The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-07
ISLANDERS ARt IN
PERIL OF FLOODS
OHIO RIVER IN PLACES BETWEEN
CAIRO AND EVANSVILLE
TEN MILES WIDE.
MANY ON HOUSE TOPS
Rescued BY a Towboat's Crew. ow
Landers Flee in Fear to Highest
Ground--Stcamboa Run
Through Cornfieids.

Evansville, Ind. Jan. G.--The Ohio
River in places between this city and
Cairo, ILL.,. Is ten miles wide, Steam
boats run through cornfields In max
ing their trips up and down the river,
One can stand on the levee here and
see miles and miles of overhowe3
lands in Kentucky The river con.
tinues TO rise here at the rate OF
nearly an inch an hour. and stands at
80 feet at O'Clock tonight II is ex
pected that the rise will continue for
three or four days.
Henry and George Mann, prominen,
Kentucky farmers living directly op
posite this city, were here all day
trying TO get towboats to remove their
crops and $4,000 bushels of corn which
they said would be entirely lost ii
the river went much higher
Farmers In many localities have
been unable to gather their cron crop
owing to lack of laborers. Below her
there are great quantities of corn II
cribs that the water Is covering.
Numerous families on both sides OF
the river are living in the upper stor
les of Their homes. Their stock Is
stored In barns and sheds built on
mounds.
Waterworks Surrounded.
The waterworks plant above this
city was surrounded by water toda,
and its employees are forced to come
and go in skiffs. The coal supply II
low and 1t will be necessary to tow
fuel out 10 the plant The tawhoas
TJ B A made trip AROUND The water.
works today.
Reports received tonight from
points along Green River say tha
stream is rising rapidly II Is feared
the government locks at Spottsvile
and other places will be badly dam
aged. Thousands of logs are coming
out Of Green River tonight. and loe
gers continue TO reap harvest ir
catching them. Many landings along
Green River are submerged. and boats
can make no landings.
Rough and Pond Rivers, tributaries
Of Green River, continue to rise rapid
ly. River men here say another rise
Will bring a food as great as that OF
1884 Reports tonight show that the
Wabash River Is overnowing thou
sands of acres of wheat and corn and
the loss will be the greatest since the
hood ef 1884 The river is several
miles wide below New Harmony.
Coal Supply Cut OF.
y dispatch from Hazelton, Ind
states that White River will continue
to rise for two or thre days yet. An
effort is being made TO save corn in
the lowlands. Patoka River is also do
ing extensive damage. Steamboats,
from down the river BAY
many persons are being rescued from
the 1owlands and taken TO .hs%ns f.
Southern illinois. AS MANI of tho
towns arc partly under water II will
be several days before they will re
celve any mail In many places the
coal supply Is cut off and people are
forced TO gather drlftwocd and burn
It.
Several large islands in the Wa.
bash River on which hundreds of fam
lies live, are aubmerged and the tow.
boat Bernice today rescued many per-
sons from house tops and several hun.
dred cattle. The persons remaining
on the islands are In the second stor.
les # houses on higher grounds. The
igh Of hogs and chickens on top
of hay stacks coming down the
White and Wabash Rivers was wit
messed more than qpce today The
Little Wabash River is also overflow
Cd and the damage reported along tina
stream iT Southern Illinois is heavv
1t is expected that the Ohio river
will pass the forty-fjot mark by q
o'clock Monday morning.