The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-24
Five PERISH.


southern floods.
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 n daughter.
G%reenville. Miss, April 22.-There has
been another break in the levee on the
Mississippi side at Shipland, IT the
Promised Land levee, 40 miles by rail,
south of Greenville. The break will
cover a few thousand acres of land not
already flooded and will add TO the vol
ume OF water already covering most of
the lands in its vicinity. The levee Is
ten feet high and the break is fully 900
feet wide. There was already more
than n foot of water on the inside of the
leyee when 1t gave way. The cause OF
the break is said TO be from cattle
tramping upon the levee. Maj. Will
liam Startling, chief engineer of the
board of Mississippi levee commission
ers, and Capt. Arthur Hides, in com
mand of the government fleet at Green
vile, left with material for tying the
ends of the c~revasse. The waters from
this last break will make a rush for the
Nazoo river and will really do n vast
amount of damage.
sMayersville, Miss, April 22.-The
break at Shipland landing will entirely
submerge Mayersyille, n town of 400
people. The town is situated l2 miles
nnrfh nf tho hrauly L.,..
south to the Yazoo river every planta-
ton in Issaquena, and two-thirds OF
those in ~Sharkey, besides n number Of
others in Yazoo and Warren counties,
will be put under water from ten to
twenty feet deep. While the section was
in a large measure already overflowed,
there were hundreds of farmhouses and
cabins and numerous ridges and
mounds and hastily erected scaffolds
which still afforded protection to men
and beast. These are now being rapidly
abandoned and terror reigns.
Natchez, Miss, April 22.-The river
has been stationary for the past "a
hours, being attributed to the vast vol
ume of water pouring through the
%crevasses above and below here. The
situation is a little more ncourag
ing and hopeful, and especially on the
Louisiana side. At Vidalia the levees
are now in good condition and a foot
or more above the water. and all de-
fective places are being rapidly re-
paired. The clear weather for the past
week has been n great benefit to them.
drying and hardening them on top and
outside, and little or no apprehension
Is now being felt. Many people think
that the crest Of the wave that has
been looked forward 10 with great fear
for some time is now passing through
the crevasses near Delta. and the worst
will soon have passed. However. work
on the levees continues with as great
vigilance ms ever, and they are still be-
ing patrolled night and day. The back
water coming through Biggs' and
Reeds levees has not yet arrived. but
oil streams are beginning to swell.
Refugees from the swamps are being
provided for as well as possible, while
stock continues to fill every spare pas
ture here.
Washington. April 22.-The bureau of
statistics OF the treasury department
has made the following report on the
damage caused agricultural interests
by the Mississippi river flood:
The total area submerged nj this date
is I'VE 10000 square miles. IL contained AZ
the last census 1896 farms. with n total
area OF 1904. iC6 acres, nearly one-hRlf OF
which was improved. and a total %popula-
ton, agricultural and other. OF 1924 IL
the value OF the farms. farm buildings and
farm machinery, according 10 the CEN
sus OF 1890. there be added the value OF its
live stock on January I. last, N.174.636.
and OF its products OF last season stu on
hand on March I. last. M.5o5. 179. the total
OF s90.176.1T VIII represent the approximate
value OF the agricultural property OF the
submerged region. Among the products
or this region last year were acc. O56 bales
OF cotton. worth &c. f2. 0G0: 12.b25,645 hush
els OF corn, worth 81. 1885, 7S. and 1908, S7S
pounds OF sugar. worth Ss71 .0i6, the total
production. including minor crops. repre-
senting a value OF s2i. 1921 $50 on the plan
tation."