The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-01
Towns Under Water.
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Rolling Fork, a distance of about $50
miles, has been nearly abandoned. The
branch road to Leland. a distance of II
miles, connecting with the main line of
the 1azoo and Mississippi Valley road,
is the only outlet Greenville has. IT is
a question of but few days before all
roads running into Greenyille will he
abandoned
HALF A COUNTY INUNDATED
Memphis, Tenn, March 31.-A snecial
to the Scinitar from Helena, Arkansas
says:
The levee, half way between Westoyar
and Old Town, broke this morning
Half of this Phillips) county will be
inundated.
| The crevasse is twenty-five feet wide
It will put the county half under water.
| 1t will: stop logging operations in the
White river bottom and cripple saw and
stavC mills throughout she county. No
more breaks are anticipated in the cotton
be wee distric, line.
TRAINS STOP RUNNING.
Greenville, Miss, March 31.-Green-
vile occupies the highest position ON the
banks of the Mississippi River between
the bluffs at Memphis and Vicksburg.
The town is high and dry and will re-
main so in spite of sensational reports
sent out yesterday. The levees in front
of Greenville have been strengthened
until they are now impregnable. The
river has fallen one foot and three
tenths during the past Sc hours. Trains
in the Delta will cease running within the
next a hours.
A GLOOMY SITUATION.
Vicksburg, Miss, March 31.-The stu
alton at this hour is certainly gloomy.
kilograms just received report the break
ing of the main levee Immediately in
front of Rosedale. which will add to the
disaster already caused by the breaks
in Bolivar and Washington counties.
kilograms from Assistant Engineer |
Thompson report the situation on the
East Carroll and Madison front to Louis
lana as most critical. Traffic ON the
Riverside division of the Yazo6 and Mis-
siSSippi Valley Railroad is virtually
abandoned. Four days more will see the
main line curt in too and all trains stop
ped.
THE CHIPPEWA ICE-GORGE. |
Hurand Wis. March 31.--Thc ice in /
the chippewa above fhiS point went out |
and mas formed gorge at Round Hill. |
three miles below Durand. and has forced |
back the water over the west side bot /
toms and the lower streets of the city. |
The water was within eleven inches of |
the highest mark in the great flood of |
hast December. and is slowly rising. |
The colder weather may hold the jam |
and will greatly increase tire danger. |
Trans are running on the main line, but 1
can only reach Townsville ON the Red /
Cedar branch. ,t sg..e..l
Black river is gorged above Neillsville |
and the bridge at that point will I'M
douEJtedly be swept away. The north 1
wing of the dam at Hudson, owned by |
the ST. Paul fishing syndicate, gave way |
last night and let out all the fish. The |
water also flooded the fish hatchery of /
Graves K Crazy. and carried away all |
their trout.
THE RED RIVER RAMPANT.
Fargo, ~ D., March 3f.-The Red |
RIVER is rising rapidly and the ice is be-
ginning 20 break up, forming bad gorges. 1
Baffalo river is creating much trouble. |
There have been no trains over the Great !
Northern from the East siner yesterday
morning. The Northern Pacific Coass
train reached Fargo safely, but all later
trains are held at Mukoda and GlyAndon
on account OF the high water and trains /
sent East this morning had to come back l
to Fargo being unable to go farther \
on account of high water. Traffic OF the |
Milwa ukee is abandoned, the tracks being /
covered by water practically from Fars' |
to. Wahpeton. There is three feet OF I
water over the farms on the Minnesota /
side Of the Red river for ten miles back |
from tire stream.
SOUTH DAKOTA FLOOD
Omaha, Neb., March s1.-Alarming |
flood repoEts come from South Dakota |
points Rains have fallen at Huron and 1
the James river has risen two feet IN Il
twenty-four hours, the stream now being \
higher than ever before. All trains are /
held there because of washouts. Many I
bridges are gone. Vermillion reports a /
three foot rise in the Missouri and one l
foot in the Vernillion, with heavy rain.
Woonsocket reports Sand creek two
miles wide The Great Northern tracks |
are under water for more than mile. l
The James river has washed away the i
Great Northern bridge. Families IN the |
bottoms are being rescued in boats. At 1
Pierre, the Missouri river continues to
rise and Chamberlain also reports rise.
At Belle FOurche, in the Black hills, "a
gorge has formed in the Belle Fourche
river, flooding the town and tearing out
the Elkhorn bridge. Dynamite is being
used 10 destroy the gorge.
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