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Show FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. High Witer Is Still Causlrg Much Uneasiness Un-easiness In Misslaaippl. With n Irenirnduiia crash thn levee four mllea south of (Irrenvllle, Mian., gave wsy at II o'rloi k Frldsy, and I grest quantities or water are now pouring through a ,1'"i foot crevaase, rapidly flcsidlng the most fertlln land In the great Yano delta. Major Sears, In charco of the government engineer's engi-neer's nlflrn. at thla point, sayt It Is the wori-t tirrnk ever exiirrtenced on the Mississippi side, and he ststes that the whole delta from Oreenvllle to Vbksliurg will bo flooded. This Is the lirst break reported nn the Mis-slppl Mis-slppl side during the prevent blgh water. A New Orleans dispntch says Interest In-terest In the fliMnl ui I tint If m there centers cen-ters In the break at llymella, forty mllea almvo the city, and the dlaaa-Irons dlaaa-Irons crevasse reported eolith nf Oreenvllle. Cotton men felt especially especial-ly concerned with repect lo Ihe latter. While this brink doubtless will cause a fall In the river In the vlc-lnlly of Oreenvllle and for a considerable distance dis-tance south, tlm water which goes through must Inevitably return to thn Mississippi thruiiKh ttie Ynrnn, thus prolonging the period of high waltr south of Hint point. The crevnsso In In the henrt of one of thn richest sugar districts In l-oulab ! ana. If it should get beyond control I many valuable plantations doubtless will be covered wtih water In a few days. The Texas I'nclMr and South I'nciflc roads hnve nut thua far been affected, but trouble la likely to occur If the crevasse la not closed. It Is expected ex-pected at the Illinois Central ntllco that through trallle over the Mississippi Missis-sippi valley read will be suspended as a result of the disaster. The belief Ihnt the high water levee was cut In order to relieve other sections is ttrnng and any attempt tn repent the action is likely to bn followed by bloodshed. |
