Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-03-18
The Raging mississippi

The flood In the Mississippi river and
Its tributaries has reached an alarming
stage, and uneasiness as to possible con-!
sequences has become widespread.
The levees on the White river, in Knox
county, Indiana, burst last Wednesday,
and thousands of acres of wheat lands
We're overflowed. The ,water came SO
swiftly aud spread over the country in
such volume as to endanger whole vii
lagos. The people escaped in boats.
Tho people of Evansville, Ind., have
been in q state of alarm on account Of the,
highest ter that has ever threatened
them befege; but reports of Thursday
nppye yeh6nsion is not SO great.
koqernor Longino, of Mississippi, has
beHls reeeiying kilograms during the past
: feyI ~ 10 rom all points along the river
AHk sing for assistance in case the worst
conen TO the worst. Thousands of peo.,
epie who have been driven out, of their
horiea want tents to serve as Temporary
sheltofss The Governor op Thursday
ordered az the convicts in the State sent
to the river to do service on the levees,
and 1t was arranged that the trains be
Z kept at the most convenient points to
haul the paople oll - ofSS3 lsger lin the
event OF the bni*ting Rees:
New Orleans is th0sfsO & hmed.
On Thursday the gauge Bklo N szsslQe
OF 1871, rise of three-tentllf M H &
In the previous twenty four aS ts3 < i.
only eight tenths of foot less tba8If lit
hiIshest point reached by the great iioe
of 1897.
The force of men ut work on the levees
was greatly increased during the day,
and the authorities were getting matters
in shape to still further increaseit
"A Memphis dispatch OF Thursday de-
scribes the situation as seen there as fol-
lows:
The river is steadily rising at Memphis,
the guage to-day marking 35.6 feet. The
local weather bureau officials have issued
@ warning bulletin, in which they say
that the water will reach 3s feet and adj
vising that 80 feet ia probable.
Reports from Charlottesville, where the
levee is reported to be washing away,
state that the banks have caved badly in
front of the junction of 'loops" necessi-
tatipg the abandonment of the old levee.
new levee can hold five additional feet of
water, and that the situation is we'll in
hand.
The levee two miles south of Caruth-
ersviile is caving badly and tho greatest
danger is looked for at that point. The
country for fifty miles around Caruthers-
Vile is flooded and railway traffic has
been suspended. Landing places along
the river are submerged, many towns are
entirely surrounded by water and the
river has backed up for miles.
Another weak spot in the levee system
apparent now, is at Vaucluse, Ark. A
"sand boiP' appeared there just back of
the levee Tuesday between the horns of a
bend in the river west OF Lake Chicot.
The boil was promptly suppressed, but
its appearance indicated an underground
fissure that may prove dangerous. Vau-
cluse is in the third United States dis
trict under the supervision of Captain
Chas. l.. Potter.
The work of distributing supplies and
establishing sub-stations along the levee
NIL Mil continue until all danger is past.
Lucas are continuing their work of
supervision from New Madrid, Mo-, to
the beginning of the third division, near
the mouth of the White river.
Many refugees from the lowlands are
arriving in Memphis.