The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-09
DAMAGE BY HIGH WATER.
Floods in Indiana and Ohio Prove
Very Costly-several Lives
Lost. k


Evansville, Ind. April 1.-The losses
to farmers by floods between this city
and Cairo will be enormous. 1t is estiT
mated the loss on the wheat crop alone
will reach quarter.of million dollars,
as hundreds of thousands OF acres along
the Ohio river are under water, and the
crop will be entirely killed. Lumber
men will also lose heavily, as many logs
have been swept away. The Wabash
river is 30 miles wide where 1t empties
into the Ohio, several miles below here,
and many people are homeless. Evans
VILE itself is flood proof. being above
the high water mark.
Eight lives have been lost In the In
diana flood in two days. and the total
property loss in the state has been es-
timated at from SS,000,000 to $4,000
600. Bridges and trestles have been
swept away by the dozens. Others
that have not gone out are dangerous.
Railroad schedules are still wild.
Cincinnati, April 4.-Raging waters
still hold various districts Of Ohio and
also sections of Indiana and Illinois at
their mercy In Ohio the records Of
previous floods have been broken In
the central and northwestern parts OF
the state, but Saturday the waters COM
menced receding in several districts.
Two million dollars was the estimate
on the damage done at points between
Findlay south to Hamilton. and four
lives were sacrificed. They were: A.
~ L,ran MI Na aolyA
Raleida; Frank Edlerman, Canton, and
Fred Heimer. Dunkirk. In Ohio 20
towns are without natural gas as a re-
suit of the flood and several cities are
without power for water works, cleo
trio or gas light. or trolley cars.
Celina, O., April 4.-There Is no fur
Their apprehension of either the east or
the west bank of Lake Mercer break
ing it's banks unless another heavy
rain comes in the near future. A large
force Of men continued working on the
east bank all day, cutting trees down
putting brush and logs in the reservoir
to break the waves and sacks of sand
and rocks against the bank to keep II
from washing away. A very slight wind
shifted to the southeast, relieving the
weakened places. Many oil derricks
on the lake have been blown down. The
water is still pouring over the waste
weir. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
Dayton, and the Cincinnati Northern
tracks are still under water In the
Beaver bottoms. Thousands of spec
tators crowded both banks, viewing
the big lake and the damage caused
by the food. The damages around this
reservoir are estimated at over $780,.
900.
Hammond, Ind, April 4.-Recent
heavy rains have converted the Kan.
kakee and Calumet into rivers that are
a mile from bank to bank. Both rivers
are still rising and have swamped tht
country. Valuable horses and cattle
in the Kankakee grazing marsh have
been drowned by the rising floods. Peo
pie are compelled to go in boats from
house to house. The towns along the
Kankakee are flooded with water, ant
some Of the smaller HOSES have beer
swept away. The countryside is mas!
of wreckage and driftwood. Railroad!
have lost bridges and ballasted road
beds. In some places passengers hav,
TO be transferred from points on tn,
road where the roadbed is washed
away, by handcars. Wagon bridge,
have been destroyed and stone culvert
crossing both the Calumet and Kanka
kee are out for miles. The damage t.
this county by water cannot be calcu
| lated.
Evansville, Ind, April All the riv
ers in this end of Indiana have beef
falling steadily, with the exception o
| the Ohio, which has been rising slowly
| 1t is impossible to estimate the amour
! of damage to the farmers along tn
Wabash, White and Patoka rivers. I
| WILL however. reach several hundred
| thousand dollars, while the losses alon!
| the lower Ohio river will be large.
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