Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-03

The greatest volume of water in the story Of the Mississippi river is srrs1ning today at two hundred miles CT levees, which have broken in several { iaces snd flooded large areas. Breaks ct Hickman, Ky, and at Memphis have Niade thousands homeless and done untold damage. Sufficient warning ad been given, however, and to date e1ly two lives have heen reported lost. 2 wo thousand persons mlarooned at 7iickman. are suffering actual hunger, 7 hile trains with food supplies cannot | q run into the city.
 From Cairo, il, to Helena, Ark, ! srsons living near the river are rap ily abandoning tfFeir homes and nov } sS their effects and livestock to high 2 ground. Further breaks in the Ken ticky and Tennessee levees are ex- ectsd. and it is feared the water will force it's way through those of Arkan- Has and Mississippi.
 As far south as New Orleans precau- sonary work is being done. Governor 2 andsrs of Louisiana today issued spe- gal instructions to all state levee | osrd members to press every avail Ee workman into immediate service A1 strengthening the levees of that E-ata Thousands of men and teams ? re working along the flooded stream 2 nd special trainH wherever available, sre carrying supplies.
 Nundreds of thousands of dollars damage has been done in the towns long the streams which are pouring sheir flood into the Mississippi As s4F away as Middlesboro, Ky the eff sect is fsit There 8 large part of the F'ty is under from one to three feet of water, and flooded mines in the dis 2 1-iot will keep hundreds oe miners idle s1T several days.
 Memphis. Tenn. April s--With the areatest volume Of water in history racing down the 8Cississippi river, the main banks of the great waterway re- inained intact tonight, but private iyees are breaking and whether the slain TVVstTuents, rain soaked, can ithstand the two feet or nlOre of wa ss predicted +s prcblesnatical Gov srnment engineers assert the leYees are n better shape than during any pre- ', lous flood But it is pointed out by sxperienced river men that the strain ,,ill be greater dlan ever bSforB, and they are leHs optimistic than the gov ernusnt men.
 Negro Drowned at Birds Point.
 h the YiclnICy or CaaTo, Ill., TWO out t de levees broke today. These outlets , ave relieved to some extent the strain et Cairo, and those fighting 10 hold the kaesr within bounds at that city have taken fresh hope. At Birds Point e TegTO was drowned, the second fatal i,y Of the flood At Point Pleasant, lfo, where the river went through ssv- ersl days ago, mile of levee Is gone
 Memphis Facing Serious Situation.
 In the Memphis district the White tyer front is giving the greatest con- res-n. Tlais lsvse is near the crest of me ennbanlSuns sut Modcc. Ark, thirty r,les south of Helena, sent in an alarming report of slOughing banks, and aid has been hurried to that point Memphis is facing serious situation 1a North Memphis Oacbwater from Wolf river, q tributary of the Missis finni. has OverilOwed Bayou Gayoso, Several hundred families have been driven from their homes and a gcore CT more industrial plants have been forced to suspend.
 Train Service Demoraizsd.
 Train service is demoralized The Illinois Central railroad is sending fortftbound trains through several feet st water, and along the Louisville and nashville water is gradually covering the tracks Arrangements have been made 10 detcur the tracks about the flooded districts.