Mississippi flood by state

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5745 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (1321 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

1. Evening Star — 1926-09-05, page 49

   … fluctuations in the water supply. A i distinguished engineer, in speaking of j the flood danger in the I'nited States. ! strongly advises an attack on the j Mississippi problem, not with levees l ; near the mouth, but with reservoirs iat the headwaters. If the flood water | is merely kept In the channel, it may ! i>e prevented from doing any positive …

   … was a run. (To Be Continued * i Copyright. 1 fi" d i lie sure, the Valley of the Mississippi stands in small need of irrigation, but many tributaries on the western side flow …

2. Evening Star — 1926-10-03, page 1

   … . Stresemann held that a ‘ Franco-German under (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) FLOODS THREATEN HAVOC IN ILLINOIS Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Exceed Flood Stage—Kan sas Again Menaced. By the Associated Pres*. CHICAGO. October 2.—Hundreds …

   … I of families fled from their homes In Illinois River Valley today as the | Mississippi and , Illinois Rivers ap- I i proached or exceeded flpod stage, with levees at the breaking point. Two i lives were lost in the valley region. Helen Hanson …

   … . 11. of Drake Sta tion. near Whitehall. 111., was drowned ; I m the flood waters of Hurricane I i Creek when her father attempted to j carry her to safety …

3. The Washington Daily News — 1926-10-05, page 3

   … Midwestern Rivers Continue on Rampages Illinois Lowlands Practically Deserted; Mississippi River Reaches Record Stage TWO ARE DEAD IN OKLAHOMA Third Man Believed Swept Away …

   … At Beardstown at least 500 fam ilies are homele The Illinois River broke thru a levee and inun dated parts of the city. lowlands Deserted The lowlands around Danville …

   … out of its bank.. Many were rescued from perilou. perches by boats. At Alton, the Mississippi reached the highest flood stage ever record ed there. Many were made home h's and thousands of acres of crops …

4. Evening Star — 1926-12-27, page 1

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   … Press. ' MEMPHIS, Tcnn., December 27. With thousands already driven their homes by floods and property damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Tennessee …

   … , Ar kansas, Mississippi and Kentucky to day were preparing tq/meet an even greater emergency. General rains …

   … their homes, was prob ably the most severely hit point in the area affected by the floods. Four were known dead as a result of the swollen rivers and other smaller streams …

5. The Washington Times — 1926-12-27, page 3

   … MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 27.—With three dead and hundreds homeless, tributaries of the Mississippi River continued on a rampage today, causing widespread suffering and damage’-in …

   … Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Rivers and creeks in the three States have run out of bounds, flooding the lowlands …

   … rains last week. In Nash ville. 2,000 are homeless due to the Cumberland River flood, and are temporarily housed in public build ings, churches, and warehouses. In Mississippi, the Tombigbee river has exceeded flood stage. A. A. Pennington drowned when his car overturned in a ditch at Columbus, …

6. Evening Star — 1926-12-28, page 8

   … record for water disasters In the United States. Several States in the southern Mississippi Valley are suf fering from inundations that hjrve al ready taken a toll of twelve …

   … thousand people homeless. The damage tq prop erty Is not yet reckoned, for the floods are continuing. Rain is still falling over a great part of the arc*a, end while …

   … from these visitations and countless damage has beien in flicted. Sometimes the floods come In the Spring after the melting lof the snows, but more often they result …

7. Evening Star — 1927-01-13, page 2

   … 000 appropria tion. Rivers and harbors appropriations recommended included: For Mississippi River flood control, $10,000,000: Sacramento River flood control. $400,000: for removing obstruc tions in the Mississippi. Atchafalava and Ohio Rivers, $100,000; operating snag and dredge hoots on upper …

8. Evening Star — 1927-01-16, page 57

   … feasible to use for transportation waterways hitherto unavailable. Present disastrous floods in the val leys of our Southeastern States add to the anxiety concerning possible …

   … wide spread damage from floods in the Mississippi Valley which alwavs re curs before the advent of Spring. Really serious floods in the “Father of Waters” may cause damage in ex cess of $100,000,000 in a few …

   … mention other losses to agriculture and to soil which are beyond computation. Such floods in terfere with navigation and make its problems more complex. That problem is …

9. The Washington Daily News — 1927-03-22, page 6

   … new planes being available this year, there will be 325. Mid Western Rivers Rise; Flood Warnings Out Bureau’s Alarm Covers Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri warnings Flood warnings covering prac-' tieally the entire central portion of I the country for …

   … the Mississippi. I prac-i on- enure central portion O1 country for the Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois and Mi 41* 6*6s*a* l pp l ouri Rivers, wen- issued last night by …

   … on all of these rivers have risen from spring thaws accompanied by heavy rains. Flood warnings have also been is sued for the interior rivers of Ohio. exc> pt the Miami …

10. The Washington Times — 1927-03-24, page 24

    … 100.16; third 4%5. 101.4; fourth 4Hs. 104. and new 3%5, 105.25. TENNESSEE HIT BT FLOODS By International Mews Service MEMPHIS, March 24. Two thousand refugees have been …

    … charaity, hundred* of acres of rich farmlands In the Tri-States are flooded and levees of the Mississippi River are threatening to break in at least two places as a result of the rapidly …

    … rising river. Heroic action In strengthening the levees eight miles north of Tip tonville, Tenn., and on the Missouri side of the river …

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