The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-20
IS BELIEVED REACHED
Thought the Crest il the Flood Has
Been Attained at Memphis.
FORTY FEET HEIGHT
At Trice's Landing the Flood Con.
tInues Co Pour Through the Gre.
vase and the Rush Of the
Water Il Terrific.

Memphis. March Cot is believed
tat the crest OF the Mississippi river
Hood has rea s.ei Memphis AMI that 4
fall will begin within less than twenty.
four hours. However, the conditions
that exist above Memphis with the
gap In tho leyes At Trice's Landing
Ark. make IL q most difficult and IN
certain matter to forecast what Is
likely to occur in the food situation
The gauge Thursday night showed 80
feet and stationary. rise OF two
tenths in twenty. tour hours.
While the crevAsse has not widened
70 any a.rreciahle degree. the 1evee
Is overtopred short distanc further
10 the north and the Gooded MissIs-
sippI is discharging much water at
both this point and ar the creyasse.
A difference Of between four and FIVE
feet exists in the height Of the water
on either side ~ the leyee at the Grew
asse. and the rush ~ water through
the opening rs terrific. The ST Fran
els levee board made a second effort
to send the tug Diana and barge
through the Crcvasse 20 assist In res
cuine people and livestock in Arkan-
Eas, The Diana and the government
steamer Abbm went 10 the creyasse
with the purpose fully formed Of send
ing the TUG through Ia charge OF Cap
tain FUgieuan who had volunteered
for the dangerous work When the
situation was carefully inspected the
idea Of puttine the tug through the
gap was abandoned. as the fall rs SO
great and the rush Of the water 50
strong that Il sas feared the tug
could not safely pass through About
leo yards ~egt Of the levee there ls a
belt 81 heavy timber aud the current
RweeuH aFafust the large trees with
force sufficient 20 make them s~av
wffh violence This condition made il
most probable that the tug would be-
swept into the timber BY the force Of
the currsut and disabled or even over.
turned These and other unfayorRble
conditions make II impossible so ease
the taE through With cables as was
contemplated. and consequently the
task has been abandoned for the pres
ems a. least
A special 20 The Commercial ppeal
from Marion Arb received az a late
huGr Thursday night tells Of great
havoc by the feod at that point. and
says Thar such extremeties have bean
reached by the people there. that u
was decides. at a conference Of prom
ineni citizens % dynamite the levea
- once a. Mound C1y. Ark. unless
the 81 Francis leyee board sent a
rescue boat Through the break at
Trice's lauGlng az unce
Water iE running eight feet deep
through every street of the town with
fearful force, Aad q rapid rise Is Ia
progress, Twenty white persons OF lr,.
cal families are chartered IN the sec.
ond starg Of the courthouse. and fully
zoo negroes. many without food are
penned ~ In various buildings n the
village Several hundred head Of
stock, without sufficient food. are on
platforms IN The village and the nrst
story ~ all houses are under water
The Frisco railroad tracks are cover.
Ell and washed for SIX miles ard
hABdcaF, bearing General Manager B
l. WincheIi vas put through from
the ~ast with the greatest difficulty
and grave risk Mr. winchell stated
that he saw no hope OF opening the
line through 10 Memphis for AT least
week after the water shall recede
sheriff Williamson of Crittendeu
county and other prominent citizens
attended the meeting at which IL was
decided to dynamite the ievee. The
citizens have sufficient Of the explos
I've TO tear an opening IN the levee