The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-24
FLOOD MADE WORSE
BY COLD AND GALE
MANY BUILDINGS IN CINCINNATI
ARE BLOWN DOWN.
RIVER TO RISE FURTHER
Great Suffering in Other Towns of
the vaIIey-Buslness Section
of Portsmouth Under
Water.

er and gale of wind increased the
suffering of those thousands who had
been made homeless by the flood in
Ohio, and number of buildings that
had been weakened by the water went
down before the wind Saturday night
and Sunday. The first and probably
most. serious loss by collapsing o,
walls was caused during the night
when several floors in the buildings on
Walnut street occupied by the A.
Jansen Wholesale Grocery company
and the Ohio Butterine company fell
with a crash. Both buildings were
heavily loaded with merchandise in
the upper stories. The loss cannot
yet be estimated, but will be very
heavy.
The area of flooded section in.
creased considerably Sunday. For
several hours the river was stationary
at 64.S feet, but the weather bureau
officials could find only temporary con.
ISOLATION in this fact, announcing dur.
ing the afternoon that reports indi-
Gated that the river here would 20 I'D
to at least &C and perhaps 81 feet
within the next SO hours.
go Kentucky Side Isolated.
The rise cut off approach to the
foot bridges across the Ohio, isolating
most of the people on the Kentucky
side of the river. Some of those in
Covington were still able to cross the
railroad bridges, but Newport was
almost wholly cut off and sections Of
Covington, Bellevue, Ludlow and
Bromley were suffering from the back
waters
Systematic efforts to relieve the suf-
ferers. who are estimated at nearly
10000 in Cincinnati and the nearby
cities on both sides of the river, were
under way all day, the special appro-
priation by the city council being sup
plemented by special funds to which
all the churches contributed. There
will be big theatrical benefit for the
sufferers.
Reports from Other Towns.
Reports from up the river varied lit
tie from those of Saturday night. The
lower end of Parkersburg was under
water and the railroads were in
trouble. Almost the entire business
section of Portsmouth was under
water and the entire north and west
end bloodhound, while $4,000 people
driven from their homes were shell
tered in schools and churches, and the
city was without gas or water service
At Madison, Ind, several hundred
people have been driven from their
homes by the water which has gradu-
ally encroached on the business and
residence section. While the low-lying
sections of Huntington, W. Va, are
under water, it is not believed that
the damage there will be very heavy.
Louisville in Bad Fix.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 21.-With the
Ohio relentlessly pouring its floods
southwark and maintaining a steady
rise of an inch an hour, Kentucky
streams contributing their volumes
from the mountain regions, a high
wind blowing up stream all day, dam
aging shipping and preventing the
rapid passing of the current, Louis
Vile faces a food situation which
promises ts equal, before the crest is
passed, the stage of 1884, the greatest
flood ever known to the city.
Thousands of people are homeless
and are housed in school buildings,
warehouses and other structures.
Factories in this city, Jeffernsonville
and New Albany are closed, throw
ing hundreds of people out of work
A conservative estimate of the dam
age done, with the crest of the flood
yet two days off, is quarter of a mil
lion dollars.