Show LEKES OUR N NIGHT TOWN atchafalaya ATCHAFALA YA FED BY WATERS OF mississippi IS RUNNING THROUGH ALL BARRIERS people in melville awakened flee from danger new inundations new orleans conquering its earthen man made barriers the swollen at iha talaya fed by the mississippi flood vater added melville la to the long list of 0 towns that have been inundated luring the present flood leaving inhabitants viewing the remnants of 0 their town from levee levea tops as they awaited rescue boats the waters raced southward and westward to join those flowing through the bayou de Gl daises aises breaks which already lave spread some forty miles down he valley to palmetto palmetto is approximately fifty miles northwest of 0 daton baton rouge the east side dikes ot of the atchafala abit aya still were holding the waters out of the eight parishes comprising tho the sugar bowl of louisana located between the mississippi sip pi and atchafala a rivers |