The evening world., 1912-04-09
FLOOD SMASHES
ANOTHER
ABOVE MEMPHIS
Waters Rush Over Wide Area
Near Golden Lake, Ark,
and Other Places in Peril.
HURRY RELIEF q
Government and Red Cross
Give Aid TO the Homeless
Warship to Rescue.
HURRY RELIEF WORK.

09x5MPHm. Tenn. April s-Advces %.
osivsd here this afternoon state that the
main lsvse has broken a mile and q half
north Of Golden Lake. Ark. about ffsy
miles north OF Memphis. The water 70
sprsadinr over Q wide area In that Sec
tlon.
F~orty-nve townships viii be partly
covered by water. The town Of Marked
Tree, Arb. probably will be Inundated.
Wamfngs were flashed over the tele-
phone ilnee to oil portions Of the sec.
ton affected. In the hope that the resi-
dents would seek high ground before
the water reaches them.
Other lcvees protecting thousands
Of residents u Arkansas and Missis.
sappi against the river food held
arm to-day. But where the tremen.
dous force Of the current vas Aurled
against the cmbsnkment at the bends
Of the river breaches seemed I'm.
mlnsnt. In the long strstohss OF Yasoo
and delta territory hundreds Of msn
labore1 ell day - strsAgtssn ne isvsss
ssslnst The rustins waters. In re vi.
saGss end o. farms IN the thrSatsnsd
~ ANVG00 ~AU0DDbHVh 8u0 Ar
kansas Ne psepss ars ready for instant
Night.
AsstA q ~ ~ ~ rivss y sai,ias.
M seSSA % NsnvAss Ne sivss = ~
iAG fapllly.
The task q caring Cor che hood vio.
tams II proving . serious problem. The
Ursater number a those driven from
shsir homes % far have sought . REFUGE
q HictUnan, KY. Tptonvllls. Tenn,
Forest CITY and Helena, Ark.. and in
THE city. In Memphis the Tri-6tats
Fair Grounds have beef converted into
. tsotsd city and the Associated Chari.
ties 10 dirsotins relief measures.
WARottiP't GREW AIDS IN WORN
OF A9ocUg.
AZ hickman approximately $500 per.
sons are bsng cared 10, ctpt. "toSsn
Of the Uasksa states afihyy has chArssoY
the situatiea ~ that point and an agent
~ the 'NeA Gross 10 assisting him. The
Rel oPees oooisey has contributed $500
t0war1 AlAaaS, In the care Of those
gathsred at Hickman. Capt. Rsgan Of
the Tsnn>ssss National Guard has
taken charge % the situation st Upton.
vile. Local Organisations are looking
out for those ct Forest CITY. ~ the
edge Of the Hood In 81. Francis ana
Crttenden Counties In Arkansas.
The crow OF the y. o. o. Amphitr1te.
anchored In the Memphis harbor. has
received Instructions 70 assist In rescu-
Ing Hood victims. One OF the AanehitTdts's
boats wsn to wyanoks this morning
10 bring q party reported marooned
ahoard . raft at Wyanoks. Ark. 10 this
ely.
Over one thousand people. nearly half
AZ them refugees from the food. are at
Ridgely. Tenn. nine miles below Tip
tonv1lls. In LAks County. with scant
food supplies. The one-story houses
there ere ne longer habteAbls and the
two.story houses are crowded. The re-
rnsindsr Of the community 10 out on q
hillside without shelter. The stock 10
without provsndsr.
MUST Atek RIVER eckiL TO
ouPpLv FOOD.
Tho IN water resulting from the
hesAk baow Hickman did not reach the
vicin1o q Nidgsly until yssterday af-
ternoook Then Il rose rapidly. Provi-
1eeGo ~ have 20 be loaded on sklffs
AAA launches to reach Ridsely. A cur
rent running seven or eight miles an
heHf NEST b encountered. and the
task a relieving the town win be per-
ueua.
TWO steamboats, reached Tiptonviiie
veotseeay afternoon, n a Government
boat With provisions. Al Bass Landing
Afty.three suiRsrsrs were picked up
without shoss. A Mrs.. Baker and two
children on . raft made Of two logs.
their place Of refuge for three days,
we're rescued near Cherokee. Tenn.
Whooplng cough has broken out
among the children Of the refugees at
Tptonviiie. Two negro children died
yssterday. Several white children In
the oourthouss are in 4 critical condi-
tion. Louis Var Pool. aged seventeen,
was drowned near Tiptonviile yesterday
when his boat capsiaed.