New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
LOUISVILLE HARD HIT.
Floods Pour OUer LeUee and Drive
Citizens from Homes.

Louisville. Jan. 2O-The Ohio is maintaining
steady rise Of an inch an hour, the Kentucky
streams arc contributing their volumes from the
mountain regions. high wind has been blowing
upstream all day. damaging shipping and pre-
venting the rapid passing of the current, ana
Louisville tonight faces flood situation which
promises TO equal before the crest Is passed the
stage OF 1884, the greatest food ever known 10
the city. Thousands Of people are homeless and
are housed in school buildings. warehouses and
other structures.
Factories in this city, Jeffersonville and New
Albany are closed throwing hundreds Of people
out of work; stocks of merchandise In the busl-
much lumber has been washed away and many
small houses with their contents have toppled
into the water. conservative estimate OF the
damage DONE with the crest or the llood yer TWO
days off, is S250O00. StTeetcar service In sew
eral parts of the city is seriously interfered WITH
while trains nearly all the railroads are ar
irving anywhere from three TO ten hours late.
Late this afternoon the baciSwater from Bear
Grass Creek forced its way out OF It's BANKS at
Broadway, and soon spreading over Cne
Louisville & Nashvilles Cincinnati tracks TINS
district is within few blocks OF a fashionapIe
section. and it Is many years since that part OF
the city was overlooked.
The water is within two feet Of the 9TH street
station. which is the terminal OF the Illinois
Central the Southern. the Baltimore q ONO
Southwestern, the Big -Four and the Chesapeake
& Ohio. The tracks OF the Illinois Central. the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern and Southern
Railway are still two feet out OF water
All night at the cutoff. where the greatest
danger was men were on duty TO watch for a
break The ievee withstood the pressure. out
about daylight the food drove the watchers from
their position and began TO pour over the en-
bankment into The Point" Between 200 and
/ 400 houses are in The Point" For the most
part they are the homes OF TiveTmen and people
Injured to all sorts of hardships
All day long the water poured over the en-
bankment n foot deep and, quickly seeking its
level transformed the large territory into lake
MelwoOd avenue. from 10th street TO the Country
Club, is under water. which is in soma places en-
tering the second stories.
In the afternoon force OF policemen was sent
20 a point within three blocks OF the flooded area
where they stopped all sightseers. fearing a loss
OF life should the embankment at the cut-oH
give way.
The scene in Shipping Port. in the western end
OF the city is one of desolation. Here the water
covers the houses. not only To the first and Sec
ond floor. but in soma instances to the CHM
neys Thousands OF persons abandoned their
homes in this district two days ago. leaving
their goods and chattels behind. II was impOs-
sible 10 get boats and men to remove them Last
nights winds toppled over several houses, and
the waters to-day carried them down stream.
The cold weather is causing much suffering
among the people, who being sheltered in
public school buildings and other places. City
officials have the situation we'll in hand. and are
feeding all the sufferers who are unable TO pro-
vide for themselves.