The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-22
SHIPLAND LEyEE BREAKS
Terror Keigns on the Mississippi Side South
Of

SHIPLAND IEVEE BREAKS
Terror Keigns on the mississippi Side South
! OF Greenvilie.
Jackson, Miss, April 21.-The Green
vile correspondent of the Associated
Press wired this morning:
AT $50 o'clock this morning the
dreadful alarm cry of 1evee broken was
/ repeated for the sixth time in the Yazoo-
mississippi delta, when the huge eight
een-foot levee at Shipland landing, Issa-
quena county, suddenly crumbled away,
| letting in, viii a mighy rush and roar,
the ponderous torrent of the great river.
! Shipland is on PrOmisedland plantation,
/ about two miles below Lake Providence,
| La. Al the time Of the break backwa-
ter from the upper crevasses was already
| against the levee ten or twelve inches
! deep and many high places around were
still uncovered. Many fine plantations
! upon which partial crops might have
! been made must now share the fate OF
| the rest and in all of lower Issaquena,
| Sharkey and Yazoo counties, where
/ there was foot of water before, there
viii now be three feet or more. Places
which here tofore have been havens OF
refuge for live stock and human beings
will now have to be abandoned and in
few days there will scarcely be a dry
spot in all the country south of this
break and between the ievees and the
Yazoo river. Whether there will be life
lost in the region affected depends upon
the question whether the people are pro-
vided with boats. In addition to the dis
astrous local consequences IL will also
have the effect of raising the water OF
the Yazoo river and keeping that stream
up at its mouth 10 such an extent as 10
retard the outflow of food water in the
upper Delta country"
st. Louis, April PA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Nashville, Tenn,
says: Five lives have been lost in the
flooded lands of Lake county. A skiff
was upset causing the drowning of Jose
Cans and his entire family, wife, two
sons and daughter
New Orleans, April 21.-The gauge rose
IL at one time yesterday and the i'm
preston along the Louisiana line in view
Of the subsequent fall, is that the flood
wave came on fair day, found the peo-
pie prepared, and passed on, neverthe-
less the crest of the flood wave was not
yet been here officially, and the river
may go higher The work of the past
is nothing 10 that going on now. Plant
ers and farmers, laborers and merchants
have abandoned everything else and are
camping on the weak spots, nursing
them with tender care and holding them
against weight and mass of water
which is almost inconceivable. More
material is going out now than ever be-
fore and the activity is superhuman.
Miles of new work on both levees, of
piles of filled sacks and earth have
sprung up in every section. Railroads
are carrying men and material free and
no money has been spared by the levea
board or the people. Still, the new work
IS but temporary, only calculated 10 holi
the flood from crossing the levee line,
and when the water falls nearly the en-
tire system will need substantial repair
if not rebuilding.
RISE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, April 21.-Here and at the |
points in the Mississippi river north as
far as Keokuk. a rise of several inches |
was shown today. The water at Boon
VILE on the Missouri had risen . Of d |
foot but at Kansas City decline greater |
than that was registered. Weather Fore |
caster Frankfield today predicted that |
the river a. S.. Louis would continue 10 |
rise slowly. about 27.3 feet being indi- |
Gated by Friday; that the Missouri would |
also continue 70 rise slowly. and that the |
upper Mississippi would fall slowly north |
Of Hannibal and continue TO rise TO the /
south.
FALLS AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, April I.-The river of |
Kansas City has fallen jhree-tenths OF a |
foot since yes erday and is still receding. |
Although still above the danger mark,
10 serious damage Is resulting. The va
ter IS gradually running of the railroac
tracks and by another day Il Is believed
trouble from that source viii have
ceased
Leavenvorth. Kan, April 1.-THE
gauge OF the Missouri az this poin; al
noon today was ~ I. showing a faH of
one foot since ,he water began subsliins
on Monday. The river is stiu four
tenths Of a foo; above the high water
mark Of 1891. The water Is rapidly leav-
ing the inundated farms. and railroads
ara organizing forces 10 repair their
tracks
Horrid Torture.