The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-05


Sfeak occurred in the Big -Four cmbank
nent near the plant OF the Pioneer Pole
and Shaft Company. With a rush the wateI
sNept in. hurting small houses and lum-
her piles before II. All along five mile
stretch of levee from the Illinois Centra
bridge TO Cache River the water was uT
to the very top of the levee. There was
nothing To build on and no hope Whatever
OF checking the Hos"
Hundreds of workers were strung along
this lovee end they were hastily rushed
back into tho city for fear that they would
be caugh; between the breaks and
drowned. AT the plants OF the Chicago
Mill and Lumber Company and the Weis
Peterson Box Company men were put
TO work in desperate effort to remove
the veneer material before II was washed
away.
In the lower end of the drainage dis
trict is mill settlement called Future
City II Is made up OF severa hundred
email frame houses occupied largely by
negroes who work in the factories. There
;s a church and IA new two story brick
.,so,., L,,;,,,;r,, ,h.r.
'''e
Inc fesiden's ot 'nis section nau ample
warning to set To n place of safety When
the water rushed in upon this sett lement
boc,s ,s ,,,,,s ,,d souaal. ,f b,g. Tim,
-. -, y,
~ & 'e, V-'''''' No'' ""usu ~ NC "o'~e vi W
the rhsnIng Wa'sf. A' o CLOCK n nlgnt
the water had jus! reached the sycamore
street subway which IL the main entrance
from Cs;ro into mia di..r;,t rb;s .ub.
-, .,, 80
va. ""4~' "''H'' ''' '"'i'> Nr"'. q,
VTGClN ia. D"Pl securely DHTi'IVduWl
with bags Of sand to prevent the water
from coming into the ciiv of Cairo.
In tho dr,,,a.a d;.,r,,. ar, the Tc,,,w.
"i- -,
Chicago Nli! and Lumber Company
Weis- Peterson Box Company, Greer
Nil,erson Lumber rounn,nv pionee,
po,, ,,a Shor, ,.~,,,,., ~ C,.,.,,.
"'r o"'i"'H' az .'''
nai''' "aso' ,''"P"iH' "'.o 'ac'o'y'
thc lndiin Hetinina tonipany's oil tanks
and tn" grain e!"Na'r" u. Thi.tiewood h
Go. These rlan,s,nd :; number Of lumber
yor,,. ran,,sc,. m i,y,.,,r,,,, az s.,.,r,,
,i,. " W.
"i'i'o'' o' o"''f'F'
Nc1r Cairo 'rnotion. "le'e. The ap-
PrfHcn %, tnc lH'nois Nentrai begins
II IN" Cllo mouse OF the tairo Country
tlb. Wcs, of the lliinois Central righ.
81 way arc hundreds oil acres ot fine
farming Li"d. where fortunes have been
Made IN auaua. MI oi tins hy Friday
nioroing Wi, us from len 10 fifteen under
w.i-r.
~ break in thi, l.vte system will not
R1ec; III" Carlo ieVtcs n.lless II - to re-
I"v' the pressure here. ] hc taking off
cf ~" waters frun Doth rivers is likely
10 hG :" . halpl'il .Ne,, on the stage. of
Wi. o. -" Carlo s,aJE. until the vast
dist.'ici fills "p
faportS from Ar,.nsas towns hac,;
oi Ia. ST Fiinci- i..u.-. across n. river
from Memphis. .ay that many of them
arc Dartly .'Ooded from bGckwater in
the lnl.rd stream lie 81 Francis
leveo "rotAcs IN area as larg. as the
s>t.,t: ii D.iawar. and 5GO.OU people
Tho sands have fed 30 the hills but q
lrsse 10 the lavse wo:ld C,tch -. m3 jor-
ity Ike r,ts in q trap.
he Ohio anu Nanas'l rivers. already
raciuE Over Their levses in rnaay places
have no; YET reached their highest mark
The weather observer at Evansville. Ind.
predicts that tine crest will be reached
mex; Tuesday. Most Of tho levees are
strained 10 the breaking point now
and can never hold out with n continued
li>e Until next Tuesday. In some places