Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 1 | Thousands Are Homeless and without Food

ITHOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS AND i WITHOUT FOOD i 1 ; ; Lower Mississippi Valley It ! One Huge Stretch of Dev astation With Weakened j Population Still Fighting High Water MOST DISASTROUS FLOOD IN HISTORY Many Victims Isolated From Relief Stations; Situation Grows More Serious as More Refugees Arrive NEW nni.KANS. I en.. M.iy 1 Hy Associated 1'reai.) The lower Mississippi Mis-sissippi vnlley tortny surveyor. thA havou it the mot dls-unroua flood In history while continulnK Its brave battle aieninst tho coniantly lncreas-liiT lncreas-liiT volume of cnrufhitiff w;itPr. Hrattered (hrotiRhout the entire territory ter-ritory between MfmphtM. Tenn .' and the Mississippi delta and reach ln at some points far back Into nonlevee ground on both shies of the river, thousands ar homeless, foodle?s, suffering suf-fering from exponuio nnd unto.d numbers num-bers are suffering economic devai tation ta-tion as their energies go ntlrely to the fight against the rl3ing water level. BIG REFUGEE CAMP. Fifteen hundred refugees encantped .it Marrlsonbuix. ' r reported to be practically without food, owing to Interruption of rail traffic. There th situation Is made mort acute by the stesdy arrival of homeless. Ieveo ennineera and thousands of workers are preparing afralnat another an-other rise, expected within tt few days. Meanwhile tho problem of sheltering and feeding refugees continued un Increasingly In-creasingly serious one. Thousands of volunteers continued a search for marooned families. MANY HEMMED IN. Many residents in the Plack river 'section are seventy-five mile 4 from 1 dry land and the fact that they can ! he reached only with launches and , small boats presents a serious problem prob-lem to t ha rescue, workers. It Is estimated es-timated that llU'OA people In this district dis-trict must be cared for. A Hed Cross station has been established. Shortage Short-age of tents and other shelter presents pre-sents a serious problem. At Khlm hart, I-u., it Is hoped to care for at least 0000 refugees-There refugees-There was reported to be a serious food short ago In lsceuni county, where a la rue urea has been under water for Mix weeks, and In tho district dis-trict around Yazoo City. Miss. Ft. Worth Clears Up Flood Damage KOHT WORTH. Tex.. May 1 The work of clearing those districts of the city affected by the Trinity river flood early this week went forward rapidly today and many persons, forced to leave when tho water became high, returned to their homes. , One body, that of a negro, was found today and three persons who had been listed as missing were located. lo-cated. Congressmen .Are Inspecting River MKMrillH. Tenn.. May J . Inspection Inspec-tion by a congressional delegation of flood conditions nlong the Mississippi' river be k.i n today with tho atrlval of ten members of the house nnd two1 inemb-TS of the Hcnatf to board the! Mississippi rlv r commission Meamer 1 Mississippi for a t"iir if the flood' districts from Memphis t.i the gulf. j The delegation Includes Senators 1 Kansdcll, 1, ou Is 1 ana. ini McKmley, Illinois, and li'preHentativs liarhour I of California an.1 (iartier of Tex ait.