Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-02
Seventeen thousand Acres
OF Low Land Now Un-
der Water.
ALL OF PEOPLE ESCAPE
Ohio River Stationary Since
Midnight. but Crest Has
Not Yet Passed.

Washington, D. c., April 2-Special
food bulletin: The Ohio at Cincinnati
has fallen O.3 feet since Tuesday morn
ing A. Louisville II is stationary at
A. feet, i above food stage. The
stage at Cairo Wednesday morning
was 541 feet. 81 above food stage.
and rising. The Mississippi at St.
Louis and Chester. H., is slowly fall
ing.
The Wabash and Tennessee are
also falling and the Cumberland at
Nashville is stationary. On the other
hand, the crest OF the hood in Ohio
is yet about FIVE days from Cairo, so
II seems reasonable TO expect a slow
rise at Cairo, provided the levees
hold Conditions in the Mississippi
below Cairo remain unchanged"
RESPITE FROM SCARE.
Cairo, H., April Cairo had
little respite from its food scare TO-
day due 20 the fact that the Ohio
waters stood at a standstill from mid
night, when the reading was 54 II
anything, Il was a little less az 7 this
morning. Relief, however, is only
temporary. It Is said. as the engi-
neers gave as cause the passing OF
the Wabash high water. The crest OF
the Ohio river food waters is still to
come, and II is expected that before
night the guage will be again in the
uscendancy. Work on levees con
uuues.
INUNDATLON COM PLETE.
lnuudatiOn Of the drsinage- district
north OF Cairo is complete. There
are seven to nine thousand acres IN
der seven TO twenty feet Of water.
The greater number OF the Industrial
plants in that section are submerged
20 the second story and many houses
are completely under water. Rail
roads have been cut of and the traffic
Ue-up is complete. Cairo is entirely
cut of from the outside world. No
suffering has been reported. The noon
stage Of the Ohio showed a slight in.
crease The guage registered 541
RAILROAD TRACKS GONE.
Traffic on the main line OF the III
uois Central railroad was paralyzed
today by a washout OF tracks between
drainage district, which is rapidly fill
ing with water The stretch OF sub
merged property IS said 20 Do -four
miles long and several hundred feet Of
track is washed out The high water
mark continued, however. at about
541 during the morning, a fact that
gave considerable encouragement The
q 90 nd "a
work OF reinforcing the leyees is pro
ceeding with vim.
BIG FOUR LEVEE BREAKS.
AS Cairo was settling down 10 an
other night OF anxiety over the food
waters, word came shortly before
o'clock last evening tha a gap haC
gone out 10 the Big -Four levee IL
the drainage district 20 the north.
Although the break had been mo
meutarily expected for days. II serveC
as a shock in Cairo. for 10 is felt that
similar situation may come az any
time here.
The opening in the embankmen'
was about 10 feet long Only one re
suit awaits the district, and tha: {:
that It will nj TO a depth varying
from 10 TO 20 feet The section has
an area OF about 1900 acres anC
has many big manufacturing, mail or
der and lumber distributing plants
The whole territory was flooded las
year with a loss OF about SI,0O0,000
At that time Future City. with a pop
ulauon OF 1900. Was inundated. anC
many Of the houses have been unoC
Cupied since.
LOSS NOT As LARGE
Those who did live there had plent!
OF warning this time and have aban
doned their homes. The loss from IN,
present food will not exceed $1,000
600. II is said. and the greatest por
ton OF this will fall on the industria
plants.
The break viii put traffic over tn
Big Four route out OF commission, a
its lines are situated on the leve
top. Il is predicted that the lowland
Will be more than two days IN fllinI
II no further gaps are torn out
Last year. with a section 500 fee
long out. "a hours passed before tn
onrushing waters ceased.
Soldiers we're sent into the low
lands sections OF the city. with police
men and citizens. TO search for an,
persons. particularly womec. childrel
and infrm. who still may be IN thei
homes.
SOLDIERS GUARD LtBORERS.
Springfield. H.. April -Lieuteuan
Colonel Ryan Of the Fourth infantr.