Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
Cairo, ILL.,, Reports Highest
Water in It's History;Fear
Felt That Levees Will Not
Keep Back Flood.
NEBRASKA RAIL
TRAFFIC HELD UP
Union Pacific Cannot Run a
Train Out of Omaha Be-
cause of Fremont Floods
Other Roads Detour.

al! points in Missouri. Kentucky and
Illinois arrived here this morning with
tales of devastation by the high water
of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
The river gauge here stood at 52S
feet, the highest ever recorded.
A big force of men is patroling the
levees and thousands of sand bags are
ready for use il the rivers begin to
weaken the levees. All Of the busi-
ness and factory section of HicF":an,
KY, was flooded today when the wa
ter began to go over the top of the
levee. s..#
The Iron Mountain track between
Cairo and Thebes is under water and
trains are being detoured over the
Mobile and Ohio road Practically
the entire Cairo district outside of that
protected by the local levees, is under
water. r,.. "
Fremont, Neb., Cut of BY Floods.
Fremont, Neb., April High water
in the Elkhorn river today took out
the wagon bridge between Fremont
and Arlington and four other bridges
across the Elkhorn in Dodge county.
The Elkhorn is eight miles wide IN
Eplaces, flooding the whole valley. Be
Ing free from Ice small damage is re
sulting on the farms. Fremont is once
more completely isolated, the North
western being again cut off. Twenty
five trains are stalled in Fremont
yards. There is no prospect OF mail
from the east before night. The Platte
is not troubling today.
Union Pacific Held Up at Omaha.
Omaha, April 1.-For the first time
since the Union Pacific was built not
train is moving In or out of Omaha
Additional washouts are reported at
Fremont and trains are tied up De
tween here and Fremont.
The only trains out OF Omaha TO
day are those Of the Missouri Pacific
and the Burlington, which is detourine
its trains over that road by way OF
st. Joseph.
The tracks Of the Northwestern is
iout at Arlington so that the Union Pa
cific is again shut off from the use Of
this track to the west.
Nebraska Governor in Peril.
Lincoln, April 1.-Over a swayins
ladder formed by the ties and rails
only of what had been railroad bridge
at South Bend, Gov. Aldrich made his
way to freedom yesterday right after
having been marooned by the higf
waters for more than "a hours.
For a distance of about seventy feet
the sub.structure of the bridge haC
been entirely washed away by the
high waters and the rails hung
suspended from the two ends OF the
bridge. the wooden ties held only by
spikes. The governor, who had beer
on visit to the state fisheries, made
| the perilous trip in order to reacf
Lincoln by this morning.
Important state business made II
necessary for the governor to retrun al
one' Lincoln II @ Cut or BY Water. ID
Lincoln, Neb., April 1.-Stub train:
operating as far as the tracks will per
NIT and returning formed the major
| part of Lincoln railroad traffic today
Only one road rs putting train!
through to Omaha, and requires de
tour covering nearly 200 miles t
make the fifty-five mile run.
Kansas Rivers Falling.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 1.-The Mis-
souri,, river continued to rise here to
day and the Kansas river was affect
ed by back water from the Missouri
but all the Kansas streams, including
the Kansas river west Of here, were
failing.
/ Some of.the residents in the cas-
and west bottoms moved from thei
homes today, fearing an overflow o
the lowlands.
Although the Missouri river wa
i twenty-five feet above low mark
!, depth known as the flood stage" P
G. Connor, the government forecaster
said no serious damage would resul
here unless heavy rains ensued a
once. He said light rain that fel
today would have little effect and<pre
dicted fair weather by tomorrow. Th'
Kansas river at Kansas City has beel
diked since last year and can carry {
larger volume Of water than ever be
n fore.
The River at st. Louis.
St Louis. April 1.-The Mississippi
iriver at st. Louis rose ] foot in tn
past "a hours and it is expected to re
|main stationary at 2S.8 feet for 8
hours, when it will go above the floo
stage of 80 feet.
i The lowlands along the East 81
ILouis, H., shore are under water bu
M great damage has heen DONE