The Anaconda standard., 1890-03-15
THE FLOODED DISTRICT
nleh Of tho Country Along the nissis.
dppl Sabnsrsed.
Rivers Continue to'Rise and Fears
OF Great Damage are Enter
tatn0d-Tho Situation
In Arkansas.

NEW ORLEANS, March 1A.--The govern
6-1O. a fall of 40 from the highest point
reached yesterday afternoon. Tho streets
arc free from overflow water along tho
water front except ut ST. Peters street.
This flow will soon he stopped. IL rnineh
slowly all night and IL drizzling this morn
ing.
A northeast storm prevails. The river
went down tn 161s feet, hut il again swell
ing and the water IL now running over
Bienvillc, Cont and st. Peters streets,
but the overflow Is not enough to cause
much inconvcnience. A telephone at 10
n. IN. from the Nita plantation says the
crevasse there is 100 feet wide; therc Is u
srewa.ss S " viii he ciossd bS " the Misai.sirpi & %
Valley railroad. Several small breaks in
the old levee, aRgreRating so foct, are SO
wAsHINGToN, March l4.-The rain
storm OF the past four days i'm the lower
Mississippi valley has practically l CT . ..d.
valley is not i'm the Mississippi or IL tfi
utaries. There are no encouraging pros
Se Is
now threc-tcnths above the highest ever
and md last might rsrShc ss,;h
Cairo, but sharp rises Mt st. Louis, and
particularly Cincinnati, Louisville and
sion Mt Cairo Ia only temporary, and that
thence southwark the river must continue
at its present high stage Tor at least n
C,.iro and Helena are about four feet
below the extreme floods Of the past, yet
these the places the % greatest test iooi % ever , Known w
will occur during the next seven days. At
vicksburg the river IL half q foot below
stage of water in the lower Arkansas rem.
tlers il certain that there will be no relief
eun,rs ss Should be ooea inaec the whole
Warning has been given by the signal
offices several days ago that all the stock
an siasipS RiSer Sniey shoad Il s s ewss
sr. Louis, March i1:~Adslitionai ad.
Arkansas limo and vicksburg ON both
of inundation. Arkansas lcvecs have been
abandoned. Water is running over the
Arkansas levee I'm several places. This
be Inundated. All efforts arc heinR con-
cen,ratcd TO save tho levees i'm Louisiana
.dse an S ssS
goes under mississippi, may. be safe and
most heroic exertions have been made for
weeks and arc now being rcdoubled Rain
endaneercd end ,en points work Is ksps up day
and night. All moveahles are being taken
to places Of safety. The protection levee
tertiay afternoon, and the river came
against the new lcvee which il considered
unsafe.
panic seized the population and many
ladies and children were sent to vicksburg
by steamer. Two hundred miles of levccs
Is ne eensidered Sd inevitable vita ss % q majority Of
experienced persons. No cause IL apprc-
hcnded of loss OF life. but the destruction
to property will be great.
NEW ORLEANS, March l4.-Thc consii-
| ton Of affairs on the river front this even
same s e time time yesterday. The city ' a1thori-
| ties, aided by the railroads, are strength
ening the weak places in the levee and
fiIicsi with earth from 81. Louis To Hospi-
| tai street and other points, but from ST.
much much water water came "a % in yesterday nothing
l has yet been done. The levccs of this
section were injured more by wind and
| wind is blowing from the north with "a
| velocity of 90 miles an hour. Governor
NishSlas todny % issnea
| niSl-steam possible and run as slow as
circumstances will permit during the
Waves from passing vessels have done n
good deal of damage to the temporary
| A dispatch from Grcenviile, Miss., late
| tonight says the situation there is much
| improved, and that the weak spots in the
fear of breaks Is much iessened. The
| Arkansas leeves opposite Grcenvillc are
MEMrnIs, Tenn, March la.-To-nigh,
the river is a6 feet . inches, the highest
point ever recorded. and still rising.
Opinions here is that the levees on the
/ Mississippi side will be able to stand tho
pressure Of the great flood, hut the sitla-
| tion on the Arkansas side below Arkansas
City, IL fur from rcassuring. although the
| damage. sh .uld the lcvee give way, would
| be slight compared with tho destruction
/ which would ensue should the
east hank break. Passengers on
| tho Louisville, New Orleans 4 Texas
| railroad arriving here to-day report novel
| scenes along the road. Low lands and
| lagoons along the Aississippi delta arc
| Hooded until the only dry land visible IL q
ridge on which the tracks run and a few
/ promontories protrudin0 above the water.
Thcsc places afford shelter for hundreds
l OF squirrels and Other small game. Huts
| and cabins in tho lower lands arc sub.
merged several feet i'm the water. Tied
TO doors are skiffs and dlQouts which
afford the occupants the only means OF
| transit from one place to another. Every
thing presents an air OF waste and desc
| Miss, the water Is the highest and farm
| ers who have not already moved are max
ing every preparation 70 do Along
the line Of the Memphis & Little Rock
| railroad the Same state Of affairs exists.
| Unless tho waters i'm the Mississippi and
| Arkansas receSie more rapidly than be-
fore the unfortunate people will suffer
great privations.
| A correspondent of the Appeal tele-
Rrnphs from Arkansas City tonight that