The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-08
80 DEAD IS TOLL Of
GREATEST OF FLOODS
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crew here and is preparing to lay
cables through the flooded district.
Capt. Thos. l.. Faudree who was
in telephone communication with
Memphis, Tenn, last night states
that a break in the leyee below
Memphis Is a quarter of mile wide
and feet deep. The break i'll the
st. Clair levee continues to widen
rapidly. The leyee is expected to
break at Idaho. so miles north OF
Memphis and at Golden Lake, 10
miles further up the river,
As a result of the breaks in the
levees, up to o'clock last night
the river at Memphis had fallen |
inches.
Conditions at the Twenty-eighth
itreet pumping station have been re
lieved. The water has been taken
out of the trough and the outlet
sewer gate effectively closed. Sheriff
fraser superintendent the work. A
orps OF men with buckets soon re-
luced the water standing over the
rough, which had ben kept in place
~ many thousands OF sacks. An at
empt 10 remove enough water from
he trough at the Tenth street pump
o give the gate of the outlet suf
Ficient pressure to close was under
aiken by syphoning, the syphon be
ne operated by the tug Frances but
was soon learned that the gate
Guild not be closed without sending
down diver to do this. This viii
,e done today A diver found til
the Twenty-eighth street gate.
The 100 tents sent out by the state
shelter homeless people were
,rought to Cairo by the tug Frances
yesterday and will be distributed a
asst as possible in the immedlat
icinity.
Mayor Parsons states that inform
stion from Osceola, Ark. denies tn
eport of the breaking of the leye
L st. Clair and a break.in the leve
lelow Memphis. The report that b
lad asked for the services of al
Their company Of militia erroneous
The Naval Reserves were quar-
cred last night on board the steam
n Three States at the foot
Fourth street. Their headquarter
hereafter will be on one of tn
5arges of the Barrett line betwee
Fourth and Sixth street.
The fifteen white people rescue,
~ the government steamer Kin
and brought to Cairo yesterday ar
being cared for at St Mary's In
rmary. Mrs. w F.. Taylor OF tn
olored relief committee, has pre-
ided shelter for the nine colore,
,eople rescued.
Fifteen white people, mostly won
and children, nine negroes ant
lirty-fve head of stock wer
rought TO Cairo yesterday Afternoon
y the government relief boat kim
nd feet, from the flooded distric
etween Cairo and Thompson's Bend
TO. The boat returned at D. m
laving been out on the rescue worl
ince Friday morning at IL o'clock
'wo of the white children rescued
re very sick owing to exposure ano
,unger Many of the rescued PEG
| lie were found In perilous situations
nd would have died had not succo
| cached them.
Where the King could not go bacl
nto overlooked Iowlands smaller
'oats were sent miles back into the
ountry. The rescue party found
many people who should have taken
advantage of getting away from the
dangerous situations they were in
tut positively refused TO abandon
heir homes and what little property
they had been able to save. They
we're badly in need of provisions
The King will start on another trip
today, taking with her the naval re
serves, who will seour the flooded
district in their big yawls to rescue
the unfortunate people. Capt. Faud
&c who directs the relief expedition
or the city states he will also send
ut the transfer steamr Henry Mar
Iuand today on rescue work.
Several Of the departments have
ad considerable trouble in finding
nen to work, at times, when they
ire needed. The keeping up of the
work of the executive, commissary,
patrol and other departments re-
quires men at certain hours and sew
aral times they have been remiss in
reporting. Despite the seriousness
OF the situation some men have been
known to have engaged in a social
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