Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-25
TIE LEV EES
At Many FONTS on the Mississippi
River Give Away.
! - shortening ports Comes From the
/ I"wInnd Dakota Valley Government
l. lay Boats Hu-y Ilrr" Are Eu-
morS OF Great toss Of . fe.

mor> OF tsr at toss 81 J. ir.
81 IuUlS March - Latest advircs
from the nunIcl country south q, here
state that the situation il hourly grow
ing worse. Walls oi water have beat
ca down the ,rvrr> al many points and
riparian dvrll"rs are at the mercy OF
lnr Hood uut al = kilograms re-
crlved here from the lower river
hut unr records cessation of
the r.>r 4 rS WAS from Cairo,
M. bat the halt of the flood
there /, du,. tn the breaks in the lev
ccN in Kentucky and Missouri. The
most di>hcartcniug intelligence comes
from the Iowa and Dakota valleys of
the VI NSour! RIVER Warm weather
has turned the snow to water, which
i, added to the already overlooked
streams Work an lcvcr barriers is
practically aban Toned in Arkansas and
NJ sSisSippi a. useless, At Chicot, II barge
load of sand bags was dumped into
lcvcr break. They only served t."
widen the breach This is the eXper-
fence nj other points AMI work ON the
outer barriers i abandoned and every
hand is turned To save the inner levceS.
\ dispatch from Ripley, Tenn, says
there j. 4 strong current through Reel
Fool lake and the old river bayou.
II i, feared the river will seek its
old channel through the lake, which
was shifted - miles west 10y the earth
quake of ISL south of Helena, Ark.
tpc lrNrr breaks are most numerous
Ia,
steamers employed by the Mem
phis relief were reinforced sun
day by two government boats
towing hargc,. hcSc steamers
pick their way through tree tops. The
{. H. Bryan, steamed due west from
Memphis. - miles and returned with
1870 people and barge load of live
stock. At Austin. Miss. 30 miles be-
low Memphis, but two houses remain
on dry land From these - people were
rescued. Relief work i now occupying
more attention than cndeavorN to fight
the flood with lCvcrS a relief COM
mittec was organized in Little Rock,
Ark. Saturday. Memphis continues
to save life and property unaided by
the governor Of Arkansas.
Saturday night Maj Ambury, in
| charge of the river and harbor work
at st. Louis, received a telegram from
| Secretary Algcr. directing that help
/ and rescue measures be at once under
taken by the United States fleet in this
vicinity
Gov Jones, OF Arkansas, Saturday
| sent a company of militia to guard the
lcvces of Dc>ha county, as there were
fears that Mississippi men might try
To save Their own homes by cutting the
levee on the Arkansas side.
Incontirmcd rumors of great loss of
! life are met at every hand, but the
dcath-roll can not even be approxi-
mated till the flood subsidies. The sit
uatjon is indeed gloomy. with small
prospect of immediate bettcrment.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March ~ The
levces FOR stretch of Ii miles from
and south of Osceola, Ark, went all to
pieces Sunday.
Sensational reports we're current
Sunday night of a series of big cutoffs
On the Missouri above Sioux City.
I The stream Is said to have shortened
! itself a score Of miles and to have
swallowed mp much farm property.
! The Lutte Sioux. near Otto and Cor
rectionville. is rising and driving set
tiers to the hills
SIoUN CITY, la, March p2.-The
Floyd river, which had a considerable
part of Sioux City under water last
week, is again within it's banks The
Big Sioux, however, is still rising and
causing untold damage between Sioux
City and Sioux Falls. Other streams
in thi, locality are about stationary.
/ Bridges are out everywhere and little
damage is left to he done even should
( there be another rise.
DEs MONIES, la, March 22.-1he
! Des Moines river has risen three feet
since Saturday night, and is now over
sixteen feet above normal and still
rising. About three hundred families
have been driven out of their homes
/ by the water, but aside from this TIE
damage thus far is not heavy.