New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
FLOODS STILL RISING.
THOUSANDS ARE IDLE.
Ohio RiUer S1oeeps Many To7cns-
Pittsburg Sees Relief ahead.

Cincinnati, Jan. 1S.-With a second flood re-
ported at the headwaters of the Ohio and the
whole valley still in the grip of the greatest
food 1t has known for more than twenty years.
the outlook tonight is gloomy. Every town
along the river is suffering from crippled COM
munications limited fuel supply and shortage
of food; thousands of families have been rem
dered homeless. and many thousand men are
idle because of the enforced shutting down Of
the factories and other establishments that gave
them employment.
Prospects OF damage likely to follow opening
of the hoodgates at Portsmouth. Ohio. caused
almost a panic there The town is suffering
also from the cutting off OF the natural gas
supply. number of cities in darkness to-
night because of broken gas mains or flooded
light plant The gas supply OF Newport. KY, is
cut Off Covington is similarly threatened
In Cincinnati the police In charge OF the
relief work. In response to request from the
Mayor OF Manchester. Ohio. Governor Harris
late to-day ordered out a company of militia TO
guard the property Of Manchester flood sufferers.
This afternoon the sixty-foot stage in the river
had been reached and the river was still rising.
New Richmond. Ohio. is bloodhound. Nearly all
the houses in the place are partly submerged.
Louisville. Jan 1S.-In his official statement
on river conditions to-day. the district forecast
official says:
More or less heavy rains have continued the
last twenty-four hours over the Ohio valley ana
the upper watershed Quite heavy rains are
reported from the Kentucky River sect!on' ana
these rains will. Of course, augment the Hood
wave now crowding Ohio. There has been
rise OF from three to four feet In the last twenty
four hours in the river from Pittsburg TO Louis
Vile and the river will continue rising steadily
for the next few days. Conditions indicate a
stage OF thirty-six feet II not more at Louis
VILE and hfty-four feet at Madison. Ind. by
Saturday night or Sunday.
Pittsburg Jan. Is:-The water in the Monon-
gaheia River reached stage OF 21 feet inches
al 10 o'clock tonight. and is now stationary.
Reports from upriver points are tnat the water
is falling The crest OF the flood is expected TO
reach this city some time tomorrow. when IL
is expected that the high water will recede rap
idly. -.
fell three feet in hour A statement was
issued by the weather bureau tonight 10 the
effect that within twelve hours the nood stage
would be passed.
AT the Springdale dam conditions have i'm
proyed on account Of the water receding. The
government engineers have not succeeded as
vet in blowing up the dam. but expect by to-
morrow 20 be able to do so.
The damage 20 food districts throughout
Western Pennsylvania will amount TO thousands
of dollars over ten thousand miners employed
in mines along the Monongahela River are tenn
porarily out or employment ana hlgh wafer at
McKeesport has caused the suspension Of sew
ersl mills throwing three thousand men
out OF work for few days. In upriver towns
hundreds of families living in upstairs
rooms, and skifTs are used in the streets. West
Virginia towns Pittsburg report high water
and considerable damage
Clarksburg. w. Va, Jan. 1S.-It is still rain
ing heavily here and up the river. Train ser
vice the upper part Of the West Virginia and
Pittsburg branch Of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road has been suspended.
fBy Telegraph The Tribunal
Cumberland. Nd Jan. 1S.-A score OF towns
in the Allegheny Mountains including Elkins
are swept by the worst food on record here
The approach TO the Wabash tunnel is blocked
and the road is tied up indefinitely. Cumberland
is threatened by an undermined dam.
Portsmouth. Ohio. Jan. 1S.-The river Is moro
than ffty-seven feet here and is rising two
inches hour Nearly thousand persons have
been driven TO shelter in schools and vacant
buildings
Ironton Ohio Jan 1S.-One hundred families
here have been driven out OF their homes by the
food The river is ifty-ive feet. and rising
inch and a half an hour.