Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-04-03
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| The People Of the Flooded Regions
in a Predicament.
TOWNS SURROUNDED BY WATER
Immense Extent of the Crevasses-A Tel
egrapher's Difticulty-A Planter Who
Fears the Effect of Issuing
Rations.

ST. LOUIS, March S1.-Mr. j. Hogan,
of the Memphis Commercial, arrived
Yesterday direct from along the flooded
districts of the Mississippi river, having
lust completed a thorough tour and in
yestigation of the devastated districts.
He SAYS the situation is alarming, and
in his opinion the flood has not reached
the highest notch.
In the Laconia circle, which is stu
ated in Desha County, Ark, and COM
prises about 20, 600 acres, the scene is a
heartrending one. This strip of country
| is now inundated to depth OF from hve
to twenty feet, and the inhabitants,
numbering between 1900 and 5000
men, women and children-are perched
| in trees, house tops and barns and hay
| stacks.
Starvation is telling on the stoc'l that
has not already persisted, while the
| human victims are in not less deplor-
able condition.
From Helena the entire Mississippi
delta reaching from VickshDg west to
Shreveport and down to New Orleans
seemed doomed to destruction. Mr..
Hogan reports that all the people in the
wide district threatened who realized
| the true situation are fleeing for thei1
| lives
| MISSISSIPPI TOWNS SURROUNDED.
| VIcKsBURG, Miss, March 31.-Latest
tidings from the Mississippi levees are
that there has been no change except
| that the water is steadily advancing
southwark from Skipwith crevasse and
the towns of Mayersville, Filters anc
Hayes are being surrounded and mus
90 under in short time.
The steamer Evergreen is in from {
second trip to SteePs bayou going a.
far as the drift would admit and explor
ing the adjacent plantation in skiffs
Her officers report that they found NJ
suffering, that cattle and other stock
had been removed and the people were
safe The Evergreen will leave agar
for Steel's bayou to-day. The bayou Il
rising fast
News has Just reached here that the
bank is caving rapidly in front of Bed
ford levee, Madison Parish, the cavinG
being now within seventy-five feet o
the levee. Work began there yesterday
and the new levee may be finished be
fore the old one goes into the river
The Ievee inspectors elsewhere in Lou
isiana report no change
Trains have been abandoned between
Greenville and Rolling Fork and in fac
all trains on the river side division, ex
cept from Greenville to Hampton, TWEEN
weight miles, and between Coaham;
and Benoit sixty-five miles Thi
leaves Greenville without communica
ton with the outside world except b.
river.
The situation on the Mississippi Val
lev railroads main line between Yazo
and Katzenmeyer is very serious ant
six inches more of water will send tn
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific rail
road under between Tallulah and LAX
One. The water is rising slowly, but l
is very unlikely the road can run train
more than week longer and additiona
crevasses may stop operations at an
time. -; -.
F.W. McCabe, contractor for bridge
for the New Orleans & Northwestern
railroad, until lately in process OF cor
, struction between Vidalia and Winns
boro, La, arrived last evening fror
RayTille, La. He says work has bee
stopped and the construction compan
now has its teams and men In in Ray
Vile. The water rose five feet in DR.
bayou, six miles from Rsyyille, in tn