The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-03
COMES UP SLOWLY.
Watching the Water OF
the Big River.
MAY BE. NO FURTHER DANGER
But the Ohio Still RACES and the
Mississippi Will Bear Keeping
an Eye Upon.
special to THE MORNING CALL

ST LOUIS May 2-For the present, at
least. the danger of further damage from
high water seems TO be past. This even
ing the river is stationary at 81 p feet and
no further rise is immediately anticipated.
On this side of the river no further serious
damage is reported, and on the other side
the situation is about the same as last night
The new leyee south OF East st. Louis is in
imminentdanger. Men and teams have been
working steadily to. save it for forly-eight
hours, but tonight it looks as If their
efforts would be frnitless.
Advices from Southern. Missouri aud
Northeastern Arkansas are TO the effect
tBat the third Hood of this year in the
White and Biack rivers is pouring down,
doing great damage to all kinds of property,
4 large part of Poplar Bluffs, on both sides
Of the riyeE.is submerged and the people are
Obliged 10 abandon their homes The bot
tom lands on the White and Black rivers are
Il oded for scores of miles and all the crops
are damaged or wholly destroyed. At
Steely.He, No, the water poured through
The streets four feet deep, flooding the houses.
Many bridges were washed away.
'CINCTSNkTI. May 2-This morning the
heavy rains appear 10 have ceased and
cooler weather. prevails. The danger Of a
disastrous food i'll the Ohio River is not
now. imminent The water stands 50R
feet and is rising only half an inch per
hour The greatest damage is along the
sma3er rivers in Ohio The Miami Is
higher than since 1854 Phe paper-milIs al
Franklin and Middleton have been COM
pefIel TO stop work, and along the Little
D.. Miara thousand acres of planted ground
are Submerged. Along the Scioto the same
state of affairs: exists. The city park. at
Chiiicoth6 is Hooded, and the bottom lands
are al under water. Only the absence of a.
great rise from the headwaters prevents an
unusual food in the Ohio River
The Commercial specials report floods all
over Southern and. Central Ohio but no
great dalEage is done aside from that to the
crops
AIToY. ILL.,. May '2-The food situation
is practically unchanged here, as the three
inch rise since last night nas not materially
effected things.
SEARcY, Ark. May Five men lost
their lives in the raging current of Little
River, near here to-day. Allen Brown.
Robinson CaTuth,. Joe Scott, Sandy Cook
sey ana Allen Booth attempted to cross the
river in a small boat to go TO dinner. When
they reached the middle of the stream the
torrent oyereame tham and dashed the boat
against a rock. wreeking it. The men were
thrown into the river and were soon carried
down with the current. Their bodies were
not recovered.
ST PAUL. May Bohemian Flats is
largely inundated to-day and likewise
nearly depopulated. for not more than half
DOZEN families now remain. The base
ments are partly filled. out no damage has
vet been done. In West St. Paul, from La.
fayette School building to the baseball
park, extends vast lake, with many little
islands, surrounded by small houses and
livestock
WINNIPEG, Man, May "A dispatch
from Emmerson. tonight says that the
neighborhood is Transformed Into a great
lake by the oYerfowing Of Red River. The
damage in Emmerson is heavy. Several
buildings have been carried away and. mer-
chants ara moving their goods for the sec
ond time since the river broke.