The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30

DANGER This morning the widest eX
citement prevailed here. Two miles
south the levees sloughed badly, and
being built on quicksand rendered thu
situation more critical. Soon the who'll,
town was in action, repairing thu
slough. Inquiry tonight indicates thai
all the levees are intact and the rives
is falling slowly.
GREENVLILE, Miss, March 29-Tht
solid line of the Mississippi levee Il
broken at last. At 1 o'clock last night
the levee at Deerfield, ten miles be-
low Greenville, succumbed to the pres.
sure of the waters Of the mighty Mis-.
sissippi. The levee was a large one
and 100 yards Of the vast embanklneni
gave way in a trice, and the torrent
Of water rushed upon the country Soon
the section between the river and the
embankment of the Riverside division
Of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail,
way was sea of water Hogs and
cattle were drowned, while the people.
mostly colored, rushed to the leyee
above and below the break and hud.
died together until they were rescued
No loss of human life has been re-
ported.
HELENA, Ark. March 29.-Today
has been the most critical in the his
tory of the city. The river has been
steadily rising and stands tonight at
500 feet, All night long weary hands
piled sacks of dirt where breaches were
showing. 1t was gallant fight and il
left everybody exhausted This morn
m
reciting the desperate circumstances
surrounding the city and requesting
that all stores be closed and all abIed
bodied men be sent to the front
Tonight the wind has abated some.
what, but the work of watching and
working still goes on. The government
boat Titan arrived at 10 o'clock this
morning with niety-seven refugees
from Knowlton Capt Nolty, of the
Titan, reports another big break
mile and half above Knowlton. This
break puts all the country from Knowl-
ton to Laconia under water, and as
that section is more thickly settled
than the Modoc front, the losses and
suffering will be greater.
GUNNISON Miss, March 29.-The
levee broke at Sledge plantation, near
COncordia landing, three miles north
of Gunnison, at about 8 D. m. today.
The crevasse is about 100 feet wide.
and the levee being made of sand will
cave and cut very fast. The people are
wild with excitement, and there is no
effort being made to stop the widening
OF the crevasse. 1t is expected that the
crevasse will be 500 feet wide by MORN
ing. There is some uneasiness felt
ABOUT the safety of the people on the
Sledge plantation, but up to this hour
there are no lives reported lost.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 29-The
flood situation in the vicinity of Green
vile, Miss, is alarming. The reported
break at Wayside, nine miles south of
that city, is fully confirmed, and the
latest reports are to the effect that the
water is pouring through a crevasse
500 yards in width with tremendous
force.
But the most startling news reached
Memphis ct o'clock this evening. A
telegram from Perchshire four miles
north Of Greenville and Immediately
at the head of the fertile Yazoo delta.
states that a break has occurred i'm
the main IeVee there. Just how seri-
Gus this break is the telegram does not
state, but special trains loaded with
laborers and sacks of sand have been
'hurrtedly dispatched to the scene If
the break at Perthshire assumes any,
thing like the proportions Of the Gre
vase at Wayside, the destruction will
be enormous. The water will sweep
over the rich farm lands Of Bolivar.
Washington, Sharkey, Issqueena. War
rem, Yazoo and Sunfiower counties in
Mississippi, and the loss to stock and
property will be appalling.
Ten thousand men line the leyees be-
tween Memphis and Vicksburg. watch
ing and working with desperation al
most pitiable. The warning sent out
by the weather bureau from Washing
ton last night is having its effect. MANY
of the inhabitants Of the delta have
corralled their ANIMALS on high strips
Of land and moved their families OUT
Of dangers reach
The situation at Memphis is ab1ut
the same as on yesterday The rive,
continues to fall slowly, the gauge to-
night registering 36.2 ieet A dispatch
from Gunnison, Miss, says that a break
IN the leVee is momentarily expected at
Sunnyside, but 1t was thought this
catastrophe can be averted If $50 men
and material could be had at once. Ac-
cordingly 100 men were dispatched OH
a special train frem this city to the
scene. The negroes at Camp Congo
were offered 81 per day and all ex-
penses tc lend helping hand. D1st rvs.h
one exception the offer was refused.