Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-07 | Page 8 | Depot is Vacated because of Flood

DEPOT IS VACATED BECAUSE OF FLOOD CINCINNATI, Feb. 6. The Central Union railroad depot, the, tracks of which are inundated by the flood, was vacated late today and tho various lines operating out of there were forced to seek stations on higher ground. The flood reached tho stage of 55.4 i feet latoi today and continued to rise !at the rate of one-tenth of a foot an hour. According to the government : weather forecaster, the crest will be reached sonic time tonight or early I tomorrow morning with a fifty-six foot - stage. Many houses in tho wholesale and densely-po'Ulated resident districts are under 'water, hut the suffering of people and the damage to goods have boon held to the minimum by the ample warning triven and tho work of ! charity and relief organiyitions. ! Flood waters havo inundated the low-lying sections of Newport and Covington, Cov-ington, Ky.. across thu river from Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, and hundreds of families have i been forced to vacate their homes.