the plan
and ten officers who were hid
den under the store rushed out
and called on the burglars to sur
render. Liddell ran and was fred upon
and killed. Before dying he confessed
that he was the leader of the gang of
train robbers that held up Georgia
Pacific train at Weems in March. Mil
ler was caught and jailed.
BURNED A WHOLE BLOCK.