Evening star., 1928-11-20
MIDWEST FACES
THREAT OF FLOOD
Thousands of Acres Covered
Along Mississippi as
Crest Rises.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
into the lap of Old Man River him
self, the deep-rolling, untractable Mis-
sissippi. was poured today the anger oi
the late Autumn floods.
Levees near Quincy, ILL.,, had crumbleo
permitting the waters Of swollen trihu'
taries to sweep over thousands of acres
Of corn, wheat and rice on both the
Missouri and Illinois sides Of the Mis-
Blssippi.
With this food. and damage done by
the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers
in Kentucky. the uncontrolled waters
today had claimed IL lives and inflicted
a property loss roughly estimated at
SI0,000,000.
Fourteen Are Dead In West.
In Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma,
where Ii lives have been lost and where
property damage has been heaviest, Q
recession of the waters was making
nossjble a survey Of the greatest Novsnl.
Der flood damage these States have ever
known, That was true, however. more
particularly In Kansas and Oklahoma.
for across Missouri the river that has
the same name continued to be rag
The Missouri was dangerously close
Go food stage across the entire State,
ana the inundation of great areas OF
bottom lands near st. Louis was reared
Smaller streams In the St. Louis terri.
tory were choked with waters, ano
many railroad lines ana highways
THROUGHOUT the State were blocked.
The number Of homeless ran high into
tNe thousands. one thousand were
driven from their dwellings in Ave Ken.
tucky communities alone, With the Ken
tuckv and Cumberland Rivers still fis-
nn AT last reports from the flooded areas
early today. Pineville, Georgetown,
sunshine, BarbourVille and Middlesboro
were the Kentucky communities hardest
hit by the rising waters. Georgetown
and Sunshine are suburbs OF Harlan.
Near Pineville three employees OF the
Virginia Harlan Coal Corporation were
swept to death when q tree. borne on
the foods crest, tore away bridge on
which they stood.
Rich Land Il Flooded.
There was no loss of life In the region
hIrrounding quincy, ILL.,, although many
thousands of acres were flooded. The
bursting of the Mark levee, which pro-
tected the South FabiUs drainage dis
trict on the Missouri side OF the Mis-
SAssippi permitted the waters to pour
ever 1000 acres of rich bottom lana
and its growing crops.
On the Illinois side the earthen levee
which has served to eonfine Bear Greek
since 1892 crumbled In four places,
flooding 5000 acres In the Lima DRAIN
ARe district, 90 miles north Of Quincy.
The Mississippi River gauge At quincy
last night registered i7.6 feet, the nigh
est mark ever recorded In the half CEN
tUrv it has been Ia use.
The Missouri-1 Illinois flooded territory
x1Aar Quincy was one In which there are
no large communities, q fortunate tact
IN that Il r1inimised property. damage.
Some farmers on the Illinois side today
expressed the hope that part OF their
corn crops might be saved, Aflu possibly
Ronle of their wheat.
Cold and snow were following the
Nood, causing rains in parts of Kansas
and Missouri, making necessary still
further rehabilitation and RELIEF meas
ures among the thousands Of refugees.
Public buildings were thrown open IN
many Kansas communities as head.
quarters for the food victims ana local
organisations were active Ia providing
aid. The American Legion and saliva.
ton Army were helping wherever their
services could be- utilized to best ad-
vantage.
TRAIN schedules were slowly being
returned to normal although there
were many miles Of right-of-way where
repair crews were at work. Normal
train service was predicted by tonight.
Highway damage was particularly
heavy in Missouri, running into HIM
dreds of thousands Of dollars.
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