| Show Txir sailisibbiiii maII Th Law I LU X 4110tior lit No hubuntsd QUINCY Ills March GThe Ml > il lppl this point rrglnters thirteen thir-teen lout five inobee abave low watermark water-mark a rise ol five Inches In 24 hours The low Jostle are submerged and many farmers on the Mlssurl tide I cannot gel Into the oily Tile COT confident weather bureau bus sent warning bat the river will be fourteen feet by Saturday Bo far the water has oilseed the railroads no Interference Interfer-ence but It Is probable that It will In a low days The track ol the til Louis Keokuk and Northwestern between uere and Keokuk Is being rapidly raltod in OAR low places The otllclalj say that the tracks will stand a raise of cUbtoen Inches more before their trains will have to be tikeu oil TUg 8ITUA110N UllONUMI ALAIUIIMU ViiiainiA Ills Mob 26 The Baugamou and Illinois rivers continue con-tinue to rise rapidly having risen two or three Inches dally for the pail two A coke The high water marks ol former years are passed mud the situation situa-tion Is growing alarming Many families have vacated their homes on tbe low laudsgoing In the bluDs for safety The Illinois river Is I 28 Inches I below the 1892 high water mark and only six 1 feet below the disastrous Hood ofl844 Tuo mayor of Ileardstown boa called a mietlr to devlte ways and means to protect Ibo lieards town Frederick roaJ wblch IB now threatened with deslrucllon ONE VAST BEA MtTitoioui March i0 This oily preleuted a sorry appearance ay 10 consequence of tilt flood In Ohio rile river at this place I one vast sea There are not to rxreed twentyflva dwelling house along tin river grout where the occupants have not been driven out by tbe waters FaLcosand outhouses are all none Tbe southern hotel and about a dozen other houses are complete wreck The overflow extends tram Fillmsie net la blow the bayou ou Calhoun street from Banned street lo Ferry where the water spreads to Market Then It goes further out until It leaches Third street I |
