Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-08
Sunny Day Gives Encourage
ment to Those Working for
Relief Of Hundreds Driven
From Home BY Mississippi.
HEARTRENDING SCENES
CONFRONT REsCUERS
Grief Stricken Mother Refuses
to Leave Roof Of Ruined
Home Until Corpse of Dead
Child is Taken Off in Boat.

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CBy Evening ueraIo a. n. Leased wIre)
Memphis. Tenn. April s.--Fiood
conditions in the Mississippi valley
showed some Improvement this morn
ing when a sunny day gave further
announcement 20 those conducting
the work OF rescue among the hun
dreds driven from their homes by
high water
All levees IN the flood menaced dis
trlet were holding strong and az this
point the river had subslded seven
tcnths OF foot
With upper district levees holding.
however. the strain on the dikes in
the Yazoo section Increased. and men
worked all night on the embankments
south of Memphis to bolster weak
spots. The danger at several points
along the Arkansas shore has not
passed.
Two hundred levee workers mar
rowly scapcd being swept away when
the ombankmcnt cayed I'm az mile post
20, sixteen miles south of Helena.
Ark, yesterday.
The town of Mudoc. near the break.
is twenty feet under water today.
The steamer Kate Adams was near
Modoc when the levee broke and res
cucd those imperiled. hundred or
more panic stricken negroes were
taken from government barge.
Later motor launches went into the
floods and rescued q number OF farm
hands on the roofs of their cabins,
from the treeR and the peaks OF
knobs which were above tie water.
The work of caring for the refu-
gees from tho lOwlands ls fast being
systcmatized Tents and supplies
have bccn received ~ the more inn
potrant centors ana arrangements
have been made for the establishment
OF GENITAL relief headquarters at
Helena.
Capt. w r. Baker Fourth infantry.
u. g. A., stationed az Fort Logan n.
Root, will be In charge of the Reel
foot lake region with headquarters at
Tiptonvilie. Tenn.
A relief train sent ont from For
rest City. Ark. yesterday to rescue
farmers In the overflowed sections Of
ST. Francis and Crittenden counties,
returned last night with io0 refugees
aboard. The train could not proceed
further than the town OF IIeth. twenty
miles east of this city
Beyond that point, whore many
persons are believed 20 be marooRed,
only boats can be of service.
New Madrid. Mo-, ovoriiowed to o
depth OF several feet. is nevertheless
dry" At least the "drys" won In a
local option election Saturday. Not'
ers came 90 tho polls In skiffs In
motor launches and ON RATS. and
whom the rubber-booted election
clerks completed their count Il was
shown that the "wets" We're beaten
by 500 votes Bolated returns from
the election were received here to-
day.
The steamer Kate Adams. which
WIS near Mudoc when the creyassc
occurred near there, probably saved
hundreds OF lives by taking refugees
from RATS and hOusotops. In the
midst OF the rescue work the steamer
put out akiff 20 a woman who sat
ON the roof of her floating house. she
sent word back To the captain that
she would not leave unless he would
consent 20 take her dead baby aboard
the steamer.
Accordingly a soap box was sent 20
the floating house. The woman
brought out tho babes corpse, placed
u ln the box and was rowee To the
steamer The little body was brought
60 Memphis and buried here today.
ono OF the Lee line steamers from
the Arkansas oountry which reached
here today. told of D desperate fight
with "a negro who refused 20 leave a
raft on which he iloatod unless he
was allowed % bring his mule. A. a
last resort the captain of the boat
tied the raft hearing the mule behind
the steamer and toWed raft. mule,
negro and an into Memphis