The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-20

Arkansas tlly 7S-Vo 1V-u'f Va Wy
Z. The gauge read yesterday morning at
O'Clock, Is. %, rise OF 7 tenth In twenty
four hours. which now makes the river 3.2o
above danger line and only 1868 OF reaching
The highest water known, which was June
LIST, 1880. when the gauge read livo.
The weather bureau gave out the
following report on Thursday morning.:
The river between Memphis and Vicks-
burg win rise for sometime. and it will
reach 4S feet or more on the gauge at
Vicksburg by March 31st. due to heavy
rains along the Mississippi and trib-
utaries. The following message was
sent out from Washington yesterday
mornlug: 1T is anticipated that the
floods will prove destructive in Arkan-
sas and Louisiana. This warning
should be widely disseminated"
According 10 this statement, it would
give us here about 6 feet more
water, and this added to the height OF
the river yesterday morning would
give us 400, or about two feet more
than we we had on June l, 1890, the
highest water known in this parish,
when the river rose to 41.90 at the
Providence gauge. Our levees are all
from to A feet higher than they were
in 1890, and we can. stand the water in
sight; but-a small stretch of Illawara
]evee is only two and a half feet above
the high water 1890, and if more water
than what we have in sight is coming
it will have to be looked after.
The situation is serious indeed, but
not alarming, for our levees are in a
better condition than they ever were.
and if the public viii display a little
vigilcncs in guarding and watching
The levees we thlpk we cen safely tide
it over. This is one of the times when
everybody is called upon to cooperate
with the levee authorities; let no one
shirk or refuse to do his duty.
The river continues to rise at an
alarming rate and will continue until
the LIST OF next month, or perhaps
longer.
Our levee board has been called to
meet next Monday, when arrangements
will BIZ made for the high-water fight
that is bound to come. AS far as the
levees in the fifth district are concerned,
we have no uneasiness, and believe that
they will hold, if the water docs not
stay up against them too long.
The greatest danger to our parish is
tho levees in Arkansas. If break
should occur below the Arkansas river,
the water no doubt would come over
our back country.
A most remarkable thing is that at
Helena the gauge shows about two feet
below high water, while at Modoc.
thirty miles below. it marks high water
aud still rising. What is causing this
differencep
The levee that broke at Buffers.
near Memphis, is part of the ST. Fran.
els basin system, and will do great
damage. The water from this break
will flow into the Tensas basin, ant
then into the St. Francis river. 1t vii
come back into the Mississippi a
Helena. Several people and a grea
number of stock are reported drowned
from this break. We can look FOL
more breaks to occur in Arkansas.
The following special river bulletin
has been Issued by the weather bureau
at Washington:
"The weather bureaus reports from
the central valley indicate continue,
rise in the lower Mississippi river dur
ing the next ten days or two weeks AM
from the water now in sight and rain
fall likely to occur within the next fey
days, it is probable the impending floo'
will prove very destructive in Arkan
sas and Northern Louisiana. The mos
destructive overflow is likely to occu
between the mouth of the Arkansa
and the mouth of the Red rivers, an,
the observers of the weather bureau il
that region have been directed to war
the public generally of approaching
danger. The flood will probably q,
tain its maximum stage in the threa,
oned region about April /. This time
~ notice is based upon the presen
river conditions as compared wit
those attending previous. foods"
River prophet Miles. of Helene
says the river will go to forty-nin
feet at Helena, which is two feet an
seven teuths higher than even know
at that p,:iat. aud that the levees wi
break at Osceoia. above Helena. and
or near Old Town landing below, an
all the territory IN those vicinitles wi
have disastrous overflow.
N. o. City Item: 1T was official
announced yesterday. that the goverl
ment employees in charge of the Weatl
err Bureau had, BY authority. change
the danger line at this point from thi
teen to sixteen feet on the gauge.
cas- matter Of consolation and.
compose fears, this may be all RICH
bnt is there truly scientific reason II
it? 1t would strike a person of ave
age Intelligence. and one even super