Show river floods square miles memphis tenn A sabbath scene of death and was presented over more than nine thousand square miles of the richest lands in mississippi and arkansas as the flood waters of halt half a dozen mighty streams continued their relentless low flow to the sea at least one hundred human lives had been snuffed out by the swirling plunging waters since the rivers started tearing from their beds three weeks ago and the fate of other hundreds was in doubt crest of the mississippi river flood apparently was passing memphis weather bureau officials said there had been a constant guage reading of 45 9 feet since 7 sunday morning a drop of one tenth of a toot foot over night |