The age-herald., 1901-04-25
The Ohio Will Exceed the Esti- mate Limit of 59 l
 Feet
SUFFERING ALSO INCREASES
Flo Engines Are Placed On Boats and Police Paddle Their Rounds In Bateaus-Several Per
 sons Are Drowned.

Cincinnati, April 24.-The flood outlook in the middle Ohio valley is not as en- couraging tonight as expected. The pre- dicted limit of 5S feet will be passed and the estimated limit at other points will be more than passed It is evident now that when the limit is reached in the terMiddle Ohio Valley, that it will be sta tionary for some time and the fall much slower than was anticipated, even if there is no second rise. This Is attributed to rising waters in the Big Sandy. Musk ingum and other tributaries above Gin cinnati All sorts of reports come from Catlettsburg tonight about rains in the Cumberland mountains of Northwestern Kentucky and from Huntington about heavy rains tonight in the southern and eastern parts of West Virginia. At both of these places as well as at Ashland, Ironton, Porthsmouth and intermediate points there is much uneasiness reported tonight and at some places people are preparing for the worst.
 The weather bureau map tonight shows rains prevailing in the east that may move westward into the Alleghenies and start another flood in the Ohio, while it's lower tributaries began rising tonight.
 At 6 O'Clock p. m.
 At 6 o'clock this evening the stage 0f ha rfx 57.5 feet, but since D. m., the rate of rise was reduced from one inch per hour to almost one-half inch per hour. The stage at 6 o'clock is 75 feet above the danger line, and the rate of rising indicates 5S feet after midnight. Although the rate of rising is gradually decreasing, the flood here will exceed the predicted 59 feet. Estimates on the rise that Is in sight up the river indicate that the Ohio will not become stationary until tomorrow afternoon. when 1t is not ex- pected to exceed ST feet, or S.5 feet above tho danger line. Since 1t became evident that the stage would exceed 5S feet there is much stir and inconvenience here to- night. Business men and manufacturers in the bottoms will suffer more than was expected and many more families will be driven out of their homes along the Ohio to the south and along Mill Creek Valley on the west and along the Little Miami on the east side than were an- ticipated in the earlier preparations.
 On the Kentucky side in proportion to the population many more have been driven from their homes than on the Ohio side In the Taylor bottoms between Newport and Bellevue, Ky, the water Is up to the tree tops and the street car lines are compelled to transfer their pas sengers for Dayton and Bellevue. The latter city is greatly inundated, and owing to another rise square mile of land is covered.
 In Covington, Ky, the John Brenner Brewery has suffered great loss by back waters and some families in that locality have been driven from their homes. Peo- pie are. sheltered in churches and public buildings, and none are destitute.
 Officials Make Tour.
 Mayor Fleischmann, Chief of Police peitsch and other city officials made an other tour of the flooded districts today.
 
 possible protection. Fire engines and hose carts have been placed on fiatboats ready for emergency and police have pa trol boats.
 The police assisted today at the funeral of John Griffin,. colored, from one of the flooded tenement houses, where boats had to be used.
 The street railways have adjusted some cars for use on the east and west sides Cor ov,fd fy-ar1 al a a flooded tracks and then transfers are made to the other cars The motors are raised so as to run through three feet of water.
 One man fell off a boat today and was drowned and another fell off log raft near the public landing, he also being drowned. A woman jumped from the suspension bridge, evidently with suicidal intent.
 The horses attached to a hack became frightened and plunged down an embank- ,ment into the Mill creek bottoms. while the driver was some distance away sp- liciting passengers. The horses and the hack have not been seen since.
 At New Richmond, O., summer resort for Cincinnatians, about fifty families were driven out of their homes today and many are moving tonight. The situation there Is quite serious.
 People in the Eastern portion of Mays vile. Ky, are greatly alarmed as the water is reaching their residences.
 At Huntington. w. Va. the river reg istered 57.2 feet at o'clock and was still rising and the rain falling in torrents. The rise continued later and the storm soon increased. The small streams are booming tonight and 1t looks like the crisis is yet to come here. Traffic on the interstate lines as well as the street cars here has ceased and the electric light plant is threatened Central City, an ad- iacent town, Is under water tonight The school house, railroad stations and freight houses, and even the jail are utilized for the homeless. Guyandotte is entirely cut of from the outside world with every street flooded. The water has reached the second story of the Riverside Hotel.
 At Ironton, O.. the stage was 5s.5 feet at 6 o'clock with an increase in the rate