New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28
FIGHTING THE FLOODS.
ANXIOUS DAYS ALONG THE mississippi.
THE RIG RIVER FALLING AT SOME PLACES AND

THE BIG RIVER FALLING AT SOME PLACES AND
RISING TO DANGEROUS HEIGHTS AT OTHERS
Jackson Miss March "a dispatch from Green
willie SAYS: To-day is one OF feverish anxiety ana
II NAV be said the crisis is The Mayor has
issued a proclamation warning MI merchants 10
close their places Of business to-day. ana cainhR
every able bodied man to the levee. AL this hou'
tho CITY is almost deserted OF merchants ana
strong and brave fight Is being made along the line
10 hold the great embankmcnt. Special trains are
bo,rq sent out on the railroads and branches 10
bring In recruits. Governor McLaurin ana the ON
ciaIs OF the railroad are lending every assistance
The condition is critical. but hopeful r. T. Nesoh'
NJ this city who largely interested In Delta farm
ing operations. and is agent for many thousand
ocres of land I'm the valley returned from GreenVile
last night He says the water was over the leVees
proper yesterday evening. but was bcihs hc'u III
cback bv sacks of sand and dirt piled on top ana
the heroic people were still hopeful OF their aplty
10 hold the fort The town Of Greenvile was theh
several feet below the water level and one standing
an the streets Of the town could see the nun oil
steamboats above them. The sight OF so inuch
water was simply appalling.
N.mnbis Tenn March 1.-THE river continues
20 fau Of tho rate Of six inches every twenty-four
hours and unless the expected flood from the norh
starts tho river up again all ;he danger 10 the cry
Is believed TO De passing away The weather Is
warm and clear and many of the refugees arc
making ARRANGEMENTS TO return to their former
stontial contributions to care for the sufferers
>-ou Orleans March 1.-THE water has steadily
risen here until the danger line was passed TINS
morning and the water now touches the ten-ahd-
one-half-foot mark at Canal-st. All the merchan-
disc has been removed. and no danger Is appre-
hended unless the water goes considerably higher
St Louis March 1.-THE river at this city Is ne
ginning 70 boom and II the rise continues for
several DAYS as now seems certain the Hood VIII
be above the danger line, and great damage VIII
result 10 property the Illinois side or the river
The rise was nearly two feet IN the last twenty
four hours and the gauge now registers twenty
three feet From the sudden rise it is believed that
,h 100 gorees on streams tributary the NIissis-
sim, have broken and the spring freshet IS no"
on its way down the river.
Quincy H.. March 21.-The Mississippi River con-
tinues TO rise here. The water rose seven lhches
Yesterday and the gauge last night showed four
toon feet above lOw-water mark. With the bottoms
All under water the river is seven miles wide, ana
thousands of acres Of land are submerged Ieople
have been driven from their homes TO the hiils ana
those who have stayed in their houses are living
i'm the upper stories and are compelled TO use poi's
On What is Known as Lone Tree Prairie between
here and the town OF La Grange. the only lali III
embankment OF the ST Louis. Keokuk and North
western Railroad. The water is almost up 10 thc
ties and rom the river channe Hilie a"ay lit
trains look like some new tangled stedmboat
ploughing through the water ne 1000 cuirGHt ltI1
is extremely swift, and the via rush %. % %nu,,uA
waters is carrying down all kinds OF deDrlS Wdshed
out from abroad, logs, pieces or "f''hcu h"u''S'
Sections of fences and the dead bodies OF stock.
I'm the levee districts the situation has become
alarming. - - ,,,-,.,, tt,.or
81 Paul. Mimi. March 27-The MISSISSIPPI RlVer
was nine feet two inches above lOw-Water mdi
last evening. and the ice was heshn,hsh 81 10 dor
away from the shores. II IS expected the dahSrr
ljne-ten feet-will soon be reached II Is dlso
feared that A gorge will form at Lake Pepln.
4 week ago the water in the river registered olls
two fecf seven inches. Since then the increase mas
| averaged one foot day With the warm weather
nroniscd bv .hc Signal Service Office. the rise ls A
necfrd 10 be much more rapid. The prediction Tor
today e. 10 degrees warmer tbs VIII, IL Is
thought bv the officers i'm the Signal bureau M
crate large quantity Of snow hnd lee ana cause q
noticeable Increase in the height Of the Mlsslssppi
| MANY OF the factories in West 81 IauI are
| nenaced Eleven feet Of water VIII swamp many
of thc Easements Of the large buildings ana seIl-
ousv interfere with the operation Of the machinery
I'm some Of the West Side factories
/, ts estimated that nearly seven thousand per
sons are living on the lowlands along the river
hank and one foot and a half more in the river
vii 1ood the homes Of nearly all Of them.
1ho police have warned number OF the resi-
ents ir this district Of the impending danger. ana
cautioned them TO move or prepare or emerGen-
cios Lut few have needed the warning. seeming
indifferent to the menacing attitude OF the river.