Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-29
FIVE INCHES OF ! RAIN INCREASE
 FLOOD DANGERS
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Negroes Moving tc High Ground

| Vast areas of lowlands are already under water+in this section, but iron all sides it is reported that so fal l the actual loss or damage is at ; minimum, due tc. the fact that there are no crops growing, and little live stock is in the danger zone. Hundreds-perhaps thousands-o1 negroes have moved Cut of the low. lands to higher ground. Wagons ant l other vehicles were used to haul of household goodS, and veritable ex- oGus was reported at dozens of the smaller settlements.
 In Pine Bluff, scores of negro families have moved out of the houses in the lowlands along Hard ings' bayou. Here the water stands a, a depth now almost as great as it was On June 1 of last year, and it is rising rapidly. fed by the rains and held from flowing out, by the high stage of the river, which also is feed ing it with backwater. The police received call yesterday afternoon, to send wagon to help move several negro families from some cabins at Fourteenth and Hazel street, the water being too deep to allow of wading. Assistance was sent the negroes
 Expect Trouble Today. Trouble is expected today, from various parts of the city. Late yes terday, backwater began flooding East Fifth avenue. 1t is expected by this afternoon the water in Harding's bayou will have reached stage where it will be flowing over Eas, Second avenue and East Sixth avenue vice may be interrupted at those points, late today or early tomor- row.
 A choked catch basin in East Sec ond avenue threatened serious trou- ble yesterday, but it was cleared out before harm was done. The water prevented from escaping through the catch basin, was beginning to eat its way back of the basin, and consider able cavlng would have resulted, with other damage, but for the fact the city engineers department was noti- fled of the trouble, and took the proper steps. -:t. New .Leyee Damaged. One end of the new levee in the Farley Lake levee district, near Han nabeATy suffered somfwhat yester- day, because of the water washing around it. It was feared that per haps 300 or 400 feet of the new levec at the exposed end, would be washed away. but there will be no other damage. There are no crops growing len the Hannaberry place, and even if large part of the place should be lsubmerged, the actual damage will be trival, it is said.
 There was slight caving of the levee at the Brunson place yester- day, but new protective work was quickly thrown up, and more will be placed today. There is plenty Oi sacks and earth, lots of men. and no danger at that point@it was reported last night by long distance telephone Trains Being Detoured. Because the flood situation arounG Watson has stepped railroad traffic ] through that section, the Iron Moun- tain is detouring through Pine Bluff all the train that heretofore travelled out of McGehee over the Memphis division.
 As a result, an extraordinary amount of work is being transacted by Iron Mountain employees here. and the local yards Of the company arc showing an amount of business not heretofore witnessed. It is estimat ed that a dozen or more additional trains are being handled daily thru Pine Bluff by the Iron Mountain, be- cause of this enforced detour. | Talk FloOdgates Again.
 With the rising waters, again come: the talk of building floodgates, tt keep the river from backing into Hardings' bayou. and flooding a large area of city lowlands.
 All the old arguments for thu building of floodgates are agaiI
 being used, and there appears no op position. Demands that some on start movement to have the flood gates built are again being heard but no one has yet made the s-art
 It was understood yesterday, al though this was not verified. that al expeediture of about $1.S00 woult have resulted in preventing furthe water from backing into the bayou l llIOukH tuG COA0tA uNtiOu OA OsSAl and syphon at the mouth of tn
 bayou. but that efforts to get prop erty owners to raise this amount ha'
 resulted in failure.
 Strengthen Cummins Leyee.
 Thirty thousand sacks were rushe'
 from Little Rock to the state convic
 farm yesterday, where 1000 convict were set to the work of re-enforcin
 the main levee and the new loo
 levee that was finished yesterday b prisoners.
 It was thought that the loop leve lwould save the farm, but fear is ex
 pressed now, since predictions by th
 weather bureau tell of unprecedente, river stages, that the levses may no hold against the great pressure o e water.