Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13
FLOODED VALLEYS.
serious Situation on the
Lower Mississippi.
THE LEvEEs IN GREAT DANGER.
The LOwlands of Arkansas Badly
Deluged-A Great Flood
Inevitable.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HxRI1n
GREENvILLE, Miss, March 12.-Cap-
tain Young, chief engineer of the Gov
ernment feet, has just returned from an
inspection trip along the Arkansas
shores. He says the levees on that side
are in immediate danger, as it will be
impossible for them to stand more than
six inches rise, and from the volume of
water expected in the next few DAYS, it
ia OUT Of the question to think of saving
that country from an overflow. He
warns everybody who lives and has any
interest in the adjacent bottoms and the
Tsnsas basin to prepare for the inevitable
and move all their live stock and other
movable property to the hills.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 12.-The flood
outlook today is more threatening than
at any previous time since the high water
began to excite attention. The Arkansas
aud White rivers are pouring out i'm
mense volumes, and the situation below
their mouth is anything but encouraging.
VICKsBURG. Miss, March 12.-At mid
night the Mississippi Valley road is
flooded for several hundred yards. A
heavy rain ia falling all over Central and
Southern Mississippi.
ST. LOUIS, March 12.-Flood news
from various points along the Mississippi
river and other streams, this morning, is
that the White and Black rivers in
Arkansas are on the rampage. Both are
out of banks and overfowing the country
on each side for miles. Heavy rains
have fallen and continue to fall along
these streams, and general inundation
is looked for. At Fort Smith, on the
Arkansas, the rise is over eighteen feet
in twenty-four hours, and at last &C.
counts the swell was proceeding at the
same rate. This'greet rise added to minor
floods pouring out of all the tributaries
below Fort Smith, will greatly add to the
volume of water in the Mississippi below
the mouth of the Arkansas, and increase
the peril to the lower country. All the
railroads in the vicinity of Fort Smith
are suffering from serious washouts or
| lost bridges, and trains have been aban-
doned temporarily. At Arkansas City,
on the Mississippi, the water from the
Sappington Hook crevasse has inundated
tho rear part OF the town, and the lands
in the back country are being flooded.
1t is not thought, however, that great
damage will result, as the bayous and
interior streams are capable of carrying
the water away rapidly. All the avail
able boats of the Government feet have
been put into the levee service. The
river front from Arkansas City down is
heing carefully watched. All the low
places are being filed up with sacks OF
sand and earth to hold back the waters.
TIE report prevailed that the levee al
{ Alsatia, La, twenty miles south of Lake
|, Providence, had broken, but this is moi
verified.
i Arkansas Cry, Ark, March 12.-It
has been raining here for about forty
hours, and the crevasse in the levet
above the city is now about 400 feet wide.
The people are much alarmed, and some
are seeking higher ground. At Poplar
Bluffe, Mo-, the situation is serious. In
the Helena, Ark, district the river con-
tinues rising rapidly. The rise in the
Arkansas west of Little Rock, Ark, Ia
Unprecedented. L. is feared another day
will bring out unwelcome news of the
wa er's ravages.
Arkansas City is not yet badly sub.
merged, as some of the water ia finding
it's way off into the bayous back of town.
Should there be no more breaks it will
not rise much here.