Show TRAINS CAUGHT IN THE mississippi FLOODS steamboats used to get passengers out of memphis town threatened with flood and an island Is submerged march 18 the river stands at feet thia morning ana is stationary the continue to hold and only one break is reported in tho st francis system ey stem that at trice landing twenty miles north ot here tho waters are rushing through thia at a furious rate and flooding llo alic arkansas basin south tho town of marian in county is in desperate straits and its inhabitants are greatly alarmed at the rapid encroachment croach ment of the flood hundreds of refugees are in marian and every available building is being used to house them the frisco road which runs through the lown is under water reports of lost of life in remote sec tion sare current but only in two gaaei can they be verified the body of an unknown white woman was found in tha water near mound city and the body of a negro was taken from tho overflow acl district tho levco here SH crowded with poor who were picked up by steamboats the city authorities hare turned over several buildings for their use A dispatch from co avington states that 35 which n considered one of the highest in the north end of tho river 13 flooded for tho first time in ita history sixty persons were rescued from the island this morning by a steamer reports from helena state that the people of north helena are alarmed tho levco before that part of the towa will leold only one foot more of water tho huntington levee in bolivar county miss continues to hold the situation in korth is unchanged people are transferred in skin s and many are idle be beabe aue of the shutting down of industries washington march 18 the ohio river has fallen 12 feet at cairo and aa d consequence the mississippi river while higher at memphis can rise but little more the stage at the last named point this morning is the railroad situation west of the river is probably the most serious ever experienced by tho lines no trains are moving in or out of memphis on the briaco iron mountain choctaw and cotton belt lines the latter road uses the iron mountain tracks from fair oaks to and has a passenger train lied at blanton BI anton twelve aniles west of memphis the passenger trains are tied up on the fribo one near wynne ark and the other three milea west ot bridge junction the officials of tho lines arc doing everything possible to pet these trains into memphis bupt supt fickinger Fick inper of the frisco announces that continued on page six TRAINS CAUGHT IN mississippi FLOODS continued from page one tho passengers are being cared for an 1 ho purposes to move the trains before night the L nion depot is crowded etith passengers bound for western point the cotton belt will run two trains to cairo on the illinois central tracks tonight and send its passengers around the flooded district the iron mountain has chartered ft boat and passengers will be taken to helena and sent to their destinations there new orleans barcli 18 the fact that tharo has been no ric of consequence and that the weather is clear has enabled the state 1 l end district authorities ties to improve alic levees in front ot the city the new oilcan board said today that the station was full of hope and that there was no reason tor local apprehension men on the levee between new orleans and kenner and the sar pey levan above kenner the mississippi valley patrol rain is carrying inen and material to scene |