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Show TJEfrlPHIS THREAIENED BY ADVANCING WATERS v - ' - .... I ' rjtoisslppi and Arkansas Towns In Great Danucr; T Refugees Seen Eycrywhcrc. Is grave. 1 - Government engineers regard re-gard it as the most critical flood point along the river. Four hundred men under Engineer Kilpatrick are building a new levee. landing places along the river are submerged, many towns are entirely surrounded, and the river, which continues con-tinues to rise, has backed up for miles. The levees alone are between the flood and CarruthersvUle'e W00 Inhabitants, who are in fear of destruction, and the surrounding counties with farming and lumbering Interests representing $S,-000,000. f -. . ilEMPHIS, March 1L The Mississippi Mississip-pi river Is rising, steadily at this point, the gauge this morning marking S.$ feet. This is a rise of five-tenths ot a foot in the past twenty-four hours. It Is believed that the river will' reach a mark of thirty-eight feet at Memphis. Reports from Mississippi and Arkan- ' sag today indicate that the gravest apprehension ap-prehension prevail regarding, the. flood situation. In some districts armed sentries sen-tries are patroQing Ine', levees. . All streams and rivers In Arkansas are overflowing. In North Memphis the flood has already begun encroaching at ( certain points aad It will take but a few Inches more to render work Impossible at many oC the lumber industries In the . State. ' At Greenlaw and Second streets the backwater have reached the latter ' thoroughfare and the occupants of cabins, cab-ins, have been compelled to flee to higher high-er ground. The steamer Georgia Lee arrived from Cairo today and reports ail landings to be in an untoward condition. The . steamer's officers say refugees from tjie lowlands are to be seen everywhere. The Government engineers have augmented ; their forces and the steamers are carrying carry-ing sacks of sand and other supplies to the more dangerous places. "We are preparing to make a fight if necessary," said Capt Lucas of the engineer en-gineer corps. ' THREE INCHES RISE OP , MISSOURI BXV2& WILL PXOOD NEBRASKA CITY. - . LINCOLN. Neb.. March 1L Most of the smaller streams In Nebraska are bepevedo' naVe" reacneda sfatlonary stage and the worst of the flood In the State is probably over. The Platte river is still high and although showing no signs of subsiding, no further rise in -..that stream Is expected. The Missouri river at Nebraska City, however, is within three inches of the danger ltne and if the rise there continues con-tinues at the present rate that city will be flooded before evening. The Missouri Pacific main line from Omaha to Kansas City for a distance of several miles along the Missouri river is threatened. : 1 1 1 AT EVANSVTLLE THREATENS TO EXCEED 1 HIGH WATER MABJC 07 '84. , EVANSVILLE. Ind., March 1L With ram threatening today and high water above to come and high water below to hold the general flow In check the . prediction is made this morning that the river at this point will go almost to the mark of 18S4, the highest on rec-ordL rec-ordL The gauge marks 42.4 'this morning and stationary with chances of another rise before nightfall. j JLAHTY.WEATHEB. SOFTENS ; LEVEES OP NEW ORLEANS . - RIVEB IS STILL RISING. NEW ORLEANS, March 11. The rJ is rising very slowly. The gauge tq,4y marked 18.4, a rise of only one-terih one-terih in the past twenty-four hours. The stage Is still over a foot under the ' record. The most unfortunate condition at i present is the continuance of the rainy weather. - This is having- the effect of softening the levees and all Louisiana is praying for a return of sunshine. Six hundred men are at work today at various point sacking weak points and raising the line of embankments. Thousands of sacks of sand are being distributed along the river. . -v if CAVING LEVEES WITH DOWN-POURING RAIN ' AT CARRTJTHERSVILLE, MO. ' 't i i CARRTJTHERSVILLE, Mo., March 11. The old levee, the greatest danger aoint along the Mississippi, a mile and a quarter south of here, is caving with the river showing a rise of four inches and" rain falling heavily. The situation |