Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
No Further Loss of Life Re- ported in District Adja-
 cent to City.
DERMOTT FEARFUL,
 OF FLOOD WATERS
Flooding of Bayou Bartholomew May 1nundate Large Stretch of Terri. tory Adjacent to That
 Stream.

No further joss of life has been re- ported in the flood country immedi- ately south and southeast of Pine Bluff in the past A hours.
 From all points, Douglas, Gould Warner, Dumas among them, come re- ports that the situation is much more favorable. and that conditions are greatly improved.
 Boats have gone into the more re- mote sections, and have found that persons are alive and well, for whose safety deep fears had been felt.
 Messengers have arrived at Dumas and other places from the Oakwood bayou section, and have reported that there has been no loss of life iE that vicinity.
 At Walnut Lake. the water is ris- ing fast, and there is a continued rise reported in the McGehee neigh borhOod.
 Gould and Warner both report the water falling. At Warner, the fall already amounts to 3 inches or more,
 State Stock is Safe.
 All the stock removed from the state convict farm at Cummins to Warner is reported safe, except one crippled mule Capt. Rice's big lot of stock at Warner also is safe. -
 Penitentiary officials in charge of the situation at Cummins yesterday succeeded in rigging up barges with which to transport feed from the barns at Cummins to- the stock a: Warner, and the stock was we'll fed yesterday. This will be continued until the stock is moved back to Cummins.
 From the Mason place, about five miles south of Gould. information was received yesterday that the refugees there are all safe, and that all the stock on the place was also saved. Much anxiety had been felt for the people on the Mason place.
 Rescue Work Succeeding.
 Gould, Warner and Dumas all sent ill reports of most reassuring na- ture last evening. Rescue parties in boats had gone from those places to the more remote sections, and had found the water falling, as rule.
 There was little necessity for nov ing the refugees, except in two or three cases. All the flood sufferers in these remote sections are in need of food, as has been anticipated by the relief committee. Many of them have been without food or clean drinking water for two or three or more days.
 R. R. Rice, IT,, of Warner saved one batch of refugees who had taken quarters in the uper floor of two story house some miles from Warner.
 Warner expects the water to con- tinue falling, and anticipates that some dry land will be showing again Sunday forenoon.
 Dumas, which is perhaps the largest center now of the actual re- lief operations, still reports it is well able to care fer all it's refugees, and that the most favorable reports are being received from all sections.
 DermOtt Is Worried.
 Dermott and other towns farther south were uneasy and worried last night over reports that water flow ing across country from the breaks around Cummins and Douglas would flow into Bayou Bartholomew, which is already bank full, and would result m the flood1ng Of great expanse or low country down the Bartholomew valley.
 J. F. Ligon, county judge of Lincoln county. stated over the long distance telephone from Star City last night that the water flowing through the breaks in the Arkansas river levee at Cumming and Douglas is flowing into Bayou Bartholomew, according to re- liable information reaching him yes- terday.
 The information received by Judge Ligon indicated that the water is ris- ing yet at the point where it is nearest Star City, which is about six miles from the Lincoln county capital. Star City is high and dry, and is caring for scores of refugees, from Gould and other points in the flooded section. Judge Lgon stated additional boats would be a great help in the work of rescue.