Show High Waters New Orleans7 The government gauge at the head of Canal street shows the river is even with the great flood of 1874 and five inches higher than last year Most of the planking in front of the levee is covered with water and steamers in many cases have to land freight a hundred feet farther out than usual The water at several points along the city front passes over levees into the gutters Several small breaks in the levee are closed Little Lit-tle or no damage is done A large force is at work on the Gouldsboro crevasse the water from the crevasse crev-asse so far is doing comparatively compara-tively little damage If the break should not be closed a loss to the railroad and propertyowners will be great The rain is the heaviest since 1877 563 inches having fell in three and a half hours The town of Goulds boro is flooded from three to six feet The track of the Algiers and Gouldsboro dummy line is washed away and water ran over the levee along the Algiers front frem Har vevs canal to a point opposite the head of Canal Street flooding a large portion of Algiers Theae is much damage e |