New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-02
WESTERN RIVERS RISING.
DISASTROUS FLOODS on THE MISSISSIPPI
AND OHIO PROBABIE.

THE RED RIVER OVER ITS BANKS IL MIME
sOTA--iIEAvY RAINFALL DOES GREAT DANE
AGE-THE DEAD IN THE TEXAS TORNADO
81. Louis. Nav 1.-The Mississippi IS again On the
rampage. and before the height Of the food is reached
il nkelv to exceed all previous floods In ruin IN"
devastation. The gauge AT this city now mar"
thirty feet. within twelve inches Of h" Danger
line. and Is rising at the rate Of al inch m h""
Reports received from points above here state mat the
tributaries Using fast and pouring torrents oil WIZ"
into the Mississippi. This volume will reach here III "o
or three days. and then the flood scenes OF previous
years will bc repeated The railroads lav" learned II
lesson from experience and Will probably not Suner
from the food. The rainfall during The month OF
April has exceeded that OF any previous month Tor
twenty years.
MANY cellars are already Inundated by back water
I'm tho scwers The lower floors Of elevators on
bou, sides Of the river are inundated ana Ia" waves
nre RAPIDLY rising the second floors steamers
from above report considerable trouble III passing I'M
der the bridge.
A break occurred In the SahOka lcvcc by which n
number of farms The American bottoms were
flooded A good portion OF Brooklyn Is also reported
under water. The various railways lave patrols walk
c their tracks and preparing to strengthen their
cmbankments. They expect TO be able to stand any
flood
Down the river reports show a tremendous rain
fall and swollen rivers Memphis. Nicksbnrg ana
The Mississippi Dock Warehouse at the south SIDE
NJ the Eads Bridge. AT East st. Louis. was under
mined and wrecked BIZ the high water shortly aiter
l O'Clock this afternoon. A workman named cicero
Pete was drowned and two others arc missing. Inc
damage TO the merchandise will reach $1,000.
Natchcz will suffer greatly from the floods.
Cincinnati May 1.-The rainy and ccd weather
which fol- the last three weeks has wholly s'opp'u al"
ploughing md planting In ONO IS c"lnhna'''s ~ D."
disastrous, food Here two Inches OF ram ha''
tho I
River Il lcapnc up at tho tate OF four inches an ho
DISPATCHES from Wapakoneta state that inc whoio "
Northwestern ohio H. flooded ana WHEAT ru''i" VIM
OF her crops are delayed That 'he !ic'' "'"'
small DAYTON reports The Miami River ana ,r'n
fairies at flood height and rising two inches an io"r
Nearly an inch and half of rainfall al INC ',''-
,v,,.r. NJ the ScIo,O River viii add to that SwoiI'h
stream. GAINESVILLE reports the railroad Track SUD
merged and the Muskngum River rising ioo' ''h
hour. .,, p,,r
C,o,umbus Ohio MAY SpcciaD.-The scioto RIVER
l. tonight about as high as was NJ 'he s.'''
frcshe, OF February. 1854. The residents OF "'S'
Co,un,bus are I'm town. The Big Four Railroad EN-
bankment alone protects them against an nunla"oh'
and the water Is within foot Of the rails II IL
once goes over. 5000 people VIII he 0flVeh ~
uppcr stories or from their home. SeVer'i S''''
wooden buildings have been swept away "p' '
people living on the overlooked lowlaniS nav" al
tied their houses down with ropes. This evening a
,svoe IN the south End broke and probably 1000
acres cf gardens and farms containing number oi
houses Is under deep water. Distress guns are ocihs
fired now in the inundated district tn" wafer n''
gone up steadily rising FIVE inches in thirty NV"
minutes and the situation in places Is serious
Alton H. May 1.-The southern portion OF 'h'
State has been visited by an unprecedented 'iih'Ai
Near vandalia hundreds Of heads Of cattle ana h's'
have pershed and miles OF fencing have been swept
away. Great damage has been done In THIS cry i!
falling walls and slides. The tracks OF tho st L"l'
Chicago and ST. Paul Railroad running along uhdT
the bluff Of this city Is covered under nan ool'"
enormous hndslides traNc being indefinitely suS-
pended The Missouri River since Saturday MINT
has been rising nj the Of inch an hour regis
tering over tweny-four feet. The rcncra o'hc'N %
the Bluff Line and all the steamboat Warehouses on
tile levee had 10 he abandoned YESTERDAY
ST. Vincent. MIMI. May 1.-The Red River Is now
over the banks and Is flooding the village Inc l."
began moving about 10 O'Clock yesterday forenoon ana
about the same time the water lcgan - HOW
through the streets. The water is now as high IL
II was In 1882 and is stlll rising rapidly. D"i"s
the afternoon yesterday number OF fan'htS were
compelled 10 move their houses on account o 'He
invading waters Others, by moving Their Belong
ipcs upstairs, are s,ill able TO stay at home. TWO
buildings We're wrecked by floating ace Emerson
Manitoba, three miles distant. l. also Hooded ana
the bridge across the Red River has been swept
away by floating Ice; r,o.o uos . c,oud,urst in
the Boston Mountains saturday night that has broken
connection the II. Louis and San Francisco roHi'
There Is a gap Of thlrty-fvc miles between Mountain
burg and Greenland which trains cannot pass oyer.
There are no passenger trains running between fHt
smith Ark and Monet Mo. A number OF passen-
GERS were on the trains going each way The oiclalN
~ the St Louis and san FranClsco t"I"trhpheu .hr
tronmen in charge to have oil passengers cared Tor
AZ The expense OF the company. The whole County
,vas Hooded The Arkansas River Is as high as ever
known and Is eight miles wide In places Five mics
south OF Fort smith tornado swept the country
doing immense damage. Five iarmhouS"s weir com
pletely demolished. II is rot yet LEANED whether
any lives lost. ...
" Fostland Tex May 1.-Following Is a corrected
,,.i Of those killed in FRIDAYS tornado: Mr., Iadd
captain whteside. Mrs $ f. Knight David cameron ,
Mrs Beaman Mrs. J. T. Thomas. W. A. Ickiahs
five children. VI. b. owens child, Conductor Bibies
child Mrs Bledsoe: an unknown railroad man, VIII
lam Sims section hand traveller a. ,l9 o, moi
mercial Hotel. unknown Mrs. Wharton. KuDy owens.
rnlv seventy more are seriously injured. ana large
numlsrs slightly injured. People all over The STATE
are subscribing literally TO aid the sufferers.
HIGH WATER IN ALL THE RIVERS