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BBJBV Terrible Suffering at Many Points.
BaB The Hoods of the Mississippi valley
B B and its tributaries continues to grow
PjH apace. Millions of dollars worth of
BjHf property have been destroyed and mil-
Bj lions more must be swept away before
| Hj the waters recede. Hundreds of livc3
H have been sacrificed and at least three
B hundred thousand people have been
HH rendered homeless. The governors of
Hffj Mississippi , Arkansas , Alabama , Ten-
HH nessce , Kentucky , Louisiana , Missouri ,
Hjfij Kansas , the Dakotas , Nebraska and
H | Minnesota are receiving funds for the
BB | unfortunates in distress.
HH Secretary of War Alger has forward-
Hl cd all the available tents in the de-
H partment to the flooded districts , but
S thesewill be inadequate. He has also
H | ordered the expenditure of $50,000 cash
HB to relieve the sufferings of homeless
H citizens and their families. This is the
B fii'st time that the war department has
BB over felt called upon to spend cash to
fl relieve want outside of the regular ar-
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BBHH Greenville , Miss. , Being Swept Away.
BH One-third of Greenville , Miss. , Is a
BBflfl desert of water , a scene of desolation
Bl impossible to describe. The water is
Bj in nearly 200 houses and is kept out
Bl of the stores in the heart of the town
Bfl only by the protection so timely
BB B | thrown up by the- citizens to stop its
BB Bj destructive progress. Mail goes and
H comes in skiffs , doctors visit their
B BBj patients in skiffs , social visits are made
B in skiffs , and skiffs are property equal
BB H almost in value to what , the mule was
Bj a few days ago. The water is deepest
Hft in the extreme northern limits , where
B ] it has reached a depth of about seven
Bf teat. From this point it shows a grad-
Hj nal decline.
Hj Nev. * Town , Miss. , a very thickly
BBBj "built district , peopled almost entirely
Hj by negroes , is under water , the depth
JPJBJ ranging from a few inches to five feet.
JHJH The Belle Air , which contains many
H pretty homes and was beautiful with
JBJk green lawns and blooming shrubs , is
JBH -a Venice , and the only means the pee
JpHj jile have of leaving or returning to
H their homes is by boats , which are
BB B numerous and various. The water is
B not as high as in 1890 , but will soon
H reach and pass that mark. Greenville
B Itself is a city of refugees of from 15 , -
BBJ 000 to 20,000 souls. Relief boats from
BBB the interior are bringing in nearly ev-
IBJB ery hour loads of destitute flood suffer-
BBJBers suddenly caught by the waters and
BBJ driven from their homes. Hundreds
BB H .and thousands of head of stock are
BBH being driven in from every direction.
H The back water from four crevices is
B pouring in fearful -floods every hour ,
BBH .and the situation is growing rapidly
B -worse. At Helena , Miss. , the river is
B still rising ; at St. Louis , Miss. , it is
BBS rising , and the Arkansas is threatening
B to rise in a few days. Business men
BBa are blue , but try to keep cheerful. The
B worst has not yet reached the Yazco-
H Mississippi Delta , and the half of its
B tale of woe has not been told. As soon
B as the different towns and cities alB -
B ready submerged are reached by boat
B parties from Greenville and as soon
BBJB , as the remote districts and planta-
B tions can be heard from , there will be
BJBB enough to sadden the hearts of those
BBH far away who are now eagerly wait-
BBH Jng for news and hoping against hope.
BBBJ . 'Kcporter Gathering News.
B The Post-Dispatch correspondent
B "went by skiff from here to all points
B possible by water in a radius of fifteen
B miles in every direction from this city ,
B says a telegram from Greenville , Miss.
B I- was a common sight to see rabbits
B or domestic fowls floating on drift-
B wood , deer on little islands here and
B there above the water , and the starv-
B * n& creatures do not now fear the ap-
BBB preach of man. In one instance a ne-
gresswas calmly smoking a pipe on
the roof of a log cabin , while a stream
of water was running through the
doors of her hut nearly up to the eaves
of the roof.
"What are you doing there , aunty ? "
we halloed.
"Ise watered in , " came the response ;
"Would you like us to take you in-
we offered.
"No , sah ; I'll be skiffed out terect-
ly. "
Plaintive bowlings of . dogs , cack
ling of poultry and squealing of pigs
keep the woods alive , and graphic
scenes and incidents crowd upon the
sight at every turn. There are dead
carcasses floating in the water , frag
ments of houses and articles of house
hold furniture of every kind.
