The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-20
sSIScER IS INCREASING.
.,..,,.,epl Flood Shows No
SPAS Of Abatement"
over RISING At ALL POINTS.
II !. save the Levees Have
l4sSv n,,tricts been Aban-
r ..a-siore Loss Of Life.

2 "a shich ongulfs hundreds OF acres
~ sss me Arkansas bottoms. The Two
Z ~ y .rowned In Fifteen Mile bayou
y, asrton, AIR 49,, :, ,,s rise q, the
I,s ~ tonight the gauge registers S7'2'
~ ". a.teuth since the morning re-
re- ,.vsr gauge at Memphis this morning
sclock registered 81,
IL ..-ss.tenths Of foot in the four
= sa,ae with tho twcnty-four hours
|h 4, Cairo 1t registered eo'a TINS
uDtc rise of four tenths oil 1901
per5ns' .sme hour yesterday morhins'
tnue rains continued last night
III The entire region oil the onio
ftNshssS The territory. the drainage from
~ s.ru.aafs,t the upper Mississippi.
| sAsn ss~,.ah the gauge stood at is9 ieet
| Padu.a rise OF Ave- enths OF
u slpee yesterday. 49,. n,oa srTe.ers
| ~ Eaterially increased by con.riou'
49,, Individuals and from firms out
~s,s welcome assistance is greatly
u.,sa nv the local committee ana
sasded in caring for the new arriv-
Hessiss the rescue steamers bring IN al
Memphis people begin TO ieei
N.say are not to be left to bear the
GSsrden unaided ard there Is an &C
NJ n buoyaney or individual effort
citizens resulting frnm this encour-
~. .na practical evidence OF sympathy
sber cities. many OF when are re-
u nom the scenes OF disaster ana DESC
,s,,sram from Modoc, where The levee
:. nported TO have broken. calls Tor ma
t,,.ls Tor strengthening the levee al tnat
- and contains the reassuring intorma-
n fSat the levee is intact as yet. though
Gia. n the shape OF men ana materi'is
4 I.K,t the onslaught Of the water is
n ~ At once the break VIII occur. AZ
s~tmsnts have been made to send the
xksjsry assistance.
n. railroads. are heavy sufferers from
Va xaler. The Iron Mountain road is The
N ne available from the west. The.
Ss,sy road has been forced to abandon
u sls Of tickets over It's line on account
M tIb1uar catastrophe between Collier
~ Ma Rossvitle. II is encouraging to
II jbst the ruinors OF additional breaks
EAi ityee have not been confirmed.
M floomest feature of the distressing
>sinoo il the fact that there is little
z q hote of the abatement OF the high
III within the very near future, The
lnItt warm weather now prevailing In
~ Suuthwest. certainy very unusual 10
r. fine Of the year. will melt large guam
~ d ice aud snow. thus swelling The
Grams In the upper territory. all ~ which
rNy into the Mississippi or Missouri,
I'll .ingturn emptles into the big river
~ ALREADY so swollen.
Ne addition of this great volume of
nr viii mean still greater rise and
i9eef Continuation OF tho distressing
&Ns
,k}lspatch from Washington predicts still
etkf fises.
~ most alarming reports concerning
4 ambition OF the lcvees above and below
NpAk have been In circulation in Mem
WIT they have particular references 10
4lv6& below this point ard even below
ma Up to yesterday It appears that
Qr1ple alung that stretch of the river
faith in the strength Of the protection
b NE government had furnished then,
fweh large expense. but this confidence
phsed on the expectation that the rise
NM river would have some reasonable
}h measured by the foods OF PREVAILING
~ but instead Of coming TO a standstil
keinninC to fall. tho river continue
hse aud the expectation based ipo
- IMPORTS of the weather bureau lcavc
tfcom for the hope that there will be an,
4fof some time to come. The local rain
~ had their effect in dish eartening tn
f9pk who had placed their reliance !
akeses The local rains continuing 70
HAil dng time and coming down vii
vfh force softened the earth of which IN
Nes are composed and made them tn
lm susceptible TO the sweep of the rive
~ letees at most places are built
uHaa three or four feet above the hishe'
kr mark in the localities where the
NtonStricted II seems now that III
u%lnee Of altitude has about been cor
nmed BY the rising waters. The follow
asurAs show how near the food al
nehed the top OF the leyecs:
Al AZ 0lt Tom the river is six inches abo'
H!Hevi6us high water mark, at yellow
Is three feet above the previo'
water mark. at Modoc two feet sew
q Allen Lake three feet six inch
Avenue two feet eight incnes, VIM
}AcontA the river is few inches abo
pfevio,s high water mark.
" "a this time the people have exert
~ utnnst strength to solidfy and .pi
M The levees believing that by carei
NenfhE and by applying -emedial ma
Wherever there was prospect OF
~ disaster could be prove1t'h.
- reports from down the river indir,
Aeps has been lost in many place. !
Hee States engineering forces for
xu3 Of this city have been doing evei
sln their power to protect the lev
1a relieve the sufferers. The Mississ'i
n'ef commission. complying with urg
l, X9fss, has transferred some $4,000 IT
mhts at its disposal to he used in
Evection Of these districts during the n
- There Is very reliable informa,
ue effect that at Modoc. AVen
|. nsSaeys and other points below Helena
III has gone over the levee ana
MsN being In such rIushy oonuil
avm the rains, it is not thought posS
!. sppnct them much longer from ,he.e
snlns hood The people living behinh
gtes In the localities mentioned are
S!W flying for their lives. Thoushnu
Il Who had heen at work watching
~ have about all bccn taken away
~ labor will be utiliz ID in saving
o. other people.
sLw government steamer Abbott mas
" large number Of sacks " sand 10
v0c locality and to points below
place the government has only rec
spentmaRy thousands Of dollars in
rs'ns and strengthening the leyee,
!, mere Is positive information that
~ constructed under the direction
Z ~ q. Francis leyee board near Caruti
Mo-, has hecn cut. and the bell
ETNent in the locality that the work
M ny persons living on the Tene'
L. tno