The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-26
MANY ARE HOMELESS
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOUSES BY
THE FLOODS In THE OHIO
RIVER
WORST IS PROBABLY OVER
CREST OF THE RISE REACHED GIN
CINNATI SOME TIME LAST
NIGHT
UPPER RIVER ACTING BADLY
Shenango and Mahoning Floods Sur
passed Only by the High
Waiter Mark Made
in 1898.

CINCINNATI, o. April 25.-The high
water mark of the flood passed down this
part of the Ohio valley earlier tonight
than expected, and became almost sta
tionary from to 10 o'clock, at fractions
above 59.1 feet, and afterwards at 59.2
feet, when it became permanently sta
tionary here and at upper points. 1t is
expected to be of much shorter duration
further down the river. Great relief is
reported tonight from Huntington, Cat
lettsburg, Ashland and Ironton where
the flood was so bad last night, and at
smaller places In that district, that there
are various demonstrations of rejoicing.
Early in the evening the temporary rise
in that district, caused by the Kanawha
and Big Sandy, swelled the water at
Portsmouth, but it was soon over and will
lose it's force before 1t reaches Cincin-
natl. The river at o'clock was sta
tionary at Portsmouth at 5S.5 feet and
will remain stationary from that city to
Cincinnati until tomorrow afternoon,
when it will begin falling. 1t was also
reported stationary tonight at Ripley,
I1igglnsport, Augusta and Dover, Ky,
all of which points have suffered ex-
tremely tho past few days. The people
here and for miles up the river are now
preparing to avoid all possible evil eff
fects of recedtng waters rather than Of
rising waters.
RELIEF MEASURES
With the water almost ten feet above
the danger line there is endless incon-
Venience and loss OH both sides of the
river here and there is some distress to-
night. Mayor FleiSchmann secured relief
funds today and had committees ap-
pointed, as hundreds of houses will not
be fit for habitation for some time after
~ 1T
taken in Newport and Dayton, Ky, to-
day where the conditions are still worse
in the inundated districts. The Newport
race track is submerged from one to
three feet, and greater crowds are at
tracted than usual owing to the sight of
the horses running in water. This sport
will be furnished there for two days
longer and the track will be clear be-
fore Monday. The National league ball
park, where game was played yester-
day by the Chicago and Cincinnati
teams, is completely flooded tonight.
All the railways experienced t-oGb.e
today in handling freight, and some
abandoned that part of their business.
None of them have abandoned any pas
senger trains, but the Cincinnati, George
town & Portsmouth railway has been
compelled to employ ferry and toWboats
to take their passengers out as far as
the eastern suburb of Columbia, east of
Cincinnati, Street railways were COM
PEELED to make four different transfers
in the east end Of Cincinnati today with
their high motors. These high motors
were not able to make the transfers on
the west side of Cincinnati owing to the
high water along Mill creek valley, espe-
cially i'll Cumminsvile and Riverside.
Three churches In Cincinnati are sur
rounded by the water and as many
school buildings, but these three schools
were dismissed. careful estimate today
placed the number of men thrown out
of employment in Cincinnati by the food
at 2O00 and about half as many in Gov
ington and Newport, Ky. Most of them
will not be able to resume until Monday
on account of necessary repairs after the
flood.
DANGER AT OTHER POINTS:
At Ironton it was reported that 1900
men had been thrown out of employment
and similar conditions exist at Catletts,
burg, Portsmouth and Huntington. An
estimate has been made at Huntington
that over 5000 families are homeless in
the southern part of West Virginia and
S 900 men idle, and that the loss by the
fiood in that part Of the state will exceed
s., ,000, ,c00
At Ripley and New Richmond, up the
river from Cincinnati, and other towns
in those districts, the conditions are re-
ported tonight as very serious as the
smaller places are all under water and
have not the means of relief Of large
cities.
At Maysville, KY, sixty miles up the
river, stationary stage at 56.6 feet was
reached at 10 O'Clock today and it began
falling at o'clock tonight. At Aber-
deem, O., across the river from Mays
Vile, it will take several weeks to Ie-
pair the residences, specially on Front
street, but the people are preparing to
re-oeeupy them. Above these cities
scenes Of desolatien and ruin are reports
ed everywhere as the water recdes.
AT Madison, Ind, eighty-eight miles be-
low Cincinnati, stage of 49 feet at 6
o'clock tonight, covered Front street,
and So feet is anticipated. This will put
the water into the first floors of the
National and the Western hotels and into
the large Rarlker tobacco works. The
hotels and other property across the
river in Milton, Ky, is flooded.
NEWCASTLE UNDER WATER.
NEWCASTLE, Pa, April 25-Roth the
Shenango and Mahoning rivers are still
rising and they arc now above all
previous records except during the food
of 1893 The Erie & Pittshorg and the
Ashtabula division of the Pennsylvania
are badly crippled and no trains
can be run northward on either division.
Near Pulaski, this county the Shenango
has overf1owed it's banks and covered the
tracks for more than a mile.
Both the Shenango and Mahoning rivers
have risen more than two feet within
the past twenty-four hours and portions
of the city are already under water.
Mahoning town is the greatest sufferer
in this respect and residents of Mont
street had to leave their homes
last night at { o'clock. Movable articles
were taken to places Of safety, but there
was not time for much preparation
Communication over the Mahoning is alb
solutely cut off with the entire western
portion Of the county.
WAVE REACHES LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 25.-The river
was rising tonight at the rate of nearly
an inch an hour and at p. m. was
thirty feet six inches in the canal, which
is two feet six inches above the danger
line. The water has come up to the
foot of some of the streets that run at
right angles to the river, notably
Fourth street, where it is on the first
floors Of several buildings. The build
ings, however, are not of kind to sus-
tain much damage. 1t is thought that
the crest of the rise will reach here to-
morrow morning with a mark of thirty
one feet, after which 1t will begin to
fall