Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-03-21
ON THE DANGER LINE
Much Apprehension Over The High
Water Situation.
BIG RIVER ON TREMENDOUS BOOM
The Danger Line Reached Mt riany
Points end the Father of Waters is
Still Rising.

Memphis. Specialize food situar
zion in that portion OF the Mississippi
Valley contiguous 10 Memphis Is eN-
trenely critical \ veritaole sea eN-
lists in the st. Francis and Mississippi |
river basins. in Arkansas. extending !
from the one completely TO the other
a distance OF many miles. Through
this territory the St Louis & San
Francisco Railroad runs, but all trains
we're annulled Tuesday and no as
sistance can oe rendered 10y the rail-
roads. its tracks being under water
near Marion. Ark. At this latter point
telegraph connections still exist 10
Memphis and the reports that come IN
over the wire are far from encOurag-
ms. Refugees from the adjacent terri
tory are pouring into Marion each
hour. asking that boats be sent 10
their rescue. There is no means OF
reaching them except by making
/ breach in the levee near Memphis ana
/ this may be done II conditions show
no Improvement. IL is estimated that
several hundred persons are sur
l rounded by water in the flooded Ar
kansas territory and that the amount
/ OF live stock is heavy in the extreme
Negroes at Marion have become fright
/ ened and almost a panic exists They
/ have congregated at the depot and IN
the cabins OF the village and refuse
TO work. A relief train. the last that
reached the village. arrived early THIS
/ morning with 5000 sacks 10 be used
in 6amming back the water. but Ia
Dor cannot be secured TO unload The
train. The tracks OF the Iron Noun
tain and Choctaw Railroads are still
open and no trouble has been expert
enced. The Frisco is detouring II:
trains over the tracks OF the formel
system.
There seems every indication tina
All predictions Of the stage ar thi
point will be surpassed. as the rive
Is again rising slowly IL was hope
that the crest OF the rise was SUN
cientlv close 10 Memphis last nigh
{ for the break in the leyee at Irice'
' Landing 10 give relief and cause
fall here. 4 fan did follow the breal
but this was checked. The guage
p $40 feet. or within one-tenth OF Ia
p, maximum thus far reported II
= feared that the stage will pass 20 fcs
q and the end viii probably not then /
reached
The weak points in the levee whic
were reported 0ANtA IMAM a. tlA' 40 -
are still in a critical condition ar
further breaks may occur. Forces
= men. under assistant engineers, a.
Il working night and day at these point
- and the situation has now resolve
~ itself into race between the worke
- and the water a few floating bodi
have beer found al various points
the rescuing boats. but the mum
,e has not yet been alarming tr
AZ estimate @ fthe loss OF life by the 20
us can never be made. as the sccuo
r- flooded are so vast In area and I
nc population SO widely dispersed tl
Oh nothing like q census can be made.
,el In this city the situation is growi
rs worse each hour and the water
ly- spreading 10 sections other than Tho
which were flooded yesterday Al
gether the situation is most q
couraging and with the water contu
ret ing 10 rise no relief can yet be hoI
ma / for