Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-02
FIGHTING THE FLOOD.
All Available Forces Trying to Hold
Back Waters of the Mississippi.

Back Waters Of the Mississippi.
New Orleans, April 30.-While water
flowing through the three crevasses in
the lower Mississippi river continued to
cover more lands today, the fight to
prevent other breaks in the levees was
carried on without any let up. Thou
sands of men spent their Sabbath fill
ing and piling sand bags to strengthen
the weak places and to raise the low
stretches of the embankmerts to meet
higher river stages than any yet re-
corded.
In the third Mississippi levee dis
trict alone no less than 10000 men
were engaged in the fight to hold the
swollen river in it's channel, the 1000
employed by the government in this
district being reinforced by more than
5000 civilians who have volunteered
their services for common protection
of their homes. Church services were
dispensed with in many places, the
pastors leading their flocks to the
levees where the day was spent in hard
labor to prevent further flooding.
Search for Marooned.
Other hundreds spent the day in
searching the flooded areas for ma
rooned families and removing them in
small boats to places of safety.
Throughout the day the numbers being
cared for in he Silly improvised refu-
gee camps, established by the Red
Cross or by private citizens, were aug
mented by the arrival of other desti-
tute and sometimes hungry refugees
who had been marooned in their flood
ed homes for several days.
So far as could be determined late
today there was no alienation OF the
serious situation growing out or the
depletion Of food supplies at number
of the refugee camps, especially at
Harrisonburg, La, where 1900 persons
were reported yesterday to be practi-
cally without food. Nothing is known
here of the progress of the boat load
of provisions dispatched from New Or
leans Yesterday for the stricken Black
River district, where 1000 destitute
refugees are awaiting food Whlle eH-
listing on restricted diet.
Reports from YaZoo City, Miss, To-
day state that food is scarce in that
district, the supplies there being prac-
tically exhausted and that conditions
we're even worse in Issaquena county,
where a large area has been under
water for the last six weeks.
At JoneSvlle, La, where several
hundred destitute refugees from the
Black, Little, Tensas and Ouachlto rlV-
er districts are being cared FOR, DacK
waters have completely flooded the
town. While the refugee camp therc Is
located on higher ground than the town
itself it is expected that even the
camp site will be inundated.
Destitute Army Grows.
Preparations are being made to care
for 5000 refugees at HARRISBURG
where refugee camp was established
and at Rhinehart where Il camp was
opened yesterday. More than l,ooO
people are already concentrated IN
these two camps and the number Is
constantly being increased.
Wafer from Ferriday crevaSse today
reached the town of Waterproof, La
and late. reports were that the town
is slowly being flooded. At Nidolio,
La, efforts to erect temporary leVees
TO prevent the water entering that
place were continued throughout that
night and today with some hope OF
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No dangerous developments in the
levee situation in the lower reaches
of the river were reported today.
Weather bureau predictions indicate
that there will be little Change in the
river stages for the next few days, but
that water in sight indicates that re-
Gently established high records will be
broken at all points on the lower river