The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-30
UNCHANGED NEAR vICKSBURG
YAZOO CITY is IN DANGER FROM
THE LAGRANGE CREVASSE.
One Fatality at that Point-SituatiOn
Below Matches Is Critical-Other
Phases of the High Water.

GREENvILLE, Miss, March 29.-The
backwater from the Lagrange crevasse is
slowly rising and nearly all of the city is
submerged. Business is paralyzed and peo-
pie are moving about the city in the south
twenty-four hours has been two inches.
The sensational reports sent out from here
that the city is in danger of destruction
are exaggerated, and the facts do not war
rant such statements. while rumors Of
great loss of life are absolutely without
foundation so far as is known here. Relief
parties with boats have been at work
rescuing people in the path Of the flood.
and the refugees are brought here.
1t was said this afternoon that the mayor
had instructed the city engineer to cut the
protection levee in the northern part of the
city, as it is believed it will be the means
of letting the water out through Fides
lake. The country beyond the lake is much
lower than the city, and If the levee is cut
II will stop the rise in Greenville and carry
of much of the water now in the city.
All trains left here this afternoon prompt
ly on schedule time. The shutdown of the
electric light plant Is serious inconveni-
ence to the people, and lanterns in skiffs
may be seen throughout the town at night.
The flood situation outside of Greenville
remains practically unchanged. The wa
ters have covered thousands Of acres of
the fine delta farms. and are sweeping
south to vicksburg. The loss will be heavy,
but it is impossible to give anything like
a correct estimate of the damage wrought
by the flood.
1t was said by some of the relief parties
to-day that since Friday many of the ne
groes have been on the tops of houses wait
ing for the boats to get out and during that
time they have not had anything to eat.
Arrangements have been made ito rescue
the cattle in the flooded district, as they
are suffering for want of food.
To-day Arcola and Hollandale had their
first sight of the water Rumors have been
coming in all day of breaks in the levee,
both above and below the city, but tonight
none was confirmed at the levee board
office, and it was stated that the levees are
holding.
A singular phenomenon at Leland, Ark,
is puzzling every one. The news was
brought to the city this afternoon by Mr..
ment boats. He said that last night the
water against the levee and dyke in the
pocket was a foot deep and this morning
he found the water off and stock on the
ground from which the water had receded.
He further said the water was not tur-
bulent at the end of the dyke, which but
a day before was washing away most of
the stone placed there to protect it. Fur
ther out in the stream the water was very
rough and the current swift. The change
of the current, it is thought, is due either
to the break above it on this side or to
the fact that the river there is making a
new channel, and If the new channel Is
formed ii will leave Greenville on lake.
The protection levee in the northern part
OF the city was cut at midnight by order of
the mayor. The crevasse was made with a
view to relieving the situation within the
confines Of the town, the hope being that
the cut thus made will let the water now
standing in the city flow into the bayou.
The levee at Catfish Point, twenty miles
north of here, which was reported to be
washing last night is intact, and no further
trouble is expected at that point