The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
LEVEEs CONTINUE
TO GIVE AWAY

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creasing as the creyasses in the levee
grew wider
Hickman, KY, reports tonight that tha
break in the government Ievee there is
now at least a thousand feet wide. The
water is pouring through at a very
rapid rate. The depth, on best informa-
tion obtsinsble. is about fifteen feet. One
Of the best informed men down there
says 1t viii take five of six days before
the Reelfoot and obiah Basin will be
filled.
Holly Bush Levee Breaks.
The Ieyee at Holly Bush broke at .
o'clock this afternoon and efforts to save
the levee at HurIburt. Ind, were aban-
doned to-day.
The Mississippi. above its juncture
with the Missouri. continues rising DE
tween Hannibal. Mo-. and Grafton, Ill
The Missouri will continue rising for
thirty-siX hours between Bonneville, Mo,
and Hersmann, Mo-, but from Kansas
City TO Bonneville IL Will fall tomorrow.
The river at ST. Louis remained sta
tionary to-day, registering 907 feet on
the gauge at o'clock. II is expected
to rise TO thirty-one feet and remain at
that point several days.
Row 10 Polls.
Conditions along the Wabash and
White rivers are more threatening to-
night than at any time since the begin
ming OF the flood. Hundreds OF homes
a ad hN- fpk L.
feared there will be loss. At New
Madrid. Mo, the river began TO fall last
night, but rain to-day forecasts another
rise. Local elections were held there to-
day and boats OF every description we're
used TO carry voters 10 the polls.
Memphis. Tenn. April s-The main
line OF the ST. Francis levee, which pro-
tects that vast area known as the ST.
Francis Basin, broke in two places early
tonight and the water from the flooded
Mississippi is now sweeping over several
counties in Arkansas.
These low-lying counties have been
covered with backwater for several days.
but the damage was only nominal To-
night, however, with the flood surging in
at a terrific rate and sweeping houses,
barns, and live stock before II, the loss
Will be heavy. There have been no re-
BOiAs VI lOSH OI llIt. dHu u Is DeltENeu
that few casualties will attend the new
inundation, as all people in that ter
ritory have been given ample warning.
The destruction of all means Of commu-
nication will prevent news from the
Arkansas side reaching this city for some
time.
1t is feared here that the approaches
to the Memphis bridge of the Frisco
lines will be undermined. These ap-
proaches run due west from the river
for a distance OF four miles. aud were
built high enough to withstand all previ-
Gus floods.
Foul Play Suspected.
New Orleans, April C.-Thc break in
the AtchafaIaya levee occurred late to-
day. flooding a great area of the country
and probably drowning 5000 cattle that
were supposed to be safe. II Is believed
by some that the levce in that section
of the country was cut to sdve some of
the country south OF there, and word
was received tonight from a member of
the Atachnlaya commission. charging the
break to foul play. I: is probable that
a shotgun quarantine will be inauyu-
rated along the river banks in that
vicinity to prevent repetition of the oc-
currence.
for New Orleans next week. II L. be-
lieved tonight that 1t will prove 4 iail-
ure, as the delegates will be kept at
home by the dangerous food conditions
and the failure OF transportation faciIi-
ties.
President Taft. Gen. Wood, Chief Of
Staff OF the army. and Miss Mabel Board
man, of the executive committee of the
American Red Cross, acted concertedly
In centralizing their energies yesterday
toward providing prompt and effective
relief for the several thousand victims of
the Mississippi River flood. Following
the receipt of reports from army officers
already in the field. a visit from Senator
Lea. OF Tennessee, and kilograms from
governors of the stricken States, the
DEPARTMENT of the army
was directed to issue such clothing and
tents as are regarded necessary, and the
Commissary Department was directed to
ssue 1900 rations for three weeks. The
rations and quartermaster's supplies will
be increased as further reports Indicate |
heir urgent need
The reports received yesterday Indicate
That the present flood in the Mississippi |
nay establish a new record. Train sery-
ce is reported as badly crippled ana the
nails are being seriously interfered with !
Ernest Bicknell, field director OF the Red |
Gross. who was dispatched from Wash |
ngton to Hickman, KY, Wednesday
hight has not yet been heard from. He |
vas due to arrive Friday afternoon, and
I Is feared he may have been cut of |
'y washout. The governors Of Mis-
'ouri and Kentucky. as State presidents
u the Red Cross, have appealed to their /
'itizens for contributions for the suf-
erers. The governor OF Tennessee wired /
yesterday that he thought the crisis had !
been reached and he thought the peonle
II the State could take care of the situa-
ion from now on, unless Il should be-
'ome worse, without further OUTSIDE as