The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-03


Padueah in Great Danger.
II, l.. Javret of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. with offices a,
Padueah telegrsphed from there
yesterday eyening at $50 to Edwin
Bond of this city as follows
Paducah. Ky, April ?, 1913.
Situation grave. fIa t OF padu-
cab inundated. Water in my yard
now"
Word was received at Wickiiff
yesterday from Padueah NOTIFYING
int -ested parties to prepare ac
commodations for three hundred
residents of that city who were pre-
pairing 10 leave there on account OF
the flood situation and would arrive
in the evening,
The gauge at p. M registered
51S. rise OF 4 since a. M
Bring Back the Tools.
Those who heroically volunteered
their services yesterday in the hard
work OF building the bulkheading
above the Stone Depot in the ex-
eitement forgot to return the tools
with which they labored.
As Cairo needs hese tools, all
those who forgot to bring them back
to police headquarters are urged to
do so this morning.
Don't delay but do ii now-return
the tools to police headquarters this
morning
Cairo is an Island.
The Ohio river is backing up
Cache creek and cutting through TO
the Mississippi river over the NJ. &
o. and Iron Mountain embankments
about Beech Ridge thus dividing the
Ohio river into two streams with
Cairo in the south fork as an island
Alarming Conditions Below.
The steamer Georgia Lee arriving
from Memphis last night at 1880
reported having made but four land
ings between Memphis and Cairo
At Charlottesville the boat took on
board several families OF refugees
AT New Madrid the boat did not at
tempt to stop. the people in sight
waved their hands frantically from
houses and rowboats motioning tht
| boat to get away from the town. The
water was running through tht
streets and many people were seer
in boats.
AS the boat passed Hickman and
the levees enclosing the Reelfoot
Lake district. ii was noticed that
this levee which was one of the first
to break year ago appeared to be
standing we'll. but people on board
expressed the belief that the new
earth placed on this levee in raising
it to 81 feet on the Cairo guage
would not successfully resist the
pressure when the water reached a
foot or two higher.
The Lee left the Cairo wharf at
midnight. for ST. Louis
Good Piece of Work.
In response to the call for volun-
teers that could assist with hammer
and saw or with their hands, sew
eral hundred Cairoites put In ap.
pearance yesterday morning and be
fore noon a double bulkhead had
been constructed from Fourteenth
street almost to the bridge.
The bulkhead was erected in 9
substantial manner the boards of this
inner and outer sections being nailed
to stakes and tied with twisted wire
No sooner had the bulkhead beer
erected than cars were pushed down
the tracksand the work of filling in
between with dirt inaugurated
Later in the afternoon bags. of dirt
were placed at the back to prevent
sipeage and add strength.
There is vet considerable work tt
be done on this bnlkheading before
it is strong enough to withstand th'
rising river.
In additioni the bulkheadiag II
now completed entirely to the sub
way. sr5
| Cannot Reach Cairo.
Two officers and sixty privatei
who have been at villa Ridge eve
since Monday cannot now reacf
Cairo and as all connection has beer
cut OFF Col. Trip will have to sen,
for them and transfer them to Cairo
AS only small u heats can reach ;
point anywhere near his men, sew
seraf trips will have to be made /,
fetch them here. Col McMunn witt