The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-04
OLD SSOOL AIDS
 FLOOD FIGHT
SUNSHINE AND WARMTH HELP LEvEE GUARDS TO STRENGTH.
 EN THEIR LINES.
River Still Rising Slowly and Stead fly at All Points-Hlckma Rest. dents Occupy the Hills and
 Care for Refugees.

Memphis, Tenn, April 3-Men claimed the advantage in today's bat tie with the Mississippi river flood Twelve hours of warm sunshine has aided in the fight and tonight govern ment engineers declare that, with the stage of Memphis not exceeding 45 feet, the latest estimate, the water will | be held within the federal leyees.
 The river, however. is rising slowly, but steadily, and at ' o'clock showed a stage of 429 feet, a rise of six tenths for 24 hours and three-tenths since o'clock this morning
 s. c. Emery, in charge of the local weather bureau. is not so optimistic, as the government engineers. He eX- | presses grave doubts as to the abil- ity of the banks to hold the yellow torrent raging down the waterway and today urged the local managers of the various railroads entering the city to warn the inhabitants of the territory along their lines back of the levees to move to higher ground as a precautionary measure.
 Except for the collapse of the De- gognia and Fountain Bluff levee in illinois, no breaks occurred today, and tonight's dispatches from the points regarded as dangerous are re- assuring West of Hickman. Ky, the main leyee which protects Reefoot lake and several populous counties the levee is holding. at Linda, Mo. where the bank began to cave yes terday, an auxiliary leyee has been completed, and along the White river front in Arkansas the work of bol- stering up the embankment is pro gressing satisfactorily This much pertains to the territory protected by levees maintained by the govern ment In the flooded iowlands out side the levees and where private entertainments have given way, condi tions are serious, Hickman, Ky, New Madrid, Mo, and Columbus, Ky. art 1 flooded; train service is crippled and with refugees pouring into these and other centers the question of caring for them with a limited amount of shelter and and provisions Is a grave problem. Aid is en route from other points and by tomorrow it is prom
  sumer partially at least.
 In the flooded northern section of Memphis the situation is acute. The city's gas supply has been cut off and the sewerage system of that district is ont of commission and refuse is running into the overflow which COY CTS a wide area Tonight Bayou Gayoso is over the banks of Poplar avenue. within three-quarters of a mile of the principal district of the city
 In many streets water is standing to q depth of six or seven feet and thoroughfares which up to a few days ago were thick with yehicular traffic are stretches of water and here and there a skiff or frail craft moving about with residents endeavoring to rescue their submerged belongings Every hour the water is making fur ther eneroachments.
 Lack of labor is hampering the work of combating the river Where the water is mounting the levee's crest farmers are awed and can give little aid, while the forces gathered III iHt NiNlCb HAt iHt bNACN Aht A| quirements.
 The upper St. Francis levee dis trict is regarded as the principal point of danger now north of Memphis except for a short strip of leyee di- reetly above the city. Tomorrow the government engineers will concen- trate their forces al the latter point and the sloughing embankment will be strengthened Along the White river front the full effect of the great volume of water will not be felt for several days South of Memphis the levees are reported strong
 Dispatches from along streams trib- utary to the Mississippi report rivers and creeks the highest in history and the lowlands vast stretches of water.
 Caring for Refugees.
 Hickman, Ky. April 3.-Tonight Hickman has moved to the residence section on the hills, has given over her business and factory districts tc the flood and is caring for the refu- gees from the surrounding towns. Tn every home from one to a dozen have