Show THOUSANDS ADDED TO HOMELESS LIST BREAKS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEES IN LOUISIANA FLOODS VAST TERRITORY It Is Estimated That There Are One OneHundred OneHundred OneHundred Hundred and Twenty Thousand Homeless Persons in Louisiana and Mississippi Number Increasing New Orlea Orleans Orleans Another Another s.-Another Another break occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc Wednesday afternoon in the j Mississippi ippi river levees at Torras Terras La on the west side of the swollen stream I and within two hours feet of the foot eighteen-foot embankment had been carried away No lives are reported lost I The territory th t t lies in the part of or orthe the Terras Torr s crevasse is vastly richer I and more densely populated than the millions ot or acres already inundated While the Torras break will give some relief from the e enormous pressure against the levees south of that point flood waters are from half a foot to toI two feet above the previous high rec rec- record record I ord marks from Baton Rouge south and prospects of other crevasses lire are grave t p Reports from northeast Louisiana added several thousand victims to the homeless list It is estimated the government government government gov gov- now is furnishing rations for homeless persons in Louisiana and Mississippi l and the prospects are that this number will be increased b by in another week Terrible conditions prevail in the Black river region In many instances parents and their children have taken I refu refuge e on rafts which they share with livestock I |