The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-01
THE END NOT YET.
Signal Service Predicts CONTINUES
ton of the Floods.
A Note OF Warning Sounded to the
Residents OF the Stricken South
-Graphio Description OF
the Situation.

sued by the weather bureau: The crest
Of the food wave is still at Cairo, which
shows stationary gauge reading 1-6
feet for the past four days. There is
great danger yet to come from the
flood in the region from Helena south
ward to New Orleans. The river will
continue to rise for at least ten days in
the region from Helena southwark to
Vicksburg and to rise during longer
period from Vicksburg southwark. 1t
no break occurs before, levees will be
subjected to the greatest strain about
April 10, in southeast Arkansas, west
ern Mississippi, and in Louisiana.
Should the levees break the result will
be one OF the most disastrous floods ever
known. Weather conditions now indi-
cate additional heavy rainfall in the
middle and lower Mississippi valleys,
which will materially intensity the
flood conditions. Those living in dis
tricts overtlowed in former years should
be on the safe side and transfer stock
and movable property to places of
known safety while there is yet time.
st. Louis, March 2S.-The forecast of
the government signal service that the
Missouri and the upper Mississippi
rivers would rise to the danger point
has been well verified and new high
water marks are being made. That
stretch of lowland country on both sides
of the Mississippi river from the mouth
of the Dcs Moines to the hills below
Hannibal, Mo-, and Quincy, Ill.,, is under
water. At Quincy the record is 1873 feet
with a rising river. This is two feet
above the danger line.
Great suffering has been felt among
the farmers and the boat owners about
Palmyra and West Quincy on the Mis-
souri, side. This sea of overflow has
ruined every land farm from Palmyra,
north 40 miles to LaGrange. Should
the rise reach another foot every rail-
road in the valley will have to be aban-
doned. Portions and Wards islands be-
low Quincy are inundated and the set
tiers barely escaped with their lives.
The Indian grave levee north of Quincy
that protects 10000 acres of farm land
is still intact, but a little more water
will sweep it away.
At Louisiana, Mo-, the water is spread
ing over the lowlands. At Burlington,
Ia, the river is five miles wide and has
destroyed several mills on the flats. At
Alton, ILL.,, the rise Saturday was very
rapid. The Mississippi flood was met
by the overflow from the Missouri and
the Illinois river and the current of the
latter was about at stand at noon,
before held in check by back water from
the big rivers. Rescue boats are busy
bringing families and stock to Quincy
from the loWlands.
Information received from the flood
ed country south of Cairo, ILL.,, is barren
Of encouragement for immediate relief.
The half dozen points where there were
slight decreases in the height of the
flood report steady rises. Numerous
breaks in the levees on both sides of the
river have served as safety outlets. The
rises reported in the northern tribu-
tarleS to the great river are beginning
to be felt. About all the damage that
can come from high water has already
been done, however, and the outcominp
tide will only complete the work of de-
structlon. Cairo is we'll intrenched ON
the Illinois peninsula. and fear there
has given place to confidence.
South OF Cairo so miles TO Columbus.
Ky., the river becomes sea Is miles
wide. Columbus proper is on an ele-
vation and only part of the town is
Hooded. From Columbus to Hickman.
another stretch of so miles, the leyees
have disappeared. Hickman is a eitv
set upon hill and is city of refuge
for hundreds of refugees. From Hick-
man to New Madrid, Mo-, there is a
great bend in the river, over which
steamers travel so miles down stream
in ordinary stages of water and are
then two miles north of Hickman. To-
day steamers sail directly west
from Hickman to reach New Madrid
ignoring the river current and riding
on the turbulent yellow sea across the
sites of hamlets and plantations. South
from New Madrid to the Arkansas state
line; 80 miles. there is steadily SWELL
ing tide that has obliterated every land
mark. From the state line to Osceola.
Ark, there are occasional stretches of
!evees protected by cross barriers back
to the St. Francis hills. that have with
stood the food. The great crevasse at
Osceola of week ago has widened and
a stretch of water now extends back to
the St. Francis river and south 1eO
miles to the rivers mouth, 20 miles
above Helena. This is the longest I'M
broken stretch of overfowed country
and in several places is 40 miles wide.
At Helena. the greatest fear is felt.
Quincy. ILL.,, March 29.-The Missis-
sippi river continues to keep up it's
average of the past week and marked an
other rise of six inches Sunday, bring
ing the stage up to Is feet above low
water mark. Reports from northern
points are very discouraging and the
indications are that to-day will see an
other six-inch rise. The situation is
growing worse hourly. Hundreds OF
families have been driven out of the low
lands which are unprotected by levees. !
!, Bank Quits Business.
Buffalo, N:Y., March 29.-The Amer
lean Exchange bank went into volun-
tary liquidation at the close OF business