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Show Pf DRIVEN OUT I Bl RISING R!VER jlKprotection Levee, Built by the J city of Memphis, Broke mi ' Friday Morning. mOTHBR-TOWNS IN SAME m REGION ARE THREATENED I IIRain Is Failing Steadily, and H Swollen River May Sweep IS Away iMany Jlomcs. w " IMF MEMPHIS, Tonn.. Feb. .1. Many Wtpgopio nro moving from their homes in JMlthc northern part of this city as a rc-Wlcult rc-Wlcult of a break in the protection levee iRbirilt bv the city of Memphis one year Mtnzo. The lcvee Savc waJ' t,0,laiv am ttttne district north ot Poplar Boulevard Wlantl n'est of Fourth street is under two ffeot, of water. If the river readies ia 6tage of 41 feet, which seems prob-fable prob-fable n large area near the business fportion of tho city will feel the effects lof the flood. Atlvii'cs from Marion. Ark., state that I the levee at Hollybush remains intact, although a break is expected at any I t hour. Tlio water is lapping the top of tho structure and a largo torcc of men Js encaged in strengthening the weaker places. Should a break occur at. Holly-Imisli, Holly-Imisli, nC eutirc St. Francis basin in Arkansas would receive the rush of vators. , At Helena the main levee remains 111-act 111-act The northern pari of that city is looded from tho break in the auxiliary avee, which occurred yesterday, and co)lc living iu that soction have been loused elsewhere. A steady rain was recorded in the ncinitv of Memphis last night. The river this morning marks feet. Later in the day a small lovee projecting pro-jecting the section between Overton mil Concord streets sprung a leak and Titlun a short time Third street, north if Auction street, was inundated. Prob-iblv Prob-iblv one hundred families, mostly legrocs, have been removed from the lood section. The Bcalc and Lane avenue car line ins suspended operations in the northern north-ern part of the city. Tlio yards of several lumber combines com-bines "in North Memphis have be,en loo'ded and much lumber has floated Word has been received of the Irowning, through the capsizing of a kiff yesterday, of six uegroos in the jackwatef of the Forked Doer river. |