The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-24

ST LOUIS. March "A special to the
Republic from CaFTutherSville Go. says:
TIE river here has risen one inch and =
quarter during the last tweaty-four hours,
and continues 10 weaken the Ievees. The
situation Is serious. A terrible windstorm
and a Observation-Disclosures rainstorm oc-
CURED between 30 and % O'Clock last
night and the Mind blew a gale today.
The situation just across the river grows
more alarming every day. The loss OF
life and property and OF live stock IS
frightfuL Evea with the three relief tugs
many have lost ali their earthly posses
sions. and barely nave escaped with their
lives and families. on one little sawduSt
heap. half an acre square. near Tiger Tail
mill. on tho Tennessee side. were crowded
twenty people and 100 head of live stock.
all OF which were picked up by one Of the
tugs and carried 10 Dyersburg.
The crevasse just below the town is
more than DO feet wide. and the water
is pouring in over the country. Contrary
to expectations this water is now driving
families out in the upper end Of the
county.
The steamer Vernon is now near Tyler
and is expected nere with barge OF peo-
pie and stock. No lives are reported lost.
a guard shot a man on the Arkansas
levee last night in the act OF cutting the
levee. The guard threw the carcass into
no one cared.
II the river rises six inches more II will
sweep over the top OF three miles OF levee
north Of here like cataract. unless tho
people are able 10 keep ahead OF the rise.
which they hope TO do. The water is now
eighteen inches above the crown or the
old levee.
Every square inch OF available room is
occupied by refugees from the flooded dis
rraer sVxTea
deserted school houses, and one family IL
In the new jail The Methodist church is
full, and refugees are now occupying the
two gin and grist mills.
Condition of the Entire District.
ST. LOUIS. March 2s.-Capt. W. r. Nc
Coy, of the Anchor steamship Bluff Caty,
returned today from trip through the
entire overlooked valley south OF Cairo.
When asked concerning the damage and
less Of life. Capt. Mccoy said:
so far the damage in the flooded dis
triet around Memphis has not been as
great as the general pubic supposes.
There has been heavy loss ia the drown,
ing of hogs and cattle, but as a general
rule there have been very few horses iost.
.'In front OF Memphis the river Is forty
miles wide. having broken through the
levees and spread out into vast fake,
reaching clear across 10 Ma'iison: IN an
unbroken stretch. The town or Marion,
Ark is under water. and the only rail-
road that is running is the Iron Noun
tain. The overfiowed district extends
from eight miles be.ow memphis 70 F9iht S,.n
Pleasant 80 miles above the Blum City.
The average, width is prcoao'y elghiy
miles, and the average depth, except in
the bed of the river, IS from three 20
from that region this year. This VIII con-
stitute the heaviest part or the nood
losses. ! think.
Leu NpafAfl
Drivers while the water is sweeping over
at Modoc. This caused slight decrease
i'm the rise at Memphis. IN spite OF the
fact that the river is rising at CAIRO
There are no breaks below Memphis. The
levees are higher and better than they
have ever been before, which accounts
for the river being higher than uS0ai, and
still not doing the amount OF damage
that has been done in the past with low
er stage OF water.
This rise has demonstrated that the
levees between Cairo and Memphis must
be raised as the water went over the
tops OF them. In the river north or
Cairo there is not very high water. and
the loss IS comparatively nothing.
slight Fall at Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 3.-Another
fan Of one-tenth Of foot In the river az
Nenuhls is announced tonight. Tais very
slight drop IN the high water is not con-
sidere6 by the weather bureau officials as
being indicative Of a permanent or mate
rial change, but Is caused, IL is thought. by
the giving way OF The levee above Menu
ph!S. The end OF the food is not yet dis
cernible.
At Cairo the river is stii lrislng. the
gauge indicating Sis feet. rise OF three
tenths OF a foot in the tweutyfour hours
ending this morning. A. Marked Tree, on
the s.. Francis river. the rise Is even
greater, the gauge registering 81 feet. 4
rise OF esght-ienshs os a foot n twenty
four hours With the rise continuing at
Marked Tree and az Cairo. there is no
hope OF immediate reliet al Memphis
The rise continues at every point below
Memphis except at Arkansas CITY.
At Vlcksburg the gauge Indicates ass
feet. a rise % seve--tenths OF foot since
Yesterday. At points below Vicks5urE the
gauge indicates that the river Is rising
slowly Both the Cumberland and the Ten
ressee rivers arc falling.
Altogether. the feeling prevailing IN re-
gard 70 conditions may be SAID - ee more
cheerful than IL has been az any lime here
to,ore All the isvess below Memphis arc
as ves Intact s~c. are being guarded with
the greatest care ard strengthened w1er-
ever aEy weak spots are suspected. The
hone grows that these levees VII be able
% Withstand an pressure IN the future. "a
they have done in the past. the more 30
as the pressure has been soneS rat re-
NnVR& ny the uTEHN af1N" AtllFNlr
All the trains are again running on
s-hpsule time. with the exception % the
through train o. the Louisville & Nah
vile road.
No farther loss % Iife has heeu reported.
The relief boats sre no longer kept busy.
AS ere cverf3Fed territory mas ben gore
over ard all 70 danFs- CT distress have
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