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Show WARNING GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE IN Ep ZONE One of the Largest Protection Dykes in the World, at Mor-ganza, Mor-ganza, La., May Give Way at Any Moment. SCORES OF TOWNS IN GREAT DANGER Citizens of Baton Rouge Making- Desperate Fight to Save Levees; Conditions Along ' River Growing Wforse. N'EW ORUEATCS, May 3. Panicky . conditions prevailed today throughout the flood-thrcatoiicd territory along tho Mississippi river from the lied river and Bayou des Glaize south oi' the gulf and in the territory already stricken conditions srow worso. Tho river continued to rise rapidly at all points Bouth of the Bed river and tliroughout the day telegraph and telephone wires in the vast section sec-tion west of the Mississippi river were burdened with messages giving warning warn-ing to the people to make preparations for any emergency. A flash went out from the town of Moreanza shortly after noon saying that the Morganza. levee had broken. This bit of news, which lator proved untrue, or, perhaps, premature was in every hamlet south of Morganza within with-in a few minutes. The people were oanic-stricken in that entire territory. Would Spell Ruin. The breaking of the Morganza lerce, forty-five feet in height and oue of the lanrcst river protection dykes io the world, would spell ruin to hundreds of tho finest sugar and rice plantations iu' southern Louisiana, -would put hundreds hun-dreds of sawmills out of commission and inundate more than seventy-five towns and small cities in eight or nine Darishes. This enormous levee was still holding hold-ing tonight and it may contiuuo to hold, but there aro iveak spots in it and it may go out at any time. A iarce force is workiug on the dyke to-nirrht. to-nirrht. On the side of the river, twenty miles north of Baton Itougc, the pro (Continued on Pago Four,) I 11IIG GIVEN TO PEOPLE m RIVER HI (Continued from Page One.) Hh tcction loveo at Bayou Sara went out IM ; and tonitrbt the town is ' iindcY from Hfl : cielit.to fifteen feet of water. Several ' houses were swept away, but there wits 'H nc loss of life. Back of Hie town a Hl ' line of hills forced the flood waters to HHI return to the Mississippi, without do- , iiic dn ma co except to' tho town. . Fear Is General. At Baton Rouge a hard fight, is be- waged tonight to hold the front levee. The Grand bay loveo, above "Ncwroads, is in bad condition, and far-JM far-JM titer down are dozens of weak points. Considerable alarm is felt for tho IH people around Melville, in the Atchfa-jH Atchfa-jH laya district., which is threatened by flood waters from every side. The WLW people were moved out of the town H this afternoon. The last news received from there tonight said there was a 1 , possibility of not being able to save LwM ' nil those in the territory south of Mel-K Mel-K ville, because of a lack of boats and 9 failure of the victims to receive earlier Hfl warning of the critical condition, Hfl The last train on the Toxas & Pa- cific ruilroad east of Melvillo was operated this afternoon, and took out JtVM hundreds of refugee?!, Within another 'lay it is doubtful if any railroad will BD he operatiug iu that sectiou. HI : Pood Problem Serious. Hl The question of housing and feeding Wmm refugees is becoming more serious. Thp jH people of Louisiana aud Mississippi HH have contributed thousands of dollars WBm to the relief fund, besides great qnau- WM tities of provisions, and the federal government is disbursing several tbou-WMM tbou-WMM sands of dollars' worth of rations, but mm more funds will be needed than are in sight. . Ft is estimated that the flooded tor-lM tor-lM ritory in this state and fli Mississippi where approximately 12fi,00f) persons aro homeless, will be covered bv the mm waters for two months. Hfl hc question of medical attention and the still larger question of sani- tatjon in the refugee camps is bcinfr Hfl handled by the state board of health, mm army experts and Bed Cross nurses. Bnins continue, little sunshine has greeted the people for weeks, and uo mm one ran foretell the final extent of the disaster. HHi |