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Show FLOOD BULLETINS H THOUSANDS DRIVEN FROM HOMES. Cincinnati, Jan. 13. The Ohio river continued to rise steadily but more slowly today, the stage at f o'clock I being 61.2 feet The Government fore-caster fore-caster predicted that the rise would continue today and tomorrow and thai I j probably a maximum sta-e of f. -t j u on Id be reached. i This prediction was made on the assumption that there would be no I more rain the next two days. I li was estimated that 3000 persons I bad been driven from their homes in Cincinnati and the cities of Coving- 1 ton, Newport and Dayton, across the river in Kentucky. M'ny factories have been flooded and hundreds of persons thiown out of work OUTLOOK MORE HOPEFUL Louisville, Ky., Jan 13. Police and fire department employes, working to move families from districts menaced men-aced bj the Ohio river flood, were cheered this morning by news that the rise was less rapid than regit lered last night While nearly 1 000 persons had been driven rrom their homes today and the outlook was j that this number would be doubled, vet it was believed property damage would not be as heavy as in previous j record floods. j Parkersburg. W. Va., .'an. 13. The J Ohio river was stationary here this j morning at forty-five feet. H Washingloi, Jan 13 The weather j bureau's flood bulletin today Bays: "The Ohio river is falling at I'in burg, hut continues to rise below- f At Inclnnat Monday morning the J st. me was I'll feet It feet above flood j Btage Flood stage will be reached at Cairo about Wednesday. |