The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07
Country suncr. Heavy Loss.

country SuHcrS feaSy Loss.
The scope OF country protected b.
the lcvcc which broke six miles below
Hickman. Ky. yesterday is Hen miles
wide and fifty miles long, making aUG
square miles. the damage done will
reach into hundreds OF thousands OF;
dollars. several small towns Were
protected by this levcc. and they SUI
Tered heavy loss. Telephone w'res are
down and nothing can he EARNED as
to whether there is ypss OF NE. There
are many people still living behind
the levcc and relief boats are being
sent OUT as far as possible.
a train of fiat cars loaded with boats
water turned it back. Last night men
on the levec could hear people calling
for help. However. il is believed thai
all OF the people behind the levec
in the bottoms will cb reached before
there is any loss OF life.
The river is gradually covering the
great bay below Hickman. Water is
now within Two miles OF Hickman
having filled the lover END before
leveo breaking below Hickman the VA
ter has fallen i've inches at Hickman
since . o'clock +. NJ. yesterday.
The steamer May Stewart left last
night for rescue work on the levc".
bringing in nifty OF the men and ais"
numerous women and children who
Were caugth below the gap.
With the Ohio River rising 1T Evans
NIllS, ina. ana AT All points MEOW
there and with rain threatening things
are not promising 10 thousands OF far
mcrs living in lower ohio Valley low
lands. Many Hood warnings were nEaln
sent out to-day to the people living
in the ove/tioowcd districts.
The weather observer at Evansville
says the river Will not go over the
forty-four foot mark and the crest
OF the rise should reach Evansville
by Tuesday or Wednesday,
Conditions along both the Wabash and
" httc rivers are more threatening tonight
:hJn q; any time since the beginning OF the
flood. Hundreds OF homes surrounded
by the high water. and in cnsc OF hish
wind during the night 1t Is feared there Will
he loss 81 i.fc. y great deal OF live stock
has l,cr.shcd IN the Wabash River bottoms.
NJ %i,w Madrid. Mo, the river cnniri oSed
TO rali last night. bat another rise is COM
ing. All rail connection has hccn ''t OF
Tor several days. and people leaving or conf
Ing to New Madrid will have To go to Ike
vance a station seven miles away. Case
lenc boats and slafs can set within nbou,
a mile OF kcwnncc.
Before the Hood the county court obtained
Local option election in New Madrid
county, which wa. held today. and "wcts''
and ''drys'' were Gut la launches inviting the
others in. Some boats were sent eight 7niic,
into tho country after voters ENcltemcnt
ran high and Waite the water four feet
deep at the polling places IT was high
enough to daInpen the zeal oi tho pRrtisnns.
The government gauge AT New Madrid to-
day recorded IL feet at 7. ~. a fail siace
morning OF seventeen ono hundrcdths OF
foot.
\, Quincy, III. the Mississippi stage at 6
i. NJ. was 1873 feet n rise OF ix-tcnths Of
u foot; Rain fell there to-day. The swell
ing tides flooded Easements In fe-tories
along the lcvce and caused suspension OF
operations In some instances.
Altering the Snp.
? According 20 engineers. the Mississippi has
At has: snuSh, level through the
Cache River bottoms and is now cnac,ing
TIN, oh in fhn Ia tat
map o. Southern Illinois. In the event O..
the food reinaining long enough for tile
river 10 establish channel. enSinacrs say
Il vii, repcat Kaskaskin. Ill. history, and
make et Cairo and the drainage district I'M