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MISSISSIPPI FLOOD DOES MUCH DAMAGE THIRTY PEOPLE DROWNED IX <vn it' iT j.'Dk; 1U Ml ill' Financial Loss is $10.000.000?Hundreds of Persons Stll Menaced l>y Tremendous Tide. Thirty thousand persons homeless; 2,000 square miles of country inundat- I ed; 30 persons drowntd, and a finan - ~ 1 ? ? ? 4- v 1 A AAA AAA r* rvn ? ! CIclI IU?>S tsciuiaicu etc 9^v,vw,wv stitute the result of a two-weeks flood ill the Mississippi valley. These figures were arrived at last night by government engineers and officials of State levee boards engaged in battling with the ravages of the Mississippi from Points in Illinois to threatened places in Mississippi and Arkansas. UimHro/'c lwrsons still are men aced by the tremendous tide of the river at points in lower Mississippi, northwest Tennessee and Arkansas. They are marooned in house tops, in trees and on anchored rafts directly in, the sweep of the river. Rescuingsquads at many points have been compelled to take negroes from dangerous ] ground because they insisted upon re-1 maining to guard property. The most dangerous point in the flood situation today was the levee at Golden Lake, Ark. At 9 o'clock to night the Golden Lake levee held and as it continued to batfle the swirl of the flood, danger in the southern part of the valley increased. As long as the flood remains in the levees north, the strain 011 the southern embankments increases. Hourly the danger works south ward. In the upper reaches of the Ohio and Mississippi tonight the river practically is at a standstill. The flood crest now is exeriea on uie u>^ts juuui iuc Missouri line southward. There has been suffering among thousands of refugees gathered in the highland towns of the floods reach. However, officials of the State and federal government are working to greatest menace now is directed toward those persons marooned in the inundated territory. Scores of bouts maniied by rescue parties are hurrying to relieve the prisoners. State and levee boards in the districts south* of Memphis have been laboring all dav to ston the threatened levees. Mississippi State officials think their embankments will hold. PRISONERS TO FLOODS; BOATS EFFECT RESCUES Memphis, Tenn., April 7.?In the wide stretches of the Mississippi's flooded acres tonight there are three striking pictures The north ermost is in the 500 square miles of the Reelfoo: lake country of Tennessee, ? CkAA/\ ? u, AMA ?? r? /% V? AAM wnere ^,uuu ur inuie jjerauiia uivt ucm driven from their homes by the smashing-of a Mississippi levee in southwest Kentucky. In this district thousands of acres of fertile fields are undef water. Scores of persons who have lefased to desert their homes are now imprisoned in upper floors and 011 roofs ot flood-menaced houses. A few miles south in Arkansas three counties are under water. From this rich "bottom" country, hundreds of farmers and villagers have been driven. Flood waters swept over the fertile fields and thriving villages last; night \vith the breaking of ue leveo on the Arkansas side north o, Memphis. Today great numbers of por.soiis marooned cn roofs of houses and in trees have been taken out of the flooded district in boats. Probably many more water-impriscned are in imminent peril. There are not boats enough to perform the rescue workj required. Three counties?Crittenden, Poinsett and Cress?are flooded. The scene south of these points im- j presses one with the might of a giant stream on a rampage. Homes that once marked the centre of rich "bottom" farms now float in a torrent that can not be stayed. Bits of wreckage floating along in the tawny tide i reflect the extent of the damage in \ the valley -below. I j From the standpoint of the northern ; dweller, a picture of a Mississippi j ^ I valley flod is best expressed 111 figures of possible life loss and statistics telling of the number of square miles inundated. To the valley plantation owner a different picture presents itself. With him inundation of his farm by j a torrent from the river overflow; means erosion of his acres, setback. - - * 1 u U o:' Iiio crop ana ioss oi iauui. To the small farmer and "settler."! the coming of the flood means flight. 1 Hundreds of such persons have refuse']. however, to leave their homes and in many instances such cases have ; been dealt with with force. The marooned in house tops are compelled tp take to barges and sent to places of safety. There have been reports of fatalities among "poor whites" and negroes who risked their lives to save their mules. Attempts to "cover" the story along the stretch of levees from south Mis + ^ ArL-.)ii<!n? hf?VP i suui i <mu 111111U13 iu -? * -?. _ . involved many personal risks by newspaper correspondents. One of the most daring exploits was! successfully essayed by a young correspondent who floated 011 a log on the crest of the tide when the levee broke at Hickman. He made his way t to Tiptonville, Tenn., then telephoned j the story of the flight from the Reelfoot country to Memphis. Another news writer, a pretty young! woman of Hickman, Ky., half swam, i half waded in imminent peril to get! from her home to the long distance ; telephone in order that the first definite story of the rescue of a thousand i persons at Dorena, Mo., might reach i the outside world. Of the striking features of bravery which stands out in the fight against the flood, possibly the most conspicuous has been that of the couriers who rode in advance of the tide to warn villagers and farmers out of the path of the raging stream. The telephone has been brought largely into play. Patrols stationed at menaced points have watched for [ crevasses night and day. The moment that a break occurred the patrols hur; ried to telephone stations and warned ihe countryside.yA farmer who watched for the breach in the St. Francis levee yesterday afternoon mounted his horse when I the tide broke through the embanKi raent. As he started to ride away, his I I wife grasped the bridle of his horse. J "Where are you going?" she called, | struggling with the horse. | "To warn my neighbors," replied