Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-04-02
WATERS RECEDE BUT SLOWLY.
Ohio and Indiana Cities and Towns
Are Still Menaced.

Gates tnat, Wnlte Une SITUATION is StlH
exceedingly grave, there remains
great danger noV alone from the wa
ter itself, but tive menace Of sick
ness, disease and death to follow in
the wake of the Hoods is imminent
Steps have been taken, however, to-
minimize this danger, the govern
ment and private Nphilanthropic
movements having rushed to the
stricken districts medical supplies in
great quantities, thus relieving the
situation for the present Of its worst
features.
The loss of life, it has developed,
will be less than the first estimates
given, though the reports are har-
rowing in the extreme, the number
OF human lives lost appalling. From
first estimates reaching as high as
four thousand, it is now more con-
servatively stated that not exceeding
one thousand have gone down before
the floods of the Ohio river and it's
larger tributaries.
The property loss will reach high
into the millions of dollars, though
as yet there Is small opportunity to
form accurate estimates of the mon
etary losses over the wide territory
affected by the floods.
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton,
Ohio, are among the heavy sufferers
along the Ohio and Miami rivers,
though 1T Is more than probable that
the loss of life and damage to prop
erty in Dayton far exceeds that of
any other city.
Taking Precautions.
Cairo, H., March 3l.-The Cairo
executive flood committee last night
sent an appeal to President Wilson,
asking for aid for Cairo and towns
nearby. The message was as fol-
lows:
''The worst food ever known in
the Ohio valley and Mississippi is now
expected. All previous high water
records at Cairo and south may be
broken in few days. We are MAX
| ing every effort in our power to take
care Of local situation, but the riv yer
communities near us should have as-
sistance. BOATS, sacks, foods and
other supplies are needed. May we
not 3 rave ! he .help9 of yollr. great ofIics
| Rescue Work at Louisville.
! Louisville, KY, March 81. Re
peated warnings by the people that a
record flood was on the way to Louis
willie has not served to preclude the
necessity of rescue work, which has
been going on extensively in Louis
Vile since early in the week, when
the water first went over, the "cut-
off, at the East End of the city
Yesterday when the water began to
reach the second floor of houses be-
tween Main street and the river, in
the business district, boatmen were
kept busy removing occupants who
had escaped inconvenience from pre-
vious floods and had disregarded the
recent warnings.
The fire department was called
upon yesterday to rescue an aged
couple, both over seventy years, who
had been marooned in the attic of
their home four days with a loaf Of
bread as the only bite OF food in the
house. When the firemen found
| them they were in a pitiful state of
exhaustion and their home was on
the point of collapse.
Another crew of firemen was call
| ed upon to rescue family of eight
"a man, his wife and six chill
dren-from house which already
had been moved from it's moorings
and was drifting down stream. Seve-
raj houses on "the Point" which
have entirely disappeared are be-
ilSFSu W nave DeSH' carried down
stream.
Mississippi VIII Rise.
Memphis, Tenn, March 31.-"The
people in the Mississippi valley had
just as we'll prepare for a 46-foot
stage in the Mississippi river" said
Major 7. G., abney, in statement
from Clarksd-le, Miss, to-day Ma
| jor DaDney is the engineer In charge
| nf tho north MiccicoirN,,i no. ~
| with headquarters at Clarksdale.
He also declared that none Of the
levees could hold over 46 feet of wa
ter and predicted maximum height
OF 55 feet at Cairo. He said that a
certain amount of relief would come
to that city because'of the Drinkwa-
| ter, Missouri, gap being opened, but
not enough to lower his estimate.
A As foot stage at Cairo will give
Memphis 45.S feet, the highest point
| In 1912 when levees at. Hollybush
and Mound City, Ark, broke.
7O-Foot Rise at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, March 31.-When the
lOhio river here reaches stage of
69.7, which is expected about mid
night, the crest Of the food at this
point will have been reached Late
to-day the stage was 69.5. The river
rose less rapidly to-day than at any
time since the yellow flood began its
course of destruction.
AT points east OF here the river al
ready has begun to recede, while to
the west there Is an appreciable ac-
cession to the stage, and reports
from down the river are replete with
stories OF destruction and desolation
The direct and Indirect damage
caused by the flooding of the river
Han LII,