The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-20
Thousands of Unfortunates in
the LoWlands Along the
Raging Stream are Render
ed Homeless.
PROMISES TO BREAK
ALL FORMER RECORDS
Situation In Southern Part of
Indiana Rapidly Growing
Alarming = Pennsylvania
Abandons Terminals.
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Cincinnati, O.. Jan. 19.-Lawrence-
burg. Ind, twenty miles from here, is
in a state of terror tonight The ten
foot levee which protects the city is
giving away in places and all the resi-
dents are getting ready to move. At
eleven o'clock tonight the river was
63 feet and one inch and was still ris-
ing More ram is predicted with
high winds.
Evansville, Ind, Jan. 19.-The flood
situation in the Ohio valley grows
more serious hourly. An average of
half inch of rain has fallen through
out the valley within the last twenty
four hours, and the weather bureau
offers no relief from the storm until
tomorrow night, when there is prom
Use of clearing There has been a
continued rise at all points up the
Ohio Pittsburg reports rise of
more than a foot; Cincinnati two and
one-haf feet; Louisville, almost three
feet, and Evansville now has a stage
of forty-four feet with the river still
climbing the government gauge.
At 10 o'clock last night Evansville
got its first glimpse of the sky in twen-
ty days The moon stole fSom behind
the walls of its prison, and the loiter-
ers and refugees along Water street
really gave it welcome.
The Evansville harbor is still lined
with steamers out of service because
of the flood, and their white forms
.r1o ;,, l,Nr 10Th Of 4ta
moon A brisk wind began blowing
about the time the moon came out,
and lashed the waves of the flood in
to a running sea. The rays of the
moon played over the waves and made
picture good to look at, even though
the scene was witnessed with knowl-
edge that there were hundreds of peo-
pie in the low lands who saw the
wind rise in fear. For wind means
destruction now and the wind is rising
tonight
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 19.-Flood condi-
tions here broke the highest records
since February. 1884. A distance of
four squares from the normal water
front of the lower portions of the city
are flooded. Railroad bridges are the
only means of communication for
pedestrians between the Kentucky
side of the river and this city, which
affects seriously several thousand peo-
pie, who work in Cincinnati and whose
homes are in Newport, Covington and
the other Kentucky suburbs
The town of California, just above
the city, is inundated and a number
OF residents came to this city for
refuge. Covington, whose high loca-
tion caused it to be considered FORUM
ate, felt the effects of the flood by iso-
lation, and the cutting of communi-
cations. In Newport it is estimated
that fully 5000 people are homeless
and almost destitute. There are near
ly 100 blocks under water Schools
were closed and school buildings are
used to help the homeless. free soup
houses being opened there.
The river will rise steadily several
days at Madison, Ind; Louisville, Ky;
and other points down the river.
1t is estimated that at least Is 900
people are homeless on account of the
food in the lower sections of Cincin-
natl and on the Kentucky side of the
Ohio at this point. Fully 5000 have
been driven from their homes in Gin
cinnati. nearly 5000 residents of New
port have been compelled to vacate
their homes, and all the other cities
within 10 miles of this city report
thousands more sufferers.