The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-07
FLOODS AND STORMS.
The Waters Still Spreading
Through the Southern States.
Number of Deaths by Drowning
Reported from River Towns.
North and West Suffering from
snow and Water.

New Orleans, April 3.-The second
break i'll the lower Louisiana levee sys-
tenn occurred Friday morning on Bayou
La Fourche. The break has widened
to 100 feet and there is no hope that it
will be closed. The break is SO miles
below Thibadaux, where the levees are
neither large nor modern.
jackson, Miss, April 3.-The only
change in the situation in the Delta is
for the worse. The water is still pour
ing through the breaks and encroach-
ing upon places heretofore thought
above the danger line. Plantations
never before under water are now sub
merged. The streets of Greenville are
now navigable only by boat, the flood
from above having met and joined
forces with that from below. Nearly
1000 families in Greenville are sur
rounded by water; still some portions
of the little city are dry.
New Orleans, April "a special from
Helena, Ark, says: Five men near In
dian Bay, Monroe county, are known to
have been drowned while fleeing from
the rising waters in White river bot
tom.
St. Louis, April "a special from
Cairo, ILL.,, to the Scripps-McRae Press
association states that report reached
there that five persons were found dead
at point about 30 miles below New
Madrid, Mo. The information was
brought to Cairo by commercial
traveller who states that relief boat
found the bodies of young girl; am
aged woman and child in flooded
house on the Missouri side of the river,
at a point about 30 miles south of New
Madrid.
New Orleans, April 2.-Up to the pres
ent time, as far as known, the line of
Louisiana levees is intact, but the strain
against them is such that break at any
moment is feared almost at any point.
The great danger below the city is
due to wave wash, caused by passing
steamers. some of which run very close
to the shore to avoid the swift current
and drift, and the governor and mayor
have issued proclamation calling on
them to keep on the middle of the
stream and run under slow bells.
Jackson, Miss, April 2.-There is
nothing encouraging in the situation
along the river front. People are fee
ing for their lives. Several refugees
have arrived in Jackson and report that
the half has not been told, that no pen
can describe the desolation, the devas-
tation and ruin that is being visited
upon the planters IN the counties of
Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issa-
quena and others.
st. Paul, Mimi, April 2.-The Missis-
sippi has reached 16 feet, two feet above
the danger line. Between Minneapolis
and ST. Paul 1000 families have been
made homeless by the flood. They
lived on the flats along the riverside
and in the lowlands of West ST. Paul.
The families that lived to the left of
the Inter-Urban bridge at Minneapolis
have been driven out and vast body
of water rushes over the spot where
their homes used to be. It has swept
away many houses.
Aberdeen, S. d., April 2.-The whole
north section of the state is largely in
an inundated condition. Railway traffic
on three systems having lines here
has been entirely abandoned. Aber-
deen store easements and cellars are
flooded, and in one instance, that of the
Golden Rule department store, much
damage was done. The Western Union
telegraph Office has two feet of water
upon the floor. All the furnaces are
out in the steam-heated buildings. Oc-
cupants of residences have in several
cases been forced to move out, and
hundreds of other dwellings are sur
rounded by water several feet in depth
Nothing like it has ever been known
heretofore. The town of Westport, north
of Aberdeen, has from two to six feet OF
water on the principal streets. Resi-
dents have either moved to higher
ground or to second stories of their
buildings. Hotel proprietors are carry
ing On their business in second stories.
st. Louis, April "A heavy downfall
of rain, usually described as cloud
burst, began at three a. m. at River
Forest, a suburb of this city, causing
the Des Peres river at this point to be-
come a raging torrent inside of three
hours. Two people were drowned, and
three are missing. The drowned are
George W. Tate, of Benton, and Net
tie, his six-year-old daughter. Mr..
Tate's body was found Thursday after
noon.
Laramie, Wyo., April 2.-The mostse-
we're snowstorm in 20 years has struck
this section, doing immense damage to
cattle and sheep. Business here is
practically suspended, and even the
daily papers are not issued. On the