Evening star., 1920-04-04
FLEE
FROM RIVER FLOOD
Two More Feet at Chatta-
n0oga Will Add to Number
of Homeless.

tHA 1ANOoIA, Ienn., April 3 (by
| the Associated Press) While the
flood at Chattanooga had reached a
stage of forty feet early tonight.
Weather Observer Pindell declared he
! did not expect the crest to go be-
yond forty-two feet. Relief forces
| have been busy all day aiding those in
! the lowiands to move out and many
| famiiies are now domiciled at yari-
I Gus public buildings
! Many more manufacturing plants
| were forced to close down today and
others Will be affected by the addi-
| tonal water predicted. The railroads
! entering the city are gradually over
coming the obstacles caused by flood
waters and normal service is being
resumed.
Flooded areas in the city presented
animated scenes tonight, hundreds of
families rushing to save their house
hold goods and moving to high
ground. The city's white wings
squad is doing practically all the NOV
| ing, using trucks and other vehicles.
| School buildings. churches and the
| city auditorium are being utilized by
refugees.
| Army Kitchens in Use
| Army field kitchens sent into the
| city from Fort Oglethorpe have been
placed at the various buildings. 1t
Is estimated that more than 900
families have already been removed from
| the danger zone. and the work is being
! continued tonight.
several of the street car lines have
| been affected by the flood. the Signal
system announcing tonight that it's
| tracks were flooded at several places
and that service had to be curtailed
reports from surrounding counties
IN tennessee and in north Georgia
report all streams on rampage, with
much consequent damage to road
ways and farms. Some of the fine
farming section east of Missionary
TluSe is submerged. and owners have
had great difficulty in saving their
live stock from drowning.
xCnnlckamauga. Ga. eleven miles east
OF chattanooga. is hard hit by the
mood, the pumping station. electric
iisht plant and cotton industries hay-
ing to suspend. The population has
been marooned in the town. being un-
apie 10 travel either by rail or pike,
ana ana navlhg no communication with
the outside except by telegraph
Danger Past Mt Knoxville,
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. April 3-Tbe
Tennessee river here was slowly re-
ceding tonight after having attained
height of 27.6 feet at o'clock This
morning. Tonight it had fallen only
one foot. but all danger was consid-
cred past.
The flood tide. which came after
extraordinarily heavy rainfall all over
the Appalachian watershed did MANY
| thousands of dollars damage and
temporarily tied up traffic on several
OF the railroads out of Knoxville.
me Little River Railroad Company.
| whose lines in Blount and Sewer
counties were almost totally DESTROY
ed. has already begun work of re-
| building.
Reports tonight from Benton. in
PoIk county. south of here, said the
Ocoee and Hiawasze rivers had been
on rampage. and that one railroad
oridge and several miles of pike road
mad been washed away.
ror hourS Benton was entirely cut
on from the outside world The rain
IAN there was said to have been ten
inches Thursday night.
Floods in Georgin.
| DALTON. Ga. April 3-As the re.
SUIT OF torrential rains. which have
visited this section and which are con-
| tlnuing, all streams have reported an
unprecedented height, many bridges
nave been washed away and farm
| iands have suffered heavy damage.
rising.
o AssHEVILLE; n. c.. April s.-The
crest of the food in western North
Garollna was passed today, and all
the rivers are receding, although
| slowly, and another heavy rain would
easily cause them to rise again, ac-
! cording to reports reaching here from
many sections. The Ashe Knox-
vile division of the Southern rail-
way, which was blocked all day Fri
DAY ana Friday night, trains being
iharooned. mas been cleared, anu trains
! are again operating on time
U. $. Guards Lower Mississippi.
| VICKSBURG. Miss. April with
the food stage in the Mississippi ex-
pected to be passed in the next TWEEN
ty-four hours. Government Engineer
capt. j. w. Stewart. in charge of the
third Mississippi river district, with
| headquarters in this city, today issued
orders declaring that government
forces will be responsible for patrol
at levees and all working in the dis
trict
! The Mississippi reached a stage Of
| 4f.3 feet late today and. with the
RIVER rising at rate of seven-tenths
OF foot here a day. it is expected
the mood stage of As feet will be
reached by tomorrow night. The dis
trict engineer stated in his order that
Two quarter boats and barges, with
the steamers Control and Lesaquina,
VIII be held in reserve at Vicksburg.
ana that forces will be stationed al
Rosedale and Vicksburg with quarter
boats. barges and tugs for towing
and full equipment material, sacks
and tools.
Tugs and barges will also be sta
toned at the following points: Ar
kansas City, Georgetown Bend, Lake
providence. Trannsylvania. Red Fork.
Lake Jefferson. Ark; Beulah, Miss
Ranther Forest. La; Ashbrook Neck
and Dixie. Miss; Wilson Point, La,
and Butler, Miss.
Fearing an outbreak of anthrax,
the board of trade has issued warn
ing to all live stock owners to have
their stock inoculated. as they do not
desire the conditions following the
previous flood in the Mississippi