The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-01-26
BIG tract FLOODED
BY BREAK IN LEVEE
THOUSAND PERSONS ARE MADE
HOMELESS NEAR TERRE
HAUTE, IND.
MAJORITY WITHOUT
SHELTER OR CLOTHES
Hundreds Of Head of Live Stock Per.
ish in Rising Waters-BeIief Is
That Worst Is Over at Louisville,
Kentucky. =.

Kentucky.
Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. 23.-The
mile south of this city, near the viii
lage of Taylorville, has widened from
Is feet Monday night to several hun
dred feet Tuesday and the surround
ing country for miles is inundated.
The river is still rising. There are
LOCO homeless people from the viii
lage of Taylorville and West Terre
Haute, and the majority of them are
in a pitiable plight, with neither
food. clothing nor shelter from the
weather.
The break came so suddenly that
few were able to get their belongings
to high ground. Hundreds of head
of stock, poultry and other domestic
animals have persisted.
Crest Reached at Louisville.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 23.--The cheer
ing information was given out by
District Forecaster Walz Tuesday
morning that the food in the Ohio
had reached its crest and that the
water, which has done so much dam
age and caused intense suffering
among the poorer residents of the
city living in low-lying sections,
would begin to subside by night The
| river at ten o'clock Tuesday morning
showed A1.2 feet in the canal, and had
| been stationary for two hours. This
Witt ;1I, t.
| due it is thought warrants the asser-
ton that the danger of further seri-
GUS damage is over.
Aid for victime.
Relief work for the sufferers con.
tinues actively under the direction of
acting Mayor Tyler. Six school build
ings have been turned over as tempo.
rary homes for the sufferers, in ad.
dition to several warehouses and nu-
merous smaller buildings. The city
council has appropriated sum for
relief fund which is being augment
ed by private subscription. Com
| missaries have been established in
several sections of the city. Appeals
for aid have been received from many
towns in Kentucky.
A section of land surrounding a
distillery at Greensboro Ky, was
washed out during the night and
part of the building caved in, letting
400 barrels of Kentucky whisky into
the river. 1t is hoped to recover
some of it when the flood subsidies.
| Across the river from Owensboro.
in Spencer county, Indiana, a num-
Der Of houses are flooded. In one
house there are dead bodies, but it
is impossible to reach them for burial.
Several hundred cattle are standing in
water two feet deep near Owens
| boro.
A dispatch from Granville reports
the river still rising. Dead horses,
cattle, mules and hogs with good
sized farm houses are reported float
ing down stream by Evansville, and
it is believed the entire crop of grow.
ing wheat in that vicinity will be de.
stroyed.
River Receding at Cincinnati.
| Cincinnati, O., Jan. 22.-The river
continued it's slow recession Monday
night and at o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing had gone down to 64.55, a drop
OF more than half a foot from the
crest which was reached Monday
morning. Guards were on watch all
night at all points along the river to
give warning of any threatened dam.
age to buildings, and there was no
cessation in the work of relief. It
will he several days before the river
gets below the danger line and the
possibility OF property damage will
not even then be over as the weak
: ened condition of structures along the
! river front will make them particular.
i ly liable to collapse.
| Mayor Dempsey Tuesday afternoon
issued orders to police to confiscatc
food and fuel where needed for relief
and where dealers attempted to extort
unreasonable prices for such necessi.
| ties. This action was taken because
of numerous reports of extortion in
charges for transportation and for re-
lief supplies Those attempting ex.
tortion will he arrested.
Epidemic Among Refugees.
Aurora, Ind, Jan. 33.-Though the
river has fallen four inches since Mon.
day, the flood conditions are desperate.
Citizens are huddled in camps OH the
higher ground Or crowded into the
school houses, opera house and city
hall Scarlet fever has broken out
among the refugees from the lower
part of the city and it is feared that
because of the unsanitary surround.
ings that the disease will spread.
S1awneetown levee Holding,
Shawneetown, ILL.,, Jan. 33.-The
stage of the river Tuesday was 1872
feet and still rising slowly. Mayor
kratz says that the levee is strong
and that there is no immediate danger
| from the food.
Riots Follow Rise In Bread Price.
| Madrid, Jan. 23.-Workingn,en are
greatly excited over the raise of tho