Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-05
Fifteen Cars of Stone Arrive Last Night and Will Be
 Put at Danger Point.
BELIEVE BIG OIL.
 TANKS NOW SAFE
Slouglling Continues Yesterday, Third House Going Into Riycr--Attcmpt to Change Current ny Dynami-
 ing Point Without Result.
A difference of opinion existed late

A difference of opinion existed late last night, as to the condition of af- fairs prevailing in the neghborhood
 of Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Ohio streets, on the river bank, where serious caving has taken place the past two or three days.
 Men accustomed to fighting such
 things hazarded the opinion late last night. that the condition is just as
 serious as it has ever been Other men of equal experience and just as much knowledge on the subject, eX- pressed the belief that the worst is over." and that the caving has been checked in great degree.
 There was still considerable slough ing of the bank into the river yester-
 day and last night. One of the big oil tanks of the Magnolia Petroleum company was moved out of danger yesterday, and late last night it was stated that there is good chance to save the other tanks. The tanks and their contents are valued at approXi- mately $S,0OO or $9,G00
 Last night, most of the work was
 being done on the front at the plant
 of the Standard Oil company, where it appeared the full strength of the current was eating into the bank. Hundreds of loads of stone were
 dumped along the bank during the
 day and night, big%force. of .workmen
 being engaged. the city prisoners with them. The city prisoners re- nlained in jail last night, getting a Well-earned rest.
 Fifteen more cars of stone arrived
 last night. Mayor Simon Bloom has
 been telephoning and telegraphing in all directions for stone for this
 work. becoming especially active aft CT the Iron Mountain and Cotton Felt roads were unable to locate any
 thing The Iron Mountain is hauling the stone to Pine Bluff, and the Cot ton Belt is putting it at the scene of the work.
 Another little frame house went in- to the river yesterday, making three in all at that point to be swallowed by the stream.
 Explosion Without Result. Whatever the intent of the explo- sion of Thursday night, no results
 were achieved, except to create a hole about ten feet wide and twenty feet deep, which filled with water. and did no other hurt.
 The force of the explosion is said to have caused one little house on the point to topple into the stream. The wife of farmer occupying land in that neighborhood fainted from fright and shock.
 Several families occupy land which
 would have been flooded to great
 depth if the little government" le- wee had been blown up, it developed
 yesterday, and there are several hun
 dred head of stock on the ''island" that would have been drowned out. That the men of that section had
 decided to protect their homes, was
 learned last night. Armed with
 rifles and shotguns, they had arrang- ed to mount guard and to shoot at
 sight anybody who approached the "is- land" in a boat, and who did not
 quickly explain his presence there. l So far as could be learned here.
 there were no further explosions. It is said an effort is to be made by the United States authorities to as- certain the identity of the man or men who placed the dynamite which was exploded Thursday night.