Show The Floods Port Deposit Md 8Heavy ice gorges threaten to break and flood the town Points along the shore are in danger Parkersburg W V SThe highest flood since n9 This forenoon fore-noon the river was fortyfour feet above low water Houses on the Ohio side are inundated also on the Kanawha side 300 persons are homeless Every mill in the city is under water The pulp mill is held only by a frail boom The loss is fully 8100090 No lives ars lost The Kanawha River Is rushing out at a tremendous rate Unless backwater back-water can check it it will carry away the iron bridge The water is within a foot of the furnace fires in the postoffice |