The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-26
OHIO RIVER IN. CINCINNATI DIS.
TRicT Is STEADILY
RISING.
BUT LITTLE ALARM FELT
Believed That the Waters Have A.
most Reached the Limit and That
They Will Begin to .Recede. Soon.
the Flooded Re9ions-No Danger Of
Another Rise at Pittsbura.

Cincinnati, April 23.-Alarm over
che food has almost ceased in the low
or Ohio valley. The low water in the
Ohio below the city has allowed the
foods from up the river to how rap
idly towards the Mississippi. The sit
uation is still serious up the river,
notably at Ripley, Maysville, Aber-
deem. Portsmouth, Hanging Rock,
tronton, Ashland, Catlettsburg, Hunt
ington, Point Pleasant, Pomeroy, Ma.
rietta, Parkersburg and smaller places
between Wheeling and Cincinnati.
The crest of the flow is below Wheel
ing and the further down the stream
it gets the lower the rate of rising.
The uniform rate of three inches per
hour fell to two inches before noon,
and as low as one and half inches
per hour at Point Pleasant at p. m.
This decrease in the rate did not ex-
tend far below Point Pleasant, SO
that it will be another day before it
reaches Portsmouth. Ironton, Ashland,
Catlettsburg and Huntington, where
there are already very serious cond1-
tions. It usually takes the crest of a
flood two days to reach Cincinnati
from Point Pleasant, but the present
unobstructed flow is much more rapid
than in former floods. At Portsmouth
IS feet was reported and that means
serious conditions at points below
Portsmouth. The weather bureau in
dicates that the flood will not exceed
IS feet at any time at Cincinnati and
possibly 1t may not reach 81 feet. 1t
Is over 50 feet and the maximum will
not be
Reached Before Wednesday.
This is about 10 feet less than was
anticipated here until the river began
falling at Pittsburg. The flood is not
as bad as in a dozen former years
and much below the records of 1897
and 1898 and those of 1888 and 1884.
The former floods were earlier, when
the weather was cold, causing much
While this flood is not SO hard on the
people that are driven from their
homes 1t Is much harder on the crops
and fruits that are we'll advanced.
The property loss in the rural dis
tricts cannot be estimated. It will be
very large. The homeless people will
not be kept away from their houses
as long as they were during former
floods, which, in some cases, have
lasted as many weeks in the winter as
this will continue days in the spring.
The weather bureau here gave
out the statement that the Ohio river
in the Cincinnati district generally
was above the danger line from one
foot at Cincinnati to fourteen feet at
Point Pleasant and rising at an aver
age Of two inches per hour. It indi.
Gated that the rise would continue, at
Cincinnati till Wednesday, when the
river will become stationary and soon
begin falling.
The most encouraging information
received by the weather bureau was
from Parkersburg, where there was
q rise Of only one foot all day and
stage of only AZ feet was recorded
where the local rivermen had anttci-
pated 4S feet. Reports from up-river
points that suffered so severely dur.
ing other floods indicate that no out
side help is needed, that there has
been no loss of life except the acct.
dental drownings from shanty boats,
and that there is no distress for want
Of food or shelter.