The age-herald., 1901-04-26
RISE OF OHIO RIVER CEASES
 AT CINCINNATI The Torrent of Water is Now
 50.2 Feet WILL BEGIN FALLING TODAY Suffering is Intense in Parts of
 Flooded District MANY THOUSANDS ARE MADE IDLE employed Will Return to Work.
 In Virginia the Damage
 Is Greatest.
MANY THOUSANDS ARE MADE IDLE

Cincinnati. April 25.-The high water mark of the flood passed down this part of the Ohio valley earlier tonight than expected and the river became almost stationary from to 10 o'clock at frac- tions above 59.1 feet and afterwards at 59.2 feet, when it became stationary here and at upper river points. The high mark is expected to be of much shorter duration further down the river. Great relief is reported tonight from Hunting ton, Catlettsburg Ashland and Ironton. Early in the evning the temporary rise in that district caused by the Kanawha and Big Sandy, swelled the water at Ports mouth, but it was soon over and will lose it's force before it reaches Cincinnati. The river at o'clock was stationary at Portsmouth at 5S5 feet and will. ve1nain | stationary from that city to Cincinnati until tomorrow evening when it will be- gin falling. It was also reported station ary tonight at Ripley. Higgensport, Au- gnsta and Dover, Ky, all of whtch poik $ have suffered extremely theIfpast few days
 End in Sight.
 | The end of the flood is in sight here | tonight At 6 o'clock the stage was 59.1 feet and rising less than one-half inch per hour. The rise from a. m. to p. m.9 was only seven inches, and at short in- tervals during the day it was stationary. The river at Port Royal tonight was ris- ing slowly fifty miles above Cincinnati. It was stationary for 100 miles beyond that point and falling for 330 miles below Pittsburg. It will become stationary here before midnight, and for over fifty miles below Cincinnati by morning. The stage is not expected to exceed 59.3 feet here tonight, and that is considerably below the record of seven different years pre- vious The conditions here on both sides of the river are serious tonight and the prediction is that the river will remain stationary for about twenty-four hours. after midnight, and begin falling very slowly tomorrow night. This will keep many out of their homes over Sunday but the present indications are that the man. ufacturers and merchants on both sides of the river will be completely relieved be- fore Monday.
 With tho 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 to- u. funds today and had committees ap- pointed. as hundreds of houses will not be fit for habitation for some time after the water recedes. Similar action was taken in Newport and Dayton, Ky, today, where the conditions are still the same in the inundated districts. The Newport race track is submerged from one to three feet and greater crowds are at tracted than usual owing to the sight of the horses running in water. This sport will attract unusual crowds, but the track will be clear before Monday. All the rail- roads experience trouble in handling freight and some of them abandoned that part of their business. None of them have abandoned any passenger trains.
 Three churches in Cincinnati are sur rounded by water and as many school buildings, but schools were dismissed.
 Many Out of Employment.
 A careful estimate today placed the number of men thrown out of employ ment in Cincinnati by the flood at 2000 and about half as many in Covington and Newport Ky. Most of them will not be able to resume before Monday on ac- count of necessary repairs after the flood. At Ironton it was reported that 1500 men had been thrown out of employment and similar conditions exist at Catlettsburg, Portsmouth and Huntington An esti- mate has been made at Huntington that oyer three thousand families are homeless in the Southern part of West Virginia and eight thousand men idle and that the loss by the flood in that part of the State will exceed million dollars.
 At Ripley and New Richmond. up the river from Cincinnati, and other towns in those districts the conditions are reported tonight as very serious, as these smaller places are all under water and have not the means of relief of larger cities.
 At Maysville. Ky, sixty miles up the river, stationary guage at 561 feet was reached at o'clock today and 1t be- gan falling at o'clock tonight. At Aber- deen, O., across the river from Maysville. 1t will take several weeks to repair the residences. especially on Front street but the people are preparing to reoccupy them. Above these cities scenes of des- olation and ruin are reported everywhere as the water recedes.
 At Madison. Ind, Ss miles below Gin cinnati a stage of 4a feet at o'clock tonight covered Front street and 52 feet is anticipated soon. This will put the water into the first floors of the National and Western Hotels, and large works near the river front.
 Business Men Work.
 At Portsmouth on the last day of the rise there were most desperate efforts to prevent disaster. The citizens turned out
 
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