Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-04-03
A Had Break Reported

"" hreak Reported.
MhMPhis, Tenn, March 20, 1:1O y ~
"essage just in that a large breal,
mas occurred in the levee at W.rsid,
MISS nine miles below Greenv;,lo
me break is reported to be bad one
"ho IN a section of levee high and re.
garoed as measurably safe.
angersuccessfully Combatted.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March ss.-Anothar
uay mas passed with no break in tba
ievee system either above orbelow th;s
point, and tonight finds those most II;
lcc'iy concerned in the stability Of tbo
levees decidedly more confident ~ .'.n 'n.o
venting disaster p'e'
torna ne oniel interest of the day CEN
Tered at Helena, Ark, and (,rcenviln
MISS, and every hour at those nl,.a,
was turned to hard work bv the mali
population, reinforced by hundreds Of
.solnhteers, and at other shaky points
~ the systems hundreds of convicts
nave been kept busy. In this wav tho
chahces are decidedly in favor of bo,d.
ing the levee against the flood nressnra
MAJ, I. &. Dabncy, chief engineer Of
'nc iazoo- Mississippi lcvee board
wires tonight that "thcy we sur,
cesslnlly combattcd all special danrer
''ia' mas arisen SO far and | feel ,or,
assurance than heretofore that ve VII
pun through, though the pressure is
enormous along the lower 40 miles Of
my line '''ie' oi
VI, 'ileas, assistant general suo,rin-
enoeht OF the Valley line of the nj ,
''is 'en1ra railroad, wires at p. M.
Have just seen the Longwool leveo =
u, n,at was reported to have been broken !
ne levce is yet intact and a laroe
orce is raising it." /
Ihere are no new DEVELOPMENTS of m :
character in the levces olana .
nc Arkansas front. River here stands a
o,", lail OF one-tenth in q hours "
nc local weather bureau TONIGHT q
ePorts that the cyclonic disturbance u
ear Austin, Tex, this afternoon j.
Weeping in the direction of the Missis- t
pP' valley and will probably strike
afternoon, bidding fair to
cate havoc with the levecs al
me situation Growing Worse Itour,v =.
QUINCY, ILL.,, March 2S.-Thc Missis- ~
Pp' continues to keep up its ayeraye ~
the past week and marked anotbou -,
SC OIL SIN inches to-day, bringing the 81,
ige up to 10 feet above low-water NJ
'rk' reports from northern points Ae
very discouraging and the ipdica- ga
us are that tomorrow will see an ,
ler siX-inch rise. The situation is o,,
owing worse hourly. Hundreds of sta
nilles have been driven out of the an
Viands which are unprotected bv be
ees. The water has inundated fro
MISSOURI bottoms for n dis hr;
ice of seven miles back from fro
river bank. Up in the leyee y
tricts things look gloomy. AL Mi,
ugh the water has not yet reached wit
top OF the leyee, break is expected an
my time, and a big force of men are
KING night and day to strengthen =
weak places. Another force is en- = =
ed IN patrolling the levce. The Z, pup
lage already done by the food is u ma
H. but will be nothing compared to ~, nus
u 1t will do to the thousands of .ne
Warsaw should tho ,ouaa '"hs" l'.,, mere begi
'''""' pittt
Bohemian Flats Half Under Water. pear
=. PAUL, Minn., March 2s.-The Bo- III
ian flats on the east side of the conc
lsslppi river are half under water exist
ght and the residents nearest tba 70
have been forced to take to the "a
: Inc remainder of the residents tern,
remain up all night to watch the to n
OF the river. The gauge shows are !,
the river had passed the ten-foot this
a peiore zen o'clock this will {
ing and since that hour there captu
been steady but slow rise. they
ice has been going ont all sunnl
and gorged at the high bridge at the
'uth st. Paul. As it is thawinp sin,
"p' .r' sorged ice Is becoming insurl
-, oieah away probably selves
: .'le nishV. Lake Pepin, the of Sue
VI. ~, -niss'ssiPpi at Lake City, is the |;
-eo sun soi,u' out is expected to war 81
W uurinS .he next three days. Turki.
g rivers to the north are rising. tians.
'ins In Texas Make the Flood Worse
Than Before. wv
' La. ~, ~, march @a-Ihe big tee of
na;,, I ususu US. '"o uays ago broke emy O