Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-31
MANY DISTRICTS FLOODED.
Continued RAin and Snow Cause DisaaeEoul
Ovsriows In Many Places stock and
Fruit win Suffer.


81. LOUIS March IA regular d.
kota blizzard prevails in st. Louis anA
vicinity, extending down into Arksn-
sas and in part Of Illinois Shortly
after two q m. the rain which hAa
prevailed all day yesterday and lsst
night was turned into snow and the
ground is covered with a wet sloppy
mantle. The heavy rains have caused
all rivers in Missouri to rise
rapidly. The Usage and Gasconade,
especially, are pouring floods Of water
into the Missouri, which in turn 6ows
into the Mississippi. 1t is expected BY
the weather bureau that by Thursday
morning all the lowlands along the
Mississippi, as far up as the mouth Of
the Illinois river will be under water.
Damage from the rising rivers in this
state Is feared as the rivers are very
high. At st. Charles the Missouri has
risen at an alarming rate, threatening
to overflow large area comprising
the best farming lands in the state.
Dispatches received here from points
in Missouri, Illinois. Kansas, Nebraska
and parts Of Texas show that the cqui-
noxial storm is very severe, and that
live stock will suffer greatly In Tex
as, where thousands Of head Of stock
ID.
are feeding it is believed the loss Of
cattle will be very large, while the
loss of sheep is certain to be very
heavy.
A telegram from Cincinnati says: Al
peculiar and remarkable flood Is fill
ing the banks Of the Ohio river It Is
peculiar in the circumstance that from
Wheeling to Cairo no tributaries on
the left bank Of the river makes the
slightest contribution to this great
freshet. Had the inpour Of waters
from streams on the left bank been
equal to that Of those on the right, the
food would have equaled that Of 1884
perhaps surpassed it. News from
central points in Indiana and from
Springfield, Troy, Urbana and Zanes-
vile, O., indicates fall Of from w to
~ inches at these places, with one.
half this precipitation within the last
SO hours. Nearly all railroads in CEN
trail and southern Ohio are either Grip
pied or totally disabled for the pres.
ent. This is because of washouts,
dangerous and destroyed bridges and
the like. All over Ohio and Indiana,
except, perhaps in the extreme north
ern parts, railroad traffic Is democrat.
lied
From Pittsburgh, Pa, comes this re.
port: Three great rivers-the Monon.
gahela, Allegheny and 0hio-are now
in q flooded condition and there Il
every indication that the loss to the
coal operators, manufacturers and
property holders in general, will
eclipse that of the freshets Of 1891.
Already river coal interests have suf.
fered losses aggregating 100000,
while manufacturing interests are SO
severely crippled that great loss and
inconvenience must necessarily follow.
Reports received from towns on either
side of the three great valleys show
great damage to valuable property on
the lowlands and, with the water still
rising, grave fears are entertained Of
even heavier losses
Wheeling, W. Va, will suffer heavily
from the flood, which is now invading
both the wholesale and retail dis
tricts. In the main business district
alone the loss materially amounts to
S20, 900. The various manufacturing
establishments, employing from 10, ZOO
to $1,000 men, have shut down. Wheel.
ing is isolated from the world. Trains
have been annulled on every road en-.
tering the city, seven in number. The
Baltimore g. Ohio, Panhandle and
Wheeling Terminal freight and pas
senger stations have all been reached
by the water.
An indianapolis, Ind, telegram says:
The reports coming in from oil over
the state concerning the damage done
by the floods will send the aggregate
loss up into the hundreds Of thou.
sands. Perhaps the figures may reach