The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-26
END OF THE FLOOD
Is In Sight at Cincinnati and Points
Above on the Ohio.
CONDITIONS STILL SERIOUS
On Both Sides Of the River, as Water
Is Stationary.
THOUSANDS OF MEN ARE IDLE
As Result of The Closing Down of Mills
and Factories.
SMALLER TOWNS ARE IN A SAD PLIGHT
They Are Under Water and the People
Have Not the Means for Relief Pos
sessed in the Cities.

Cincinnati April 25. The highwatcr
mark Of the food passed down this part
Of the Ohio valley earlier tonight than WAS
expected and the river became almost STA
tlonary from 6 to 10 O'Clock at fractions
above SOL feet and afterwards at OBJ
feet, when It became stationary here aud
nj upper river points. The high mark Is
expected TO be of much shorter duration
further down the river Great relief Ia
reported tonight from Huntington, Cntletts.
burg, Ashland and lronton Early IN the
evening the temporary rise In that district
caused by the kanawha and Zig SANDY
sweled the water at Portsmouth, bur 10
was soon over and Will lose It's force be
fore II reaches Cincinnati. The river at
o'clock was stationary at Portsmouth az
go feet and VIII remain stationary from
that city to Cincinnati until tomorrow ar.
ternoon, when it VIII begin FILLING II
was reported stationary tonight at Riphy,
llgglnSport, Augusta and Dover Ky. an
o. winch points have suffered extremely
the past few days.
Ihe conditions here on both sides Of the
river are serious tonight ana the prediction
Is that the rvor VIII remain stationary
Tor |Dout twenty-four hours after mia
ntsht anu begin falling early tomorrow
n'Sut rms viii keep many out OF tibet.
catIons w. Stuud!, bul the present indi
Uatiuhs are that the manufacturers ,lnl
nieichahtS on both sides of inc river Viii
Ia, completely relieved before Monday
ina -. uN water almost ten feet ahOya
Neniepee and loss on both Sides OF Lhe riy"r
- w tleIc ~ some distress toulgAt
S MaS% an iels I secured renci funds 10.
drfds ~ h,on colhi9 IN appointed, rs hun,
bA N i,.p
eedes slSoiin r alie after me water re-
NOM and 1i' Nh, nctpn was taken IN New.
,ondltt"ns ,"s ' eiii, ~" To-Day, where the
nisiri''ttss" 'te~sl'N worse IN the inundated
,r .tNPoIl race track u submcrgcd
ara o' V,,v 4" tntee ieel ana greater crowds
si1ht go SI1n usual, owing 10 tao
nm ~. 'ne u, noises running Ia waiter.
dars Spp't wa PC iuriished mere for two
L',;ar, Hk Gnu the trach VIII be clear
"'tTIc Mohhay'
4, .5tit,Luaus experienced trouble today
=, ~ "1 49,, Meisht 4hd some Abandoned
Lhat perl OF theif business. None Of them
"" r, "p"huonVu any passenger trains
lnIte chufehes In CINCINNATI are sur
puiiu'ns, put schools were dismissed.
oafctu estimate To-Day places the
n"'' ~, ui mon thrvMh our al employment
~ CINCINNATI ny the Hood At 1000 ana
ahout nnlt as many IN CoNlngion-and New
port Ky Most Of them win nor be able
70 resume un!ll Monday, owing to the
At lronton II was reported that 1900
meg had been thrown out Of employment
ana similar conditions exist al Catletts.
burg, PORTSMOUTH and Huntington. An es-
tinaGc has been made at Huntington chat
over 1000 families are homeless In the
southern part Of West virginia and 5000
men Idle ana that The loss by the Mood
IN that part Of the state will exceed
$1.o0o,oOo.
Al Ripley and New Richmond, up the
river from Cincinnati, and other towns
In those districts the conditions are 70
ported tonight as very serious, ms the
smaller PAGES are all under water ana
have not the means Of relief Of larger
cNles. At Maysvlle KY. sixty miles up
the river. stationary gauge nj 5taJ feet
was reached at 10 o'clock today and II
began falling at o'clock tonight.
Al Aberdeen Ohio, across the riycs from
Maysville. 1t will take several weeks TO
repair the residences. especially on Front
street. but the people are preparing TO
reoccupy them. Above these cities scenes
OF desolation and ruin are reported every
where ms the water reccdcs.