Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
The Mississippi River is, Flooding
Towns and Country.
REPORTS FROM MANY
PLACES.
There Will Be Several Thousand
People Who Will Need Gov
ernment Assistance for
Some Weeks to Come
River Is Falling.

VIcKsBURG, MISS, April 1S.-At
p. III. the river shows fall of three
tenths in the past twenty-four hours.
The situation in Madison Parish, La,
is growing hourly worse. The flood
of water going through the Briggs
break in the levee is fast covering the
lowlands and is flooding Bay Vidal
and the greater part of the land in
the southern portion OF the parish.
The water had risen seven feet in the
bayou at Tallulah and was rising a
foot an hour at noon to-day.
Delta is about depopulated, only
enough persons remaining to look
after the houses. Many of them have
two or three feet of water in them.
Backwater is fast covering the lands
north of the Delta, and at Young's
Point. At Omega the floods are CON-
ing fast. Relief boats are running to
Davis island and Kellogg's section.
Milliken's Bend and Duckport levees
are both caving. About three miles
below Tallulah the water is getting
over the levees, and it is overfowing
everything two miles below. 1t will
not be upon the higher lands until
tomorrow as there is several feet OF
bank left in the bayou.
Richland La, was heard from to. day and
reports tn, water going all over everything,
overfowing the Kings and Rels' place, also
the villages Of Trinidad and Ashwood, eight
miles below Richand. The telegraph line
is down some distance below Richland and
communication was shut cff from the coun.
try up to noon to- day. 1t it now estimated
that not less than 5000 persons will want re
lief in this country for the next thirty days
at least. .. .@s.& s.
New ORLEANS, April 18, Contrary 10 ex.
pectations, the river at this point did no
touch the twenty foot mark to-day. The
river may be pronounced stationary at 18,t
! feet. The excitement concerning theAcondi
tion of the levse at Carrolltoh has been NOR
or less at fever heat to-day, but on thu
authority of the best informed engineer
and levee directors, it ls stated that no ex
traordinary cause for uneasiuess exists.
Two hundred additional laborers were pu
to work on the Carrollton levee this after
noon, and this force will be doubled tomor
row. The levee appears to be easily able t.
bear rise of two feet more.
| The situaAon in this city does not appea
at this time to be any more critical thai
upon preceding days.
At Plavuemin, La, the river has risen il
the past twenty-four hours two -tenths of
foot, and is now within two tenths of tn
highest water mark ever recorded. TIL
Hickey levee, situated on the west bank, be
low the mouth of the Red river, which h.
been reported in bad condition. is bein
streng hened.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April 19.-No NOR
breaks are reported in the Louisiana leve
district tonight, although the embankment
at Hanco * and Ferriday may break at an
hour. The crevasse at Biggs is now seetf
ing torrent and the waters are spreadin
rapidly throughout Madison parish.
The town of Vidolia is in Il very critict
condition and many of the Inhabitants al
fleeing 10 Natchez.
In the Mississippi Delta the situation cor
tinues to slowly improve. The work of re
lief is being systematically carried on.
The river at Memphis is still falling.