Evening star., 1935-03-13
FLOOD WATER TIDE
HITS MANY STATES
Levees Break in Missouri,
Forcing 500 to Evacuate.
Half County Covered.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Swirling flood water Of the Missis-
8ippi and its tributaries menaced
homes in a half dozen States today
while snow and rain storms swept
across the South.
Hundreds were driven from their
homes in Illinois, Missouri and Mis-
sissippi by rising floods that crumbled
levees of the st. Francis River, near
Kennett, Mo-, and threatened q WIDE
spread rampage.
National Guardsmen were ordered
out in Missouri to help families evac-
uate the stricken area from which
more than 500 fed as officials warned
levees would crumble further before
the foods crest.
Half of Saline County, nl., was
inundated by floods described as the
worst since 1918.
Mercury Above Freezing.
Meanwhile, the Washington outlook
was for mostly cloudy weather tonight
and tomorrow, without much change
in temperature. A snow Of less than
half an inch whitened Washington
last night, but the city awoke to fair
skies. The mercury by noon was well
above freezing and should not get
lower than "a tonight.
The minimum for the last "a hours
was 80 at ? o'clock this morning. Yes
terday's rain changed to snow about
10 o'clock last night, and light fur
ries fell until the skies cleared shortly
before daylight. Not enough snow
remained on the streets to incon-
venience traffic.
Freeze Curbs Kentucky Flow.
Kentucky waterways, swollen by
the heaviest continuous rain in two
years, were blamed for one death and
considerable property damage, but
freezing weather arrested the imme-
diate danger of more extensive dam
age.
United States engineers predicted
the Mississippi would rise 7 feet
above flood stage at Cairo, ILL.,, by
Saturday, and forecast a major flood.
A bowling gale swept through the
Carolinas, blanketing large areas in
snow, disrupting communication and
unroof1ng houses.
On the Carolina coastal banks 200
fishing boats were driven to shelter,
and at St. Pauls three houses were
blown from their foundations. Appre-
hension was felt as mountains were
blanketed with snow above already
| swollen streams.
Northern West Virginia. Western
Pennsylvania and Ohio were threat
ened by waters Of the Monongahela,
Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
A tornado storm added cold weather
and ice to flood regions Of Mississippi,
| where many residents of Jackson were
flowed. The business section Of Pom
totoc, Miss, suffered 100000 storm
damage.
The high wind tore a path 400 yards
wide and more than q mile long
| through Macon, Ga, demolishing small
houses and ripping up trees. A convict
camp near Valdosta, Ca, suffered
damage from the winds.
Miners Quit Jobs.
As the Monongahela River reached
feet above flood stage at Browns
Vile, Pa, all river traffic was stopped
and an estimated 10000 miners, work.
ing full time for the first time In
months, had to quit their jobs tempo
rarily.
Lockmasters said they expected
fall shortly, but foresaw no resumption
Of traffic before Thursday at the
earliest.
Tributaries Of the Monongahela in
Northern West Virginia covered q
dozen highways, and a number of
communities were practically cut of
from automobile traffic.
The same was true in the southern
part of the State, where the Kanawha
and its tributaries were rising.
At Middlebourne, w. Va, on the
Ohio River, schools were closed be-
cause busses could not travel flooded
roads.