Show BREAK II 11 LEVEE WILL FLOOD THE LOWLAND town in danger ot being deserted by the mississippi A dyke slipping into the river memphis starch 20 in spite of he work by hundreds of men the lc fcc near pecan point 40 miles north is reported to have given way early today and a vast column of water is running through a crevasse feet wide pecan point is 20 miles north of ti ices landing where alio first break occurred and the additional flood being let into the st francis basin will cause the waters to liae more rapidly through the lowlands tho reports of tho sufferings of the people at marion arc believed to be somewhat kome what exaggerated every ity has been given choso remaining to remove from the flooded district but they decline to leave president killough of the st arancis levee board ya ahat while the situation is serious tharo has been no actual distress except in a few isolated cases the frisco road yesterday advertised a train to leave marion at 3 going west y sf to jonesboro Jone and other places and an bounced that no one would be denied adv mission to the cars and it is said only four or five persons have taken advantage offer there had been some talk of dynamiting the levee opposite marion but so far no action iu this direction has been i taken chief engineer pharr of the st fran p cis board left today for pecan point and the levees from that place south will be closely watched another break ia reported at north helena where the waters arc rushing ay through an eight foot pap in the small flooding flip north section and driving many to high land the residents along alic river south of bev V harp are 1 coming alarmed in anticipant tion of alic rie ri e to come when the wat ars begin to fall at memphis the divor today continues to rise slowly the i gauge being today which is a rise of one tenth in 24 hours aj alie railroad situation is unchanged 0 o trains me moving on the west side of i alic river ff pk enville aliss 20 the pro 11 section dyke at leland ark is rapidly jS lipping into the river and it is now probable that the river will seek a new channel leaving greenville in the inte yi ol 01 tho situation is most grave the river four feet above the 1807 clarc an rising at the rate of half 0 foot a day heavy rain fell during the a will retard work on the I 1 lyka and add to the danger alic levee y from lunar to leland is seeping badly but the engineers do not regard this with helena ark march 20 two or beau breaks ha vp occurred in the orth niclena JI clena levee protects alie northern suburbs alie water pouring through the breaks in alio levco and over taj y tipp of the embankment will soon fill the A ii basin and cover the territory from sj ty walker street to alie hill walker street which protects the city proper on yc north is in no danger A y wi r washington march 20 the weather buican has issued the following river bulletin jhc thc river situation is practically unchanged the mississippi is about sta tion iry at memphis and to rise below at ow orleans this morning the tage was feet 1 above alie previous high water of 1897 alic conditions frodi memphis southward continue extremely critical future developments depended almost wholly on the ability of alie to hold the water washington march 20 upon the receipt of a dispatch from tho mayor of mamphis appealing for tents to refugees from alio llio overflowed districts who arc congregated in memphis in largo numbers secretary hoot today wired the governor of tennessee for a statement of the conditions if it is found that the state is unable to cope with tho situation the secretary will authorize the loan of the necessary num of tents in addition to lents tho war department will furnish commissary supplies if necessary aki 0 |