An additional 800 persons evacuated their homes to-day as floods crumbled levees along the Little Rock near Foreman, Ark, and inundated 30,000 acres of lowlands. Two negro children were reported to have been drowned when they failed to reach high land ahead of the raging flood waters.
Foreman was almost isolated by the floods. Highways to the town were impassable, being covered by several feet of water. The Rock Island Railroad was the only means of transportation through the Foreman district.
The levees broke suddenly after heavy rains had sent rivers over their banks in other sections of the state and in Oklahoma, forcing thousands from their homes yesterday. Many persons were unable to evacuate the lowlands ahead of the flood waters and were isolated on house tops.
Red Cross workers from Washington and National Guard troops were engaged in relief and rescue work to-day. Most families forced to leave their homes were given shelter in refugee camps set up by the Red Cross. National Guard troops, assisted by volunteers in motor boats and row boats rushed rescue work assisted by aeroplanes,
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