Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-03-26

!, dividuai effort arnOrg citizens
resulting from Jhis encouraging
and practical evidence Of svm-
palhy rom other cities, MANY OF
which are remote from the
f. scenes Of disaster and desolati9H.
81 A telegram from MojJc, where
+. the Ievee was reported to have
broken, calls for materials for
I strengthening the Ievee at this
I point and contains the reassur-
information that the Ieveaa isiu-
I TACT as yet, though if aid in the
shane Of men and materials TO
combat the onslaught of the
waters is moi. sent at once the
break viii OCCUR, Arrangements
4 have been made to. send. the nee
I essarv- assistance.
The railroads are heavy 5uf-
/ fereFs from the high water The
Iron Mountain road is the only
one available from the West.
The valley road has been forced
to abandon the sale OF tickets
over its line on account of a
washOut near Lake View. The
Memphis and Charleston trains
have been forced to stop running
on accounted q similar cause
between CollierviIle and Ross
vile. 1t IS encouraging to note
that the rumOr5 of additional
breaks in the levee- have not
been confirmed.
AZ number of entertainments
have been arranged to swell the
relief fund. The work Of rescue
goes on with unabated zeal, and
the rescue boats make IS MANY
trips as possible during the day,
returning each trip laden with
refugees, and such household
goods and cattle as they have
been able to save.
The giOOmiest feature Of the
distressing conditions is the fact
that there is little or no hope Of
the abatementOf the high water
within the very near future.
The unusual warm weather now
prevailing in the Northwest, GER
tainly unusual for this season. Of
the year, will melt the ice and
thus swelling all the
streams in the upper territory,
all Of which streams empty into
the Missouri or the tributaries. \
which in turn empty into the
Mississippi.
A dispatch from Washington
predicts still greater rise. Today
the most alarming reports con-
corning the condition Of the
levees above and below Memphis
have been in circulation but
they have particular reference to
the levees below this point.
UP to yesterday it appears that
the people along that stretch Of
the river had faith in the
strength Of the protection which
the government had furnished
them at such large5 expense, but
this confidence was based upon
the eXpeotatien that the rise Of
the river would have some
reasonable limit measured by the
floods Of previous years, but in
stead Of coming TO a 8tandstill
or Of beginning to fail, the river.
continues to rise, and the expect
N based upon the reports
leaves no hope that 5he river
will begin falling any time soon.
Local rams, continuing for such
a long time and coming down
with such force. soitened the
earth Of which the Ievees are
composed and made them the
more susceptible of Jhe sweep of
die river The levees in most
places are built To extend three
or four feet above Jhe highest
wafer mark of The locality where
they are constructed. To seems
now that Jhis allowance of alti-
Jude has been consumed by the
rising waters,
The following figures show
bow near the flood approached
The top Of the Ieveess At Old
Town the river is ak inches
above the previous high water
mark, at Yellow Banks 10 in three
feet above the previous high
water mark, at M0d0c, TWO feet
seven inchess al Allen Lake,
three feet siX inches at Avenue,
5w0 feet eight inches.
ROmgh ON the Trustee.