Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-03
LeVee Above MeredOsia
Gives Away, Flooding
Miles of Country.
MANY ARE DESTITUTE
BrOokpOrt Likely to Be Sub
merged Within 46 Hours
Situation at Cairo.

Springfield, Ill, April 3.-A telegram
from BroOkport, Ill, states the city
undoubtedly will be submerged with
in 4S hours and 1000 VIII De renuer-
ed homeless. Rations have been Or
dered from Cairo to Brookport. The
levee above Meredosia on the Ill
nois river has broken and is flooding
the country. Three hundred families
are rendered destitute. A thousand
rations we're sent TO Naples.
Washingtol, d. c., April 3.-The fol-
lowing food bulletin was issued today
by the weather bureau:
The Ohio river at Cincinnati has
fallen one and a half feet in the last
"a hours and the stage this morning
was CS, IS feet above flood stage. The
crest of the lower Ohio food is evi-
dently in the neighborhood of Evans
Vile, Ind, where the river at : o'clock
this morning was AIS, 12.S above flood
stage.
The rise at Cairo since Wednesday
night was but / foot. The stage this
morning was $40 feet, 9.5 above food
stage. The Mississippi from Cairo to
New Orleans is slowly rising Tribu-
taries of the lower Ohio are falling"
CURRENT RACES AT CAIRO.
Cairo, H., April 3.-The strongest
p IL, civ
waters attained a record height here
was noticeable today. In addition a
considerable wind .Inade Eaters.
rough and the strain greater against
/ the levees. There has been no ap-
parent rise of the waters for nine
| hours.
a great stretch Of Missouri land IS
under water. relieving the situation
materially here, according to Forecast
er Lind.ey.
Food. tents and other supplies were
taken from here today to Mound City,
H., and relief is waiting for Brook
port, Shawneetown, ILL.,. and Casey
vile, Ky.
Cairo, H., April 3.-The sun rose
clear early today and gave every
promise that another warm day could
be utilized in further preparing against
the possibility of a food into the town
/ There had been little change in the
gauge The official reading was 545.
The food waters acted the same as
yesterday, there, being no apparent rise
in the early morning hours. The rea-
son given by the forecaster for this
condition is the fact that small levees
are continuing to give way on both
the Missouri and Kentucky sides. It
is believed a great part of the country
in these states is being flooded.
Soldiers and naval reserves are In
readiness for rescue work. The re
serves today returned to Missouri with
/ 10 soldiers from the Missouri National
Guard rescued from a dangerous levee
position near Bird Point, Mo, last
might
RAIN ADDS TO MISERY.
Dekoven, KY, April 3.-Rain
Throughout this section today added
greatly 20 the misery of 600 Shawnee
town, H., refugees camped on hillside
behind their flooded town. The Ohio
river is five miles wide and runuins
like a mill stream. The river rose five
and a half inches over night. No trains
are running out of Dekoven, which is
nearly opposite Shawneetowu.
ONE KILLED AT TUXEDO.
| ST. Louis, April "A high windstorm
struck Tuxedo, suburb, tore down a
dozen poles carrying electric wires
and feed cables, and causing one
death.
RAIN AT EVANSVILLE.
Evansville, Ind, April "a Navy
rain all night and this forenoon a, ed
= to the discomfort Of food sufferers, /
did not change the height of the river
, The crest is expected here this after
noon.
COMMERCIAL AID EXTENDED.
Chicago, April 3.-Commercial aid
an extension Of credit and easy
terms-was offered today to mer
chants in Indiana and Ohio suffering
from foods by Chicago merchants and
manufacturers. At a meeting OF rep
resentatives Of large commercial in
r terests here today a resolution L
the above effect was adopted.