Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-31 | Page 13 | More Families Flee as Flood Menace Grows

FAMILIES AMItiES 1 MORE f FLEE REE AS flO FLOOD D MENACE GROViS Mile Eight-Mile Ice Gorge on Wabash River Threatens Threat Threat- ens to Break MT VERNON InrI Ind Jan 31 UP Additional families living lUIng along tho Wabash river In southern In- In and Illinois evacuated c their homes lomes today as an mile eight ice fco gorge Korge threatened to break brck and rolease re ro release roo- roo lease cuo a a. w wall of or water Some Somo farmers who would bo be In the tho path o of tho the fk d h tho the Ice C Jam break moved mo to higher territory terri tern tory tort as airmen n continued to drop I food and fuel tuel to marooned folk Relief Reller or wor or rs had 26 bags of oC food r ready ad for distribution today by airplane airplane airplane air air- plane and truck Huck An 8 aerial JaI sur survey sury y of or somo some o of the tho In tho the flooded area aiea re- re r that land relief was no now pos- pos and a tl truckload of supplies was as brought to Decker town township I re residents Red Cro Cross s officials re reported reported reported re- re ported conditions vastly improved