The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-26
CREVASSE IN BEULAH LEVEE, NEAR VIcksBuRG, NOW CAR
 RES 2oo-FooT CURRENT.
THE PEARL RIVER IS FLOODED
Fifteen Hundred Men Working to Close Levee Where Water is Rapidly Flooding Lowlands-
 Higher Stage Predicted.

Vicksburg, Miss, Jan. 25.-A cur rent 200 feet wide aud many feet deep IS tonight rushing through the crevasse in Beulah levee about one hundred miles north of here. on the east bank of the Mississippi river and the water is rapidly inundating the lowlands, destroying crops on fertile plantations and forcing hun. dreds of families with their live stock to the nills
 "A crevasse at this place last spring, when the river stage was con. siGerably higher, flooded approxi- mately l,225 square miles. The en- gineeTs engaged on the work esti- mate that before the flood recedes at least 1000 square miles of planta- tons and swamps will be inundated.
 Fifteen hundred men, about 400 Cs whom are state conyicts, are work. ing day and night to tie" the ends of the break but despite their eff. forts it is slowly widening. the rush. ing water causing the ends of the levees to cave and erumble. Mai J. A. Woodruff, of the United StakS engineers, in charge of this district, is experimenting operations. He will meet Col. Townsend, president of the Mississippi river committee, Monday for a conference.
 There were many alarming rumors today concerning the condition of the levee at Fitlers landing where new work was more or less damaged by recent heavy rains. Mai. Wood ruff has dispatched steamer to that point with Assistant Engineer Tollinger aboard for an inspection. Maj. Woodruff today said that results at Fitlers depended entirely upon how high the river rose.
 Up to a late hour tonight, no loss of human lives or live stock had been reported.
 The water will spread over the greater portion of Boliver, Sharkey and Issaquena counties and sections of Yazoo, Washington and Warren IGreenvllle, the most important town in the patch of the flood is protect ed by high ridges and will not be af. fected. The town of Lobdell was in undated tonight and the outskirts of Beulah is also hooded, but the town proper is situated on high ground and will not be reached by the Wa ter
 The riverside division of the Ya- zoo and Mississippi valley line be. tween Greenville and River Junction has been suspended but railroad ot- ficials assert that train service on the main line of that road will not be interrupted. Preparations are be- ing made to transfer mail from River Junction to Greenylle in launches.
 Pearl River Flooded. Jackson, Miss, Jan. 25.-Pearl river reached the 20 foot stage here today and the weather bureau pre- diets another foot rise within the next 24 hours It is thought the river will reach the 23 foot gauge be. | fore the middle of next week. Thou sands of acres of lowlaads opposite the city are already under water. Higher Water Predicted.
 Washington, Jan. 25.-Higaer wa. ter along the Miscsissippi river with in the next fortnight is indicated by the condition of the Mississippi's tributaries, the weather bureau re- ported tonight
 | with the water now in siglt in the Mississippi river" says the re. port a stage of about IS feet is in- dicated for New Orleans by Feb. 10 The following warnings have been issued for the smaller rivers: For a flood stage in the lower Hi nois river in the next 24 hours; for flood stage of 43 feet in the Ten nessee river at Clarksville, Tenni within tae next 24 to S6 hours; for flood stage in the White river ot | Arkansas at Newport, Ark, within the next AS hours; for a 39 foot stage in the Tombigbee river at Demopo- I lis, Ala, in about three days.
 Ohio River Rising. I Carlo Ill.,, )an 25.-The Ohio riy- erf rea,hed stage of 4S.S feet here this afternoon, rise of two tenths of a foot in 24 hours. The crest of the flood is expected tomorrow at 49 feet.