P. S. A later dispatch says that
Greenville has been swept away.
Big Itreak nt Flower Lake.
Another disastrous break in the iMs-
sissippi levee occurred Sunday morn
ing at 8 o'clock at Flower Lake , six
miles below Tunica , Miss. The cre
vasse , while not yet of great width , is
fully fifteen feet deep and the water
is pouring through the opening with
fearful velocity. This will probably
be the most destructive break that has
occurred in the delta. The most fertile
farm lands of Mississippi , lying in Coa
homa , La Flore , Quitman and Talla-
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Half a hundred towns stand in six
ect of water and the yellow stream i3
creeping up slowly but surely.
Iicveo nt Helena , Arte , Gives Way.
Advices received tell of a break in
the levee two miles south of Helena ,
Ark. This is the levee for which the
people of Southeastern Arkansas have
made such a desperate fight. The wa
ters from this break flood a great area
and back up into the streets of Helena.
4 The relief steamer Ora Lee < has ar
rived at Marianna , Ark. , having made
an expedition Up the St. Francis River.
There were on board 160 refugees and
200 head of cattle. The steamer went
up the St. Francis River as far as
Cut Off , and then worked her way down
stream , rescuing people from perilous
positions. The suffering along the St.
Francis River is appalling. The wa
ter throughout the entire neighboring
country is from six to fifteen feet deep.
The relief boat had on board the body
of Mrs. McMain of Raggio City. The
body was found at Raggio and it was
taken to Marianna for burial , there
being no land at the former place on
which to give it interment. The St.
Francis is rising from three to five
inches daily.
At points below Vicksburg the river
is rising. It is the general opinion of
old river men here if the levees below
Vicksburg hold the great volume of
water in its regular channel it will be
little short of a miracle.
Gov. McLaurin , of Mississippi , con
tinues to make diligent inquiry touch
ing destitute flood sufferers. He will
perhaps be compelled to state to Sec
retary of War Alger that the amount
of § 10,000 mentioned in his telegram
will be wholly inadequate to alleviate
the want and suffering. Hon. J. W.
Cutrer of Coahoma , a member of the
Yazoo-Mississippi levee district , states
that he does not expect the waters to
abate before May 15.
Middlesboro , Ky. , is again flooded.
The water is four inches higher than in
the flood five weeks ago. Most of the
stores in Cumberland avenue arc flood
ed. Sixty-five families have been
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A STREET SCENE AT ANOKA , MINNESOTA.
it is likely to do great damage. Bridges
are gone in many places and boats are
in demand in the vicinity of the depot
and the railroad yards. Rain has been
falling steadily for a week , making
country roads impassable and keeping
farmers off their fields.
Every record since that of 1849 has
been broken by the Mississippi at
Anoka , Minn. Fireman's grove is
filled with water and the Rum river
dam is expected to go out. Millions of
feet of logs are floating down the river.
North of Anoka millions of acres of
farms are under from two to six feet
of water and there are grave doubts
as to whether or not it can be seeded
this spring. River men tonight say
that there will be a further rise here
of at least six feet.
The Jim ICivcr Overflows.
The Jim river is creating general
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LEAVING THE OLD HOME TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE HILLS.
hatchie Counties , in the northern part
of the state are inundated , and the
newly planted corn crops will be laid
in waste.
No loss of life is reported , the in
habitants of this stricken section hav
ing made preparations for just such a
catastrophe as exists there. The con
dition of the poorer classes throughout
the flooded area is indeed critical.
Thousands of refugees are huddled on
levees and spots of land waiting for re
lief. The towns of Rosedale and Tun
ica report that everything possible is
being done for these poor people , but
that funds and provisions are fast be
coming exhausted. In the little city of
Rosedale alone 1,200 refugees are being
cared for by the citizens.
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washed out. Three hundred people are
fed by the city. Boats are plying on
the principal streets. At Pineville the
Cumberland river is rising three feet
per hour. West Pineville is under wa
ter. The Clinch and Powell Rivers arc
flooding the entire country.
On the Upper Mississippi.
The upper Mississippi continues to
boom , the gauge showing eighteen feet
above low water mark. It has been
raining constantly for twelve hours.
