Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-03
Heavy Rains Continue and Further
Rise is Expected.
LEVEE BREAKS AT HICKMAN
Mississippi Pours Current Eight Feet
Deep Through Kentucky Town.
TWO THOUSAND ARE HOMELESS
Patrol Sounds warning and Ii Ia
Believed There is No Loss of
Life-Food supply is
short.

experts here predicted the floods in the
lower Mississippi valley would be the
greatest in the history II the levees along
the banks hold. Very heavy rains on the
Tennessee. Cumberland and lower Ohio
watersheds have caused the Mississippi
to rise rapidly.
At Cairo, H., stage Of 5i5 feet Is
predicted for Wednesday with pos
sibllity OF Sc feet in four or five days.
At Memphis, stage OF Il feet Is pre-
dicted in five or six days with possibly
a higher stage II the levees hold.
Above High Water Mark at Cairo.
CAIRO, H.. April 2.-RRilroads and
the citizens CT Carlo co-operatrd today
in attempting TO keep the ohio aud Mis-
sissippi rivers out Of Carlo, Citizens
quit their business and aided In patrol
ling the levees north OF here In tho
drainage districts. The railroads brought
hundreds Of men here for emergency
work.
The river gauge registered 5s,5 feet
today. Is feet higher than previous
records. The indications ara that the
river win rise to IS feet later In the
week The leyses which protect Carlo,
will stand 5s feet OF water.
The Mississippi haa spread over the
low lands Of southeastern Missouri and
nothing but water can be seen ON tho
Missouri side Of the river here.
ST. LOUIS April s.-The rise Of tho
Mississippi river at st. Louis apparently
has been checked temporarily. Tho
gauge today registered 2s,s feet. tho same
as yesterday. The river Is not expected
to rise until the flood in the Missouri
reaches here later IN the week.
Receipt here this afternoon OF q pre-
dietlon from Washington that the rivers
here will within several days reach a
height VI fitty-six feet, threw the eiti-
zens Of Cairo into panic and started
an exodus from the city.
Many women and children were put on
afternoon trains and more prepared to
leave, An the leysss are stiit 4aslding, but
they cannot be made high enough to
keep back the predicted rise.
Weather Observer Barron OF Cairo this
afternoon said that the breaking Of
levees ut Hickman, KY. has relieved
Cairo from any present danger OF a
serious flood. The Hickman levees also
protected Lake county, Tennessoe, and
this section, according TO tho weather OBJ
server. will be flooded.
Ley-e at Hickman freaks.
HICKMAN. Ry., April s,-Dawn today
revealed sOmsthins Of the damage done
here last night when the flood waters Of
the Mississippi river preached the West
Hickman leyes and poured q current eight
feet deep through the town,
From hill to hill the river flows this
morning, covering farms and flooding
stores Rad factories,
Two thousand persons are homslsss,
with thu eomlns Of daylight the work Of
caring ')r tho refugees Was taken up.
Thy were temporarily sheltered by the
residents ef the highlands last night and
the ,,ats shipped BY the state military
will arrive today orsauisation Of the
commissary IL giving much concern.
Much Of the fppd supply was destroyed
IN the rush Of water aud there are not
enough provisions on hand to last the
refugees through the week,
The wet end OF the isyes went out
about biso o'clock last night, at q point
where It was suppered 10 be strongest
Men who had been working In relays for
four days 10 reinforce the levse steed
by their posts all day In O driving rain.
some Of them had gene home to rest, and
most Of the inhabitants were In bed when
the crash came.
The patrol d once sounded the warn
ms signal asrssd upon, then sprnns into
the hoats which he'd bean moorsd for
this emergency since the fight against
the river began. and rowed across the
lowiasds on tho crest Of the flood. All
the workers and those whose homes were
endangered reached tho hills In safety,
but there was much distress among tho
women and children before they were
housed for the night.
~ midnight residents on the Missouri
shore opposite Hickman were warned 10
flee, As tho IsvSs there was in lmminsn.
danger Of Eclns out. The water IL two
feet higher than ever before recorded.
and IL szpectsd 70 rise two teet more.
Above Record Mark at Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, April 2.-whlle the
nood Eituation had been aggravated by
rains Of yesterday and last night there
had been no break in the Mississippi Ieyee
today. Although the strain is great
agz,rxt the upper portion Of the ST. Fran
css leves 10 Arkznzszs, opposite Mem
phis. both the government and leyee
hoard officials express euuf1dence today
tag win be able 10 hold all main line
Lsyezs In this district
rhs Ezts- num the nrsak oS the SEAL
1--we. a1ozz Bayuq Gayuss. which pro-
tscts the t1siznds Of the siry. clntiu1es
% 0Ezss Gssu11fg-t to residents Of that
szctian- On sums af tina st-ssz tina w1tsr
b Six nsSt Gsza.
rns pTsscte1al rise Of forry~aur fest IN
HSunscsI ny tts wsarnsr hrrran viii add
grA1S to tls dafnasa already done in
TN oitSS Ds gsugB tDdKy registered ga.
showing a risa 0f ssven-asntils sinGs the
last Izzdlng. tins hfghsst ever recundsL
a1sinE IN Kansa. Cry.
KATSAS CITY. No. April 4-B1fh tls
Missouri aIrd Kansas rivers continued TO
riss hers :UdzY. hut the government
weather fureeAyter sid they would he