Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-03

Y New Madrid. Mo. \
\ Columbus, KY. =
~ Total lives lost: 4, \
Y Total damage to date esti- =
y mated $1,000,000. y
Number driven from home y
y 5000 to 5000. y
Volume of water: Six to ten '
y feet above danger line between y
y Cairo, H., and Arkansas City, y
) = Ark v
y Crest of flood possibly will y
= be reached in district affected y
) y between April and April s. Y
y y y X y y y y = \ <N< X y v
With four Mississippi towns seri-
ously affected by invading waters
caused by the greatest rise recorded
in river history, the flood situation
today assumed more serious aspects
in widespread distress, heavy finan-
cial loss and impairment of busiress
facilities. Two thousand persons
driven from the factory district of
Hickman, KY are being cared for by
townspeople at great personal sacr:-
flee.
The levee broke opposite Hickman
yesterday at Dorena, Mo. A thousand
residents OF the community We're res
cued, many from the tops of their
homes, and taken to Hickman.
Hickman's food supply is dwindling.
Trains bearing tents and provisions
cannot reach the flooded town be-
), cause of railway washouts.
! From fourteen to twenty blocks is
the area covered by the flood in the
northern section of Memphis. From
900 to 1900 persons have been driven
from their homes. The water contin.
ues to rise in the Bayou Gayoso
small levee protecting, which gave
way Monday. A heroic fight of two
days and nights made by Iaborers %
save the Memphis gas plant but the
force of the flood was too great. and
the protecting levee gave way last
night. Today Memphis is without
gas
Near Vicksburg, Miss, the water is
rising. Farmers are leaving lowland
homes, taking their goods and live.
stock, after the example set by thou
sands of persons in Missouri Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.
The United States will send 300
army tents to New Madrid for persons
made homeless by the food. accord
ing to orders issued by President Taft
at Washington today.
Taft to the Rescue.
Washington, D. c.. April 3.-Presi-
dent Taft today directed the war de.
partment to send 300 army tents to
citizens of New Madrid, Mo, who
have been made homeless by the
flood in the Mississippi river
Situation is Grave.
Memphis, Tenn, April with wa
ter pouring over the lowlands through
half dozen gaps in private levees
south of Cairo and washing the main
embankments at several points, the
flood situation along the Mississippi
river this morning is grave.
/ Officially, it is predicted, that the
stage of the river at Memphis will
reach 45 feet. Yesterday, A feet,
was forecasted as the probable maxi
mum but today the prediction was
revised, At 7 o'clock this morning.
the gauge showed 42.6 feet, rise of
! 3 of foot since last night.
, Government officials are still on.
timistic that they will hold the river
within bounds. So far all the main
levees are intact, although several
points are regarded as dangerous.
The government embankment imme-
diately west of Hickman, KY, which
g protects the Reelfoot Lake basin and
several west Kentucky counties, the
White river front at Modoc, Ark. and
! the levee near Linda, Mo-, are giving
the greatest concern.
Breaks in private levees at Birds
+ Point and near Commerce. Mo-, and
ct Hickman, KY, have relieved the
situation at Cairo, and the flooding of
that city which was threatened yes
" i""J, pipbdplt Will Dt dNtIteu. Al |
Hickman, the factory district, where
the levee broke on Monday night, |
is inundated to depth of from fifteen i
10 twenty feet this morning and the |
! business district is almost covered |
With water. New Madrid, Mo-, and
Columbus, KY, also are flooded.
I Rescue Party Drowned.
! Louisville, KY, April 3.-The rescue
party that left Fulton, Ky, late last
night to search for three men said /
to have been killed while they were
inspecting tracks along the Illinois
Central railroad, did not report to-
! day.
The three victims We're: H. F. Du- !
/ Puyster. Illinois Central road super !
visor, Fulton, Ky; J. A. Henry, Jack
son, Tenn; X. Davis, fireman, Jack !
sor, Tenn.
The men were inspecting the tracks !
! for washouts. Forty miles south of !
| Fulton their train went through a !!
| bridge, according to the report.
| More workmen were put on the
levecs strengthening them where any
showed signs of wearing away. A bulk /
head of five feet is being placed on all /