New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-31
MORE BREAKS IN THE LETEE
ALARM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
UNDIMINISHED.
THE LATEST CREvAsSEs THREATEN TO FLOOD
THE ENTIRE DBLTA-GREAT DAMAGE
AND INTENSE SUFFERING.

AND INTENSE SUFFERING.
Jackson, Miss, March SO.-Telegrams from Green
vile, Miss, say:
AT o'clock this morning another crevasse oc-
CURED above Mounds Landing. about fifteen miles
horth OF THIS city, and at o'clock YESTERDAY a
break occurred near Australia. Miss. about twelve
with the crevasse at Lake Lee ten miles below
Grcenville. will deuge the entire Great Mississippi
ties will under in the next two days All q
lssaQuena and parts of Sunfower and Sharkey VIII
Live stock are being drowned in great numbers.
ana people are fleeing to the railroad emGank, r.
estimate the amount Of property which Will be de-
region viii be nense ,o GreenvIe Rosedae stone,
Vile Arcola and. in fact. all the Delta towns south
The srcSteS. excitcmst "'1 prevails all Ions the
line The Greenville levees are sun holding
embankmerts north and south of Greenvile, and
ed and the people are fightns for their lives.
Greenville lies in the centre of Il crescent, sur
feet below the Level of the cnbankmcnts. Should
the huge ridge give way the loss of life and prop
are exhausted by their long vigil; many Of them
have not tasted food for twenty-four hours. and
\ dispatch from Ncksbu.g at 3:15 p. m. says
that the river there is higher than in thirty-hve
years. The Louisiana levee north of Ncksburg IS
still maintained through superhuman effort Two
breaks above and below Huntington Miss.
are reported. making four in the lower Mississippi
OF the Louisville. New orleans and Texas Railroad.
Memphis. Tenn. March 3o.--A private dispatch 10
a cotton firm in this city from Captain Mark Cheek.
Of the steamer Kate Adams. reports break in the
levee the Arkansas side AT Laconia Circle. La
COMA Circle is abou; 10 miles below Memphis. and
the levee at that point protects some OF the best
plantations in the State.
Washington. March S0.-The Weather Bureau to-
day issued the following special river bulletin:
During the last tWenty-four hours the Ohio. cum
berland. Tennessee and Arkansas rivers have fallen
slowly and the Red has risen. The Central Saint
Francis River has risen two feet since Saturday.
and is still rising rapidly. The Upper Mississippi
from ST. Paul TO Dubuque has risen slightly ana
is above the danger-line at La Crosse. me Mis-
sissiDpi has fallen slightly from Keokuk to Cairo.
and risen from Helena 10 New-Orleans. except
slight fan at Arkansas City due to creyasse near
that place 1t is above the danger-lne from cairo
city is above the extreme high water OF any pre-
Vious year
During the last forty-eght hours the following
average rainfall in inches and tenths has occurred
in the respective river bas'ls. viz: Red. 20: Ar
kansas 05. Cumberland and Tennessee. 06, Cen
trail and Lower Mississippi, 0.2.
From Davenport TO ST. Louis no flooding has oc-
CURED except the islands and lowlands, of which
ample warning was given by the Bureau last week.
in no case has water reached the tops Of evces in
this district, nor is it likely TO from the water now
sight.
the last fortyeight hours at Australia. Stop Land
ing and WaysiGe Miss. The water from these
crevasscs will flow into the Sazoo basin, and IL IS
probable that the counties of Bolivar, Washington,
Jssaquena and Starkey. Miss, Will be flooded. The
situation Greenville Miss is considered extreme
~ critical.
tho lower Mississippi is past daily bulletin giving
the river and rainfall conditions In that district and
IN the river basins tributary 10 H. based on the re-
ports Of the local Weather Bureau officials. will be
issued by the Weather Bureau.