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Show lealllullon Amelia rioe,liirrerera. f$ $jsi I'lNk llturts, Ark, May 23 The ,kiB destitution among the flood sufferers, i fflP whlto a. well a. black, between Little , ifSilfili Rock and tha mouth I. simply appall t . T'Tl Ing. Tbl. clly and vicinity Is rilled $ MiV. with thoiiaands of refugees. The cot ll ' ria ton crop all along tbe river I. totally .JtiiiVI destroyed, and Ills hard to tell on what Z Vf,M Iho farmers will live this summer. Tbe t m ig J ''J f government boat "O. II. Ckaae" ar- 1 LXV rived Ibis evening from the upper W I jcM p river, where she suiplled 1500 half- Hi j imM famished people on sevcutoeii Ulflerent laxu KtsiU S landing, with irovl.lon., lluudreds WlvUlKi- of j eople were taken to dry place.. At '! ItsBi'j fi I.agle's landing 11.0 people were found t WlPp living in three hour... Two men li'Kil'l'U were seen drowning by the crew and pkr$??,i' four were reaiued irom housetops, I la 41 1171 where Ihey for hours had found lit Of i reluge. The government steamer I il'.i "Wichita," on the lower river, fed aud f j escued more than G30 eople. 'The , ( fj I Town of Auburn Is Hooded. The rich I 5 l tlautatlons nt llankhead, Orcenback '? 1 PadHwau Lskeareontlrelyeubmerged, f 1 aud the planters refuse further sui- ll , y ailea te their hands. An urgent ap. j ,tl I teal for asilstance Is sent here from i Jnlill) Phervllle. A Hotllla of government il , rt li I i HoaU Is continually on the river, bring. .Yf 4i?i 1 bug succor lo the helpless victims of t'rNmlt'il Hie flood. Tho river tell two Inches I Jk?'1 J lod.y. . I'J'MT.! |
