Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-11
DIXIE GIVES WAY THIS
NOON AS RESULT
OF HIGH WIND
Nc LIVES ARE LOST
TWENTY-FIVE BLOCKS UNDER
FcR FEET OF WATER WHEN
ILLINOIS POURS OVER AND
THRU BARRIcADES.

Bardstown, April l1.-Blown into a
fury by a high wind, which sprung
up bout o'clock this morning the
BeadstOwn leyee along the Illinois
rive, gave way at 10 o'clock driy
ing all wOrkmen away and burying
twenty-five city blocks under four feet
of water No lives were lost
Waves four feet high beat down
the barricade of sand bags which for
geek had withstOOd the pressure OF
tn, highest water since 1874 This
bliw came after the hopes Of the in
hdbitants had been buoyed up by the
falling of the river level as result
a the breaking of dykes at Havana
and MeredOsia
Give up Hope This A. M.
At 9:45 o'clock this morning colo
mel Tripp, representing Adiutuut
General Black said the river had fallen
13 inches since last night. Wind at
tnat time. however, was blowing such
a gale that he declared there was
positively no hope that the leyee
would last thru the day. it gave way
. Ndltk
thru the breach caught no one, as
all the workers had been driven back
from their places shortly after the
windstorm started. They gave way to
wind and water after withstandmg
the water alone for six days and
nights. Mayor Terry said there was
nothing to be done that every precau.
tion had been taken and the people
were meeting the flood with their ac-
"ustomed CoOIness gained by expert,
ences OF previous years Families
made homeless are living in tents or
are being cared for by their neighbors.
Shows Drop Last Night.
Beardstown, Ill.,. April 11.-Thc
crest of the flood on the Illinois river
at Beardstown was reached last night,
IT was announced this morning, when
measurements showed that the river
had receded two inches from it's rec.
ord height Of twenty-five and one-half
feet. A further Improvement of cor
ditions Is expected as a result of Gov
ernor Smalps order to Chicago drain
age commissioners that flow of Lake
Michigan water into the river be de-
creased
Failing of the river level resulted.
it is believed from the breaking Of
another levee near Havana
Unless a heavy rain comes today or
an excessively high wind, Mayor Wes.
ley Perry declared this morning he be-
lieved the levees would not break. He
discounted the report Of an attempt
which late last night was reported to
have resulted in the placing of an
armed guard. The rumor was given
circulation yesterday 1t was said
the breaking of the leyee below the
city would lessen the pressure on the
city levee. Mayor Perry regarded it
as rumor unworthy of consideration.
Mississippi at Flood Stage.
Hannibal, Mo, April 1.-THE Mis-
sissippi river at this point will reach
the food stage Of thirteen feet tc-
night, the local federal weather sta
tion announced today. Local rains
and heavy precipitation in the Des
Moines river valley was given as the
reason for s of foot rise in the past
"a hours, putting the stage at 1873
at 8 a. m. today
Rock Creek OverfIows.
Morrison, H. April 11.--Rock Creek
has overiioWn its banks here at many
places, cutting off rural inhabitants
from the city. The city water supply
has been threatened by the overflow
of the creek into reservoir used at
the waterworks.