The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-05-11
NUMBER Is.
SAVED FROM THEFLOOD
MANY FAMILIES RESCUED ON
HORSES.
-.
Water Fills the Streets of Steclvtlle, NO.,
to a Depth of Four Eeet-Five Men Are
Drowncd-Hish Water at st. Paul,
M.nn., and Other Points.
Angry Rivers Rising.


Advice from Southern Missouri and
Northeastern Arkansas are to tho effect
that the third food this year in the
White and Black Rivers is pouring down
those streams and doing great damage
TO all kinds of property. large part
Of Poplar Bluff, On both sides OF the
Black River, is submerged and people
have been obliged TO abandon their
homes. The Iron Mountain Railway
track is washed ont In several places
on the bottom lan'ls. At Stcelville, on
the Mer, nee River in Crawford County,
Missouri, wa'er poured through the
main street four feet deep, flooding
houses, and people had 10 be taken from
their homes on horseback. The branch
of the 81. ouis and San Francisco
hallway between Steelvillc and Salem,
which runs through an irt n-mintng re-
gion. is washed out in IL dozen places and
bridges have been swept away. Near
Scarcy, Ark, five men lest their lives
in tho raging current of the Littlc
River. Tie river is very high as a re.
suit of the recent heavy rains, and the
current is very swift. Allen Brown,
Robinson Caruth. Joe Scott, Sandy
I
ployed a. the Government rock quarry
TWO miles south of that place. They
got into small | oat and attempted to
cross the river 10 go 10 their ,iin er.
When they ha lea he'd the middle of
the river t!,e raging torrent overcame
their strength. and the toat was thrown
Violently agans IA rock, wrcckinG it.
The men were thrown into the river
and Don carried down with the current.
Their bodies have not been recovered.
A,,rn. Felt at on.ney.
The high water in the Mississippi in
the vicinity of Quincy. ILL.,, has COM
mcnced to create alarm, and much
damage will result If the flood goes
much higher. All the unprotected low
lands are already submerged and the
river Is now seven miles wide there.
The water is still two feet bc.ow the
danger line on the lcvees and none OF
them yet show signs OF weakening, but
much damage has been done by the ac-
cumulatcI surface water resulting from
the heavy rains. Hundreds Of Acr, $
in the low lands of the lcvec district are
submerged under a foot of surface water
and much damage has been done. The
river is still rising steadily and is fif-
teen feet four inches above low-water
mark. The two WaLash rivers are on q
! boom The recent heavy rains have
given fresh start. Thousands o. acres
of wheatAand other crop, in the river
t bottoms are under water. and the
| waters are still rising rapidly. Tho
planting Of spring crops at the very
best will b. delayed for weeks. Farm
| ers a;e very much discouraged at the
outlook. At st. Louis, for the present,
| at least, danger ot further damage from
| high water seems to he past. The river
| hats become stationary at a height OF
| 3ls feet, within A. feet Of last Mays
| highest mark.
High Water at st. Paul.
| At st. Paul. Mimi. the Miss ;ssippi
River has lasscd the danger line, and
now registers fourteen feet two inches,
| the highest reached at st. Paul in
twelve years. To aid to the gloomincss
OF the outlook Il binding rainstorm
ragged. The bohemian flats are inun-
dated and nearly deporulatcd, for not
n.ore than half dozen families now
remain. In West S.. Paul the food
ed district Las greatly increased.
From the Lafayette School build
| ing TO tho base ball piIk and
fol owing the State street elevation and
the grade of the Northwestern Railroad
| tracks extends a vast lake of many
hundred acres, with many little islands
surmountcd hv small houses and live
stock. From inquiry at the office of
| Maj Jones, government engineer, it is
learned that the government reservoirs
are as vet hclding all the water at tho
head of the Mississippi, and that above
AitI1cn the river is ut n comparatively
low stage. The lumbermen's dams are
also holding considerable water, VIII ch
will come down later. Th,re is still a
large quanti:: of snow in the woods
further n rth, and the heavy warm rain
will give the river another boom that
will send it far above the mark of 1881.