Show I JORDAN RIVER NOW ALARMING RESIDENTS Street Supervisor and Jake T. T Raleigh has bas W warned residents I of Camps Gamp's lane that their bouses houses are InI in danger dancer of being flooded by the ri rising I waters of tho the Jordan river r The Tho overflow overflow over flow flow of the Jordan beginning at Ninth North street ct is causing a great reat dual deal of uneasiness among amon the residents ref of the northwestern north portion of this thiB city Several Sew Sev feral eral days ago the tho river went over its I banks a few rods north of Ninth North I and nl also o about a mile south of Ninth North submerging about twenty miles of farm lands The Tho overflow varies varies va va- ries from five fc feet t to six inches in in depth The cold eold of ot the Ifie last few days his has had bad the effect of retarding the overflow over over- o overflow r. r flow fio but the river its IB is full almost on alovel o a love level with ith the land Jand A further rise riso of ofa a few inches will cause caus great reat damage Embankments constructed d last year have ha been washed away awny I The rho rivet river has bas broken through onto William Langford s 's s farm Mrs was compelled to leave her ber home borne and wad more than a mile milo to tho the residence of ot a neighbor Many tInny children are aro prevented from attending attending at tending school chool on account of the impassable im tin- passable condition of the roads A number of farmers it is said eaid have hac each neb contributed d to pump tho the water water wa wa- wa ter back Into tho the river at a 11 point below below be be- low the o ocr cr overflow 1 0 Tho The pump broke two days n ago o and has bas since sinco been use use- less lew Many any of the residents in the flooded district are arc building lar large e rafts on which they propose to e escape cape if the tho water becomes unmanageable The Tho dam damage ce is now estimated at thousands thousands thou thou- sands lands of doJ dollars s J |