the I planter. "You must get to the boats." The planter's wife managed to get j her children away in safety while her I hiisihand raced with the flood, warning farmers out of the tide's path. The warning probably saved scores of lives. A peddler who travels in the country surrounding Memphis lived in a small ! frame house. Water entered his dwelling. He moved to the attic. He made i his rounds in a boat that he moored to I a tree at night. The last night he j slept in his attic, he awoke to find the j water around his bed. The only implement available was a can opener. The peddler cut an opening in tlie roor ana, nnumg mo boat and stores safe, escaped. The i can opener probably saved liis life. BODY OF 3IRS. GREEVER. ! A"" Tino* Findfi Kfi. )} iiSUlIlUTtuii l win r i'viii ?? mains in River?Little Doubt of Identity. ___ ! Washington, April 5.?The body of ; Mrs. X. Roberta Greever, wife of Rev. ! W. H. Greever, of Columbia, was j found by the District of Columbia police boat Vigilant floating in the waters of the Potomac river, near Mount < Vernon, last night. | The point where the ooay was iuuiiu is off Fort Hunt, about 20 miles from j this city. Capt. Jansen commands j the tug which runs between Indian : Head and Washington navy yard. As i he was coming up the river last evenjing about 6 o'clock, he saw a human body, face down, floating in the water. Ho reported to the police when he reached Washington. He said mat ne was unamc iu whether the body was that of a man or woman. The Vigilant- left "Washington this morning and went down the river as far as Glymont, just above Indian Head, in search of the body. 1 Inquiry made of the district au thorities tonight brought out this information, also the fact that the body was recovered this afternoon and; from the clothing in which the body was clad, and a ring 011 one of the j fingers, there seems to be aDSonueiy; no doubt that it is Mrs. Greever. Mrs.; Greever's husband is now en route to j this city from Columbia. Until he: reaches here it can not be positively j stated that the body is that of his wife, j In the minds of the district authori- j ties, however, there appears to be ab- j solutely 110 doubt that the mystery of Mrs. Greever's disappearance has at last been solved. Early this evening the body was taken 10 the Virginia shore and tne; nearest coroner was notifio.l. He lives i about ten miles distant and it was j some time before he could be reached.j Until his arrival the body could not i be removed to the District of Colum-1 bia by its authorities. Some time tonight the Vigilant will1 bring th-p corpse here and it will be nken to the morgue to await identifi ennon by Mr. Greever, who will arrive early tomorrow morning. There seems to bo no doubt, what-j ever that he will quickly declare it to l e 'hat of Mrs. Greever. The disappearance of Mrs. Greever from one of the busiest of Washington's streets February 17. while strol! ling along look?*1.: in shop whitlows,' I w \ lias until the piv-ent time, remained msolved. Police authorities of eveiy city in the country, harbor masters and railroad officials and detectives lmve been on the constant lookout for her, but without result. Her disap pen ranee was due to ill health and extreme nervousness, from which she had suffered for some time. Mrs. Greever was 44 years old. She was the daughter of the late Rev. G. A. Bruegel, a Lutheran clergyman. Beside her husband, Mrs. Greever leaves three children, Walton H. Greever, Jr., age 9; Miriam Greever, aged G, and Virginia Greever, aged o. ESDS LONG SEARCH FOR MRS. GRI-EVER Washington, April C.?Satisfied beyond doubt that the drowning oi Mrs. X. Robeita Greever, wife of Rev. W. II. Greever, of Columbia, in the waters o: the Potomac river on the night cf February 17 last, was entirely accidental and occurred while Mrs. Greever was endeavoring to make her way j to Tazewell, Va., to see her three children, aged 6, 9, and 3 years, Corc;;cr | Xevitt today decided that no inquest i Ti'/xiilrJ > >a nor-occrw in tVia iv-iSP TllP j body of Mrs. Oeever was found floating in the Potomac about 20 mil^s bti low Washington. A. H. Kohn, of Columbia, accomj panied Mr. Greever to this city. They reached here shortly before noon today and went to police headqiiaiter: j where they conferred with Inspector !Boan1m?n rnd . > A* I later going to the morgue. The artij cles of jewelry taken from the bodv i were turned over to the minister. Ttia idanfifirtotinn r\f tlio Knrlv tpr. JL1.1C/ lU^JUt>lUV/UtiVH V/JL CJUV IJ W4 J ?>v< ; minated the long search which has been made by the nuaband, brother : brother-in-law,and a host of friends : of the popular Lutheran minister I and cleared the mystery which so com: pletely puzzled the police. Adolpha j T. Bruegel, brother of Mrs. Greever i arrived here from Philadelphia earl> : last night and went to the morgue : Miss Ryan, who was Mrs. Greever's i nurse at the time she disappeared, aisc j went there. They looked at the rins i I and breastpin taken from the bod} : and were perfectly satisfied. Before her marriage Mrs. Greevei was Miss X. Roberta Bruegel, (laughi ter of the late Rev. C. A. Bruegel, z : Lutheran minister. She had resided ii Xew York and Pennsylvania. Evei j since Mrs. Greever disappeared, 011 c bitter cold night in February, wher 1 the muddy Potomac was two feei i thick in ice and entirelv frozen ovei i except where a narrow channel was | kept open for passage of steamer: /^itv nnrl Vnrfnllr J 111^) U C A A i O (Iriivi ? i v/? i vy *?? I there has been the greatest amount ; of sympathy expressed for Mr. Greevi er. Not only his South Carolina j friends here, but people of all classes church people, and all have done theii ! utmost to help him in his trouble. i There has never been any doubt ir i | the minds of those familiar with th* ! case that Mrs. Greever had been the I victim of some accident which time ; alone would explain. This has apparI ently been the case. The rough, tur ' bulent waters have given up their vieI tim ana no one doubts that their beliel ! was correct. 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