Evening star., 1913-03-31
LOWER OHIO RIVER
CITIES IN DANGER:
LOSS OF MILLIONS
People, Warned in Time, Flee
to Places of Security
on Higher Ground.
STAGE AT CINCINNATI
1872 FEET OVER FLOOD
Louisville Has 1877 Feet Above
Flood, and the Waters Are
Still Rising.
TROOPS PATROL THE LEvEEs
Many Houses Swept Away and
Fire Adds Its Terrors-Food
Supply Will Soon Be
Needed by Refugees.

Floods in the Ohio river from
It's mouth to Marietta, Ohio. due
to the great volume of water
poured into it during the past
week by its tributaries have
caused thousands of people to
leave the lowlands and seek
refuge on higher ground.
The water is still rising. and at
every city along the river heavy
damage to property is reported.
Railroad traffic has been impeded
and many miles of track washed
out.
Troops Ordered to Cairo.
In Illinois, Gov. Dunno has or
dered 1900 state troops to pro-
ceed by special trains to, Cairo
and Shawpeetown for the purpose
of patrolling the levees. Hundreds
+of laborers also have been sent
to pile sacks of sand on the
levees. -
Reports today from Henderson,
Owenshofn, louisville, Newport
and Covington, KY; Evansville,
Ind; Cincinnati, Portsmouth and
Marietta, Ohio, and Huntington
and Parkersburg, w. Va, show
that stocks of goods in buildings
near the river have suffered heav-
lily, and that the damage will run
into the millions.
5 No Loss, of Life.
There has been no loss of life
at any of these points.
A telephone message from
Cairo, Ill, early today shows that
the leyees were still holding and
that the town was in less danger
than was believed last night. The
water was still several feet below
the top of dikes.
Weather Bureau Bulletin.
A special bulletin issued this morn
ing by the weather bureau says:
The Ohio river is falling from Pitts
burgh to about Huntington. W. Va: il
is still rising from Cincinnati to Cairo.
The gauge readings at the principal wealth
er bureau stations at am. Monday thus
far received Pittsburgh to Cairo, follow
Pittsburgh, 1871 feet. S.3 feet below flood
stage; Cincinnati, 3D. feet, 1872 feet above
flood stage: Louisville, 43.7 feet, 15.7 feet
above flood stage: Cairo. 81 feet. feet
above food stage.
Panic at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, March I'll
Spreading over a vast expanse of ter
ritory in this city as well as an almost
equal amount in the various towns
that lie along the river on the Ken
lucky shore, the Ohio, which at this
point is within two feet Of being as
high as at any previous time in its
history. this morning continues tp
RISE.
During the night the central part Of
this city was thrown into semi-panic
by an explosion that could be heard
for miles. The Union Carbide Com
pany, at Pearl and Elm streets, had
been destroyed In an explosion caused
supposedly by the carbide coming in
contact with SO much water No one
was injured. as the building was not
occupied and is practically isolated.
The river. reached the stage of 69.3
feet at noon today and continued to
rise at the rate of twO-tenths of
foot every two hours. The crest Of
the present flood Is expected to be
is the belief now of the experts that
the dreaded seventy-foot stage will
not be passed, and that by tomorrow
night the waters will begin to receds.
Fifty Buildings Carried Away.
LAWRENCEBURG. Ind, March 81
Practically the whole city is under deep
water today. and more than fifty build
ings are known to have been carried
away The Knippenzurg carriage factory
burned during the night. Owing to the
warnings of hood danger. however. IT is
no. believed there will be any loss OF
life here.
During the fire the factory buildings
were torn from their foundations and car
ried about five squares, l. which time the
buiidingfs had burned to the waters
edge. The water supply is plentiful for
those refugees who fed to the high lands.
but It IL not believed there is enough
food for more than two days on hand.
Still Rising at Cairo.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March 31.-The stage of
the Ohio river here sat s o'clock this
morning was 52.1 feet, and the river still
is rising. The leyee Is fifty-five feet high.
and as 1t is weighted down with sand
bags for two feet additional, there seems
no immediate danger. Several companies
OF the Illinois guard arrived this morn.
ing.
The Cairo executive flood committee
late last night sent an appeal to Presi-