Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
A bad Rreak Reported.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 30, ITO a. m.
Message just in that large break
has occurred in the levee at Wayside,
Miss, nine miles below Greenville.
The break is reported to be bad one,
and in a section of levee high and re-
garded as measurably safe.
All Special Danger Successfully COmbatted.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 2S.-Another
day has passed with no break in the
levee system either above or below this
point, and tonight finds those most di-
rectly concerned in the stability of the
levees decidedly more confident in pre-
venting disaster.
The chief interest of the day CEN
tered at Helena, Ark, and Greenville,
Miss, and every hour at those places
was turned to hard work by the male
population, reinforced by hundreds of
volunteers, and at other shaky points
in the systems hundreds of convicts
have been kept busy. In this way the
chances are decidedly in favor of hold
ing the levee against the flood pressure.
Maj. T. G. Dabney, chief engineer of
the Yazoo-Mississippi levee board,
wires tonight that "they we sue
cessfully combatted all special danger
that has arisen so far and l feel more
assurance than heretofore that we will
pull through, though the pressure is
enormous along the lower 40 miles of
my line"
NJ. Gileas, assistant general superin-
tepdent of the Valley line of the Illi-
nois Central railroad, wires at p. m:
Have just seen the Longwood levee
that was reported to have been broken.
The levee is yet intact and a large
force is raising it."
There are no new developments of an
important character in the levees along
the Arkansas front. River here stands
1868, fall of one-tenth in 24 hours.
The local weather bureau tonight
reports that the cyclonic disturbance
near Austin, Tex, this afternoon is
sweeping in the direction of the Missis-
sippi valley and will probably strike
tomorrow afternoon, bidding fair to
create havoc with the levees.
The situation Growing Worse Hourly.
QUINCY, ILL.,, March 2S.-The Missis
sippi continues to keep up its average
of the past week and marked another
rise of six inches to-day, bringing the
W Al ACCG 1DONO lON dOCE
mark. Reports from northern points
are very discouraging and the indica-
tons are that tomorrow will see an
other six-inch rise. The situation is
growing worse hourly. Hundreds of
families have been driven out of the
lowlands which are unprotected by
levees. The water has inundated
the Missouri bottoms for dis
the river bank. Up in the levee
districts things look gloomy. Al
though the water has not yet reached
the top of the levee, break is expected
at any time, and a big force of men are
working night and day to strengthen
the weak places. Another force is en-
gagged in patrolling the levee. The
damage already done by the flood is
great but will be nothing compared to
what it will do to the thousands of
acres of cultivated land between here
and Warsaw should the levee break.
The Bohemian Flats Half Under Water.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 2s.-The Bo-
herman flats on the east side of the
Mississippi river are half under water
tonight and the residents nearest the
river have been forced to take to the
hills. The remainder of the residents
will remain up all night to watch the
rise of the river. The gauge shows
that the river had passed the ten-foot
mark shortly before ten o'clock this
morning and since that hour there
has been q steady but slow rise.
The ice has been going out all
day and gorged at the high bridge
at South st. Paul. AS it is thawing
very rapidly the gorged ice is becoming
rotten and will break away probably
during the night. Lake Pepin, the
arm of the Mississippi at Lake City, is
reported still solid, but is expected to
break up during the next three days.
All the rivers 10 the north are rising.