The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-03-31
NEW TERROR ADDED.
I,ooasc Follows in the Wake OF
Destruction by Flood.
kHlLs FEEtNONIA AND PLEURIsy.
ACC Are What the Drowned-Out Vic
inns Have to Contend With, and the
Mortality is Expected to Reach
Alarming Proportions.

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Alarming Proportions.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 30. The river
ore is almost stationary, with fall
q tendency, and the people south of
6emphis on both sides of the flooded
Nstrict know that the conditions can
/ no worse from higher water. AL
8adv they have suffered all the ills
Nat ruined crops, drowned cattle and
bpmes destroyed can bring, and the
kbrrors that confront those who have
I'M the hardihood to remain, are those
4 disease without the means or facili-
es TO combat it, or death without the
Mention or mitigating conditions that
IN alleviate pain, or comfort the loved
ohes left behind.
8The prevalence of disease, resultant
Nam exposure to the floods and un-
hyorable elements, is appalling. Of
|nbarlv 100 men, women and children
tRscued by one expedition, "a were suf-
|ISrng with acute attack of chills and
ever, three had pneumonia and two
Mere very low with pleurisy, One of
|Nese is known to have died at Cairo,
|abd the number of mortalities will far
nrpass the drownings and other casu-
|hlities of the flood.
The letter from Secretary George H.
Morgan, of st, Louis, announcing that
applies from there were on their way
n Memphis for distribution among
he food sufferers, was published here
Shnday. The supplies, which were
|sbpped on the Belle of Memphis, will
n very welcome, and the local papers
nte unanimous in praising the liberal
i'm of st. Louis toward the stricken
|Rople of the lower Mississippi valley.
De supplies are to be distributed
shong the destitute of all the neigh
bring places, and are sent to Memphis
q the most central and best-equipped
a dstributing point.
0sceola and Mariana, Ark, are said
10 be in the direst need.
lnnumerable refugees from the back
Noods are gradually gaining the river
Ront and unless rescued promptly, will
Rrish from exposure and want.
The news that the rivers of the north
ia still rising has caused great trepida-
ION here and further south, and many
NhO have kept up their courage thus
IA are weakening and travelling
"a high ground. The long reach
hftween Memphis and Cairo although
~ suffering as badly financially
4 lom the food as lower down, presents
Y Apre physical suffering and danger of
y He than the flooded plantations be-
feen here and Greenville, and the
Weather is far less propitious.
Snow, rain, frost and fog have com.
Nned with the flood to complete the
post awful disaster which has visited
Nis district since the war. 1t is a blow
Z lat the combined generosity of the
Rople Of the United States will be re-
7fired to alleviate.
|
Streets of New Orleans.
'NEw ORLEANS, March 29.-At"9 a. m.
II Mississippi broke over the levee at
II head Vaudeville streetin the lower
astrict; also at Hospital street, direct
IN front of the celebrated French
ARrket building. The water is rush
Ng INTO the streets, but so far is not to
N extent dangerous to property.
From Algiers on the right bank
Rere is cry for help to strengthen
'pe levees, which were seriously weak
pea by the high water and the severe
Prthwest wind during the night.
Ihe river rose here seven-tenths OF a
'Pot during the past "a hours. It's now
Yght-tenths of foot above the 16-
Rot mark, which is the danger line.
.ne unusual rise has occasioned much
hrm.
2eV Able-Bodied Man at Helena, Ark,
at Work or the Levee.
HELENA, Ark, March 30. = Mayor
fltzon issued the following:
The gravity of the flood continues,
ggravated by the stormy weather,
,lich renders it necessary for every
Ye-0odied citizen and a resident of
Il city to aid in preventing a break in
\ levee, therefore urgently request
Pat all business houses be closed i'm
Fuiately and that every able-bodied
PA IN the city report at once to the
|iSohS In charge of the levees, and
ing with them such tools for han
ing art as they may be able to get.
'ery person who can command a team
|ould report it to the undersigned for
FNce IN hauling dirt. Let every citi-
4 iend helping hand and aid IN saw
X 'he city from the threatened calam-
\ IN. j. FRITzoN, Mayor"
an hour after the proclamation was |
fued the town was like Sunday, ex-
~ on the levees, where great activi-
reigned. Nearly every man and boy |
lielena was hard at work hauling |
and filling sacks. The river is ris-
y and is now at 5O.4.
PSring for the Most Disastrous Flood
as Predicted.
'ArcIIEz, Miss, March GA rise of
oot IN the last "a hours puts the river
. leet higher than ever known be-
= while the crest of the wave has
\ yet reached here. 1t is reported
Z. the levee at Wayside broke at mid
hV above here. The crevasse is 800
y VIDE, which will throw an
~ OF water upon this
uon' 1t doesn't seem pos
Ie mat the levees can hold an in
ase' being now taxed to their ut
RI treat excitement prevails all