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FROM FLOODS louisiana tennessee and mississippi I 1 excitement IN ARKANSAS water ll 11 alar Drea linx ner the wees a and nd doing great damage 0 S IT 11 BUCK BUICK braim abalone lone telegraph anil 00 lines linel down and anil the water nils rals ing ill very rapidly MEMPHIS JIEM march 13 the rivers are ia in an alaoui na con condition diLlon the tile highest bod flood level every recorded is alread already v reached at many points ointa south of here and will likely bo be fitt AiLe e I 1 from caro to the aalf within the next five or six days the rainfall rain fall of the piat three days sums up a total otal from two to thee inches over the tile country lying west ot of tile misais 1 ii p to anlian in lun berri tor tory r south of the ozark range and tram from two to live five im inches lies between the ohio ollio and cumberland valleys A r porter just returned frore ron arkansas city fays says the real con condign condi dion ion of I 1 11 hat at place bai lim been stipples suppressed pres ed the water from tiie tile break lias has hooded flooded lie tie town anil and surrounding cou country 11 try Ilund hundreds reds of 0 hig and sheep ae are drowned and people ata ara in constant inconstant par of a break in the levee in front of the tile city where the water yeste day was four inches it upon I 1 on the sand lianko on top of the levee FROM NEW ORLEANS new ORLEANS march 13 the river here at was wag sixteen sixten teet feet and dine nine tenths and at had readied reached seventeen n foet feet but it remained at that point bat but a short while 6 hile when it receded to sixteen a and nd eight tenth it seemed to inake make a stand this was six inches above the record of other years and tile water beut went a over v er the tire levees all along tho city front at every depression orlow or low place and soon flooded the streets and sidewalks eide walks of a I 1 large arge section of the city U uptown town at t the tile head bead of jock jackson r on Wa illington tOti and SatA parn streets the water washed over the levees eveet and submerged the streets and sad s the same tiling thing occurred at other points down to poydras 11 atre re the water spread out over the broad space occupied c J pied by the morgan load ihan bup agan xan to flow dawn poydras street and out into he the cross streets on the other eide ride and filling the gutters back to the drainage canals in the roaf rear of the city from s astl tet to oni the wate oame levaaa oye i IJ reely and sd ti 1 0 str aag and in ganv places the sidewalks and loner lower blots of business houses from the north side iff if the to hospital spital mareet a distance of fourteen blocks and from the tile river to rampart creet a distance of eight blocks the damage done solar so far ia is not great the greatest Krea teet damage was as thit alit sustained by merchants who had bad guitar r stored in the ilia L ware ho se be on levee street the southern rn and sad crescent oil mills milla wee we e being wa via bad under by the INA er and the floors were torn aws away and embankments built unde coder me neah ab A break occurred at blatch place near harveys canal but it only reached the width of four feet when it was discovered and promptly closed it is still a it dangerous spot at as alie leee weak Th the levee eleves at sharps place fiva five miles above gretna a where there was a serious crevasse some years aio ago is is again creating anxiety as it shows signs of weakening from canal street ferry to the morgan depot tie principal portion of algiers a dista tc 3 of three quarters of am a ie tin ilia situation at one time was very threatening ab abut nt noon the tile water commenced washing over the levee along its whole length and arid in in a short spice space of time the anti entire re front and street for ten blocks back were ere flooded yardmaster ala maguire guire of the morgan road toad and the city forces immediate immediately y went to vior work kana and in four hours threw up an entire new levie leyte that stopped the flow temporarily aaril y but the water was already knee deep on front street juet just below algiers is tile orleans levee which commands a large section of country A new levee was constructed only a few days ago but the tile river has been clini climbing bing up and toda today to da day ya a warning signal if again given ti the a water was six deep over tile levees crest men alen and material were promptly furnished and a gallant I 1 tit effort la is being mug made inde to stay ohp fi flood tb the council tonight to night appropriated tor for work on the tire levees during ilia the danger period at js th lie levee on davis ud vis island lake concordia gave way flooding flu lie tire novelty yet frees green salara balara morgan and plantations FROM greenville OKE ENVILLE mi mils mis s march 13 the tire report up to from all points of thin this levee district above and below indicates that all is serene on this eide side of the river every preparation ia is being made for any breaks or weak places that may 9 y occur in the tile levees etain has fallen here tor for fitly fifty four hours with but slight intermissions and the total fall exceeded five indies inches it is still mining raining and indications are that it will rain all night the river here rose several inches in the past twenty 1 lour tir houra hours and is still rising DANGER IN LITTLE HOCK ark march 13 th the e situation titu atton at newport ark at the confluence of the white and black rivers ia is one of extreme danger th the e water is within a few inches of the top of the levee which surrounds the tile loan town and is rising at the tile rate of three inches an hour tour the file inhabitants are greatly excited should the levee break breal the destruction will be terrible at batesville Bates ville all that portion of the town through which the tile iron mountain runs is a toot foot under water and trains are abandoned reports f from ora inck mack river valley show that the I 1 low ow lands are now under water at come some places so deep that the tree tops alone I 1 are visible Jakson port ts is under water from two to four feet tele telo and telephone wires are down in ai all directions and no estimate of tue file damage dama go can bo be made A gazelle special from dlack black rock lawrence county gives a distressing amount of the tile flood in ill that section fec tion billack lack river along which rich are many inilla ie is ten inches higher than ever known and all sawmills arc under water A vast amount ot of timber has ban been washed away workmen with far nilles are in in great eat want anil and considerable ble distresses ls a felt among settlers avery very house in Ilow battan coun county ty w or lawrence county ia Is und under er wp t the he Post postoffice offIce several bae been wash washed edaa aw ay and horena h or cattle and hogs drowned drowne ll 11 |
