The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-14
NEW ORLEANS DILEMMA.
Waited by = l-arx~ Fare sssa Thressese<i
by Fsossss.

by Fssssss.
NEW ORLEANS, La. March lathe
lcvec at this point has broken and
tho portion of the city spon the river front
ing in one of the large sallow factories
herc, with Sowles' brewery and several
other larxr buiitiing~ ON firr. Tncrc is n
bonded warehouse next door one side
one Of she L,rsss, oil mills in
the south. The hrs is not under
control cont. at s:.s Pm. The city i. lower
the streets and In being pumped out mt the
hack part of the city into the i'ontchartrain.
Of M IN. sa pm m wa.ss "sd aS o the HSoia s Se.k
part OF the town. hat they making all
po~-ible efforts tn chcck the overflow.
and at : 80 had reached I! feet, but il re-
when IL rcccticd to III fcct ., whore Il
inches above the record. of other years
and the water went over levecs all along
the city front AT every dcprc-sion. ar low
ssrss,- l~ss sna a -i.S%alL- % "''' Of ,asss .ss
section of the city. Up town, at the head
81 Streets. s wa,:r % wasn.si over % the iesce ia an.i
submerged the streets and sidewalks.
The Same thing occurred at other points
down !e Poyslras street; Herr the watc;
by the Morgan road. then tsrgAn to How
down Poysiras street and out into the
sT%T" sn1 nins ' til" o" gutter. s sa.s sr to "is the
drainage canals i'm the rear of the city.
From Custom Husisc strcctto Cont the
Completely s,ib,ncrncsi the streets, and in
many places sidewalks and lower floors ot
baisiucss houses frnun the north side of the
blocks from the river tn Rampant street "a
distance Of eight blocks. The damage
done -o far Is not xrrat., The greatest
who had sugar stored in the
bonded warehouse on Levee street. The
Southern and Crescent oil mills are being
washed under by water and tho floors
un,icrncath: A break occurred at Patel,
plsSY nfsr% % 4eSySx Sa;nai; ;; hut, hut i cn,. only
discovered and promptly closed. IL is
still "a dangerous spot as the lcvcc
s, e very ,,,n. weak. u The ,i;cs lsy'e ,,oSs at
| Orctna, where there was q serious
| crevassc some years ago, II again creating z
nrnsisty r AS Il shows signs II . wsanenins .,,,
| the principal portion Of Algicrs, "a distance
| of thrc,-sl,iartcrs of IA mile. the situation
nc noon the water commencesi washing over
the levcc along ID. whole length. and in a
short space of time the entire
back werr flooded. Iartin,astcr Maguirs
| of the Morgan road, and the city forces
immediately went tn work and in fou'
stopped the How teIhporariIy, but tia
water is already Knee deep ON From
| street. Just below Algiers il Orlcan,
| lcv..s'. which commands n large section o
country. The new lcvce was constructed
| only IL few days ago bat the river has been
| climbing up and to-day the warning sig
| nal was again given that the water WA
| six inches deep over tho lsvcc's crest
Men and material were promptly fur
nisllcd and "a gallant effort IL being made
| to stay the hotsi.
The COUNCIL Tonight appropriated $50.
no FOR vork OH :.c sevces during th'
I danger period. Al Matches the levcs, ot
Davis island. Lake Concorslia, gave wa,
flooding the Novelty, Evergreen. SAHARA
| Morgan and Potawana plantations. A
Grcenville. Miss, special says: REPORT
| from all points in this lcvcc district abov,
| and below indicate that all IL serene oi
this side of the river. Every preparation
is bcinR made for any possibl
| brs.aks ar weak places that may occur II
| the lcvccs. Rain has fallen here for >
hours with hut slight int.rsnissions am,
| the total fall will exceed live inches. lt
still raining and indications arc that
| will rain all tonight. The river here ros
one and n half inches in the past ~ hour
| and j. still rising.