The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13


tirely out of danger for three or four
days
River Stood 1873
| At Memphis the river stood at 1873 at Z
o'clock tonight, fall of two-tenths since
the same hour this morning. The reced-
| ing waters are bringing measure of re-
| lief to the north Memphis suburb, which
was flooded several days ago when the
levee along Bayou Gayoso broke, allowing
back water from Wolf river, tributary
of the Mississippi, to cover it, The dixie
| around the gas works has been repaired,
the water pumped out and preparations
were made to start the plant, probably
to morrow.
Below Memphis the river has made no
great strides toward flood conditions. At
Helena the stage late today was 53.1. sta
tionary The fact that no rise was re-
corded is considered encouraging. At
vicksburg rise of sM-tenths was re-
corded but at Greenvile the stage had
gone up a foot in "a hours.
The break in the private levee at Red
Fork, on the Arkansas river, early to-
day, will do little to relieve the stages in
the Mississippi This crevasse will re-
lease the flood waters of the Arkansas
river over the southeastern section of
| that state and they may extend as far as
northeast louisiana but some experts
| claim tnelG Is s1Ot ftHOuet loou NdtCi
| in the Arkansas river to spread over any
great area. Some effect of the break
| will be felt at Beulah. 1t is stated, where
little of the pressure viii be taken
| off the ievees on the Mississippi SIDE
Embankments Well Conditioned
| Reports from Mississippi state that all
! the lines of embapkment on the eastern
side of the river are in excellent condi-
| tion. The bad spot in the leve just north
of the old Beulah break has been strength
! ened and 1t Is believed by those in charge
Of the work that no break will occur
at that point
| With the beginning of next week the
| government relief forces here. under
command of Major Nornoyle viii move
on down the river following the center of
activity They will sail aboard the gov
| ernment steamer Scioto which Is the float
| ing base of supplies and the first camp
! probably will be pitched at Greenville.
| The camp site already has been prepared
| by q party headed by Captain Gaujot.
| who has moved on to Baton Rouge to
| prepare for a camp there. The Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley railroad has placed the
(! transfer boat De Koven at the disposal
| of the federal relief authorities and this
! will be utilized in moving supples, should
! the emergency arise.
Expect Ration Shipment
| The steamer William r. King Is
| ev'er ~ tomorrow from Cairo with
large shipment Of rations and forage.
| ls alIl De sent south Immediately. Ac-
| cordng to Major Normoyle the relief
| work in that section of the valley above
Memphis Is now well In hand. Reports
brought in by various boats sent to sue
cor the flood victims state that the refu-
gees are profiting by their experiences OF
/ last year and comparatively little suffer-
ing il noted. Their principal want Is food,
and when this is supplied they prefer 70
wait on the high ground near their food
ed homes until the waters subside.
| At Camp Crump in this city more than
| 1900 refugees are being sheltered and fed.
| These include few able bodied men, for
| all who can work are rounded up and
| sent back to the river to work on the
| levees Citizens OF Memphis have re-
| sponded promptly to calls for aid and lit
tie want Is felt 1t the camp.