The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-02
Upper Pumping Station Again
Crippled-Rises Three Inches
Per Hour.
RIVER NOT DANGEROUS
Fairbank at Early Hour Again
Flooded-Many People Leave
Their Homes.
FLOOD IS SHORT LIVED
Pogue's Run Is Quiet-Railroads
Balk Flood and Service
Good.

With Fall creek feeding on the hack
waters of the floods OF week ago and
with the hard rains OF Thursday and Thurs
day night that stream is again on a ram
page and is now seriously threatening the
residents Of that part of the city along
North Illinois. Meridian and Pennsylvania
streets.
While at this hour the stream is not gen.
orally out of its banks. with the exception
at Senate avenue. where the levee was
broken week ago. il is gaining i'm such
proportions as TO cause alarm TO the resi-
dents bordering on the creek. Ii Is feared
now that The condition OF the north levce
between Illinois and Pennsylvania streets
will permit the water to overflow and fill
the cellars and Easements of adjoining
houses
The river. it is believed, has reached about
its highest mark. which now stands thirteen
feet and eight inches. IL is again out OF
its banks in many places. but lacks several
feet of reaching the height OF the former
flood. AT o'clock this morning it lacked
three feet and nine inches of reaching the
high water mark.
BREAKS THROUGH LEvEE.
The disasters of the first flood paved
the way for the second. which rapidly filled
the lowlands and rushed through the brok-
en- levees, taking the path of the first
high waters. This was so with Fall creek
at Indiana avenue, where the large levees
that for years protected Cerealinetowy
from the overflow of the river.
The overflow and backwaters quickly
rushed through the openings of the levee
at this place and completely submerged the
~t,.f<
the vicinity of the Indianapolis water
works. While the water works was COM
pletely surrounded by water it was in no
way, at an early hour this morning. en-
dangered by the floods. it could stand
rise Of seven feet more before danger
need be feared
AS before, however, all of the houses
along the river near Indiana avenue were
engulfed by the waters. The residents had
been warned before the rise OF the immedi-,
ate danger they were in and fed. escaping
the perils TO which they were subjected in
their first experience. Early in the after
noon people inhabiting homes in the flooded
districts were warned by the police of the
evacuation took place Immediately
Up until late In the evening residents in
this district could be seen moving TO high
land and carrying with them such house
hold furniture as could be transported on
the back and i'm the hands. Later. however.
instead of shouts of fear and excitement.
erything was calm and dark and with the
exception of a flicker of lantern of some
anxious property owner treading the banks
of the river watching its rise. nothing could
be seen or heard.
FALL CREEK ON RAMPAGE.
Early in the day Fall creek began TO rise,
and late at night it feared that the
residents of North Illinois. Meridian and
Pennsylvania streets would have a repeti-
ton of few days ago when doorsteps. yard
seats and other articles of furniture were
swept away in the currents of the flood. IL
is believed now that Fall creek will not get
out of it's banks at the places mentioned.
Further west, between Capitol avenue and
broken by the first food. all is once mo. Q
lists.
At $50 O'Clock last night the water had
reached a depth of three feet In the old
pumphouse at the Riverside station. putting
out the fires in the boxes and shutting or
the power at this station. At o'clock this
morning Fall creek had taken unex-
pected rise which added TO the terrors of the
Riverside station. Ii was believed also that
the food had about reached its worst and
would recede the rise sup
posed TO be the result Of backwater from tie
first flood
Unless the rise continues longer than IL
is believed that il now will the water viii
be put out OF the pumphouse at the Rive!-
side station some time this forenoon suffi-
| cently TO start the fires again.