New Ulm review., 1902-07-23

il1ions 5of loss and many cases Of
penury
Los. win Exceed 10000, 900
Careful estimates Of the territory
covered and genera alization OF the.
statements Of best Informed peo-
pie indicate the loss up to this
time is about ST, ,O0o, 600, with ey-.
cry prospect Of So, O0O, 900 or So,
000, 600 additional BY the rise above
not yet reaching the lower stretches
of the river. Most Of this loss is on
the Missouri side Of the river, be-
tween Keoknk and Hannibal.
Saved ny the Leyee.
Alexandria was protected to the last
by the Egyptian levee, the breaking
Of which would send four feet Of wa
ter all over the town. Gregory is sub
merged, except the white church IN
which service was held Sunday, the
praying congregation from the coun-
try reaching the house Of God BY the
railroad track, which is still above the
Hood in a waste Of water miles wide.
Other towns and cities on the. islands
are beyond the danger line Immense
fields are seen in great lake with
the shore visible only with a glass
where WI the high bluffs bound the bot
toms, 2 Islands dotting the river atSits
2! normal ma stage have disappeared ex-
cePt for the tops Of trees or fringe Of
high shore, willows slightly pr otruding
like circular green coral reef. Occa-
+sionally a house aon piles or stills is
seen, but generally only roofs pro-
trude to mark the center Of farms Of
corn. .s s.s.. .saN f@5 8
River Still Rising.
The river is rising all the time, six
l' inches q during the day III the immense
area of 700 square miles, and the
worst to come by the extension Of
che Hooded area by the water passing
tlevees it is now topping. The chief
Hood thus far is on the Missouri side
from Keokuk to Louisiana, with Can
ton and West Quincy as centers Of the
e country hurt worse. On the Illinois
side are three continuous levees for 10
miles from Warsaw to Quincy above
the water, and are thus far safe, but
farmers, are afraid of creyasse from
muskrat holes and every rod Of the
redoubt is watched day and night. The
breaking of these levees would food
ITS square miles in Illinois and destroy
81, ,O00, 600 to- SO, 900 900 worth Of corn.
The levees below Quincy are in the
same situat ton, except that they are
lower and less firm. s.SS S|.
{5454 On the missouri Side.
Opposite Quincy, il, Missouri, is still
another center of special devastation
which is appalling. North 12 miles
to La Grange and south to- aHolton
large prairies are well under water
reaching from the Illinois bluffs to the
Missouri bluffs, at least ten miles,.
Levees hastily thrown around farms
disappeared in a fierce current rushing
from above through the draw ofsthes
Burlington bridge, carrying eyery4
thing beforeit. Lone Tree prairie, ten.
miles square, is deserted. the popula-
t1on having aown to Quincy. and and the tt E,
bluffs on the Missouri side, from which
they watch the complete destruction,
FRbins river, Is miles q aboye Hannibal,
is high and furnishing q route for the.
Mississippi to flank and reverse the
%levee, as the Fox river does 10 miles
up the Mississippi. This afanling move,
7ment makes even the highest Missouri
levees Ineffective. Around La Motto,
sssilyerton, Busch Station, Clemens,
Ashburn, north Of Hannibal, there Is
more wheat than at other places, and
all in the shock is mostly washed
away. The chief crop there is corn,
however, and there is the. same ruin as
at other places. S'1 S5 4 s85
sSS Hamlet Swept Away.
LaSalle, Ill, July 81 The Illinois
and. Vermiilion rivers and tributaries
have sent taDyen the valley
that has ruined many Of the botttoo
land farmers and caused losses TO
property aggregating 800, ,0oo. IL
roadway entering Lasalle and Peru
from the south are ubmerged.
Many Of sth he. dgess have been
washed aWay strasbur hamlet
onE Efhe verni lion river, Just east Of
thu city, WIS sswepN NJ II AVA by the
raging waters Friday night. The
flood came on in tie night. and the
vil1ag gers, many clad only ii night
robes, were forced to Zee TO- the
hills, leaving their homes and pos
sessions to the smercies Of Til. ator-
rent. Four }ot the rresid ri deancess Here
swept away from their founda tions,
and floating down the eacurrent were
dashed to pieces against the rock
bridge s.s I'D. ssg.5.s
Three Victims Of Cloudbnrst.s
Binghamton, \. = ], , 81 a cloud
burstsat Coventry this county, sent
/ Lump creek over its banks, Wrecling
several mills and build ings at Alton.
The family Of James Cook, consisting
OF three persons, we're drowned.
Damage IN New II OIL
Farmer, n &. x ., .a July Il The most
disastrous flood that has visited this
portion of Seneca N county occurred