Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-22
AN IRRESISTIBLE RUSH.
LOUISIANIANS DESPAlRING OF
SAVING THEIR LEVEES.

Several of the Works Trembling Between
Standing and Falling-The Water
Creeps up into the Streets ofVicksburg
reports from All the Sections of the
State About the Same.
NEW ORLEANS, March PA special
from st. Joseph, La, says: 'sThe river
here has risen five inches within twenty
four hours, and is now within an inch of
the high water mark Of 1882. The water
is still rising. Kemp's levee is reported
to be intact, but in such dangerous con-
dition that break is expected at any mo-
ment. The Hard Times and Ships Bayou
levees had not given away, but the water
was pouring over them for distance of
two miles. 1t is now regarded as only a
question of time when they will break,
pouring more water in the already sub
merged country. The back water is rising
at the rate of two inches per day. Live
stock is being brought here for shipment
to Mississippi
ALARM AT CHATARD.
A special from Vicksburg, Miss, saws
dispatches from Chatard report that the
water from the overflow in the YazOo
valley is now causing serious alarm at
that point. The back water is now with
In foot of the top of the levee from Mag
ma Vista to Chatard, distance of 4
miles. 1t is feared that the water will
IOrce ITS way into Mississippi at this
point, as it did in 1882. This is the only
point on the Mississippi side now in dan
ger"
A dispatch from Milliken's Bend, La,
reports that the leYee there and at Omea-
ga is IN critical condition, and forces
nave been sent to those points to save
them if possible
Capt. Marshall, United States Engineer,
contracted to-day for the immediate con-
structiOn of a protection levee at Raleigh.
900 yards long and 9 feet high. The
necessity for this new levee is caused by
the rapid caYing of the old one.
A dispatch from Judge COrdell SAYS that
the Hard Times leYee will not hold forty
eight hours longer unless the river stops
rising.
WORK ON THE DAVIS CREVASSE STOPPED.
NEW ORLEANS, March q, 1880 p. NJ
The Davis creYasse is now I50 feet wide
and very deep, and all efforts to close it
have been abandoned. A special reports
that no progress has been made in closing
the MulattO Point crevasse. The water
from this, and the break in the MOrganza
leVee, is gradually spreading over the
country between the Mississippi river and
Atchafalaya.
DISASTROUS BREAKS.
NEW ORLEANS, March 81, II 80 P. NJ
A special from st. Joseph, La, SAYS: "The
Buckridge levee broke at O'Clock and
Ships Bayou levee at 10O'clOck last night.
through the former the water is running
ten feet deep, and through the latter fifteen
feet deep, and both breaks are widening.
The Point Pleasant and Hewitt Gap
leVees both broke last night. and the
water reached the 1882 gauge at 10 O'clock.
These breaks, together with that in Hard
scrabble leyee, already open, will cause a
general and disastrous overflow in Tensas
parish and parishes south of it. Owing
to these breaks the river has declined one
and half inches. With the river rising
from Cairo down no hope can be felt of
crop this year."
BUCKRIDGE LEvEE GIVES WAY.
NICKsBURG, March 21.-The BEckridge
levee in Louisiana, 33 miles below this
city, bEpke at II o'clock last night. If
there is~no chance to close it some of the
best lands in Tensas parish will be over
flowed.
HOUSES FLOODED.
The water has backed up through the
railroad culverts, flooding houses on Front
street. The levees at Ships Bayou and
Point Pleasant are now reported broken
for certainty and much damage is being
done. The Hard Times levee at last ac-
counts was still unbroken. Local steam
ers are busy bringing stock from the over
flowed district.