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The Flood Situation

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 24, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 17.

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The Flood Situation

REPORTS from various places along the Mississippi River indicate that the greatest danger is passed, and that the levees in the main are holding the flood waters. A few breaks at unimportant places have somewhat relieved the strain upon the embankments at places where greater damage would have resulted. Conditions, while still grave, are more hopeful. At places farther down the Mississippi preparations are being made for a hard fight to hold the water within the embankments. Figures now published in reference to the sections devastated by the flood place the number of drowned at 500, the number of those rendered homeless at 100,000, and the financial loss at $250,000,000. A proposition is now before Congress to establish a permanent federal fund of $100,000,000 for relief and construction work in localities laid waste by fire, flood, earthquakes, and other catastrophes.