Show mississippi floods MEMPHIS tenn march 19 two nc erdea lost their lives today aa a result of the great flood which engulfs thousands of acres of land in arkansas bottoms the two men were drowned in mile bayou near marion ark there is no cessation iu the rise of the river and tonight the guage reci a rise of one tenth since the morning report 1 gacio reports feet a rise of four of a foot in twenty four boors since yesterday morning throughout arkansas heavy rain falla asre the rule during the past houra as during the p ce eding at helena the ra inlall wab immense in memphis it vaa inches with inches at nashville and chattanooga helena vicksburg Vicks burs and points below report a steady rise the work of goes on with unabated zeal the rescue boats made as many trips as possible during the day ret arninK from each trio laden with such household goods and chattier ch atties as they have been able to save today the most alarming reports concerning the condition of the levees abaye and below memphis have been in circulation in memphis the leveda are in most places built to extend three above the highest water mark in the locality where they constructed it seems now that thie allowance of altitude has about been consumed by the raeine water time the people have exerted their utmost strength to and preserve the levees believing that by caraffi and by applying remedial measures wherever anere was a pact of a break disaster could ba avert ed bat reports from down tha river indicated indica td that hope baa been apat ipat in many places there is very reliably tion to abo efface thai at es anil other points below helena the water baa risen the levees and the levees being in a mushy ondi tion from the caius it la not thought possible to protect hem much loncer from tho ever rising fl oils the people living behind the dykes in the localities mentioned are already flying for their lives the hundreds ot men who have been at work watching the levees have about all been taken anav and their labor will tf utilized in saving the lives of other leonle near memphis a family ol 01 six found a watery grave by the capsizing cap izing of a dugout while making tor high land two were infanta ana invaded by water every inch of low land in county covered ia every stream in west Keo tacKy is out of its banks the streets are flooded bridges swamped housea wrecked fences away aad the roads rendered im |