The herald., 1897-03-22

" " = :sE WORK is DONE IA DEAD CUBAN

damage done in this city is chiefly from
back water and 1t is not thought there
will be any great loss to manufacturing
plants although they have shut down.
This city is cnt off from railway COM
munication with Memphis. Tonight is
clear, though the day has been very
cloudy causing fear of more rain.
Yesterday Louis Schultz of Alton, ILL.,.
and Albert Flick Of St Louis. two itin-
Grant traders, were caught in a swift
current in the Forked Deer river, at
Jackson, Tenn., their boat swamped
and schultz was drowned Flick escap-
ed after drifting some distance.
WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 21.--Re-
ports tonight from all portions of the
state show floods subsiding at all points
except in the Milwaukee river north of
this city. In the latter river the water
is still running at high rate. Estimates
of the losses in the state range all the
way from $500 600 to $300,0 600. In the Mil
waukee river the jams formed yester-
day at Sauxville loosened this morning
and, let down the immense volume of
water which had banked up in the rear
of 1t. The water carried the ice down
to the crest of the Milwaukee dam at
North avenue There 1t was stopped by
the pillars of the footbridge over the
UdHl. IL Dlleu III u SOllu ilidss III the Sdii ~
morning and kept accumula ting all day.
About o'clock this afternoon the cakes
of ice were piled against the bridge and
extended, for a mile back of II in the
river, which was constantly getting
higher. The ice loosened the stone pill
lars which supported the footbridge and
carried away about seventy-five feet of
the bridge. This left an opening for the
waters and in a short time the immense
En1l rf faa hoH kTA int a
river below the dam. This rose rapidly
and it is rushing through the city to-
night at a rate which has not beer, ex-
perienced since the breaking of the dam
fifteen years ago. The river is within
two feet of the height it reached then
and is backing up in the sewers in some
of the down town districts. The water
at the head of the river has subsidized and
it is thought the worst is now over.
ILLINOIS.
QUINCY, ILL.,, March 21-The flood
waters from the north have reached this
point. The river has risen foot in the
last forty-eight hours.
The river is out of its banks and the
low lands not protected by levees are be-
ing inundated and crops damaged. The
loss so far Is slight, but the vast volume
of water that Is yet to come down, gives
rise to apprehensions of a serious flood
before the end fs reached.
IOWA.
DUBUQUE, Ia, March 21.-Cooler
weather stopped the rise of the Missis-
sippi here. Charles City reports rise
of four feet in Cedar river, while at Cedar
worked all night and today building
dykes to protect the lowlands.
COLORADO.
TNUNyuU1D Cofo Mach bo
been falling here continuously since 8
o'clock yesterday and shows no signs of
abatement. The fall has not been heavy,
lying but about three inches in depth.
Dispatches from all parts OF the state
indicate that the storm has been gen.
eral in Colorado. The heaviest fall has
been in eastern Colorado and western
Kansas and Nebraska. AT Akron, Colo,
fourteen inches is reported. Trains on
all lines have been somewhat delayed
but no serious blockades have occurred.
BRIDGES GONE.
YANKTON, S. D.. March 21-The two
gorges in the Missouri river are firm to-
night. The whole northwest is water
bound and the railroads are all in bad
shape. OF the three roads which run in
here the only one that has connection
with the east is the Milwaukee and 1t is
compelled to use transfer boats at Ver-
million andsSioux City. After the water
subsidies it is estimated it will take ten
days to replace the bridges.
The Arkansas river at Pueblo is very
low, so low, in fact that extensive levee
work is bAlng carried on with much
vigor. Cold weather along the Arkan-
sas to it's rise has prevented any exten-
sve melting of snow. There is not much
snow on this side of the range between
here and Leadville.
MICHIGAN RIVERS.
DETROIT, Mich, March 2.-A spe-
cial to the Tribune from Midland, Mich.
SAYS: The Titta bawassee and Chippewa
rivers have overflowed and >&e water is
higher than It has been for fifteen years.
Considerable damage is being done and
much lumber and other property is lost.
About twenty families have been re-
moved to high land. The town is in
darkness, the electric light plant and the
water works having been shut down.