Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-19
many LIVES ARE LOST.
Streams Out OF the Banks and Con-
tlnually Rising.
TOWNS AND VILLAGES SUBMERGED
nniIroad Bridges Wash ed Away and
Traffic stopped on Various
Roads.

ST. LOUIS, March l9.-The levee
CD the Mississippi, fifty miles below
CaruthersvilIe, Mo-, the extreme
,uuthesstern part OF the state, ia ro.
ported broken and seventeen lives
Lost. Efforts are being made to verify
the story.
The river continues to rise at Caruth-
eryille and the pressure on the levee 10
greet. AL, weak spots are being
strengthened but the work lie handi-
capped by rain. Many families living
on the river bank have abandoned
their homes and taken refuge at
Caruthersville.
A large amount OF stock has been
lost on the Tennessee side of the river,
the entire bottom Tor miles being in-
undated.
The levee near Cottonwood, about
eight miles from Caruthersville, is ex-
pected to break and overflow that part
OF the country.
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION SHUT OFF
Il mkhPhISJ ItuU., mhECu io'-FAh
telegraphic communication with New
0flean's was cut of today. FLOODS are
assumed to be the cause OF the stop.
page.
A sEvEBE WIND STORM.
JACKSON, Mics, March ia
sevsre wind storm struck Jack7on this
morning at 8 O'Clock, coming from
southwest, accompanied by heavy
~ al fa M W.
there has been NO loss OF life, although
heavy trees were blown up by the
roots, houses unrooied, fences anu out
buildings destroyed and sigus blown
away.
Jackson is entirely isolated In the
matter Of telegraphic communication,
and ON that account nothing can be
heard from the surrounding country.
THE THREATENED DISTRICTS.
WARRINGTON, March l9.-Heavy
rains the past ioIty.e!ght hOuis In the
central valleys Will cause continued
rise Of the Cumberland, Tennessee,
lower Ohio anu mississippi rivers ana
intensity the threatened Hood con.
GitiOns previously announced. 1t 10
probable that the hoods In the lower
Mlesissippi valley in the next ten days
or two weeks will in many places
equal or exceed any previous year.
Additional warning Is given residents
OF the threatened districts in Louis
lana, Arkansas and west Mississippi,
TO remove from the region OF danger.
II is probable that serious damage
will be done.
Its reported from Glendale, Miss,
that the levee has broken there and
that Lake Tobula has risen four feet.
1t IL reported from Raymond, Miss,
that the property at Coopef's Wells, n
summer resort near there, has been
considerably damaged by cyclooe.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March l9.-sen-
satiUL al IumoIs were Rfioat today as to
the breaking OF the Ievses above and
below the city, causing serious damage
10 property and stock. 30 far thete
reports have not been verified in full,
but sufiicie 10 known to warrant the
statement that before nightfall an nd.
ditionRl 200 tquare miles OF territory
will be submerged.
In the territory covered by the relief
steamers appalling facts cams to light
this morning. Drowning Of negroes
10 officially reported until the number
now reaches almost half n hundred.
The relief committee thus far has
ample funds to feed and cothe all
I'll cted In the city.
kilograms from pointe sixty.five
miles south of this plaUe ask Tor steam.
era 10 rescue the people left by the last
trip Of the boats. Two steamers were
despatched east and west anu are ex-
peoted to return ut midnight with sew
ersl hundreds OF persons.
A dispatch from Washington au.
thoElzed the government engineers to
lend men to further the protection OF
lie and property.
The river lie still rising.
SIX PERSONS DROWNED.
MEhIpHIs, Tenn, March ia
iAm lily OF six found watery grave by
the oapsizing OF the dugout. while
making for high land. Two were
Infants. AT Memphis levee there Is II
eongreIa,ion OF negroes waiting for
'heir turns OF relief. AT noon II was
refused.
TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.
YASRToN, s. D., March 10 All
tInic on the Great Northern and Mi.
wauhee ana North estern roads has
been suspended here owing to high
water and washouts OF bridges and
culveTis.
sURRoUNDED BY WATER.
PADUCAH, KY, March 10 -Padu-
can ID both surrounued ana invaded by
water. Every inch of low lsud OIL
McCFaeken county ie covered. Every
stream In west Kentucky is out Of the
banks. The streets are flooded, bridges
twamped, houses wrecked anu fences
swept away. The roads are rendered
impossible.
IN GREAT DANGER.
FITonLAND CENTER, Wis, March