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Show "DYNAMITE SQUAD" TO B:.0W l)P GORGE Louisville. Jan. 18. The great gorge In the Ohio river near Brandenburg Brand-enburg shows no slgn6 of weakening this mcming, and a special train carrying car-rying 1.000 pounds of dynamite, left for the scene of the gorge nlout noon. The river at Louisville remained stationary all night nt the flood stage and, the exodus of people from the low parts of the city was halted temporarily. tempo-rarily. There was a rise of over two feet in the Ohio at Cincinnati during the night and it has been raising in Ixuls-vllle Ixuls-vllle for twelve hours. With the quickest quick-est work possible by the "dynamite squad," results at the gorge are not expected for at least 3C hours, Louisville, Jan 18. Tho great Ice gorge Jn the Ohio river broke this morning at several places btween Louisville and Wolf Creek, Its south-ornmOHt south-ornmOHt point. The break seemed to be the result of a general softening of the ice at all points, but rlvermen say it la too soon to tell whether the great field, nearly seventy miles la length, will move out In its entirety, or merely take up a new position further south. When the acres of jagged ice began be-gan surging down stream, a score of I shanty boats which had leon dragged from the stream for safety were carried car-ried away. Land slides are reported at Henry, Bear Creek and Knob Creek. |