The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-13
THE FLOODS IN THE sOUTH.

1Ao AcNcos AIons the Lower mississippi,
Arkansas, White and Other Rivers Giving
way and the Consequent Floods Result.
ing in Great Damage-Goyernment Aid
Being Provided For.
VICKsBURG, Miss, March 8.
News from the Sunflower River is to
the effect that a general overflow of the
! section is almost certain. The water
which comes through the break in the
Hughes levee at Beuleh Lake in Bolivar
County has not yet reached the Sunflower
River through the Boggephalia, in addi-
ton to the water coming through the
Lewis swamps already in the river, will
cause general overflow. kilograms
were sent from here yesterday notifying
Governor Lowry of the impending dan
ger up the Sunfiower River.
GOVERNMENT AID.
A telegram was received by Captain
Marshall, United Stated engineer in
charge of this district, from the Chief of
Engineers at Washington, asking what
steamers and bargeS belonging to the
Government were in his charge that could
render assistance to the citizens of this
district, which extends from the mouth
of White River to Warrenton, twelve
miles below this city. The steamers
Vldalia and JnO. G.. Fisher and some
thirty bargeS are at Wilson's Point and
IN readiness if it becomes necessary to
use them for that purpose. Mr.. Couple,
United States Assistant Engineer, goes
up by the Anchor line steamer in the
morning to inspect and direct the neces-
sary repairs to leveeS in the vicinity of
Omega, Madison Parish, La.
The State leyee at LOngwOOd, La, six
miles above Lake Providence, is caving
fast and washing badly. The caving has
reached the crown of the levee. This
will be reverted with plank; also the new
levee at Omega, which is wave-waShed
for three hundred feet, will be protected
The State levee, between the Government
levee in the same vicinity, is too low, and
will be raised Immediately. These leveeS
are now safe, but will be made secure
against an anticipated rise of eighteen
inches, which is expected from the Yazoo
basin in the next three weeks.
TRACKS UNDER WATER
Information yesterday from the Gener-
al Managers office, in this city, of the
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway,
is to the effect that all work on the line
OF the road from Memphis south is sus-
pended and some eleven miles of track is
overlooked. Works also suspended from
the Yazoo River north. No track has
been laid since the twenty third of last
month.
ARKANSAS FARMS FLOODED.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, March 6.-Reports
received from Southeast Arkansas repre-
sent a sad condition of affairs in the
counties bordering along the Arkansas
and Mississippi Rivers. The water has
broken the levees and a large tract of
country is inundated. In Lincoln and
Arkansas Counties the loss is very great.
The Arkansas in Arkansas County was
four inches above the marks of 1877, the
highest within eighteen years. 1t is
slowly falling The loss from crops still
in the field is small, but the loss in hogs,
cattle and mules viii be considerable
There is al average of one break in the
levee to every five miles on the north side
from Swan Lake to the mouth of the Big
Bayou AIetO.
ANXIETY AT HELENA.
HELENA, ARK, March 6-The rainfall
here in the past thirty-six hours amounted
to nearly two inches, which has assisted
materially the One-inch rise in the river.
Reports from Madison yesterday in
dictate a continuation of the rise
in st. Francis Bottoms which leaves
no hope of a decline here for some days
to come. This prolonged rise in the st.
Francis basin after nearly five feet fall at
Cairo is unaccountable, unless it be at
tributed to rain, and is another evidence
of the mysterious workings of this great
river at flood tide. The leveeS are hold
ing still by virtue of unremitting labor on
the part of the people. \ heavy storm
prevailed Tuesday night which created
something of a panic, but the night
passed without disaster. The feeling is
generally better now, though much
anxiety is still manifested as TO the re-
suit of the present high water.