The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-20
RELIEF SENT OUT
TO FLOOD SECTOR
Hundred and Fifty Blacks
Reported Marooned by
the Illinois River
BEARDSTOWN SUFFERS
But in Spite Of It's Plight 1t
Plays big Sister TO Com
muuity's Ncighbors

CAIRO. UL. April i9 Rod CIo"
roller workers lUif hUrr today TOT
Dog Tooth .I between 'al.u and
Fayy.Iir. to aIl $50 negroes reported
murOuutd ly tho flood som" OF
tho negroes arc starving, T'I"'i TO
stated.
plies aut Iyn. and plan Co 'HIau-
lsh tent colony ut Iu'u'N, % hlEh
point Cor iUa sufferers.
Reports Ium Mcclure stated ihni
tho water was u.urruuiug hundreds
OF cultivated acres aa the result OF
six urur-by .cy'o breaks iu the Iatt
five days Bcyuoldsvllle, "A town Of
about roo population IL flooded
completely.
BEARDsTuwN. Il, April 10
Gradual isolation or tho city Ot
BcaIdstown was carried a step fnr-
thrr This morning when it was an
Iounrrd that nll telephone ComWu-
nlcatlun with the farm communities
OF Scuylcr and Brown counties had
bopu cut off Ran communication
with these counties ana the country
west and north was suspended two
days ago.
water In Bcardstown reached It's
highest again today nftor rucCdlug
"a bit early today. and then rising
six inches. n measured 50 feet and
II inches above low wator mark
this morning.
Although wadiug 20 deep I'm watcr
Roardstown today continued in the
role ~ big sister 10 other flooded
communities, providing the supplies
and other roller for the salvation
Army 10 carry 10 tho flooded town
OF Browning, ~ miles up the river
ana the Town OF ircdcrlckH. four
miles distant.
MEREDOSlA, H., April To-
The lcycc OF tho Mcrodosia lake
drainage district broke this after
noon flooding 5000 acres OF wheat
lands, aud the homes OF more than
fifty famlliee.
All residents of the district with
their livestock are said To have os-
capped before the loyee broke.
NEW ORLEANS. IR,, April IL
Thousands OF square miles OF low
lands I'm the Mississippi river valley
are today inundated as n result OF
the high stage OF the Mississippi.
Much OF the territory covered by the
backwAter is swampland and sparse
ly inhabited. Large areas OF 1arm-
ing lands are also included. how
ever, and I'm somO cases small towns
and villages are inundated, espocl-
ally In Phillips county, Arkansas,
where about a dozen small towns
nro covered with water ranging In
depth from few inches up 70
about IA feet. Another large area
affected Ii In the lower Yazoo river
basin whore IL is reported that SSi. o
$50 acres. or 1,3S2 square miles OF
land In Yazoo, Warren and Issn-
auena counties are covered with
back water from the YazOo canal.
Yazoo river ana Tallahatchie river,
Few towns In this area are affected,
There are dozens OF other areas of
smaller extent flooded by back
water from various streams. Due to
the condition OF the roads. or the
lack NJ them. tho inaccessibility OF
the flooded sections make Il impos-
siblo to obtain adequate information
as to their extent,
Residents OF the areas flooded by
backwater were In every case given
ample warning OF their danger by
the slow and gradual rise OF the
water.
Refugee colonies have been es-
tabllshed at Helena, Ark. Vicks-
burg ana Natchez. Miss, where gov
ornment agencies, the Red Cross.
salvation Army and other orRaniza-
lions are caring for the flood suf-
ferers.
Men were rushed today from
northwestern Louisiana towns 10
Arkansas city where "A leyeo break
IL feared,