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h'SC q T. iOWnS ABOVE NOUNS OF tlils
nois and Missouri Rivers Indicates
That More Water Is MadIy Rush.
Ing southward to Add to Scene Of
Desolation Now Prevalent Along
Southern Shores Of Mississippi
RiVer-Many Towns Inundated.
st. Louis, April 6.--No relief has
yet been sighted for the flood-doomed
sections ofthe lower Mississippi val
ley. All indications are that the
water will go higher and that the
present damage will be but a detail
Of what is to follow.
These indications are all based
on reports of phenomenal rises at
points above the confluence of the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers and
weather bureau predictions. A high
wind caused the breaking of the gov.
ernment levee six miles below Hick-
man, Ky Hickman itself is partly
submerged and majority of its citi.
zens are refugees in nearby towns.
The ieak left hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars damage in it's
wake. No lives were lost as far as
can be ascertained
Memphis, Tenn, has given up hope
and the city is considered doomed.
The waters are within a few inches
of the food stage of As feet, which
Is the utmost limit at which the
levees protecting the city can hold.
The river is rising and high winds
have dissipated all hope
The greatest rise was registered at
Louisiana, NO.. where the Mississippi
Louisiana is also above the mouth of
the Missouri and Illinois rivers,
showing a flood Is coming down the
upper Mississippi Other rises were
as follows: Evansville, Ind. slight
rise; Warsaw, H., two-tenths inch;
Quincy. H., seven-tenths inch; Vicks.
burg. Miss, seven-tenths inch; Ches.
.er H., three-tenths inch Burling-
ton. Ia., 2 inches; Pearl, H., | inch.
Most of these points are above the
present crest of the flood and mean
that still greater rush of water is
bearing down on the stricken sec
tons, The Mississippi is eight miles
wide at Quincy. H., and has reached
the highest point since 1905
At Evansville. Ind, the Ohio river
will reach A feet by tomorrow.
Farmers living in the bottoms be.
tween here and Paducah, KY, report
great less of stock. Thousands of
acres of growing wheat will be
ruined along the lower Ohio and
Wabash rivers. White river farmers
say they are looking for the worst
fiood since the great flood of 1875.
Soldiers Work on Levees.
Governor Donaghey of Arkansas
sent the adjutant general of the state
to the flooded districts to take
charge Of troops which are working
on the levees and rescuing families
from the lowlands. Arkansas levees
are at the breaking point and few
inches rise will precipitate torrents
of water into the lowlands.
The entire town, Of Wyatt. Mo. is
under three feet of water. The water
is in three sides of the town and
threatening to overflow the village.
At Cairo, H. the gauge reads 53.9
feet, rise of one-tenth of foot.
Mail service out of Cairo was main
tanned by boat to Mound City and
Big Four north and to Wickiiffe and
the Illinois Central to the south
Levee Engineer. A. ]. Wheeler OF
Charleston, Mo-, made a trip through
the overflowed district in a motor
rushing through Mississippi county
with great violence Probably not an
acre of ground in the western part
of the county is above overflow.
According to dispatch which
reached Cairo the Fulton county gov
ernment levee broke in spite of the
efforts of 1000 men to save 1t, and
warnings have been issued to the en-
tire Reelfoot lake and Obion dis
tricts. The break is five miles below
Hickman, Ky. 1t will flood terri.
tory As to so miles long by 30 miles
wide, relieving the situation at Cairo
and New Madrid, according to the
weather bureau.
At Charlottesville. Mo-. the flood
situation continues serious. The
mayor closed all business places and
all the male population worked on
the levees. Companies OF militia are
patrolling the levees night and day
A report is current here that there
has been considerable loss of life in
Mississippi county. but phone con-
nection was broken and the report