Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-04-01
WIDESPREAD
Is the Damage From Water in the
Mississippi Valley.
Numerous Breaks In the Levecs Reported
From Csiro. H.. To Co;unnbn-, ky.,
Distance OF so Miles. the RlN-
CT Is 25 Miles Wide.


ct Is 20 Miles Wide.
ST. Louis, March s9.--Thc ioreca, 4
OF the government signal service that
the Missouri and the Upper Mississippi
rivers would rise to the danger point
has been well verified. and new high
water marks have been made That
stretch of low lani country on both
sides of the Mississippi river from the
mouth of Dcs Moines Ia the hills below
Hannibal, Mo, aud Quincy. Ill. is
under water Al Quincy the record
sunday night is 1913 feet with rising
river. This i two feet above the dan.
ger line. Great suffering has befallen
the farmers in the bottoms about Pal.
myra and West ouincy ON the Mis-
souri, side. This sea OF overflow has
ruined every lowland farm from Pal-
myra north 40 miles to la Grange.
Should the rise reach another foot
every railroad in the valley will have
to be abandoned.
Horizons and Wards islands. below
Quincy, are inundated and the set
tiers barely escaped with their lives.
The Indian Grave levce. north al
Quincy, that protects 10000 acrss of
farmed land, was still intact san ay
night, but little more water would
sweep il away At Louisiana, Mo, the
water Is spreading over the lowianGs.
At burlington, Ia, the river l. Eve miles
wide AMI has DESTROYED several mills
on the flats. At Alton. III. the rise
Saturday was very rApiL The Missis-
sippi food was met 10y the overflow
from the Missouri and Illinois rivers,
and the current OF the latter was about
at a standstill at noon, being held in
check by back-water from the big
river. Rescue boats are busy bringing
families and stock to Quincy from the
lowlands
Information received Sunday from
the flooded country south of Cairo, Ill,
Is barren Of encouragement for imme
date relief The half dozen points
where saturday there were slight de
creases in the height of the food. sun
day report steady rises Numerous
breaks in the levecs on botl
sides of the river have served
as safety outlets The rises re
ported in the northern tribu
taries TO the great river are be
ginning to be felt About all the dam
age that can come from high water Ia,
already been done, however, and III,
outeoming tide will only complete the
work of destruction. Cairo is well en-
trenched on the Illinois peninsula, and
fear there has given place TO conf
dence. Sonth of Cairo. so miles TO Co
lumbus. Ky, the river becomes a
sea Is miles wide. Columbus
proper is on an elevation and only q
part OF the town il flooded. From Co
Iumbus TO Hickman. another stretch o.
SO miles, the levees have disappeared.
Hickman Is a city set upon n Hill and
Is a city of refuge for hundreds of re
ugees From Hickman to New Mad
rid, No, there is a great bend in
the river, over which steamers
travel so miles down stream in
ordinary stages of water AID
are then 90 miles Eorlh of HEX man.
Sunday steamers go directly west from
Hickman to reach New Madrid, ignor.
ing the river current and riding on the
turbulent yellow SEA cross the sites
from New ~ o. re Arkansas
state Ii. 3D.. sa, '.sr IS a steadily
swelling -ill ,..At has obiiterated
every landmark. From the state line
Ito osceola. in Arkansas, there are occa.
: sioual stretches of levee, protected by
cross barriers back to the st, Francis
hills. that have withstood the food.
The great crevasse of Osceola of q
week ago has widened and stretch oil
water now extends back to the st
Francis river and south 100 miles tc
the rivers mouth, % miles above
Helena This is the longest unbroken
stretch of overfiowed country, and in
several places is 40 miles wide. Al
Helena the greatest fear is felt
All this enormous body of water i:
now beating upon the circle levee
north of the town from the hills e
the river levee. The greatest effort.
are made to keep it intact, and 400
men were working in relays Sunday
to strengthen this two mile barrier
Armed guards patrol the embankment
Should this give way nothing would
remain o. levees south % mile.
W -fOt
the deck Of steamer the street leve
o the town of Friar's Point, opposit,
Helena. is seen ~ feet below the tol
Of the levee, with the river rising and
only i6 inches below the top A
Greenville, Miss, Sunday. Gov Me
Laurin took charge OF tho voluntecr
corps OF 100 citizens who are strength
ching the levce. At public meet
ng held there Saturday nigh
every business man in the cit
,ledred himself to discontinue bust
mes and fight the food
The most critical points on all tn
river lie between Helene. Modoc, La
coma and Arkansas City, for it is il
these latter stretches of levee that tn,
greatest water fight ever made on tn,
Mississippi Is now in progress.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 90. AT Ill
Monday morning message was re
ceived that large break had occurred
in the levee at wayside, Miss, min,
miles below Greenville. The break il
reported to be bad one. aud in a sec
ton of levee high aud regarded a
measurably safe.