The weekly Corinthian., 1905-09-20

The MtsSOuriy the Usage, GnScOHnues
Charlton, Grand and other RIv-
ers Arc Miles wide-The Fertile
Meramec valley FIooded-Rapid
Rise of Mississippi at st. Louis.
81. Louis, Sept. 19,-The most de-
sructive flood the state of Missouri
has ever known is sweeping down its
rivers The heavy rains of Friday and
Saturday from Omaha to st Louis,
from southern Missouri to central Iowa,
are the cause Of it, The rains above
Kansas City filed the Missouri river
bank full, and now the walls OF water
that have poured in from the Usage,
Gasconade, Charlton and Grand rivers
has sent the Missouri out over thou
sands Of acres of fine corn. The sur
face of the Big Muddy is covered with
drift Of every description, and the cur
rent is ripping ont farms, and playing
havoc from Boonville to its mouth.
Rapid Rise ut St. Louis.
At ST. Louis the Mississippi was only
l9 feet Sunday morning, but Monday
morning it was 20 feet, a rise of 10
feet in "a hours. At p. m. Monday
z it was rs feet, and still rising. Thou
sands of dollars worth of merchandise
along the wharf could not be gotten
away, and it went down the river.
Rich Valley Devastated.
The Meramec river is sending a wall
Of water 20 feet high down it's rich
valley. The great cornfelds along its
For ad 10
struction This is one of the richest
valleys in the state.
News from Versailles, Mo, is that
the Usage is several miles wide, and
has destroyed corn for over 150 miles
along its course. Every small stream
tributary to the Usage has torn out
cornfelds in the bottom grounds.
From Rolla, Mo-, comes the report
that the Gasconade is sweeping every
thing before it. CornfeIds, farms,
farm buildings and live stock are gone.
The Big Piney poured 30-foot wall
Of water into the Usage, and scarcely
a stock Of bottom corn is left along
both streams.
\ The finest corn crop grown on the
Motion grounds in southern Missouri
is ruined It is washed out, or lies fiat
and will rot No one can approximate
the loss.
Every Stream in state On Rampage.
A dispatch from Jefferson City says
the Missouri extends from bluff to
bluff, and that corn is covered with
16 feet Of water. Every creek and river
IN the state is out of its banks. Rail-
read traffic is delayed or abandoned in
every part of the state. Towns are un-
der water. bridges are gone, and fine
farms ruined.
AT Carrollton, Mo, 11,5 inches Of rain
fell in 4S hours, and the only way TO
get out of town is in boats The bust
ness part of the town is abandoned.
Only the top Of corn is seen above the
bsckwater.
At Marshall six inches Of water
caused a small stream near the town
TO become two miles wide
Men On Horseback Rescue Babies.
At Fredericktown Saline river food
ed portion Of the town, Men on
horseback rescued IA babies from diff
ferent houses.
tain, near Ironton, caused by wash
o0t Two people were killed and IA
injured.
Reports from different portions of the
state show that almost a dozen lives
have been lost. Later reports will
doubtless increase the number
One newspaper, from information
gathered from various sections Of the
state, estimates the loss at s6,0O0,0O0.
a Special Warming.
A special warning has been sent out
BY the weather bureau 70 points along
The Missouri from Kansas City to the
Mississippi, and from Alton, Ill, to
Chester
No alarm is felt at East ST. Louis, as
h thar city can now stand a 4O-foot rise.
HAIR Of Town Under Water.
Madison. Kas., Sept. 19.-Half of this
town is under water. The Verdigris
Is higher. than ever known. No lives
LOST 50 far.
Usage Rises 20 Feet.
Bagnell Mo-, Sept. 19.-The Usage
mas risen 25 feet. and is still rising.
The Booming Missouri.
New Haven, Mo-, Sept 19.-There
has been 1O-foot rise in the Missouri
river at this point in "a hours.
Man in Asylum Not Kimmel.
Niles, Mich, Sept. 19.-Charles A..