St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-22
the RIVER is RECEO!AG.
1T REACHED 7f.S FEET ABOVE LOW
WATER MIX.


" q tiau lOuCn Oh a treat STORM
That Moved From Montana to
the South atlantic Seaboard -
That Storm Caused Severe Lo-
cal Storms and Frosts - OBJ
server Lyons Talks.
The present appearance of the Father
of Waters would make the old pioneer.
looking upon the raging bosom of the
Mississippi, imagine he was back in old
days when the Indian name--at least
for this portion of the stream discov-
cred by De Soto-was not misnomer.
That portion of the river flowing
thr"ngh the upper flats is mighty
S.rtan, not much like the river most st.
PauiitrS are accustomed to see. The
people living on the t1atS--what was
once the bottom of the river-are
greatly mconvenienced by the flood.
Several families, with water from a foot
10 fourteen inches deep OH the floors
and cuursing through their houses,
have fled to the homes of their neigh
borS, whose dumiciles are perched
above the highest point yet reached.
Here is where that peculiar
class, who by choice are more
than half amphibian the jewellers in
the little houses built upon boats-have
the laugh on their neighbors. No mat.
ter how high the river rises. they can
always go it one better, and always
manage to keep on top. All along the
river. on the West side. and, in fact, at
all points where the land is low, the
river Is supreme. The water is uncom-
fortably close TO the docks on the levee,
and the railroad entertainments skirting
the rivers edge have succumbed in a
number of places to the action of the
aqueous element.
There is no cause for alarm, however,
unless another heavy rainfall imme-
diately occurs, as Local Observer Lyons
is authority for the statement that the
water appeared to be lowering little
last night. In an interview. Mr.. Lyons
spoke entertainingly of recent events,
Including storms, fr0sts, etc. He gen.
eraliZed on these matters, and made the
following statements:
1.-The transit of a severe storm from
Eastern Montana eastward to the
South Atlantic Seaboard from the
morning of the 18th to that of the 10Th
INST. caused numerous and severe local
storms and heavy rains, some of which
were almost cloud bursts The con-
sequence has been marine disasters.
suddenly swollen and flooded rivers
and frosts. either of which occurrences
would more or less excite interest, but
all combined have tendency to make
things rather exciting, if not startling.
especially when anything approximate
ing to the YOUNGSTOWN flood is reported.
as has just been done in speaking of the
floods in the middle and Eastern states.
but it was mostly water, and hence the
sudden rise of the Mississippi river.
That, with the cry of water, water
us, has startled The timid, and in some
cases the stole, too. whose interests
may be menaced by the present con-
duct of the Mississippi river.
The rise OF the last couple of days
was due to the heavy rainfall of 332
inches. most OF Which fell here on the
10Th. Fortunately, that storm was al
most purely local, and did not extend
to more than fifty to seventy miles
north or west from st. Paul, so that was
the rise of from Sc feet on the 10th to
Ills feet this morning. During the day
there was scarcely any change, but
towards night there seemed to he
tendency to slight fall; SO it can
/. hardly be a mistake to conclude that
the bulk OF the recent rain water has
passed st. Paul. and all fears of further
trouble may De dism issed. "