The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-10
MORE FLOODS
NOWPRED|CTED
IN LOUISIANA
WEAHER BUREAU PREDICTS A
GREATER RISE IN THE MIS-
sIssIPPI RIVER.
New Breaks IN Levees Causing Inun-.
dation of Thousands of Rich Farms
on West Side of Mississippi Near
Baton Rouge and Other Cities.

New Orleans, May 9-Notwithstand-
Ing the widening of the Torras crew
asse and the constantly increasing
volume of water which it is diverting
from the Mississippi river and spread
ing over the lowlands west of the
big stream, the weather bureau toGay
slightly increased it's forecast of max
imum stages in the river at points
south of the Red river. These new
figures, of course, are based on the
presumption that "all remaining lev
ees" will hold
To its previous forecast, the wealth
er bureau added one tenth of a foot
to the predicted stage at Baton Rouge
and one-tenth increase for Donaldson
vile. For New Orleans the predic-
tion of 21.5 feet was renewed, with
the qualification that Il south winds
should prevail here the maximum may
reach 21.8 feet.
The crest Is expected to pass New
Orleans early next week, perhaps
Monday or Tuesday.
More sunshine and three days aD-
sence Of rain in the Mississippi val
ley has frightened the flood situation
in the territory from Morganba south
so far as the levees are concerned.
The levees in the New Orleans dis
trict have been thoroughly dried out
and today practically no work was
being done here except on the Ames-
vile stretch of 5000 feet across the
river. Capt. G. o. Sheriff., chief OF
the United States army engineers, who
is directing the Amesville work, stat
ed this morning that this stretch
would be completed by nightfall
The river here this morning at
a. m. registered 21.4 feet, just one foot
above the 1903 food record and the
weather bureau predicts that it will
go from one-tenth to four -tenths Of
a foot higher, the latter figures be-
ing based on the possibility of south
winds.
The New Orleans flood relief COM
mittee today shipped cut three more
carloads of clothing and shoes to
refugee camps at Opelousas, LaFay-
cite, Rayne and other towns in the
hills west of the flooded Atchafalayu
territory
Generous contributions are being
received from the citizens of this sec
ton who have been spared the mis-
fortunes visited upon the people along
the west bank of the Mississippi from
Alsatia south.
Reports received today at the army
engineers headquarters from points
up and down the river were optimis-
tic. There are still some weak lev
ees in the section from LaCour around
the big Morganba bend to Pointe Cou-
pee and at intervals south Of there
to Donaldsville, but 1000 federal levee
workers and still larger number
of state convicts and citizens are con-
tinuing WORK with the outlook hope
full.
WATERS RUSH IN.
New RAIDS, La, May BY tearing
away 1,400 feet of the south end "
the Torras orevasse, a wall OF wasor
from to 10 feet deep and ha'f
mile in width Is today bearing down
upon the already oyerfiowed area &C
Pointe Coupee, ST. Landry AMI Sc
eral other parishes 10 complete IT'S
work of ruin begun a week ago. BY
tomorrow or Saturday the gao rrol-
ably will be a mile across.
New Roads, heretofore consiIer9t
safe from the Torras food,
is rapidly becoming inundate1. Tho
negro quarter OF me town already his
been invaded. All livestock in tnis
neighborhood is being shipped out or
driven down the leyee towards Ba On
Rouge. Boats are being built a1d
ther preparations made by the towns
people for hurried exit in the ssARt
Of the food reaching dagg
depth.
This section Of the paf1s1A belug
thickly populated, much rescue wocG
will be required If the food reaches
alarming proportions. Motorbo@ts an
skiffs are being constructed here by
the government representatives in an
ticipation of urgent need of then.