Show lV LEVEE BREAK FLOODS flOOD CITY CHi Hundreds Flee Homes as the Missi Mississippi ippi Spreads Spreads' ads ads' MUSCATINE Ia la Ia April 9 The The breaking of ot th the Illinois levee at a point a a. mile above above th the high br bridge dge which spans the Mississippi river at this point had flooded acres of ground at 10 o'clock this morning and the theo o overflow of ot fully Sully additional acres lying below the district first affected cannot be averted The flood will create a a. lake two miles wide and twenty miles In length The levee weakened by waves which plunged against the barrier for days collapsed without warning shortly be before before before be- be fore midnight Several hundred families families families lies residing In the district lying be behind behind behind be- be hind the levee had moved out averting any loss of life lire |