The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-09
THE WATERS RISE.
THE PEOPLE IN ST. LOUIS IN DAN
GEKOF BEING WASHED AWAY.
Several Residences Havo Collapsed-Dead
Bodies Found Floating on the Water.
A Mass of Wreckage, Etc.
Il. Lpuis. Nav 1.-Another foot of rise in

on the east side; Il collapsed
warehouse which resulted in one
death and a prospect for Il repetition of the
scene of Il year ago. All these tell the story
of the high water here tonight. The river
at 6 o'clock this evening showed rise OF Il
fraction of an inch over Il foot since y CLOCK
last night, and the water is still creeping
up on the gauge.
Up to 6 O'Clock this afternoon the water
had ceased the abandonment of the greater
portion of East Carondelet street. The tcie-
graph office of the st. Louis connecting rail
way was wrecked This morning and several
small buildings We're washed away.
The body Of a man was washed ashore
this afternoon near the sight of the wrecked
telegraph office. The body has not been lden-
titled. Many persons who had been living
in the second stories of their homes were
forced to move out altogether today ana
several narrow escapes happened some bare
ly escaping before their residences collapsed
or f1oated aay.
The East ST. Louis dock warehouse. immc-
dately south of the Eads bride, gave way
before the rush of water about noon, ana lul-
ly One-fOurth of the vast building, win tho
heavy contents, fell in heap, the roof SINK
ing and settling upon the wreck. Thousands
of barrels of -four, sacks of grain boxes OF
canned goods, bundles of shingles oil both
cypress and pine, and Il miscellaneous lot
the ground floor into the water. One of the
laborers, Cicero Pate. colored, was crushed
to death under the debris and has not yet
been found. Two other laborers We're in
jured The loss on the building and stock or
goods will be quite heavy.
The situation ut Alton.
Alton H.. May 1.-The river here is al
ready rising and much damage has already
been done. The Missouri Point farmers
are applying for aid here and are prepared
,tf' ty,n hrII Tp
over Wood river was washed away last
night. The Burlington bridge over the
same stream is so badly sagged that the
company will use the Chicago and Alton
from Brighton to Alton.
The greatest calamity lies in the proba-
bility of the Burlngton's cnbankment
across the Missouri Point being washed
away. 1t cost thousands of dollars to
build it and it is now gradually spreading
out and sliding into the water. The com
pany is now trying to rip rap the embank-
ment, but cannot do it fast enough. With
little wind the whole bank will go.
Rising Mt Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. May 1.-The Ohio river at
midnight is just touching fifty feet above
low water and is rising at the rate of an
inch an hour. 1t five feet above the gov
ernmcnt danger line and Rat Row and
Sausage Row are flooded. No danger has
been done and none is Appreciated. Unless
there should be more rain the rise will
stop 1T nlty-tWo 1cet.
Wurrspuut at fremont City.
Springfield, Ohio, May 1.-At'hoon today
an immense waterspout burst over IRE
mont City, IL village near here. AT about
the same time Mad river broke its banks.
and within eighteen minutes the water mad
flooded the town, carrying away oulDulll-
ings and stables and flooding the first story
of residences. No person is reported kill
cd or drowned. but there is a heavy loss
of stock.
At midnight one hundred acres in the
northeastern part Of the city. containing
two hundred houses, are flooded and the
water is rising a foot an hour. Scores of
families are in danger, and the police and
patrol force together with citizens, are res
cuing the pcone bouS and horses ar
being used. The electric street car traffic
of the entire city is stopped, the power
house being under water. The spring
street bridge is Gole.
damage Along the Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark, May 1.-The Arkansas
river is Il boom. 1t has risen III forty
eight hours to within Il little over three
feet of the highest mark Of the great
May flood OF 1892. Several houses have
passed down the river today, showing that
the flood had been cncrOaching upon civil
cation UP the river, while the current
was filled with trees. logs and brush.
Across the river, near the Little Rock
Cooperage Company'S plant, a large por
further damage done in this city. The plant
alton of Ieh Ward, four miles above here,
is inundated and his large plantation furth-
er up the river in Conway county is said
to be under water Captain Harvey Lewis
reported several plantations under water up
the river; that people were working day
and night on their leyees, but had little or
no hope of saving their crops.
\ CIoudburst In . exas.
Paris, Tex, May IA cloudburst swept the
Boston mountains and carried away thirty
five miles of the Frisco railroad tracks. The
northbound passenger train which left Sat.
urday was unable to get beyond Mountainburs
and returned The southhound train was
stopped at Greenland. The Arkansas river is
eight miles wide, and much damage has been
done along It's course: Five farmhouses Il
few miles this side of Fort Smith were de-
mOlished by Il whirlwind.
Che knei ing Rivers.
Cincinnati, O.. May 1.-The heavy rains
have ceased and cooler weather prevails.
The danger of Il disastrous food in the Ohio
river is not imminent, as 1t is now but
fifty feet and seven inches and rising Il half
inch an hour. The greater damage is along
the smaller rivers in Ohio. The Miami is
higher than since 1884. Paper mills ut
Franklin and Middleton are compelled 10
of acres of planted ground are submerged.
Along the Scito. the same state of affairs
exist. The city park at Chillicothe is flooded
and the bottom lands are all under water.
ST Louis, May 2-Advices from southern
Missouri and southeast Arkansas are to
the effect that the third flood this year in
the White and Black rivers is now pouring
down in these streams and doing great
damage to all kinds of property. A large
part of the Poplar bluffs, 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
out in several places in the bottom lands
along both White and Black rivers. and is
flooded for scores of miles and all crops are
greatly damaged or wholly destroyed. At
Steelvile on the Meramcc river in Craw-
ford county. Missouri. water poured through
the main streets four feet deep, flooded
houses. and people had to be taken from
their homes on horseback. The branch of
the ST Louis and San Francisco railway,
between Steelvlle and Salem. which runs
through the iron mining region is washed
out in dozen places, bridges having been
swept away, and it will take ten days OF
more to repair 1t.
Cyclone in South Carolina.
Columbia, s. c.. May "a cyclone passed
through South Carolina today. WiiSton and
SDrintield We're the worst sufferers. Crops
and houses at both these places much
managed. High winds reported from all
parts of the state. Several persons were III
iurcd but none fatally.
Cyclone in Texas.
Dallas Tex, May IA Denison special says:
Yosterfay evening about > o'clock cyclone