The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-02
MID RAGING WATERS

SllllU nAulNU WAlEhD
Is sUOTIoN, N,sUFFERING AND DEATI
1S5S THE FLOODED DIsTRlCTSe1Sss'
M ~ SQots siit- sSanEcr Nof Being Swept
-Heroio Efforts Made to Prevent
H3Further Breaks In the Lovecs.
= N T. Louis, Mo, March 3O.-A spec.
rain stoAthe Scripps- McRae Press asso-
IN this from Baton Rouge, La, says
the wlushe break in the levee ten miles
OF over Greenyille, Miss, is the worst
,~r5d5 d5H1ks'$f be $foP occur. Thousands of feet
ss>&$ lees weakened and softened by
~ xS1gh water, are melting away
0,epad. The break last night was
% hundred feet wide and tho wat
or is rushing into Mississippi with
'frightful velocity. The inhabitants
are fleeing for their lives, leaving all
behind. Cattle, horses and other live
stock are drowning by the thousands
and houses and barns are being
washed away. like driftwood. It ia
estimated that fully two, thBdsand
people are already homelSss and at
the mercy Of charity. ! The waters
have already reacbtqsssd1f' fifteen miles
inland, and the obstruction of hun
ur.oS or more 1.U' Ptfarm houses is in
evita| m pre-. 81
arvey Klemmer and two sons,
> 1!.l!::.: .:hI attempted to save some stock,
had their boat overturned and wore
drowned. 1t is also reported that
Mrs. Jno. Marshall and a son who
were alone in little hut two miles
from the break, were unable to es-
cape and we're drowned.
Two historic and famous planta-
tions Of jeff Davis and his brother
Joseph Davis, six miles below Vicks-
burg, are doomed to become sea
Of water and destruction. Sixty two
miles below Vioksbarg is tho histor-
ic'piantation of Col. Zachariah Tay-
lor. With the threatened rise Of
three moro feet, it will be q total
ruin. The household goods are be-
ing removed and the stock driven 10
places of safety. The little church
upon the plantation, in which Jeff
Davis was married to Gen. Taylor's
daughter is threatened with destruc-
tion. The water has surrounded it
to the depth of two feet.
HIGHEST SINCE 'G2. g
!. New Orleans, March 3O.--A spec
ial to the Daily Statos from Vicks:
burg, says: The high water record at
this place since 1862 was broken this
morning, the gauge reading 1913.
AN ,Sgevasse is reported in Mis-
sig r<;%Amiles above Arkansas
q - ,.&fwaters added to these Gre
=" r. 1<Sn' complete the inundation
.osa s,,t 10 lover Mississippi delta. The
ts S,; i.Sk reported at Gaines Lending,
aea&., has not been verified as yet.
The Louisiana leveos are holding, but
Lake Providence reports that the
water is running over Pitchers Point
lovee for two miles. The break at
Gunnison, or Perthshire, a short dis
tance below Australia, which occur
red at S o'clock yesterday evening,
is serious and damaging. AT noon
today it had widened to 1900 feet
and was cutting its way fast. 1t is
feared that portions of Groenville
will be flooded. A break occurred at
8 O'clock this morning at Mound
Landing, Bolivar county, seven miles
north of Arkansas City.
At2 p. N. today this break had
reached ,hns9sa1bh sssabh of 800 feet and was
wldeltI. faast, faa'tt,. line water was 60
ing, baTongh with terrible force.
Presi ont Maxwell, of the Fifth Lou
isiana listrict,says today that unless
unfoSAeeli eyents occur, the Louisi-
an9ssyaesgilI hold. Information just
-- YceefWSedi| asp |Sis9fates that the large levees
atgHylhichitto and Isiaquena are in a
dengSfons condition.
hEF@' STILL RISING.
New Orleans, March 30.-A spec
ial to the Daily States dated Helena,
Ark, March 30, says: The river rose
here two and q half inches during
the last 81 hours. The weather has
cleared and is byight and sunshiny,