The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-27
May Begin to Fall Slowly This After
noon, but VIII Not Go Below Dam
ger Line Until Monday.
MUCH SUFFERING REPORTED
MANY PEOPLE DESTITUTE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.
Thousands of Persons Thrown Out of
Work and Many Homes
Filled with Water.

CINCINNATI. April 26.-The Ohio river
has been stationary here and for some dis
tance below Cincinnati since 9 o'clock this
morning, when the limit of 59.65 feet was
reached. Those depending on the prediction
Of the limit not exceeding IS feet have suf-
fered. since the stage became almost ten
feet above the danger line.
Local Forecast Official Bassler said to-
night: Il look for the river to remain sta
tionary until tomorrow morning, when
there may be a perceptible fall. L think
the Hood VIII decline very slowly, and that
1t will take six days before a stage Of
% feet Will be reached. A reduction TO 80
feet, the danger line at Cincinnati, will not
come before Monday
Favorable weather is reported throughout
the Ohio valley and relief is confidently ex-
pected. The conditions on both sides of
the river here tonight are quite serious.
The Ludlow Lagoon suffered much damage
to-day, as well as the Newport race track
and other places on the kentucky side. On
both sides of the river public storehouses
have been opened for the destitute by
municipal authorities, but there is no call
for public aid. Many sick have been re-
moved from inundated houses TO hospitals.
Relief committees have been organized at
many places above Cincinnati where there
is distress.
1t is estimated that five hundred resi-
dences have been inundated in the east end
of Cincinnati and more on the west side
along Mill Creek valley. These do not in
clude the flooded districts along the 'front.'
age of the Ohio river, where as
we'll as business suffered. On the Kentucky
side, from Covington through Newport,
Bellevue and Dayton, the situation is
equally distressing. Thousands are out of
work here and up the valley, but most of
them will resume Monday. Among those
closing to-day were the lower shops of the
Fay & Egan Company, rendering five hum
dred men idle.
The street railways are still crippled. but
the steam railways are running all passen-
ger trains as usual, and they expect to be
ready to handle freight at all depots on
Monday. The Portsmouth branch of the
Norfolk & Western is unable to run over
part OF It's tracks, and transfers are made.
Two horses attached 10 a transfer wagon
We're drowned at Pearl and Butler streets
Today, at the Pennsylvania freight depot.
Ihere nave been many narrow escapes
among the teamsters trying to get at the
under water. $500
Robinson's circus expected to open here
tomorrow, but its grounds, near Columbia,
are covered with water, and il was i'm
possible TO find any other place for the
tents, SO that the show abandoned IFS dates
mere; No such distress is reported from
the lower Ohio valley, into which the crest
OF the nood has now passed, as came from
inherent places up the river.
Al Bellevue, KY, just across the river
from the eastern part of Cincinnati, a large
Indignation meeting was held tonight be-
cause the Cincinnati, Covington & Newport
street railway did not furnish boats for
transfers at all the flooded points. The
street railway claims that boats are I'm
such demand that they could not be had at
al-places where the water was over the
tracks. n considerable number of those
attending the meeting and others later tore
up the tracks for some distance in the more
elevated parts of the town.
At Ripley, o., the inundation is so COM
plete tonight that all business has been
suspended and will be until Monday. The
Ripley National Bank, at Second and Main
streets, Is reached by a temporary elevated
plank walk. From Main street to East
Ripley everything is under water. AT
Portsmouth, o., a rise in the Scioto river
has made the situation worse in the north
ern part of that city. over 1900 people
have been driven from their homes. in the
Portsmouth district and the loss to build
ings and in the suspension of business is
very heavy.