Show F FLED ED IN TERROR TO HIGHLANDS Flood Embankments at Ports Portsmouth Portsmouth mouth but 7 t People Were Warned SITUATION IS NO BETTER BETTERA OH A WI LL lE RISE 4 f c t Cincinnati 0 Tan Jan 1 the cre crest t of th flood not yet In eight ight und and a pros prospect prospect or of n a near noar approach to the loss lOBS of February 1884 attempts wore to today ay made madl to estimate the losses from the flood floo In this city The commission houses which are In th the low lowlands lowlands lands have havo already suffered damage es estimated estimated at Man Many thousands will willbe willbe be lost by the tho factories through enforced Idleness and unproductiveness and more than es will wIil lose wages Not loss than persons have havo been driven drivet from Crom their homes most of them being forced to depend on charity for their and lodging Reports from riVer clUes cities both above aboc and amI below Cincinnati continued to come comeIn In with pleas for help and food From some of the nearer flooded towns refu refugees goes gees came to this city and are uro lodged wherever quarters cnn can bo be found Ports Portsmouth Portsmouth mouth saw the breaking of the flood floo em cm embankments and the people fled in terror to the highlands s The Tho high water from the is being added to the flood In the Ohio at that point that and the flood from the other holding back the regular high water from higher up the river so that the second rIse seems sure to overtake the main flo flood d and Its damage Further Rise Expected Louisville K Ky Jan flood lood sit situation nation shows no sign of Improvement to aa day the most serious development being the tho dh discovery coory that the tho dike which pro protects the tho upper east cast end of the cit city i is weakening slightly Repairs are being made and mm men are Lre patrolling the banks No fear or of a break brenk Is expected The crest of the thc flood Is not expected b before rore Mon Ion day I District For Forecast Official Walse says The OhIo continued rising dur ing the past hours through throughout out its length but Is falling In upper tributaries The rate of rise has also atso d I creased The ri rier er will rIse rIfle steadily at Madison md Ind and Louisville for tor the next da days s and will reach a stage or of ht feet at Louisville and feet at Madison Sunday Sunda with witha Ith Itha a still further rise Monday from Their Homes Portsmouth 0 Jan water from the Ohio cus caused d the Scioto river to cut through the flood at atthe the tho north end todal toda Threatened Iid received warning ng ot of the impend danger and nd in advance although ct t the sIck d tinder the tho greatest The break was shortly afterward f ed b by the water rushing over oe cat ond dent and the thO Ohio was also In rom the same quarter on the south The Whole district Is under water The Th river has passed the thc i stage and Is rising an Inch an hour Danger Is Great wn In hii Jan Ohio river here harp continues to rIse but the levee lee Is holding Shifts of citizens are patrolling the levee day and night A crack in the embankment was discovered ered and sandbags were used Although the danger appears no greater than It did yesterday people are becom ing more and more uneasy and to leave leavo for the blurts bluffs The tents and provisions for these refugees sent by Coy Gov Deneen have not yet et arrived and there is much suffering Buttering All the factories and man many houses are closed So far farno farno I no fatalities have been l |