| Show ALAign ov ACCUUNr OF FLOOD TI HlTr Abi > v Llnelnnall Illilui hlowlT 1 CINCINNATI O March OTho was real alarm bem today about the flood situation Rain last night followed fol-lowed by an outpouring of the LickIng Lick-Ing river caused apprehension Tonight the Big Hindy the Licking and the two Mlamls are pouring fresuits Into the Ohio Other tributaries tribu-taries on the upper Ohio are falllui Meager reports Irom southern central Indiana especially loOK Whllo rivera river-a enticed a heavy rainfall last night At all plot above Cincinnati except Cattlelsbnrr the Onlo ls I reported tonight as rising iluwlyor itatloiiaiy At midnight tile llooj situation line has bsojuie alarming About oclock toulst a thunderstorm north and vast ofKJInoluoatl only a part of which ped over the city added three quarter uf an Inch to the rainfall here lu less f than an bur Capt Bassist ol Ibu United States signal service lays late tonight Last nights storm la I now central over the lake region an area of low pressure extends from Arkansas close over the entire Onlo valley All streams south ol tbe Ohio river are ending full The situation Is tile csurauloB This puts an alarming phase on the situation In 1 view of the widespread destruction of the late Iliod probably to be followed by a greater At midnight the river here was fortysix feet three lecher lltcon Inches from tu daog Bo11d and I rising an Inch BU hour Residents of I low lauds are moving their goods out of dauger and dreading the news the wires may bring from West Virginia tomorrow Bpeclals to the Inquirer from Indiana Indi-ana towns give the Hood news as fo tons Bbapbtiry Heavy talus Jackson Hill and Allen Cave mines flooded Mllcliel While river falling here but rising the Shoals Ton railway lit up continues The Motion hopes tu run through from Chicago to Louisville villein twonlyIoiir hour Tbe condition con-dition ol the 11 Q Southwestern west of here Is growing worse litavy rain fallluu All streams out of their banks and still rllog A1 DES MOINES DES IMoiNns la March ODotb rlvvm here have been rising rapidly blue last nlglll and the lowlands above the city are now flooded The rains are still lalllng In northern Iowa The Ice In Ibo rivals la I at least lou teen Inches thick and It Is I eitecud that It will begin I lo move tonight If It does much damage will crtalul Le done to dams and bridges and In cora 01 gorges Ibo lower part ol the city would be flooded TIn WABA8II HIGHER VINCENES Ind March aTho Wabash rver Is higher now thin It bas breu In eleven years Rod Is I still rising The lowlands are submerged Thousands of acres of wheat are Inundated and the damage farmers Is I Incalculable Hundreds of homes In the bottoms are vacated on account of the flood There Is I great muttering |
