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Show PEOPLE OF CAIRO FLEE TO SAFETY Many Tralnloads Already Have Left the Threatened City to 8eek Places of Safety; Great Anxiety Is Felt Over Fats of Remaining Levees; Big Four Breaks Shawneetown, III, April 1. The south levee was dynamited this afternoon aft-ernoon and the entire city Is under water ranging from CSn to thirty feet Jn depth. " "ttouisville, Fy April 1. Tbo Ohio river hero showed a stage of 45, feet at ? o'clock tonlglit nnd was rising slowly-. This was a rlso of. 3 of a foot In tho last twelve hours. The gauge at 4 o'clock showed a stage of 43.7 feet. Evansvlllo, Ind April 1 Tho south loveo nt Shawneetown was blown out with dynamlto this afternoon. Tho water Is within four Inches of the lop of the north levco. Thq property loss Is placed at fl00,000. No lives were lost. The destruction of tho levee was necessary to reduce tho pressure of the water at Cairo and other river points. Cairo, 111., April 1. With the flood waters of tho Ohio closo to tho 64 foot stage, Colonel Moralrlty, in command com-mand of the Illinois, stoto troops here, took steps tonight to protect the lives of women and cnltdren still remaining remain-ing In Cairo. Sufficient river steamers steam-ers have been assembled to care for all of them, It Is believed. Many tralnloads of refugees already have loft and many have been taken to Dyckllff, Ky., on steamers. Those who remain either are poor people, unable to purchase tickets to points of safety, or old residents who have Implicit confidence In the stability of the levees. Hundreds of bags of sand have been placed on top oi tho concrete wall which stands on tho levee's edge, three feet above street level. This wall surmounts tho levee In front of the business section. North of tho business section where there Is no concreto wall, bags of sand have been piled on top of the loveo by the railroad companies. Reports were received today of breaks in tho small DIefleld drlnkwa-ter, drlnkwa-ter, Russoll nnd Bird levees, below here, but no serious damage was reported. re-ported. All saloons wore closed hero today and tho majority of tho stores removed remov-ed their goods from tho ground floors. |