The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
inches to two and a half feet.

Street car service throughout this sec < tion was annulled today and the only means of transportation over a wide area was by boat, rafts and wagons. Negroes and small boys reaped a harvest of dimes and quarters getting business men and downtown employees from their homes to | the car lines. Hundreds of people did not reach their working places until after noon. and only then if they were fortu- nate enough to hail delivery wagon or attract the attention of some negro who had established a ferry service along the street
 The few places in the city where the water was dashed over the levees last might by the high winds were repaired to- .day.
 Five miles above the city a serious blowout occurred on the land side of |the iavee near Schillers. The slouehing was discovered by Lieutenant Maer of the Washington artillery. who is doing 8guard duty along the levees in that sec tion small force of negroes was put / to work filling sand bags and within half an hour the caving of the embankment had been stopped.
 At Fishers mill, F miles north of New |Orleans, near Harrahan, the levee is not |considered good and today Junior United Estates Engineer Sequiera. with 250 men, was put to work on the bad stretch. Late today he reported that the repair work was progressing nicely and there was little danger of crevasse Sherrill Surprised Captain Sherrill frankly stated today that he was surprised to learn that the levees had withstood such a terrible strain.
 ast niobt dozene of renorte of hreaks in the levees reached the United States engineers office, but the demoralization of telegraph and telephone wires and the intensity of the storm at all points up the river, made it practically impossible to verify any of thern
 While the leyees were still holding to- 0ay last nights wind and rain did con- siderable damage to stretches on the new top work. and forces were increased at all places where there was likelihood of Dangerous developments.
 Bad levee stretches were reported to- day three miles north of Morganza, where waves did considerable damage. At t'isher's Min. about 16 miles north of New Orleans; at Placquemine and Donaldson ,lle and six miles south of Baton Rouge. At the latter point dangerous sand boil developed last night and Captain Sherrill rushed a barge load of material there on the United states steamship Ram.
 Critical Situation
 Junior Engineer Waddell reported that the situation there was critical. threat cning to develop crevasse at any min ute. Mr. Waddei put a force of 25 men to work on the place and tonight the levee was considered safe. s~
 Reports from Junior Engineer Lewis at New Roads stated that the Fannie Richie, New Roads, Morganza, Scott's Landing and Grand Bay levees had been raised land were i'll pretty fair condition.
 While New Orleans was busy last night getting out hurry shipment of 35,o0O sand bags to Baton Rouge. where the flight to hold the front levee was re- ported critical Captain sherrill, in re- sponse to desperate appeals from Plaque mine and Donaldsonvile. managed to get 10000 bags in Eaton Rouge and rushed them to the threatened points south
 The Levert levee. six miles south of Placuemine, was reported to be in most serious condition. Last night the flood waters from the river overfiowed the levee for distance of one mile A large force worked on the weak stretch all day.