The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-29
CITY FACES WORST
FLOOD IN HISTORY
At Cincinnati, Ohio River May
Nearly Reach Record
Mark of 1884.
MANY HOUSES SUBMERGED
Neiehboring Kentucky Towns
Also Suffering From Swollen
Yellow Waters.
MANY HOUSES SUBMERGED
Copyright. American Press ASSN
[By Associated R1ess

Cincinnati. Ohio. March 2S-.As III.
waters of tho Ohio River continue 10
rise. increased IN volume by the hood
waters from tributaries east and north
or here. this city is facing the wors,
Hood In its hiBtory. Late to-day the
! river stage was sixty-f four feet. with
Indications that before many hours
nave passed the gauge would reach
seventy feet. almost TO the mark OF
| 1884,. the record year
Gather forecasters hero Tonight
| expressed conviction that during to-
(; morrow tlA river would reach sixty-
| ciEht feet and would go to the seven
,y-foot mark early next week. prob
ably Monday. The Weather Bureau
also declared there would be a further
! riAe OF five 10 ten feet ~ all point.
above here within the next two or
| three days
+ Al Cincinnati the conditions arc NOT
I vet acute. but IL is feared that soon
/ they Will be. All the lowIand TO the
! west and east OF the city has been
( submerged. and also along the water
! front of the business section the com
mercial houses are gradually disap-
/ pearing under the yellow river No
loss OF life has occurred here.
Along the Kentucky shore conditions
are rapidly becoming worse At Cow
inSton more than 500 houses are re-
ported submerged, and their occu-
pants are being given shelter and
protection in public buildings.
Plans are rapidly being formulated
to care for flood sufferers, and meet
ing was held at Gown ston tonight at
which arrangements were made to
raise a sufficient fund for the poor
AT The same time arrangements were
also made for policing the fcod zone
and preventing looting.
AS the Ohio and Licking Rivers rise
and the former attains the seventy
foot stage. more and more OF Coving-
ton recedes beneath the surface OF the
food waters Inhabitants of tho west
ern end of the city have left their
homes
The river front section of Ludlow is
deep under water, and the residents
have removed. Bromley is entirely cut
Off from other neighboring towns. Day
ton. Ky. and other nearby small towns
are in the same isolated condition. and
there is much suffering in consequence.
Many OF the large manufacturing
plants have closed because operatives
have been unable to reach their places
of employment.
Newport, which. with Covington, is
opposite Cincinnati, forming the fargcr
or the subur ban sections, is in almost
ns bad a case as its neighboring city.
The flood water is rising in all parts
OF the town. Street car lines soon Will
have to be abandoned, and II Is feared
that before many hours the lines into
Cincinnati will have to cease opera
tons. This also is true of Covington
lines. Electric light and gas plants
also arc threatened.
One of the bridges across the Ohio
has been closed, and authorities are
mr. ri mr. In nj n
thus cutting off the south shore frop
communication with Cincinnati and
also closing practically the only rail-
way outlet this city has had to the
south and east.
No food shortage Is anticipated in
this section but warnings have been
issued by the Mayors of this and othe.-
nearby cities that merchants must not
take advantage OF the situation TO
charge extortionate prices All at
tempts Of this nature here have been
promptly curbed by the authorities.