Show fw 7 FEARFUL FLOODS IN SOUTH it is feared many lives will be lost before the water subsides the flood situation in the portion of 0 the mississippi valley contiguous tc ta memphis lenn Is extremely critical and reports of loss ol 01 life are at hand it was thought at first that the break in the levee at Ho lybush near trice s landing would help matters by ing the pressure of water and causing a fall at this point instead of this the break has complicated conditions by flooding a vast area in arkansas across the mississippi from memphis and a veritable sea exists in the st francis and mississippi river basing basins extending from one basin to the other a distance of many miles from this territory a call for help has gone up from persons who have been surround ed in their homes on high parts of the country but thus far it has been an impossibility to send them assist ance A few floating bodies have been bee n found at vano vario is points by the resau ing boats but the number has not yet been alarming the st louis san francisco rail rall road runs through the st francis country but that company has an all trains its tracks being un der water near marion ark the town of marion Is almost totally fl flood ed and citizens are using skiffs as their only means of travel negroes and white persons from the adjacent territory are pouring into marion every hour ing that a boat be sent to rescue their families there is no means of reaching them except by mal ing a break in the levee near memphis |