The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-26
END OF THE FLOOD
IN SIGHT AT LAST
Ohio River Has Reached Its
Highest Point.
WILL BEGIN FAILING
RAILROADS FORCED TO ADAM
DON FREIGHT HANDLING.

Cincinnati. o., April 25.-The high
water mark of the Hood passed down
this pant of the Ohio valley earlier to-
night than was expected. The river be-
came almost stationery from to 10
O'Clock, at a fraction above SCI feet,
and afterwards at 59.2 feet. when it be-
came stationary here and at upper
points.
Great relief is reported tonight from
Huntington. Cattlettsburg and Ironton,
where the flood was SO bad last night,
and at several places in that district
there are demonstrations of rejoicing
Early in the evening the temporary rise
in that district caused by the Kanawha.
and Big Sandy swelled the water at
Portsmouth, but it was soon ocer, and
VIII lose its force before it reaches Gin
cinnati.
The river at 8 O'Clock. is stationary
at Portsmouth at $50 feet, and viii re-
main stationary from that city to Gin
cInnatt till tomorrow afternoon, when it
| VIII begin falling. 1t is reported sta
t1onary tonight at Ripley, iHigginsport
and Dover, KY, all OF which points
have suffered extremely durin gthe past
few days. SIC 1855 =
At 8 O'Clock. the stage here was. 5e.1
feet, and rising one-half inch an hour
The rise from a. m to 8 d. m was onIv
during the day it was sta tiopar-y. The
river at s O'clock tonight was rising
slowly for fifty miles above Cincinnati
IL was stationary for 100 miles beyond
That po<at, and falling for $50 miles be-
low Pittsburg.
Much Distress Reported.
With the water almost ten feet above
the danger line, there is endless incon-
venience and loss on both sides of the
river here, and there is some distress
tonight. Mayor eFleischmann secured
relief funds today and had committees
appointed, as hundreds of houses will
not be mt for habitation for some time
after the water recedes. Similar action
was taken in Newport and Dayton, KY,
today, where the conditions are still
worse in the inundated district The
Newport track is submerged from one
TO three feet, and greater crowds are
attracted than usual, owing to the sight
of the horses running in water. The
National League baseball park, where a
game was played yesterday by the Chi-
cSgo and Cincinnati teams, is COM
pletely- flooded fonights
All the railroads are in trouble today
in handling freight, and some aDan-
doned that part of their business. None
of them has abandoned any passenger
trains, but the Cincinnati, Georgetown
q Portsmouth raHway was compelled to
employ ferry boats and tow boats 10,
take their passengers out as far as
the eastern suburb OF Columbia. east
of Cincinnati. st< ~
Street railways were compelled to
make four different transfers in the
east end of Cincinnati today, with their
high motors These high motors We're
not able to make the transfers on the
west side of Cincinnati, owing to the
high water along Min Creek valley, es-
pecially in Cumminsvilie and Riverside.
Three churches in Cincinnati are sur
rounded by water and as many school
buildings, but these three schools were.
dismissed. A careful estima te today
placed the number of men thrown out
Of employment in Cincinnati by the
flood at 2O00, and about half as many
in CovingtoR AMI Newport
Men Out of Employment.
At Ironton it was reported that 1. 500
men had been thrown out of employ
Hsentz Similar conditions exist at Cat
tlettsburg, Portsmouth and Hunting
ton An estimate has been made at
Huntington that over 3 600 families are
homeless. in the southern part of West
Virginia and 5000 men idle and that
the loss by food in that part of the
state VIII exceed $1,000090- =
At Ripley and New Richmond. up
the river from Cincinnati and other
towns in those districts, the condi-
lions are reported tonight TO be very
serious as the smaller places are all.
under water and have not the means
Of relief of larger cities.
At Maysville, KY, sixty miles UP the.
riveTs a stationary stage at 5S.5 feet
was reached today and it began fall
ing at 3 O'Clock tonight. ~
At Aberdeen. across the river from
MaySviIe it VIII take. several weeks
to repair the residences but the people
are preparing to re-occUpy them. !
Above these cities scenes of desolation
and ruin are reported Everywhere as
the water fecedes.
below CINCINNATI a stage of forty nine
feet at o'clock tonight covered Front
street. and fifty-two feet is anticipated.
This will put the water into the first
floors of the National and Western ho-
tells and into the large Barker. tobacco
works The hotels and other property
across the river in Milton, Ky, are
Hooded. tt