Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
ORDERLEVEE
CUT TO Save
new ORLEANS
Residents Of Two Par
ishes Ord cred To
Leave Homes; Will
Open Levee Friday

NEW ORLEANS, La., April 27--
Pl-The tramp Of national guards
men echoed along lcvccs today A.
two southern Louisiana parishes
were being evacuated preparatory ~
surrendering them 70 the waters Of
the Mississippi that the South's larE-
est city might be saved from the on
slaught of the flood.
Vigorous protest on the part Of
citizens OF two parishes. st. Ber-
nard and Plaquemine, which often
rave witnessed the withering fire
Of guns in the perennial trapper's
warfare. was registered ~ the resi-
dents continued % patrol the levees.
Assurances that the property own
crs Of the Poydrns area would he
reimbursed for damages came from
fifty leading financiers and business
men Of New Orlesns who joined Gov.
@. II. Simpson. Mayor Arthur O..
kecfc and President Guy II. Dcano.
of the New Orleans ievec board. IN
signing a resolution 60 this effect.
Meanwhile Officers of the two par
ishes we're warning inhabitants 10
flee after the issuance ~ a procla-
nation by Governor Simpson setting
noon Friday H. the time for the
crevassc 90 be cut.
Approximately 1000 persons must
~ moved out Of the area before the
crevasse is made and reparations
| will bc settled upon bv a committee
or five persons constituted by two
appointces Of Governor Simpson. two
persons named by the New Orleans
city council and one member deSig-
mated nv the board of lcvep commits
sioners Of the Lake Borgne district
Refugees Leave Area
Hundreds Of persons formed the
seemingly endless caravan which
strcamed out Of the doomed area
, Battered automobiles. trucks. wagons
Y nd even push cars. trundlcd through
| the gravel towards New Orleans
where they will be cared for until
the waters recede from their homes.
I All movable things were included in
| the miscellaneous bundles which
freighted the vehicles.
The waters from the Poydras break
will inundate about 10000 acres. il
was estimated by engineers. The
crevasse or 1922 flooded about that
much territory. No towns Of ans
I size are likely ~ ~ touched by The
+. waters The village Of st. Bernard
I I'm perilouslv close ~ tho path thf
/ water i expected To take. but il wa.
| thought that il would escape.
\ Truck farmers and tTappcrs are
Il L.l. a h.
K area. None of these will " abln NJ
| depend on any income from theii
4 regular sources during the year.
Under Water Several Months
The lands Of the truck farmers
1 are likely ~ be under water Scvera
| months. and IL will take severa
| years to make up the number VI
4 muskrats drowned by the high wa
tera The oyster and shrimp in
dustry along the shores or LAX
| Borgne j. expected 10 suffer hcavill
also.
The entire Louisiana nationa
\ guard WINS called into service to nA
| troll the levees IN the vicinity or Nev
| Orleans. Although ali the rampant
were reported u be in satisfactor,
I condition there was faint hone o
holding an unbr0Fen chair when th
water goes three feet higher
Meanwhile. the waters pourinl
! from Stops Landing claimed Nv
4 ditional thousands Of acres of farm
ing lands in the Mississippi delt
and inundated new towns
"A small private lrvec at AnEuillH
| Mrs. hid been swent away bv m
waters from the Stops Lnndin
rrevassr many miles north wv wv
I town. and as a result about $50
4 nersnns were suffering from lack y
foad and shelter.
Water was said to b. five fec
deep In parts ~ the town.
More Towns Flooded
Making junction with the back
waters Of the fazoo river just aout
w Rolling Fork, the flood rrrrt n
While refugees pouring out 81 N
territory swelled the population r
concentration centcrs and added 4
the burdens Of the great relief ma
chine ct IT'D t0 sBeror them.
In southern Arkansas. efforts wer
\ being mace tO save the ArkamHa
river levee az South Bend. The sii
uatIon was considered desperate
"A dozen other towns were inuH
dated ~ the flood ~ the Arkansa
| ma Ouichita river Dcrn0tt. Tiliel
/ Eudor~ Arkansas CITY. Kalion. Wat
son. Fsaa0. McGchne. fpmintn nn
I Lake Village were included anon
these
fr the upprr reachr~ cf the flood
/ 81 Arkrlisas ard Mississippi section
rhr Hit-ation wa reported great
5mprovsd ~ the Red Gross assume
charge OF relief AZ new points an
hnstened food and medicinal MD.
FROM many par shes IN noyther
Tx uiNiana rrfngrrA continued \
80 earl into kickshsrrg, NFtehex nn
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