Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-18
'0AI0 RIVER FLOOD
Heavy Damage in Valley and
Water Rising.
LOSSES IN MANY CITIES
Rains and Thaw Continue and Higher
Stages Indicated.
THE LEvEES MAY GIVE WAY
Louisville, Cincinnati, shawneetown
and Other Places Send Reports
Of Overflow.
LOSSES IN MANY CITIES
THE LEvEES MAY GIVE WAY

SHAWNEETOWN, ILL.,, January 18.-As
a result of the flood in the Ohio river,
break is threatened in the levee here. At
noon. however. the levee was still intact.
Shawneetown Is village of about 1,5OO
population. 1t is situated on the bend Of
the Ohio river near the Indiana and Ken
lucky state lines. The stage of water Is
now such that the village Is threatened
with repetition of the great flood OF 1888,
which devastated the country for miles
around and caused the loss of twenty nine
lives. The water at noon today had reached
fortythree feet and was steadily rising.
Heavy rains continue.
1t will require six more feet Of water
before the top Of the. levee bank Is reached,
but at the rate the river is now rising q
stage of fifty feet is expected by tomorrow.
This would carry the water over the levee.
The levee is a new one and the people az
'ShawneetOwn expected 1t to withstand the
force OF the water at least until the top Is
overrun.
News of conditions here was telephoned
to Gov. Dineen at Chicago. The governor
directed that supply Of tents for the re-
lief Of the flood sufferers be sent.
Prospects Gloomy.
LOUISVILLE. KY, January 18.-In his
official statement on river conditions today.
District Forecast Official Walz says:
More or less heavy rains have contin-
ued the past thirty-fo hours over the
Ohio valley and the upper watershed. Quite
heavy rains are reported from the Ken
lucky river section, and these rains will
of course augment the food wave now
crowding the Ohio. There has been a rise
of from three to four feet during the past
twentyfour hours in the river from Pitts
burg to Louisville. and the river will con-
tinue rising steadily for the next several
days. Conditions indicate a stage of thirty
six feet, II not more at Louisville, and
fifty-four feet at Madison, Ind, by Sat-
urday night or Sunday"
The Ohio at Louisville rose nearly two
feet during the night, and is coming up
steadily. There has been no serious dam
age In the business district, but a large
number OF mercantile houses have been
compelled to remove stock and many Of
them worked a double force during the
night to save their goods.
r--,e No Signs of Relief.
CINCINNATI. Ohio January 1s-FIood
conditions continued to grow worse today.
At o'clock this morning the stage in this
city was 59.5 feet and rising at the rate Of
about one-tenth of a foot an hour. Every
and the suffering among the residents Of
the lower sections Of this city and the Ken
lucky suburbs was great. Street and rail-
road car service was badly crippled, many
electric lines having impossible gaps sew
eral blocks long. and improvised trains for
transfer arrangement were inadequate.
There was no indication of immediate re-
lief from up the river. although some of the
tributaries of the Ohio were reported as
falling. The colder weather which has
been looked for to stop the rise did not ma
terialize. but a heavy rain was falling this
morning. adding greatly to the discomfort
Of those who had been driven from their
homes and increasing the damage to prop
erty in process Of removal from river-front
cellars.
Freshet in West Fork River.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, January 49,
High waters are causing considerable dam
age along West Fork river. between this
city and Weston and Buckannon. 1t is still
raining heavily here and up the river.
Train service on the upper part Of the West
Virginia and Pittsburg branch of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad has been sus-
pended. Flood conditions are reported at
Weston and Buckhannon, with higher
water than for several years at the latter
place.
Railway Traffic Threatened.
lions along the Monongahela valley were
reported much worse at noon.
At McKeesport the high water has forced
the suspension Of operations at the De
Wees Wood Sheet Mil. the Demmler Tin
plate Works and the McKeesport garbage
plant throwing several thousand men idle
The Monongahela river was rising seven
inches an hour at that time and If the rise
continues a number of mills of The Ma
tional Tube Works will have to close down.
Fayette City is surrounded by wafer. and
many people have removed from tEeir resi-
dences. California and Roscoe are partly
submerged. and scores of families have
vacated their houses.
Nearly every house in Black Diamond is
fioode. and all the residents are living in
the upper stories.
Along the Pittsburg, Virginia and Cha rles-
ton division Of the Pennsylvania railroad
the Monongahela flood has risen so high
that tracks are In danger, a traffic may
be suspended tonight.
Kentucky River Higher.
JACKSON, KY. January 1S-The Ken
lucky river has risen eighteen feet here
in the last two days. This stream passes
through Frankfort and empties into the
Ohio at Carroilton, KY, fifty miles above
Louisville.
Driven From Home.
IRONTON. Ohio, January 1S-One hun
dred families here have been driven out of
their homes by the food. The river Is SIS
feet and rising an inch and half an hour
Muskingum Rising.
MARIETTA. Ohio. January 18.-The river
today reached 35.7 feet. and then began to
fall slowly. A second rise Is expected
however as the river is rising at all points
on the Muskingum and at all points below
on the Ohio. 1t Is raining hard here.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
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