Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-29
REcEDlNo WATERS

Mark the Flood Situation in the Lower
MississiPpi-The Situation Greatly Inn
proved-The River Unchanged at Match
az, but the Prospect GIOomy-Planting
Must be Late that There VIII be
Practically No Crops.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 23.-No new
crevasses have appeared in the levees
to-day, but the current of the river Is
still beating against the southern en-
bankments with fury that causes the
gravest apprehension. The break at
Delta has inundated as, 900 acres of the
finest plantations in northern Louisi-
ana, and the water continues to pour
through the opening and is rapidly
spreading over a greater area.
Reports from Greenville are not en-
couraging. While the water is slowly
receding in the overlooked district of
the Yazoo delta, yet it is almost GER
tain that the planting of this years
crop will be 80 days late. The negro
laborers are in fearful state OF desti-
tuition throughout the delta, although
the government relief work is being
carried on energetically.
The situation north of Memphis and
in Arkansas, however, is greatly inn
proved. Capt. Davis, the government
purchasing officer here, will send out
two boats loaded with provisions to-
morrow, one going north and the other
to the ST. Francis river country. Capt.
Davis states that this will be the last
government shipment to these districts
unless some new emergency arises.
Many people are returning to their
farms in Arkansa :, and the work of
planting will begin shortly. Accord
ing to the official bulletin of the United
States weather bureau, the Mississippi
river at Memphis fell three tenths of a
foot in the past 80 hours, and will con-
tinue to fall slowly at this point.
From Cairo, Ill, most encouraging
report comes. It is to the effect that
the river there fell seven-tenths of
foot since the last bulletin was issued,
and will continue to fall at that rate
for some days to come.
At Vicksburg and New Orleans there
are no changes, the river remaining
stationary. At all other points from
which bulletins are issued a decline is
reported varying from one-tenth to
eight-tenths of foot. The greatest
fall is at Shreveport, La, where the
of foot in "a hours. The Missouri
river at Kansas City and at Omaha fell
three-tenths of foot.
The rivers at Nashville and Chatta-
nooga also registered fall. In fact
no rise was reported at any point COW
cred by the weather bureau in its
official bulletin.
A ToII
Orleans.
NEW ORLEANs,April 24.-The monster
river stood still Thursday. Clouds
gathered, but no rain fell. 1t was al
together fine day for work and great
work was done. There is need for it.
New Orleans and Algiers have sew
erald weak levees to look after.
Just Below in ST. Barnard are
two, just above, taking both sides OF
the river together, between here and
Baton Rouge, are half a dozen. New
Orleans has 2, 900 men at work, and the
other places have many more.
Lumber in carloads and by the train
load is being used, and the rally be-
fore the last days of the Hood is mag
nificent. 1t is one of the finest fights
in history, and only a few days more
remain before the crisis viii be reached.
AS previously stated, the battle has
had it's lessons, and great deal has
been learned about the w@y to obtain
the most strength of leyees, about
revetments and about the i'm
portance of proper drainage for the
entertainments, q point which was
heretofore almost entirely neglected.
Now the state experiment. station at
Audubon park announces a number of
interesting tests in progress Various
kinds of earth are being submitted to
outer pressure as to its penetrability,
and when the experiments, are COM
pIeted the science of levee building will
be much more exact.
Rsver Unchanged, But the Prospect
Gloomy.
NATCHEz. Miss, April 23.-The river
is unchanged here, but maay people
are becoming gloomy again over the
threatened outlook for rain and wind
tonight. The levees are being soaked
and are now seeping. A hard rain
would play havoc with them A hard
rain or windstorm at Vidalia would
be more disastrous, than anywhere
in this section A slight wind
this afternoon sent water splashing
over the levee in front of that city.
Many refugees continue to, arrive at
Nstchez. The backwater from the
Bigges and Reeds crevasses continue
TO fill the lowlands- and: swmnps w it'll
water The headwater from the break
has not yet arrived. The Black and
Tensas rivers are rapidly rising from
this break and are covering the coun
try of that section.
Gauge Readings.
GREENvILLE, Miss, April 23.-The
outlook in the delta grows more
gloomy. The Associated Press to-day,
made comparisons of this mornings
gauge readings with those of the same
day in 1890. At Cairo. the river stands
IL feet higher than in 1894
At Memphis. it is. feet high
err; at Helena 255 feet higher,
and at Greenville q feet higher.
While the Ohio and its tributaries are
low and falling. the Missouri is higher
and the Mississippi is rising at st.
Louis.
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