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Show GREATEST FlX)0IVINE ?4-7 The Latest Reports .Place the SLosts of Life in Mississippi at About lOOV Or. it Loss tn the Fuiu "in. Columbus, Miss., April 18. LateX indications indica-tions are that the loss of life by the lood is greater than st first reported. It may shore-fore shore-fore be exjtected that at least 100 uegoes were drowse in this county alone. The rkj.jdsjl.i this section have i . ' point nererjbefore known, and the deatruc tion of llfeind loss of property are great. All the famns in the Tombigbee river valley are abandoned, the fencing gone, the houses washed aay, and cattle and mules by hundreds, hun-dreds, driwned. Many houses have passed down tht river. Every available craft is in use daft' and night, carrying out food and bringing in destitute people. Theiiegroes of the low lauds lost every -thingibey possessed. Twelve negroes were drowrfed within twelve miles of the city. At points below the loss of life is large. The railroads have abandoned all western trains, and there are many wash-outs. The waters are receding, but it is again raining. Three negro boys were drowned above town; another rescuing party spent twenty-three hours in the trees. Mobile, Ala., April 12. The Tombigbee river has not since 1847 had so sudden and great flood as at present. The farmers on the river were wholly unprepared, and from Columbus, Miss., to Fulton the loss of hogs, oattle, mules and cotton seed is unprecedented. unprece-dented. Much of the farming implements were swept away and the people are rendered ren-dered destitute. A great deal of corn and cotton is under water. Mules, horses arid cattle are seen daily floating down the rive;-. About eighteen feet additional rise is expected. ex-pected. Reports of heavy loss of life come from Columbus, Miss., the number drowned being placed at from twenty to fif zy, mostly negroes. Such reports, however, are exaggerated. exag-gerated. It is thought that there is no doubt that several persons have become victims to the flood. St; Paul, April 12. Reports received from St. Vincent say that the Red river is over its banks and flooding that place and environs. This afternoon the river was forty feet above low water-mark and still rising. The indications are that the disastrous .floods of 1880 will be repeated, aud, as the towns are more populous, the damage will be greater. |