The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-02

south. OF saltwater. near waySide
station. was zoo feet wide. at a varying
depth Of six to eight feet. Leyee off,
Gals are not hopeful Of closing the
break or stopping il from widening.
Water from the break will go through
Lake Lee into Deer creek Lakes La
FayStt n Washington. Steels bayou
and thence into NfckSburg. a large
portion OF hover Washington. Sharkey,
Jssaauena and S~un'ower counties viii
be inundated. The Riverside division
Of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad has been abandoned on ac-
count OF this break. a steamer was
sent to Diamond island last night tn
ENJOY $50 Louisiana convicts TO lila
wara and Pitchers Point. where the
levees are in a dangerous condition.
A severe wind storm from the east
prevailed on the river hast night. but
the louisiana levees did not give away.
The steamer Bluff City. coming down
from Memphis. reports the levees at
una and Brooks mills in Chicot coun-
~, Ark, are in more than a dangerous
condition
Paducah. KY. March 2a.-The river
is falling slowly but steadily AT this
place at he rate Of about half an inch
per hour. Reports received this morn
ing from Danville. Tenn. state that
two warehouses with $50 barrels OF
coal oil We're washed away by the
flood.
St Louis. March e9.-The river Is
rising steadily at this point and is now
within -four feet OF the danger line. Re
ports received from upper river points
state that an immense flood is on its
way down and may be expected here
within the next forty-eight hours. Ii
is raining at this point this afternoon
and reports received at the local
weather bureau state that the rain is
general throughout Missouri. Arkansas
and Tennessee.
Reports from Alton. Ills. at noon.
state that the river is about station.
airy, but a rise is threatened.
Quincy, Ills. March 29.-The Missis-
sippi river fell slightly today, and to-
night the water registered IA feet &
inches above low water mark.It is be-
lieved that the fall is only temporary
and that there will be another rise
in 4 day or two.
Jackson. Miss, March 29.-News from
the Mississippi river today is ~disheart-
ening, not only to the state administra-
ton which has had ESQ convicts hard at
work on the leveeS for a week or more.
but to the people of the great valley on
the Mississippi who have made such a
heroic fight against the muddy waters.
spending their money freely and using
every means and energy in up-building
'NN ILL IN 'Ht LIZ
broke last night. a special from Green
willie to The Clarion Ledger says: The
crevasse at Lake Lee is now about GOO
feet wide n all hopes of closing II
have been abandoned. Levees on
G~reenville front are still holding and a
hard fight is being made to keep them
in tact. Weather conditions are unfa-
Norable, however. and at this hour the
a is pouring down in torrents. Lake
Lee is eve miles south of Greenville
on the Mississippi side, and the water
from this break is going to flood thou
sands of acres of the finest farm lands
in the world. 1t will spread out forty
miles wide and cover the growing corn
a depth of from one to five feet, and
find it's way to Deer creek and thence
in to the YaZoo river, through which it
will finally get back into the MISSISSIPPI
pi, but after devastating a strip Of
country about seventy-five miles long.
Railroad Commissioner Evans and
McLaurin, who spent all last
week on the leveeS, fastened back there
today on receiving news of the break
and will keep the cOnvicts at work until
Of further breaks is over.