| Show OHIO RISING AT ATWaters TI Waters Surround the City but No Alarm Marni is Felt r el elI I HEmmING AT Nr i burg Muki I 11 In l or oC Cincinnati Cincinnat 0 April the Ohio river Is U stilt still rising and the back backwaters backwaters waters of oC the tho Little Miami and Mill MillCreek Mi Creek surround the city there the Il Is nc tio 10 of oC the longer loncer alarm here on account Hood flood This is duo to the fact that hat t the tho weather bureau predicts predict that th the maxi maximum mum depth will wil bo be reached here In lii less leu than hours anti and Ind will wil not exceed S feet Ceet or come within 14 H feet ol oC o othe the record The Hood IK is II receding a 11 us tar fat down dOln as today Its Is crest rest will wi be here ore tomorrow While several lives have huo been lost up the tho nv er or In gathering drift and Ind In ventures venture In bouts boats and In accidents none have been lost by being caught by h tho Hood lood Alt All Al who have havo been driven from Oi their homes horel hero here and In elsewhere have been well veit wel cared for tor In their respective localities and carel Ind soon return to their theft homes homos rite flU Central Union passenger station staton was abandoned not because It 1 Is IH Im ins Impossible possible to run trains through the vu wa 10 water ter tel but because the Injury to curd cars url and und undo engines o ID la too great grent Freight I depots reached over the tracks now nosy submerged are arc Iro abandoned and In trains are obliged to lo loud load and unload at nt points farther tarther out The baseball park parl used u el by the nation national nalon al league lengle Is Hooded and Ind the Chicago Cincinnati Cincinnat garnet games scheduled for COI this wick w ek will wi be postponed The rue stage ol of feet teet the tho river at Cincinnati Cincinnat at lt noon is 54 At Gallup Ky 1 on eu al thu tt th lug Big nil Sandy a I washout shout broke the natural gas main leaving heaving the city lust last night without fuel tuel and In darkness and closing factories at lt Ashland Ahland and elsewhere along Its Is line lne At Middle Fork orl Ky Jacob was vas drowned while rafting logs log At Portsmouth Ohio Ollo the weather Is la laclear clear flyer Ulver ner 55 feet teet 5 D Inches and not likely to rise DEC touch much mich more All Al home homeless homeless homeless less families have havo been eared cared for tor forAt forAt At Ironton Ohio this mOlln the tie river wax was Wil 56 51 feet J f Inches and an rising an on per hour lour Wet West est Ironton and nil all ni the territory In Inthe Inthe inthe the lowlands along oh the creeks are bun Inundated dated rendering hundreds of ot families homeless A landslide lbs hUM cut off or the natural gas 19 from Crom frOm all al cities ciles and Ild towns town along nl the he Ohio Olo between Ironton and ald Ind lre ire sus suspended BU and flad railroad and street railway was stopped Destitute sufferers are aro ar quartered In public buildings POINT PONT PLEASANT INUNDATED Ohio April Apri 23 Tho great deluge of oC water that has haR been sweeping down the Ohio Ollo valley valey has his done great damage to Pomeroy bend hend Pomeroy and Point Pleasant were the tho first points to bo be Inundated Point Pleasant has seven feet of at water In itt II Its Ia business houses on al the main mi In streets Many families are homeless but are be being beIng being ing cared earo for Cor In school chool houses anti and by neighbors The fhe depots nt at anti and Pomeroy arc both under water wlter Five thousand barrels barrela of oC salt sni were almost given away at al the salt sal mills mis at Pomeroy which whirl otherwise would have huc been he en washed away All Al railroads have suspended operations Into Point Pleas Pleasant ant on Middleport and Pomeroy Oal polls Is la receiving only one train a n day lay and anil It Is II feared malt mail communications will vIII wi be cut lt off or today toda The rhe mark nt at 11 ii 1 this morning shows 5 feet 3 Inches and Ind rising one Inch every three hours INSPECTING FLOODED Pittsburg Pa In April Apri 23 The officials of ot the Allegheny bureau hureau of ot health com corn a thorough h Inspection tol of or the Hooded flooded districts today Every cf house that was WIS Inundated will wi be he Inspected and tho the occupants notified to thorough thoroughly ly h cleanse clean e and disinfect It I to prevent disease or plague If It I tho the order Is not obeyed within hive lve days the occupants will wi be prosecuted A similar Inspection Inspection tion ton will wi be made In this city by tho the officials Work was resumed today at nt many mills mis along the river fronts after a shutdown of ot three days Ila and within 41 g hours hour all al the plants will wil be bo again In operation ton The rivers continue to recede here liens and at the tho headwaters RIVER AT HUNTINGTON RISING Huntington W Va April AIrl 23 The Ohio river Is MC feet Ceet and an rising an anInch anInch aninch Inch an nil 01 hour One On foot more of or water wlter Is 18 expected here News NeIls of oC great greot suf emit suffering fering from tram the time flood comes collies COI s from the Interior counties The rain censed at nt midnight for tor the first time In almost six days day TILE THE KENTUCKY AT A STAND STANDSTILL STANDSTILL STANDSTILL STILL Frankfort Ky Icy April 3 Tho Ken hen Kentucky tucky river Is I 1 at about a standstill to today toda today da day and ond as bright clear weather has ha hatol followed tol owed two days das of oC rain no danger Is U Isnow isnow now apprehended here |
