The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-03
New Orleans is Nov Threatened
BY Floods Breaks Quickly
Repaired Danger Not
Over for Several Days
VAST AREA IN La.
Is UNDER WATER
Desperate Fight Made BY Men
While Women are Frantic
Railroads Busy Moving
the Refugees
Telegram BY United Press.


New Orleans, May S.-The waters
Of the swollen Mississippi today is
tapping the top Of the levee on Es-
planade street in The heart Of the
fashionable thoroughfare.
Small breaks we're quickly repaired.
Great gangs Of workmen are piling
sand bags on the levee ID strengthen
IT. The workers believe they have the
situation well in hand, but the danger
won't pass for several days
The water Is even with the tops Of
The sevces at Baton Rouge
Torras, La, May 3.-Rushing about
the streets like persons bereft Of their
reason. women screaming and men
yelling as they hurried into their
homes and grabbed their children and
what articles OF clothing and valu-
ables they could place their hands on
IN their mad effort to reach places OF
safety, and the stampeding Of ami
mails turned loose by their owners 10
seek safer places, were some of the
chaotic conditions that prevailed in
Torras last night when the alarm
was sounded that The leeye at the
juhction OF the 0ld and Mississippi
rivers had given way 10 the mighty
pressure OF the flood waters before it.
Although it had been known that sew
eral weak spots had developed where
the break occurred, little attention
had been paid to this by the citizens
Of Torras an dthey were caught un-
prepared Within a few minutes after
the break had become known the
towns people we're thrown into a panic
which continued for two hours before
any semblance Of quiet was restored.
Few thought Of going toward the Gre
vase and make an effort 20 stop it.
safety apparently being the only
thought in their minds
Before the streets were entirely sub
merged majority Of the inhabitants
had sufficient time to reach places OF
safety Three hundred women and
children were placed aboard freight
train which had just arrived in Torraa.
They were taken to a point below
here
Practically the remainder of the
population spent the night on the levee
along the efnbankment Of the Texas
and Pacific railroad and in the rail-
road station. which is out Of reach OF
the Hood, being built nigh on piling.
No loss Of life has been reported.
/ but Il is feared some fatalities may
occur in the interior as the water is
rushing through the country so rapid
" that sufficient warning may not
have reaeheu those living in districts
remote from wire communication.
N. P. Phillips, head Of the levee
board at this place. was on the levee
when II began to efumble He gave
the alarm and called for aid. but there
was re aid available Finding himself
powerless he ran TO his home to save
what he could Of his property. AIr,
Phillips place IS il the path Of the
crevasse waters and he saved prac
g tically nothing Many Of his horses
9 mules and cattle were drowned.
s The breach is about 400 feet across
n An army Uf men was rushed here. and
y heroic efforts are being made to check
e the water, but there apparently is lit
lf Tie hone Of a successful fight, or al
i least until enormous damage has been
IA done TO sle sugar cane fields which
10 lie directly IN the path Of the flood
s If these efforts tail millions Of dol
p lars q loss win be causad by the de-
8 yastatlon of some og the most val
y liable farms and plantations ID ths
state.
at Eleven parishes xilh total popnla
9 tion q quarter # million Hll
ei eventually ba inundated by tEa new
Of break