The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-22
FINAL FLOOD WARNING.
People of Louisiana Told by the
Weather Bureau to Flee
Without Delay.

Make a Cut-Off Miles From Kansas
City-Serious Situation at Omaha.
Washington, d. C.,April 15.-The
crest OF the food is still above
Vlcksburg, where the river rose 10
of foot during the past "a hours.
At vicksburg the water is now o.lO,
and at New Orleans 6 1Oths of
foot above high water OF any rreyi.
GUS food.
II no extensive break occurs to
the northward the river at New Or.
leans will reach 19.foot stage by
April 20, and it is imperative that
provision be made to meet a still
higher stage. The danger to the
threatened districts in Louisiana is
daily and hourly increasing. and the
warnings previously issued by the
Weather Bureau to remove persons
and property from regions flooded
in former years are repeated and
emphasized, as but few days remain
in which to take advantage of them.
(Signed) MOORE.
ELRvEN LIVES LOST.
vickeburg, Miss, April 15-The
government steamer John r Meies
and the steamer Atlanta arrived ,hi-
morning crowded with refugees from
the murky waters at Davis Island.
The refugees reported the drowning
OF eleven persons, all colored, on
Davis Island last evening.
Persons on the Meigs state that
the situation below here is terrible.
They could not make a landing, ex
capt at Davis Island, where the half
starved and frightened negroes We're
picked up. Hundreds of cattle leave
the island as the fearful water ap
proaches them and swim in the hope
of reaching dry land. A person on
the Meigs states that there were
assembled in a large old gin on Davis
Island several hundred people with
no boats. Help and boats are needed
Immediately to prevent the loss of
human life, as we'll as cattle, below
here. On the arrival of the Meigs,
Maj. Willard ordered Capt. Starr to
bank bis fires and keep up steam and
be ready to 60 at moment notice
if called upon.
At 4 D. ~, the river reached 81 l
feet, rise of 4 1Oths of foot in
twenty.four hours. The water is at
the floors of the Vicksburg House
and in many of the small stores and
shops between Clay and Veto
streets. The sidewalks have been
taken up almost entirely, and the
middle of the street is used for foot
travelI
The steamers Ruth and Annie
Laurie had all the people and stock
they could handle when they arrived
last night from Eagle Lake, Bruins
wick Australia The Ruth went
back to bring out more stock
1t is now said after very careful
estimate that the destitute and dis
tressed in this city from the over.
dowed sections is not less than 5000
or 1000.
LOUISIANA LEvEEs IN DANGER
Baton Rouge, La, April 10
River 369 feet, rise of 2a-10ths,
which is ! foot 2-10th below the
flood lire of 1892, Governor Foster
received kilograms from the Fifth
ievee district today,to the effect that
the water is still rising rapidly and 6
desperate struggle is on hand.
CONDITIONS IN THE DELTA.
Memphis, Tenn, April 15.-Sta
tistics of the number of flood suffer
ers in Bolivar County, which hav,
been complied by a committee ap
pointed to look after the distribu
tion OF government rations, shoy
$4,000 people who are now, or 500
will have to be fed by the hand O
charity, in addition to 5000 head c
live stock.
At Helena the situation is ur
changed. At a meeting of propert
owners of the city today it was d,
eided to begin the erection of ne
sevee around the CITY.