Show CREVAS SEg of fertile acres flooded an entire family drowned in the inundation immense crops swept away and destroyed by W V to th aio june 30 what is known as the suy levee and embankment ban kment which protects the illinois bottom for many miles north and south of quincy from the overflowing of the mississippi river broke at morning near cincinnati landing about eight miles below here the break is about a half mile wide and the water is rushing through and backing up with great rapidity the loss in the illinois bottom will be immense and may of the farmers will be ruined the wheat cut and shocked boated off and the corn crop will be destroyed another break near the above named junction ia feared the river is now about stationary and a decline wiil probably take blare at once but this will not nave many A thousand acres of highly cultivated land ia be ing overflowed the water is now spreading randly and an area of several miles in extent is already overflowed it is i ble to compute the immense amount of damage that will result irom thi fladd but it will aggregate several hundred thousand dollars A alight idea of the damage may be gained from the fact that an extent ot country forty miles loni and from four to ten miles wide was protected protect el by the embankment thia is probably he richest farming land in tn state and as consequence the yield of grain this year would have been enormous the news ofalia break at midnight spread like wildfire but it scarcely precluded the rushing ol 01 the terrible hood of water and the excitement during the night was intense families were compelled lo 10 leave their homes in many cages with scarcely an clothing and fleo for their lives As the river at the cutoff where alie crevasse occurred is forty feet deep the water poured through in a vast volume and with overwhelming force an entire family supposed to be his wife aad all his children were drowned no trace tan be found of them at where the break occurred sir breemer was a farmer who bad considerable means and was a man who was very highly respected so rapidly did the water rise that men women and children rushed upon the embankment to save them and they did not have sufficient time to get to high ground east of the river the break had been anticipated for several days and hundreds of men have been at work strengthening and watching the embankment ban kment but the greatest danger was believed to be at the cincinnati landing last evening and a large party of men left louisiana for the summoned by a report that a break was imminent at that point and responding to the alarm sounded by the ringing of bells to get their wheat threshed the harvesting of the wheat crop was be eun about three weeks ago and the threshing commenced comman ced last wednesday every team and every machine that could bo scoured has beep 14 service night and day for en days past including sunday but many have hoped anat the disaster would be averted and have delayed movin to places of safety mile after mile of cornfields are ruined and thousand of acres of wheat in the shock and sill have been tub merged the flood has not yet reached the ra irod but tha will be flooded by to bonow morn ine and the daijo to alip C B Q line will be erable tle eci ion hindi have beu be u haid at work lor sivi ral days fitt f itt strengthening the foilb d bin the water will undoubtedly cover the tracks the water i spreading very rapidly and goodny could from new annton which is seven miles et of cincinnati landing by a break in the levee which yesterday morning over acres 01 farm land are submerged and the crops ruined the is increasing and the levee which cosi will be seriously damaged A new levee in course of construction from quincy north is almost ruined kich firmin lands are under water the loss n this county bijl be heavy juna 30 it was reported this evening that another crevasse creva see had opened near the eist end of the bridge which crossed the river here but the reports proved to have been based upon the fact that water was trickling through the em ban kment should a break occur at this point the water would ruah with buch force that not would the whole bottom bo irs Q itce but tho crops and everything eo be swept away or de |