The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25
IHE WORST IS NOT YET
WATERS OF THE SWOLLEN
MISSISSIPPI CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY RISE.
lEVEES S0FTEN|NG IN some PLACES
BREAKS LIABLE TO OCCUR-MIS-
CREANTs CUT A CREvAssE
AT CARRUTHvILLE.
THE WEATHER BUREAU SOUNDS A WARMING
Residents of the Low Lands Advised to
Flee Instanter-Meltin Snow in
the North Makes Matters Worse
n Cumberland River Full
of Wreckage.
THE WEATHER BUREAU SOUNDS A WARMING

Memphis, March 10-Two people lost
their lives today MS q result of the gen.
'eral flood, which covers thousands of
acres of land in the Arkansas bottom.
Two men were drowned in -Four Mile
bayou, near Marion. Ark. There is no
recession in the rise of the river, and to-
night the gauge registers 37.2. rise of
.01 since morning. The river this morn
\ ing at o'clock registered 81 feet, a rise
of 03 in the past twenty-four hours.
At Cairo it registered 50.4 feet this
morning, n rise of .04 from the same hour
yesterday morning.
Heavy rains continued last night
through the entire region of the Ohio
valley and the territory, drainage from
(; which swells the upper Mississippi.
At Marked Tree, Ark, on the st.
Francis river, there has been n rise of /
foot in the twenty-four hours ending this
morning, deplorable not on account only
. of the disaster it will cause in the coun-
n try, but because it will swell the great
volume of water in the Mississippi at and
4 below the juncture of the two rivers,
& where conditions are already so distress
ing The gauge at Marked Tree indi-
Gated 400 feet this morning.
At Carruthsville the danger is now
Spassed, the gauge now indicating 5O.4,
IA .O1 of foot decrease in twenty-four
hours, and .01 above the danger line
VA Through Tennessee and Arkansas the
RAINFALL was heavy during the past TWEEN
7ty-four hours At Helena the rainfall
was 342 inches in the twenty-four hours.
Here at Memphis it was 1.2S inches, with
w. 80 inches at Nashville, and the same at
X Chattanooga.
M At Helena the river is Az feet, or Is
ssabove the danger line This was rise
n of foot in the past twenty-four hours.
81 At Vicksburg rise of .OS of Il foot was
IA shown by the gauge today. which regis
ters 80 feet or 30 above danger line.
At points below Vicksburg steady
rise is noted.
The first ray, of sunshine in five days
y today penetrated the gloom which hangs
y over the overfiowed country. 1t seemed
& rather to heithten the effect of desOla-
\ ton, which is everywhere apparent across
the river, in the eastern part of Arkan-
sas. 1t had an apprcciablc effect, how
ever, on the spirits Of the populace. The
relief fund for sufferers has been mani
testify increased by different individuals
and from firms outside Of Memphis. This
welcome assistance is greatly appreciated
BY the local committee, and much is
needed for the caring for the arrivals who
are brought in on every trip of the relief
boat The city of Memphis is not to be
left to bear the whole burden unaided,
and there is an accession of buoyancy
and an increase of individual effort among
the citizens, resulting from this encour-
aging and practical evidence of sympathy
from other cities, many of which are
remote from the scenes of desolation and
destruction.
A telegram from Glendale. where the
Plevee was reported broken. contains re-
quests for supplies for Strengthening the
levee at that port, .but it contains the re-
assuring words that the levee is all right.
Arrangements have been made to send
the necessary assistance.
The railroads are heavy sufferers from
the high water. The Iron Mountain is
the only one available from the west. The
Valley road was forced abandon the sale
of tickets over its line on account of
similar catastrophe between Collierville
and Rossvill.
1t is encouraging to note that reports
of additional breaks in the levees have
not been confirmed. A number of enter
tainments have been arranged in order
10 swell the relief fund. The work of
rescue goes on with undated zeal. and
Z the rescue boats make as many trips as
POSSIBLE during the day, returning from
each trip loaded with refugees and such
household goods and cattle as they are
able to save.
III The gloomiest thing in the district COW
cred all things considered, is that there
arc no signs of abatement of the high
Mater in the near future. Warm weather
now prevailing in the northwest. which
is counted unusual this time of the year,
will melt the huge amount of snow and
swell the streams in the territory whose
streams empty into the Mississippi and
Missouri, which in trun empty into the
4 It of the river which is now so swol-
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