Salt Lake Times | 1890-04-26 | Page 1 | The Mississippl Floods

Tha MImImIuI HoimU. Bavoi; Saii. La., April 2D. Tim water of the river Is only about a fool less, below ihe crow II of the levee, which Is twcnly sit feet high. There Is a break in Morgan ea crevasse which is now liflccii hundred feet wide ami caving off at the lower end at a rnle of three hundred feet in twenty-four twenty-four hours. Kvery f ITnrt w ill bo made lo protect the remainder of the levee as soon ai possible.