Evening star., 1927-04-24


hold back as much of the water as
possible.
The Inspector was outbound for
Cuba.
Supplies and men were rushed
from New Orleans and Buras as soon
as the creVasse was reported The
break was 100 feet wide at O'Clock
and was widening rapidly in spite
of the fact that the inspector was
still anchored alongside the bank.
About so families live on the
Junius plantation, which was rapidly
being inundated The New Orleans
and Lower Coast Railway said that
their tracks, on a built-up embank-
ment 100 feet from the levee, were
already under feet of water. About
1900 people will be driven from their
homes unless the break is stopped, it
was expected
The water had not reached Buras,
which was several miles below the
break.
Prepare for Greatest Flood.
Revision of forecast heights for the
greatest flood in the history of the
Mississippi Valley and hundreds of
stories of havoc and misery wrought
by the murky waters of the upper
valley, today brought warnings from
engineers of the grave danger N
which the lower valley stands from
the approaching flood
The Fifth Louisiana Levee Board
issued a statement warning the peo-
pie of the gravity of the flood menace
and sought to impress upon residents
OF the lower valley that the section
E. 4 1, trrlN ar~I~A
its history.
Don't let the temporary fall luil
you to sleep" the statement said
sary than ever and eternal vigilance
and hard labor will win the fight
Anything else will lose it."
The engineers estimated that the
return waters from the Mississippi
breaks would get back into the river
within the next 10 days and urged
that all levees in the parishes of Madi-
son, Tensas and COncordia be put into
condition to withstand 57-foot level
on the Vicksburg Gauge.
New Orleans. sitting serenely be-
tween the river and Lake Pontchar-
tlain, with virtually the entire city
of half a million below the river
level, went calmly and unhurriedly
about its ordinary work.
But beneath a placid exterior there
were signs of perturbation. Grocers
reported there had been heavy sales
in some sections of the city to per-
sons storing food in their homes for
use in a possible emergency.
Boats Stored i'm Homes.
Boats were stored in some homes
"a
of the 14inch rain which flooded sec
tions of the city last week. Hundreds
of telephone calls streamed into
newspapers requesting late food news
and many rumors ran throuh the city
of breaks in the levees. More than
a thousand men worked along 8
miles of the water front raising
ramparts to levels sufficient to with
stand the high water forecast.
So numerous were the calls upon
the Weather Bureau that DR.. /. NJ.
Cline, forecaster issued a statement
saying that "the city of New Orleans
at the present time is in no immi-
nent danger from the unprecedented
floods in the Mississippi River and
the possibility of danger to the city
with the proper precautions which
are being taken is very remote"
Sections of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi not too much occupied with pre-
pairing for their own approaching
fight with the water, We're rallying
to the relief of fiood.stricken cities
of the upper valley Slliffs were
donated by the oyster interests at
Biloxi and shipped TO the water.coy-
cred areas.
Steamers Sent to Greenville.
Physicians and boats were being
ard Oil Co. OF Louisiana dispatched
the steamer Sprague. with barges suf-
ficient TO carry 1000 persons, to
Greenville to remove food sufferers
to Vicksburg. The Sprague left
Grand Lake, Ark, this morning.
The Oscar Barrett, with a tow of
barges capable Of transporting 500,
was due TO arrive at Grand Lake this
afternoon and will be dispatched to
Greenville IL needed Both boats will
be held in service until released by
Gov Murphree. company officials
said
The Gulf, Mobile and Northern Rail-
way volunteered to carry free of
charge any supplies or materials for
flood relief, and other railroads offered
any assistance possible.
Meanwhile, with thousands of per-
sons laboring throughout the lower
valley, guarding the raising levees
ahead Of the eVer-rising flood, pre-
liminary plans were made at Baton
Rouge to care for any number of
flood refugees.