The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-11
Current is SWifter and Pres- enCe of More DriftWOOd
 is OmiROus
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
 AND OUTLOOK VERY GLOOMY
Armed Patrols Are Watching the Levees for Fear of a Break-The
 Ohio Is Also Rising and
 Much Damage Feared.

Memphis, March 1O.-The river tonight Is above 35 feet on the gauge and rising. | The current Is swifter and more drift wood Is running than at any previous time during the present rise. These slgna are taken as indicating that there will be a rapid increase In the speed of the rise tonight and tomorrow Between o'clock this morning and o'clock this afternoon a rise of 8 of a foot was re- corded.
 1 All of these conditions tend to give a most gloomy view of the flood situation, and uneaslness is increasing on every hand. The officials of the levee boards and the United States engineers continue to say there is no immediate necessity for unnecessary excitement, but further than this they give no encouragement. and say that a grave state of affairs seems in- evitable.
 The government steamer Atlee left to- night for White river with a cargo of material and a large body of patrols. All patrols are under arms.
 Arksnsas Rivers Rising.
 
 Black and Current rivers are bank full and rising with a great volume of water yet in sight. It is expected that the river at Newport, Ark, will show a guage of | 42 feet tomorrow which will put the | White river into the Iron Mountain yards, | and over a great portion of track. The Arkansas river here Is stationary but ia l rising rapidly above, and the weather | bureau predicts a rise here within the next forty-eight hours which will send the water above the danger line. Tho rise at Fort smith today was 4o3 feet and at Dardanelle two feet
 It seems certain that lowland farmers will lose heavily in stock
 Trinity Is Rising.
 Dallas, Tex, March f0.-Little or no rain fell in north and central Texas today. aI- | though the weather continued threaten ing. The Trinity river is still rising. but | little further damage Is being done The | rainfall of yesterday was fraction over | two inches and the precipitation since | November 1 has been 25 inches, said to be the heaviest in twenty-one years
 Ohio River Rising Again. Cincinnati, March 1o-The Ohio river after falling during the previous "A hours | from 532 feet, which was feet above tho danger line to 47.4 began rising again | at noon today, and the weather bureau predicts that 1t will continue rising the rest of this week. At 9 o'clock tonight the guage registered ASA feet, a rise of foot since noon. The indications are that the danger line of 50 feet will be passed tomorrow, but rivermen say that the river here will not reach 55 feet
 Steamers Delayed.
 Evansville, Ind. March 1O.-The Ohio river Is rising slowly here and is a tri1e over 42.3 feet tonight. Steamers continue to be delayed and traffic on the Ohio river Is greatly interfered with. It Is expected that most of the steamers wid be tied up by the last of the week. if the river con- tinues to rise until then. The Wabash | river Is still rising. A report from Mount | Vernon tonight states there is great alarm above that point. Farmers still removing their stock and household ef- fects. The stock has been re aoved from | Diamond island, several miles below | Henderson, Ky.
 This is one of the largest islands in the Ohio river below Cincinnati Pond Green, Rough and Barren rivers are still rising at d rapid rate
 Country Under Water.
 Cairo. H.. March 10.-The river mark ed 4S1h feet at 1i:30 a. m., which Is a rise of three-tenths of an inch since o'clock. The Stacker Lee got in from Memphis at 10 a. m. loaded down with refugees and stock. The entire country | below Columbus is under water. The boat was hailed by many farmers on its way up, who desired to ship their stock to places of safety, but as every available | Inch of space on the boat was occupied many farmers were compelled with their families to seek high ground.
 Shawneetown Levee Safe.
 Shawneetown, Ill., March 1O-There is no immediate danger of a flood al Shaw neetown. The levee is perfectly sound, and the water would scarcely be in town were there no leyee.
 Falling at Louisville. Louisville, March 10-The Ohio river at | this point IS still falling slowly and at o'clock tonight registered 26S feet in the | canal. fall of inches since o'clock | this morning. Major Herzy of the local weather bureau states that according to his advices another rise will probably be- gin some time tomorrow, bringing tho river up to nearly 90 feet. He does not anticipate any serious damage here.
 River at Cairo Rising.
 Cairo, Ill.. March l0.-The river kere is | gradually rising, the gauge tonight sAow- ing stage of 4S.s feet. The situation be- low Cairo is hourly becoming more crtti- cal At Bird Point the water is running over the Iron Mountain tracks and is within a few inches of the Cotton Belt tracks. The entire place Is under water | The water has backed in behind the levee at Norfolk and the entire country be- i tween the river and Charleston Is fast being submerged. Reports from Bel l mont. Mo. say the entire place Is under water and that the situation Is gradually becoming worse. The steamer Reese Lee | has arrived from the lower river and re- ports a serious state of affairs at Colum- | hia and Hickman, Ky. thousands of l acres of farming lands being covered by | the raging waters. The farmers have besn | going out best they could but much