The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-04-05
IT IS STILL RISING
Appalling Condition Of Things Along
the Mississippi
SEVERAL MORE BAD BREAKS
Thousands OF Destitute People
Waiting for Relief-Floods In
oreasIng in South Dakota,
Iowa and Nebraska.

Flour lake, six miles below TWinic,
Mississippi The crryassc Is not ot
great width hut Is fully Is feet deep and
the water is pouring through with fear
ful velocity. This will probably he the
most destructive break that has Oc-
CURED IN the delta. The most fertile
farm lands Of Mississippi lying In Co
homa. LAHORE. Quitan and Talla-
hatchie counties In the northern part os
the state will he inundated and the
newly planted crops viii he laid waste.
Fortunately no loss ~ life Is reported.
the inhabitants OF this stricken section
| having made preparations for just such
"A catastrophe as exists there to-day.
The condition OF the poorer classes
throughout the flooded area Is indeed
critical tonight. Thousands OF refu-
gees are being huddled on the levees
aud spots of dry land. waiting for re-
lief. The towns Of Roscdale and Tunica
report that everything Is being done for
these poor people. but that funds and
provisions are fast becoming exhaust
ed. In the little city OF Rosedale alone
! 1900 refugees are being cared for by the
citizens Half hundred towns tonight
stand in six feet Of water. and the yell
low stream is creeping up slowly but
surely.
Advices just received tell of a break
! In the levee two miles south of Helena.
Ark. This Is the levee for which the
people NJ Southeastern Arkansas have
made such "A desperate fight. The wa
| ters from this break will Hood "A great
area. and in all probability will back up
into the streets of Helena. The relief
steamer ora Lee arrived at Mariana.
| Ark. this afternoon. having made an
expedition up the ST. Francis river.
| There were On board 100 refugees and
200 head of cattle The steamer went
| up the ST. Francis river as far as Cut
/ ON and then worked her way down
stream resculng people from perilous
positions
/ The 81. Francis river situation IL ap-
palling. The water through the entire
neighboring country IL tonight from
six Ia u feet deep. The relief boat had
on board the body ~ Mrs. McMain of
Raggio city. The body was found at
Raggio. and IL was taken To Mariana
l for burial, there being no land at the
former place al which To give Il inter-
ment. The 81. Francis IN rising from
three Ia hve inches daily.
| At Memphis the river Is slowly rising
| again. AT points helow Nicksburg the
river Is rising. II Is the general opinion
of old river men here that " the levees
below Vicksburg hold the great volume
Of water In It's regular channel II VIII
be little short of a miracle.
| othhnt. AIfll fs-CI''ldl lFPkibNN- W
the Bee from points In South Dakota.
Iowa and Nebraska. bring word OF in
creased floods on all the rivers. Rain
has fallen almost necessarily for the
last 32 hours over an area of more than
100 miles In radius from omaha. the
fall being fully four inches for that
time. This has greatly increased the
volume Of water In the already swollen
streams and now what were babbling
Tor Int. Ttssf
ing torrents. Thousands OF acres of
farm lands are under from four To six
feet OF running water. and many fami
lies have moved from their homes In
boats.
A Missouri river steamboat has been
sent from Yankton 10 rescue the suffer
ers along the James river. Sioux city
reports that the Missouri has passed
the danger line there and Is ovcriloving
the lower part of the city,
Yankton. April -Four inches Of
rain has fallen during the last week.
and rain Is still falling. Jim river h
now on a rampage. covering the bottom
lands from blum Ia blum and threaten
ing To- wash away the Great Northern.
Northwestern and Milwaukee railroad
bridges which cross the river at this
point More than three miles of each
road has been washed out thus far
facilities.
Tunica. Miss. April AT : o'clock
the morning Flower lake leNee, where
u crosses the yellow bayou. gave way
under the tremendous pressure ~
water. The crcvasse widened rapidly
and IL now iBo yards throughout. The
waters are rushing with a deafening
sound that only can he compared to that
of the Niagara Falls. The levee was
Ia lk
to-day.
The people not only on the farms
near the break, hut upon those some
distance from the levea back Of ~.
have lost large numbers ~ cattle. So
rapidly did the creyassc widen that
the water rushing through II was suf-
iicient 10 reach the lake parallel Ia the
Yazoo and Arkansas Valley railway AZ
Bush station, which h tye miles east
of the break. in "a remarkably short
space Of time and within an hour mad
raised the lake eight feet. The water
will no doubt be running over the rail-
road at Bush and Gainesville before
morning. The country affected by IL
IL one of IN. hnesi In the delta. Il viii
cause the submerEence OF the entire
southwestern and south central part ot
TuniCa county.
The food viii pass into Coahoma
county NNfElffN INK Lulu anu Wv ~
ginn around Moon lake, broadening as
IL goes. \ portion ~ the current viii
travel to Coldwater river through the
Yazoo pass. while much OF Il will travel
southwark lnundating some ~ the
fairrs, fields In Coanoma county.
Thence Il viii travel down Cassidy
bayou and SuniiOWor river nnAls
reaching Yazoo, travvrsing almost TIE
entire length ~ the Nazop and MlsS,s-
sippi levee district. The river AT noon
began 20 fall az Austin four miles
above and had fallen four inches At
y. m During the same time the river
foil nue-half inch at Harris farm
eight miles north of the break
Above Austin the lsyes H. from TIVE
20 thr-e feet abnve the ioud plane. but
there are no weak places which threat
en- immediate damage.
81. Joseph Mo. April THE first alarm
was felt here to-day over the rise of tho
! Missouri river. The stream rose three
t.nths OF fcOe to-day and Is strddtly
climbing Up Reports from the country -
milsa north O, her. stat, that the Noda-
way. one Hundred and Two the Ni-hna-
botua and other streams are all out o.
their banks. Just south OF this city the
river l. cutting badly and IN, burlington