South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-02
MANY TOWNS
ALONG RIVER
UNDER WATER
Eight People Loose Lives in
Floods in Arkansas, Mis-
SiSSippi and Lou
isiana.
PROPERTY LOSS NEAR
S1O,OOo,OOO MARK
Six Hundred ConviCtS Are
Still Marooned on the
Penitentiary Farm at
CumminS, Ark.
nterns .ionaI News Service:

Interns .iOnal News Service:
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Feb. Eight
lives lost and property damage. to
the extent perhaps Of S1O,OOO,OOO
was the result today of the floods
that were sweeping sections of Ark
ansas, Mississippi and Kentucky.
Hundreds Of head Of livestock have
been drowned and there is much
suffering among thousands Of peo-
pie rendered homeless.
Arkansas has been tbs worst suf-
ferer. In that state railroad traffic
was demoralized in many sections
and telegraph and telephone wires
were down in every direction. Lev
ees on the Mississippi and tributary
streams have broken in many places.
flooding thousands Of acres of rich
farming land and driving people
from their homes.
Six hundred cOnvicts were still
marooned on the penitertiary farm
at Cummins, Ark. efforts of the past
two days TO rescue them having
proved Intellectual. The steamer Bay
Queen was sent from Pine Bluff last
night to take the men aboard, but il
returned today without them, the
captain reporting the convicts could
not be reached.
City Under Water.
The city of Pine Bluff, Ark. is
almost entirely under water, with no
trains entering or leaving the city.
The levee there has broken in five
places.
Lake Village, Ark. was under
three feet of water. The muddy wa
tiers of the Mississippi are near the
top of the levee at that place and
break is feared.
Twenty FIVE families were rescued
at Red Fork. Ark, early today. after
having been maroOned on the roof
OF cotton shed for four days. part
of the time without food. Several of
the rescued were so i'll from ex-
posture that death was feared
A leeve protecting the town of
Warner. Ark, gave way about
o'clock this morning, flooding that
town
lit oAAudAAOAl oA ANNN pun L al Ne
was even worse than yesterday Wa
ter stood today six feet in every
street in the almost depOpuiated
town The water back Of the levees
had frozen during the past "a hours
and was thick enough today to bear
skaters. Horses and cattle were
found frozen in and had to be
chopped loose from the ice.
Levee Weakening.
Arkansas City. Ark. was partly
under water. The Mississippi levee
was weakening and engineers who
have been on duty for several days
fear a break.
Three hundreds men are working
at Laconia Circle. Ark, TO save the
White river levee. If it goes out it
will endanger the city of Helena,
Ark.
Water pouring through a break at
Watson, Ark. today covered Drew.
Ashley. Lincoln. Desho, Chicot and
Il other parishes in northern Lou
isiana. In these sections today more
than Is, 900 people were calling for
help. Rescue parties were working
night and day. but their efforts were
greatly hampered by high wind and
strong current.
West Hickman. KY. was entirely
under water today and more than
half of the town OF Hickman was
flooded The federal government was
reported 10 be sending provisions TO
those places.
Levees from the Missouri state
line 10 Helena, Ark. were reported
today TO De holding.
New Madrid, Mo-, was under four
feet OF water.
The levee at charlottesville, Mo.
was weakening.