The slow fall of the Mississippi River at Cairo, Ilinols only. three inches "in 60. hours is worrying engineers, especially in view of fore~ casts of further heavy rain and a rise of sixteen inches in the level of the river at St, Louis, Women and children are stilt being kept away from Cairo, whi they evacuated recently, and the Red Cross has ordered Coast Guard boats fo be ready to evacuate all men Ju the city at a moment's notice, The efforts of 120,000 workers have so far kept the Mississippi within its
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