Show NEW ORLEA S T j J 1 SPENDS NIGHT S 1 o f I E ERROR R R OR Inferno of Wind Water Water and Lightning S Sweeps ee J Lower Mississippi S I WIND DRIVES FLOOD OVER THE LEVEES LEVEES' Six Inches of Rain Descends S on fl Already I eady Stricken StricKen Reg Region on S SS I II S II NEW ORLEANS May ll n J An Inferno In In- I ferno terno of the elements gripped th the city ty I for tor hours last as nigHt Rain fell feU in In sheets the wind blew a gale hail added I to the terror tenor the river io rose e by leaps I and lapped across the levees and over it all U there was a a. continuous display j jot of ot lightning with thunder I Streets were flooded to toa to a a. depth of from three to t fifteen inches People 1 in tho downtown districts were marooned marooned ma ma- i for hours within the block upon I which they were caught by the cl cloud ud- ud j burst Electric l light plants plan were flood flood I i ed and many parts of at the city were in I darkness The same alarming conditions prevailed pre pre ie- 11 aUed upon and anti down the river In several ve al towns people who have for or da days daya s lived in ii fear of ot further disastrous I breaks in the l levees were panic stricken k n S I IA A force of men was put t to w work rk today to tot tot- day at the foot 2000 Celeste Celeste street j wharf to th stop an overflow caused by bythe bytho by th the tho rapid use rise in tile river rive last Jast night ni ht J Except for lor the partial flooding of s sev se several r. r eral streets in that nei neighborhood iod no i I great r at da damage g r resulted d i SkI Skies s Clear Today New ew Orleans Orleans Orleans' awoke this with 1 the sun eun b beaming down upon last nights flights scene cene of or confusion lon when the city ex experienced ex- ex a a. storm that because Of th tuG the 4 flood In the riven was th the most threat threat- f I IA P A nb ever n v S S latter part of the Uie I i inight night and the clouds bad had vanished this morning with prospects of t s a fair warm arm i iday day The liver l fell tell gradually from 2 12 2 i o'clock k this morning after having e es all flood re records her here by 3 a toot loot i I and a link halt I I Dawn today brought relief and hope to thousands of t e people and ended a. a night I of excitement and terror for tor those living i. i la ln upstate e towns and arid villages behind levees le considered consider none too sale safe because of the thc terrific rainstorm that swept ept down 1 I Ithe I Ithe the Mississippi river from the northern I portion of Louisiana to the gulf gUlt Th Th's I d deluge lug was waa accompanied by far hail and lightning and a a. near hurricane that dashed water over o levees le in cascades S from Baton Rouge south tearing away temporary earth works recently con con- 1 t I I I I I Panic in Many Towns From scores of QC towns belated tele telegrams ams tell teU of conditions utmost bOld bordering enI on en panic where hundreds ds of frightened ned people peo pee pIe left frame dwellings and sought safety safety safe safe- t ty ty- In Iii brick and arid stone buildings Many places s reported as much as sI I Inches of rain within about four Cour hours ending at 10 o'clock last night flooding towns townsand townsand and villages At dozens of points and up and down th the river r Mh where re le levees leeS eS were vero thought weakening hundreds 0 of citizens ork l worked beside gangs bangs of ot convicts all night long Ions in the driving rain digging mud and piling sandbags on levee tops to keep back bacic the tha torrential waters from tb the north At New NAW Orl Orleans the wind balk backed d up un the tue water until the gauge at 10 o o'clock registered feet Water Vater was wall blown over the thc lev levees es hero here herIn In many places At Atthe tho the Southern Pacific transfer ferry terry th water literally poured over the lines JInes of or sandbags sandbags' placed about the tha ferry fern house by the railroad people Emergency gaJ stopped tb the overflow O after half hair an au hour hours s IS work S Streets Flooded Th The city streets street were turned into torrents tor tor rents tb the water In several Instances Instance flooding business houses to the depth oC ot four inches Oiling filling basements and mon man manIn holes 8 In addition to the uneasiness th the city lighting plant was out nOt of ot commission and most of ot the city was ilLS in darkness for nearly an an hour In the twenty twenty five fiVe minutes at all 9 S o'clock last night 37 17 7 Inches of ot rain fell In tn th the residence district th the water ter was over oC the sidewalks by several Inches Hundreds were caught In the tb do downpour downpour down down- nI n pour unable to g get t to their homes be becaUSe because because be- be cause of the crippled car service Scores Score of ot well wen dressed men took off of their water waterlogged waterlogged logged shoes shoe slun slung them over their shoulders r rolled up their trousers trouser to their es and walked and waded to their heir homes bomes The rain stopped at t a. a m. m the wind went and the streets ets wem wat rapidly drained of tho the surplus rain ram water The rho Canal street gauge nt ot 3 I a a. a m. m showed feet oct a a. foot oot and th three e Inches above e the previous lous record stage a R. fall faU of or three tenths since nce 11 p. p m. m Major F F. M. M I Kerr rr chief of or the thu stats state cn engineers put n a a force of men amen at t work ark at t Celeste street where the th wave W wash uh cau caused td by the high winds had done don som some dama damage e to tho tIme embankment thrown U up back of the Loyland d tine line wharf |