Dispatches from Aitkin , Sauk Rapids ,
St. Cloud and Little Fails indicate that
the river is still rising rapidly and that
all records are likely to be broken at
St. Paul within the next forty-eight
hours. The levee at James street , that
city , broke at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon , sending the water all over that
part of the city with a rush. The flood
encroached into the frelghthouse of the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul road.
The Diamond Jo passenger station is
in danger of floating away , and a force
of men are busy tying it to the bank.
Several of the manufacturing concerns
on the west side have been obliged to
shut down because water put their fires
out. TL „ relief societies of St. Paul are
busy extending succor to the suffering.
The number of people who have been
forced to leave their homes is about
1,200. The water east of State street
has become so deep that several houses
have floated from their foundations.
Logs to the value of about § 60,000 float
ed down the river Sunday.
Floods in Minnesota.
Ortonville , Minn. , has been complete
ly cut off from communication with the
outside world. A train cannot go 20
miles from this city in any direction.
Lac Qui Parle lake , Minnesota river ,
Big Stone lake and Lake Trt .53
form one vast sea. The lake and riv
er are merged into one , rising at the
rate of half an inch an hour. A heavy
northwest gale is driving the ice.which
is yet a compact and solid mass , out
of Big Stone lake into the overflowed
bottoms of the Minnesota river , whera
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havoc with railroads in the valley east
of Yankton , S. D. The water is a foot
higher and threatens to take out
bridges and tracks , as the approaches
at both ends of the bridges are cut
ting badly. Three miles and over of
track of the Great Northern , Milwau
kee and Northwestern railroads is now
completely disabled.thus cutting Yank
ton off from the outside world. Farm
ers in the bottoms are moving out
with boats. Word was received ask
ing for immediate assistance , and men
and boats are departing for the flooded
district. The water still continues to
rise at Yankton. The ice is broken at
Grand Forks , N. D. , and trouble is ex
pected frozi that source. Basements
in Third street stores are cleared of
all goods. Above' Grand ; Forks the ice
is still solid. Between there and Fish
er a long trestle on the Great Northern
went out Sunday. It will require a
week after the water has gone down
to repair this line.
Railway Station Floating : Away.
A special dispatch from Trenton , Mo. ,
says : Grand river is still coming up
and the bottoms are completely under
water , causing much damage. Weldon -
don bridge , four miles north , was
washed out , and considerable timber
of the Quiney , Omaha and Kansas City
railway extension has been lost. The
base ball park is completely sub
merged. Mr. Winslow , manager of
the water works , has received a tele
phone message from the power station
that the water was running in through
the walls , and that if the flood was any
higher tomorrow the men would have
to vacate , leaving the city without any
water supply. Six young men on horse
back attempted to cross the bottoms
west of the town today and were swept
from their animals. Three got safely
to land ; the other three floated down
stream and were rescued from the tree
tops.
i The Floods Ravages in Iowa.
A dispatch from Sioux City , la. ,
says : Residents of the Floyd river
bottoms here are again flying to higher
ground. At Merrill , James and Hinton ,
points above Sioux City , the stream is
out of its banks and flooding the val
ley. Here the bank is higher and a
three-foot rise will be necessary before
the floods of a fortnight ago can be
repeated. The rise still progresses ,
however , at the rate of two or three
inches an hour.
Burlington , la. , telegram : A huge
landslide fell from the water soaked
bluff between Burlington and Fort
Madison , covering the Burlington rail
road track ten feet deep with clay ,
rocks and trees. All traffic was stalled
for several hours until a big gang of
workers could clear the track. There
have been a dozen bad landslides in
this vicinity the past week on account
of heavy rains.
Alton , 111. , telegram : Two feet more
of water will stop trains on the
Bluff Line. St. Louis , Chicago and St.
Paul , but if the weather remains clear
it may not go that high. Several ex
tra crews of men were busy today pil
ing in rock to hold the weak places in
the embankment , where the waves
threatened to wash out the track.
Dubuque , la. , special : The river reg
isters twelve feet above low water
mark , a rise of half a foot today. The i
water is now within three feet of the i
danger line. 1
Special telegrams from points in i
South Dakota , Iowa and Nebraska '
bring word of increased floods in all f >
the rivers. Rain has fallen almost incessantly - 1 [
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an area of more than 100 miles in radius - *
us from Omaha , the fall being fully s
four inches for that time. This has \
greatly increased the volume of water I
in the already swollen streams. Thousands - \
sands of acres of farm land are under - \
der from four to six feet of running f
water , and many families have moved I
from homes in boats. Ii I
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