Putnam patriot., 1927-05-06
EYE WITNESS TELLS OF
 MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
Miss Emily Dunbar, We'll Known in Pomfret, De
 scribes Conditions
RefuRes Arrive at Nstehez Gross
 Hard at Work

Mrz Charles G Thompson of Pom fret has received letter from Miss Emily Dunbar. who spent several sum- mers iu that town, where she Is well known. describing conditions as of April 29th iu %atehez, Mississippi, due tO Che flood of the great rive. At that time The people were anti cibatinR the further rising of the riv- er but the graphic description Of a person an the spot shows c9nelust- ycly that the stories in the press are not exaggerated and that the money being contributed Co the Red Cross can be tis being) used to alleviate suffering and hardships among the homeless The letter Is as follows
 Feeling Intense
 April 29. 1927 Dear Mrs. Thampsou
 Thanks for your letter received fhIs morning At this moment the feeling is very intense in regard to pos .bIe conditions that may arise due fa ans HeW breaks that may occur at ans t|me iu the ievecs now holding back thc waters of the mighty Missis- FHI Hiver The crest of the rise is expected between th- lsi and tHe 10th ef May and thIs RaHec= if NHtebez. te#eh 8. feet fl mol more. tU0 feet hahef than ever before.
 With all ttis $atebez i= aHlg iu- raHseHieHreH HeaF tHe river bank. which is 200 fcct below eur bluffs. by the water overAowing the flat aHd fHrfe. For weeks livestock from eutsi jana plantations has been brought over % the hills. large dr9ves af eaatie and mules pa uE through the street almost every day from the ferry landing The eity Is fillrl with refugees besides B camp fer while md cHiared people on the outskirts. ThIz camp F. run uH military lines. the people being fed from public kitchens. the means supplied by the Red Cross
 This is one time l imagine, the press has not exaggerated conditions in Che axeHGowed districts of the south We have heard first hand from GrcenYiile, a town af some twel- Fp thousand or more. that is com HletHIY inundated. some places 10 H ? feet. due fo q break iu Che le- s.e twenty miles north ef there
 Water in Hospital
 Ny cousin has been kept very an Ei1us about brother m the Kings Daughters Hospital, in GreeHvill5 recovering from aH operation Nalcr covers the tnor but all patients are bHing alre for through the strenuous efforts used hy uutside help of Nation ri GHHrd tC iH keeping sanitary con lions he4fah.e when sewers etca are pa auf If commission by the Hatar tn say nothing of lran porting provisions rte. hg boat through fde #feetz
 VI drVc down almost every iae
 strH the fiveE and The HHfle town f kdHlia fust across IH Gaa#siaau. protected b4 what l4aks like slen= dHr thread If leHee at thls lme hut
 really many feet high ID which water has gradually crcpt from day ta day until npH f. #sls te be topped for long stretches with bags filled with earth. Thousands of men have been employed as the fight still goes on save this town from ruins if a break should occur ncar at hand All wo- men and children have been removed. as has been the casu iu Hli other simi- lar localities where warming is givea tu get out Lights are strung along the leyee and men work all night, sa it's quite sight from our bluffs. People who come over say our hills gre mighty good to see after the dan ger menaeing their hat country.
 Activities commenced with rescue work etc. reminding one of war times.
 The government IS helping with hydroplanrs. motor boats and other craft from this coast with Natcac2 s their headquarters. and also. of course, through the Red Cross whose management has been wonderful SD far
 This Rood k a dreadful blow to the delta region where everything de ponds upon planting However the water may ro of in time for some planting ta be done over where crops gre now standing in water but tho cNtra expense will hc considerable
 Everyone Is contributing through the Red Cross generously Today being Saturday children picture Red Riding Hood" was shown en- trance charge. groceries and old clo- thes for the refugees My cousin has told me of q contribution of $500 sent through her to the Red Cross and she has nc idea who the donor is but the order is#on New York bank hV telegraph.
 AGectionately.
 EMILY DUNBAR