Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
are that 1t will not go above 81 feet.
No serious damage has resulted SO
Two Foot Rise at st. Louis.

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TWO Foot Rise at St. Louis.
| st. Louis, Mo-, April 5.-The Mis-
sissippi river at st. Louis registered
30.6 feet today, rise Of two inches in
tWenty-four hours, and it Is expected
| to reach 81 feet, one foot above the
danger line. ,..... .5-
The Mississippi from Hannibal to
Grafton is rising and the Illinois river
which empties into the Mississippi
river near Grafton is falling.
The Missouri from Kansas City to
Boonville Is rising while from Boon
vile to St. Charles it is falling. At
Hannibal, Mo-, the Mississippi stood at
17.5 feet, four feet above the danger
line. The water in the Hannibal dis
trict has spread over the lowlands and
interfered with the operation of trains.
Water has begun to seep into the eel
lars in Hannibal.
Charlottesville, NO., Menaced.
Charlottesville, Mo-, April 5.-Only a
desperate fight can prevent the rising
food from breaking through the levee
in this territory. Should a crevase oc-
cur the entire St. Francis basin would
be inundated with water and the loss
of life and property would be great.
The flood today buries the high wa
ter mark of 1908 more than twenty
inches and continues without abate-
ment, the situation hourly growing
more serious. An army Of men is
working night and day to protect all
weak places and the engineers are
hopeful of success. The Frisco rail-
road, which forms the levee protection
in front of this city, stands only foot
above the torrent, and men are at
work placing sand bags along the line.
The local militia company has been
placed on duty and the companies
from Popular Bluff, Mo-, and Jones
boro, Ark, have been ordered out. 1t
is reported. They are expected late
today. Carthursville is full Of refugees
from the lowlands of Tennessee IN
front of this city. There Is no levee
protection on the Tennessee side and
houses are being washed away. All
available steamers are searching the
lowlands for sufferers and several hun
dred have been brought IN.
Two hundred tents sent out by Gov.
Hadley to shelter the homeless have
arrived and public buildings of the
CITY nave U0CA LAAV"A OPSA A0A SAAN
same purpose All trains north and
west have been out of commission sew
eral days and Charlottesville is con-
nected with the outside world only py
one train a day from Memphis, Tenn,
and each trip Of this is expected 10
be the last. The crest of the Mood Is
not expected here for five or six days
and the increasing rise will place the
levee under serious strain.
Missouri River Rising.
Kansas City, MO, April 5.-Having
risen six-tenths Of a foot since yester-
day the Missouri river had attained
depth of 22.2 feet above low ws.1
mark here this morning and continued
to creep up toward the flood stage OF
% feet.
P. Conner, the government weather
said the river would be- !
come stationary dring the next twen-
ty-for hours and begin to fall tomor- !
row.
The Kansas river and other Kansas
streams were falling rapidly today.
Ohio River Receding.
Galliapolis, O., April 5.-The Ohio
liver began receding today after OBJ
aiming a stage OF II leeI' VI y Aoo'
lbove danger line at the mouth OF the
great Kanawha river. Several thou
,and acres Of bottom farm lands are
lnder water
Upper River Subsidies.
La Crosse, Wis.,, April 5.-The Mis-
,issippi river fell one-tenth Of a foot
It St. Paul during the past twenty-four
hours, declined three-tenths at La
Crosse and five-tenths at Dubuque,
which indicates that there is no seri-
Jus immediate danger Of flood on the
upper river. At La Crosse the river is
i've 5 below the flood stage. at st.
Paul 8 feet below and at Dubuque 6
eet below. ...-r.
Effect Of the present state of the up
yer river, however, has not been fully
cit in the flooded districts.
At LIE Claire, Ia, today there was a
Use of four-tenths, at Davenport four
enths, at Kaokuk six-tenths and at
)es MoiRes Rapids two-tenths. At
hese points the river should continue
O rise for several days longer.
Small Kentucky Rivers Flooded.
Lexington, KY, April 5.-Reports
rom eastern Kentucky today tell OF
ma drowning and damage Of $50 1000