Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-23
Waters Of the Ohio At Flood
Tide Will Now Re-
cede.
THE RAINS HAVE CEASED
While Great Damage Has Been Done
In LOwlands the Worst Fear
Is Now Over.
Cincinnati Suffers Greatly I'm Dam
age and the Check 10 Trans
pOrtatiOn.

Cincinnati, April 23-Alarrn over
the flood has almost ceased In the
lower Ohio valley. The low water In
tho Ohio below this city has allowed
the floods from up the river to now
rapidly toward the Mississippi. The
situation is still serious up the river,
notably ut Ripley, Maysville. Aber
deem, Portsmouth,, Hanging Rock,
Ironton. Ashland, Catlettsburg Hunt
ington, Point Pleasant, Pomeroy, Ma
rtetta, Parkersburg and smaller places
between Wheeling and Cincinnati
The crest OF the flood is nearing Gin
cinnnti, but the further downstream
III gets the lower Is the rate of rising
The uniform rate OF three inches an
hour yesterday morning has fallen as
low as 1la inches an hour, and the
weather bureau Indicates that the
flood will not exceed 5s feet Mt any
time at Cincinnati. anu possibly IL may
NOT reach 81 feet. The maximum will
not be reached before tonight or We'd
nesdny. This is about 10 feet less
than was anticipated here until the
river began falling at r1ttsburg The
Hood Is not bad as in dozen
former years, and much below the
records OF 1897 and 1898 and those of
1883 and 1854 The former floods were
earlier when the weather was cold.
causing much distress among the
homeless people. While this flood is
not SO hard on the people that are
driven from their homes il is much
harder on the crops and fruits that
are well advanced. The property loss
in the rural districts cannot be esti-
mated. 1t will be very large The
homeless people Will not be kept away |
from their houses as long as in former |
Hoods. which in some cases nave lasted |
as many weeks in the winter as this |
Will continue days in the spring The
highest stage Will be reached at the
mouth of the Ohio before the week
II out.
Trains have been shut out of the
Grand Central depot The Big Four,
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, H.
linois Central. Chesapeake and OHIO,
Queen and Crescent and other lines
using that station are using the Fourth
and Eighth street stations, and there
is every indication that they can run
into the Grand Central station again
on Thursday. None of the other rail
ways will be shut out OF their regu-
lar depots. All of the railways are
receiving and delivering freight at
higher stations, 30 that there Is no |
here either to passenger
or freight traffic Owing TO the ina
bility OF the steamers To get under the
bridges. navigation on the river is sus-
pended. but IL can also be resumed on
so far the present rise
is concerned Owing to washouts the
Cincinnati. Portsmouth and Virginia
railway cannot run trains.
The jobbers, warehouse men and
in the lower part of
the city are suffering. Goods had been
moved out of the cellars TO first floors.
SO that there will not be very much
loss except 10 such manufactures as
must shut down for two or three days.
The most hopeful thing here is the
fact that the flood Is unobstructed in
the lower Ohio and that there is less
backwater than usual and that the
will be OF short duration. 1t
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from the Allegheny region comes that
IL will not overtake the present flow
So far the damage here has been lin
tied to the lumbermen and others 10
Gated along the river front The end
less line OF shanty boats and other
craft along the river front have been
swept away. but So far without loss {
Of life.
Huntington, w. Va, April 23 -
The river is 55 ) and rising an inch
IN hour. Guyandotte is rising again
It headwaters. One more foot Of
water is expected here. Rain ceased /
It midnight the first time in six days. {
Cincinnati, O., April 23.-As 9 a {
r. the Ohio river was 53 feet inches
md rising at the rate of -tenths |
# a foot per hour. Ii is thought that
his rate had not been kept up
through the night. Central passen- .
,er station is abandoned today and !
rains use the eighth street depot.
Ironton, O.. April 23.-West Iron
on aud all the lowlands along the !
.reeks are inundated, driving hun {
ir eds from their homes. The natural {
yas supply is cut off by landslide
rom all cities and towns between 1
ronton and Huntington. The in
lustries including railroad and street
ailway traffic are suspended. The {
'iver is 56 feet inches and rising an
nch an hour.
GalIipons. o, April 23.-Great :
Iamage has been done by the flood il
'omeroy Bend. At Point Pleasant {
here is seven feet of water in buSi- |
less houses, many families being I
lriveu from their homes. The depots {
II Middleport and Pomeroy are un
Ter water Five thousand barrels OF I
,at have been almost given
away at the salt works at Pomeroy
% save il from being washed away. {
There is no railroad service into |
Point Pleasant, Middleport or Pome-
10Y, and only one train q day at Gal ;
ipnis. 1t is feared mail will be cnt
,f today. A coal famine is immi- ,
lent