Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-05
BIG RESERVOIR
IN GREAT DANGER
RISING WATER MAY CAUSE IT
TO OVERFLOW.
APPREHENSION AT cELlNA
Situation in Southwestern Indiana
Improved, But Central Portion
Of the State Is Again
Threatened.

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Threatened.
Cslina, O., April Much apprehen.
sion is felt around the Grand reservoir
in which the water has been rising rap
idly during the night. Most apprehen-
sion is at the other end of the reser-
voir near st. Mary's. This is the larg-
est artificial body of water in the world,
being ten miles long and from two to
four miles in width. and covering about
10000 acres. It's banks are from 10 to
Is feet high, and it was constructed on
the summit between the Ohio river and
the lakes SO as to feed the canals both
ways. Having outlets into the Maumee
and the Wabash rivers its waters take
opposite directions, and in the event Of
a serious break the damages would be
beyond description. The state was en-
gagged from 1857 to 1916 in constructing
this great lake and it has been the scene
of many troubles. All sorts of craft ply
Its waters and 1t is a great resort for
fishermen.
Water in Lake Mercer rose ten inches
Thursday night and is still rising. The
west end Of the country is flooded.
Farmers are forced to swim stock out
and vacate homes in the lowlands. The
lake is the highest it has been in 20
years. 1t is feared that an east wind
will break the west bank Men are re-
pairing the bank Railroad service has
been cut off.
Three Drowned.
Ottawa, Ohio, April 2.-The flood
situation here is serious, the Blanch.
ard river being out of it's banks. The
people in the lower sections of the
town have left their homes. A. c..
Meadow, liveryman, of Ottawa, and
Frank Warnecke, of Ottaville, were
drowned at Kalea, nine miles south Of
here, Friday evening, while trying to
drive across fill to bridge. The
bodies have not been recovered.
Canton, Ohio, April 2.-Train service
pended all day. There has been no
mail service since early Friday morn.
ing. There are washouts on all sides
of the city Ralph Edelman, 10 years
old, was drowned in East creek Fri
day afternoon and his body was car.
ried away by the swift current.
Many Houses Submerged.
Marion, O., April All streams in
Marion county were higher Friday than
since the great flood ten years ago. In
terurban traffic has been stopped and
houses submerged here as well as at
Larue. Caledonia, Waldo, Green Camp
and Prospect.
Lima Under Water.
Lima, o., April 2-The Ottawa river
is higher than ever known and is ris-
ing six inches an hour. One-fourth of
the city is under water. Communica-
ton between north and south Lima is
cut off. Heavy damage will result.
In Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind, March 2.-While
the flood situation throughout south
western Indiana is considerably i'm.
proved. the neavy rains of Thursday
and Thursday night have almost du-
plicated the flood stages of last week
throughout central Indiana. White
river, near this city, has risen 13 feet
above the low water mark and is still
rising. Manufacturing interests and
many homes in the river district are
menaced. At Portland only three or
four business houses are above water.
and at Delphi the Wabash railroad is
washed away in two places. The sub
urbs of Alexandria are threatened by
the high water and the inhabitants
have abandoned their homes. Rock
vile is isolated. At Marion, Muncie
and New Castle the situation is almost
as bad as last week. The crest Of the
Hood in the southwestern part Of the
state has moved almost to the Ohio
and it is believed that the rivers will
now carry off the waters, which cover
several hundred thousand acres of val.
liable farm land, without further dam.
age. Hundreds of refugees from the
inundated districts were brought to
Evansville Friday on a special train
sent out by the Southern Railroad
company.
Repairs Are Costly.
Albany, N. Y, April 2.-AccordinR
to the latest estimates made by the
department of public works, the cost
of repairing the damage to the Erie
canal caused by the foods and the
breaking of the ice gorges in the Mo-
hawk valley will exceed 100000. More
than $500 feet of the high embank.
ment between Fort Hunter and Am.
sterdam has been carried away. At
one point alone a stretch of 900 feet
of towing path has been washed away,
this break being the result of new
channel made by the Mohawk. The
force of the current and the ice foe
was SO great as to tear up gigantic
elms from the lowlands and carry
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