Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-12 | Page 1 | Memphis Relieved of Flood Menace

MEMPHIS RELIEVED OF FLOOD MENACE Work Now Being Rushed on Levees Levee Leve South pf Helena Helenar f l Memphis T nn April 11 BarrIng 11 Barring unforeseen complications those directIng directing direct direct- Ing Ing- the fight were of or the opinion to tonight tonight tonight to- to night that the swollen flood Mississippi would take tako no further toll of ot property alone tit thy I of or and l il-l preparations r. r ii s- s ser were er- er erbe be begun t n for r. r the gradual shifting of or forces to points south of Helena Ark where the situation situ situ- i atlon fast is becoming critical At Osceola Iu Luxora ora and Blu points heretofore regarded reg an as weak conditions conditions condi condi- w wore were rc so 50 much improved tonight that orders for additional men an and material were countermanded Water pouring through the crevasses near Wilson and Graves Bayou Daou Ark spread rapidly today toda over the lo lower er St. St Francis basin making Its way back toward the Mississippi through the St. St Francis river which empties near neat Helena Hel lId ena cnn I At Memphis train service has b been en resumed on all railroads the water nater supply p is declared practically free tree of ot contamination an ann and l K gas as s company compan officials officials of of- I assert that the time plant will b be beIn bein In operation again ng-aln within a few e days I