The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-24
Many ARE HOMELESS
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES DRIVEN
OUT BY RISE IN THE OHIO
RIVER
WORST IS NOW ALMOST OVER
CREST OF THE FLOOD WAVE WILL
HAVE PASSED CINCINNATI
TODAY
MUCH DAMAGE ALREADY DONE
City of Cincinnati Is Now Fairly
Well Surrounded by Water,
and Many Buildings Are
Inundated.

Inundated.
CINCINNATI, O., April 23.-While the
Ohio river is reported tonight as falling
from Pittsburg to the mouth of the Big
Kanawha, almost 800 miles, there is still
much distress from that point to Cincn-
natl. about 200 niles. The weather bureau
still predicts that the limit will be
reached here tomorrow and that there
will be still less trouble below this
city. While alarming inquiries con e
from Ironton, Portsmouth Huntington,
C2tlettsburg and intermediate points to-
night, the weather bureau says the out
look is really encouraging and that the
beginning of the end Will reach Cincin-
natl tomorrow, when the stage will not
exceed ffty-eight feet -le Big Sandy
and other lower tributaries are falling rs
well as the headwaters. The heavy snow
in the mountains at the head waters of
the Kentucky river, followed by rains,
have not checked the rapid flow in the
lower Ohio as was feared. The most
encouraging news came from Point Pleas
ant. where the river became stationary,
and later reports show that it is falling
as far down as Marietta and Parkers-
burg.
THEIR HOMES FLOODED.
Pomeroy, Middleport, Point Pleasant
and other places in that district have
teen badly inundated with hundreds of
families driven from their homes The
depots at these places were under water
and the telegraph offices moved to higher
ground as early as last Sunday. Since
the crest of the flood has passed the
Pomeroy bend there is great alarm to-
night at Catlettsburg, Ashland, Ironton,
Huntington, Portsmouth and other low
now passing, and where false reports
have been circulated about another rise.
One Of these reports was that there had
been a clOudburSt UP the Big Sandy
severely affecting Catlettsburg Ashland
and other places. 1t turned out that the
flood had caused the natural gas pipe
line, supplying these places, to burst,
and they were left without light and fuel
for that reason. The large rolling mills
and factories at these places were COM
PEELED to shut down for the same rea-
son. From that point to Cincinnati the
rise huctuates from one-tenth of an inch
in some hours to almost three-tenths in
other hours, and when it increased to-
might there was renewed alarm at Iron
ton and Portsmouth and points opposite
them. The weather bureau, however,
reported tor ,ght that there was a change
in the sitt ~tion and that the flood con-
tinued to pass out of the Ohio valley
more rapidly the further it got down
stream.
WORST STAGE TODAY.
The weather bureau here Is confident
that Cincinnati and all points above it
will have their highest water tomorrow
and that at no place will it reach such
a stage as three years ago.
At 6 o'clock tonight the stage of the
Ohio river was 55.1 feet and rising at
the rate of two-tenths of foot per hour.
This is more than five feet above the
danger line and within three feet Of the
limit expected during this flood The
water reached the first floor of tenement
houses along the river front at forty
five feet, It it does not reach any of
the business houses below fifty feet. The
water in the tenement houses along the
river front, as Carriage Row." RAT
Row, etc, is now over ten feet deep
from the first floor, and will likely be
over thirteen feet from the first floor to-
morrow. These tenements are so th'cklv
packed that there is no room in the up
per stories for extra dodgers. The people
We're removed from the first floors YES
terday and from the second floors todav
Ihe coal and lumber yards along the
river, as we'll as the warehouses, iobbers
and manufacturers in the lower part Of
the city, are submerged, but will s1f-
fer comparatively little loss because of
the warning they have constantly been
receiving since last Saturday from the
weather bureau. Notwithstanding these
warnings many barges have been sunk
ana there mas been some damage to other
craft. Judging from the rats of LOGS
adrift III the river, many along the trib-
utarles did not get the weather bureau
reports, and were surprised
CINCINNATI BLOODHOUND
With the Ohio river on the south +he
Little Miami east Of the river and ~
raging Mill creek west, Cincinnati ia
p0uhued by water on three sides and nv
h1lis on the north. From these hills a
volume of water IS pouring. The Titt,a
miami became so high today that a.
washed away the Cincinnati Tawranoa
purg and Aurora electric track Botb
1felSht and passenger trains on oil a.
steam railways are arriving and danar+
ing as usual, although most Of them arc
using suburban depots On the 1Uoe+ 49, - =
OF the town the Coleraine avnnne hr;de.e so
was washed away today On the east
sue the Bracket Construction fs5no,o,1-r
Whlch is constructing the new 80,
~orhs, SuHered much damage bv bevIy,r,
1ts lalse woodwork swept awav r. +Le
sui. 'uuen ana eastern part Of the cities the
1oII4ns =, u t the electric lights made their
cute9 III boats instead of wa eons s-.
Aau no trouble in reaching the Ia,,,.e- ohu
a., me e. Cincinnati ball park LOCALLY aategs :,
~ tne MN center valley on the West s,da -,
IS under water. The Reds opened stee 4pe
season ef t by by postponing seven games ont ont
i the frst eight consecutive datas roIl poe
viii play in Chicago Friday and 49,, ha ,y Iney
Tor ten days, by which time their oo eero'. a may
viii! be dry. grounds
The races at Newport arc run md.
olfflc ulties, but they will continue e'iaer ,e
tnol'o% fa wv. and the crisis will be passed he
At some places the conditions arc o,,,.o
PAD on the Kentucky side, notably aroune u,,e
newport, Bellevue and Dayton ~,
Ihose submerged have arranged for ,io5t
ana water, and there will be no sufferiney %
Mhen the flood reaches it's limit ton1ore
WATERWoRKs SHUT DOWN
me Newport waterworks are unable to
pump today. The large rolling mill ana