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Show REPAIRS COMPLETED Oil HYMELIA LEVEE SMSMtMSSasMSSSBS . Crevasse Closed' After Hard Work, and Much Property Saved '." ; Front Destruction. NEW 'ORLEANS. La., April 2. Cheering information of the practical completion of the cribbing came from Hymella today. Ignoring all traditions in crevasse closing, those In charge have-been., sacking at the basis of the crib work as the lines were extended, and, contrary to expectations, this had the effect of - holding the work. By nightfall, unless unexpected disaster intervenes, in-tervenes, the crevasse will b under control. ,The river is stationary at New Orleans. Or-leans. The break at Angola Is 200 feet wide and the entire island, with the exception ex-ception of a few acres upon which the camps are located. Is under from three to fifteen feet of water. A new levee protects these and a large force of convicts con-victs is engaged in trying to hold it. |