The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-05
ANOTHER BAD BREAK.
The Levee at Flower Lake, Miss,
Yields to the Flood.
GREAT SUFFERING ENTAILED.

The Distress Of the Poor Along the St,
Francis River Is Appalling-steam-
ers stiH Picking Up the Inhabitants
of Submerged settlements,
Memphis, April 5.-Another disas-
trous break in the Mississippi levee
occurred at o'clock yesterday morn
Ing at Flower Lake, six miles below
Funica, The crevasse widened rapidly
and is now 100 yards wide, through
which the water Is rushing with a
deafening sound that only can be comr
pared to that Of Niagara falls, The
levee was 20 feet high at the point
where it broke. So rapidly did the
crevasse widen that the water rushing
through it was sufficient to reach the
lake, which is five miles east of the
break, in a remarkably short space Of
time, and within an hour had raised
the lake eight feet.
This will be the most destructive
break that has occurred in the delta
The most fertile farm lands of Miss
isslppi, lying in Coahoma, LAHORE,
Qultman and Tallahatchie counties, in
the northern portion Of the state, will
be inundated, and the newly planted
corn crops will be laid waste. For
tunately no loss Of life is reported, the
inhabitants of this stricken section
having made preparations for just such
a catastrophe as exists today The
condition of the poorer classes through
out the flooded area is indeed critical.
thousands of refugees are being hud-
died on leVees and spots of land wait
ing for relief. The towns of Rosedale
and Tunica report that everything pos
sible is being done for these poor peo-
pie, but funds and provisions are fast
becoming exhausted. In the little city
of Rosedale alone there are 1,2OO retu-
gees being cared for by the citizens,
Half hundred towns stand In six feet
Of water, and the yellow 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 Of southeastern Arkansas have
made such a desperate fight. The
waters from this break win flood a
great area, and In all probability will
back up into the streets Of Helena, The
relief steamer Ora Lee arrived at Mari
anna, Ark, late yesterday afternoon
having hade an expedition up the ST.
Francis river There were on board 15C
refugees and 200 head of cattle. The
steamer went up the st. Francis river
as far as Cut Off, and then worked
her way down stream, rescuing people
from perilous positions.
The suffering along the st. Francis
| river is appalling. The water through
/ out the entire neighboring country is
| from 6 to Is feet deep. The relief boat
/ had on board the body of Mrs Nc
Main, Of Raggio City. The body was
found at Raggio, and it was taken tC
Mariana for burial there being M
land at the former place on which Il
give Il interment The St. Francis Il
rising from three to five inches daily
At Memphis the river is slowly rising
again, the gauge registering 1854 feet
At points below Yicksburg the rivel
Is rising. 1t is the general opinion o.
old river men here SMat If the leyeel
below Vicksburg hold the great volume
of water In its regular channel it vii
be little short Of miraculous.
on Friday the plows were running #
the fields adjacent to Shaws, Miss
/ Twenty hours later boats were
running through the main bushes:
street of the town, and the fields were
from four to six feet under water. II
/ Is impossible to estimate the numbel
Of stock drowned, but it win go into
the hundreds,
Governor McLaurin continues t
make dilgent inquiry touching desti
tute flood sufferers. He will perhaps
be compelled TO state To Secretary o.
War Alger that the amount of $1,000
mentioned IN his telegram OF Saturda!
night viii be wholly inadequate TO al
leviate the want and suffering, Thl
governor I'm doing all IN his power fo
the food sufferers.