Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-01
CAIRO is ALARMED
AT RISE OF RIVER.

Al HIDE Of RlVE n.
Cairo, ILL.,, April 1.-The flood wa
ters continued to rise steadily
throughout last night and at 7 o'clock
today stood at a point between 53.2
and 533. The population was early
astir and the fact that the water had
substantially passed the So foot mark
caused considerable anxiety.
All expected that the day would
prove the crucial one in the fate of
the city. The crest of the flood is ex-
pected to reach here today and If the
levees hold, it is the belief that the
worst will be passed. Much trouble
was experienced during the night in
the drainage district among the Big
Four levee. Three times slides oc-
Cured and only valiant work on the
part of those watching it saved the
day, Dozens of carloads of sand bags
were placed about the weak spots
and serious trouble was averted.
The water is rising much more
rapidly than yesterday and the de,
mand for more workmen became urg-
ent. The surface on the Ohio now
stands about | foot higher than the
highest street level which Is the main
street of the town and Immediately
flood waters would not rise to more
than / or feet in the buildings on
that street, but all of the town back
of it becomes gradually lower and
most of the houses would be COM
pletely submerged in case of break.
Already the situation is desperate. A
large subway which was the only
passage from Cairo into the drainage
district has been blocked to save
the city. The place was boarded up
and dozens of carloads of sandbags
placed 10 hold It,
Most of the houses and places of
business in the drainage district have
been abandoned already and it is the
prediction that the section is doomed.
1t is held that this break cannot re-
suit in Cairo proper being flooded
State troops were sent out in squads
of five today, each squad aeeompa-
MED by policeman, to visit the rem
devious of men who are either I'M
willing or have refused to work,
About one-half of the population has
left the city. The fugitives were
chiefly women and children.
NEW YORK TRANSIT
COMPANY MAKES GIFT.
New York. April 1.-The INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Companys prom
ise to set aside per cent of all fares
taken on the city's subway and elevat
ed railways yesterday for the flood re-
lief fund, brought to these lines the
heaviest days traffic in their history
The five per cent amounted to $6,07'.
When the president of the compaB.
sent Mayor Gaynor check for this
y ntribution, he said that yesterdays
receipts were $121,40O and that the
previous record of individual fares
Turing "a hours was beaten by about
l25,000. Apparently thousands were
drawn to the subway and elevated in
order to contribute their mite to thc
food sufferers.
IS DEATH
LIST AT COLUMBUS NOW. |
Columbus, Ohio, April 1.-With the
ecovery Of three more bodies from
sleckage in the west side of this city, I
he toll of the flood disaster on that
ide. stood at seventy. The number
II missing remains large and threa
iood victims have died within the past
hours as direct result os
he ordeal through which they passed
efore being rescued.
Hundreds of men were at work to-
ay attempting 80 ieoovel- ether bodies
hat are supposed to be buried under
he huge hills of wreckage in the
icinity of Greenlawn cemetery. Ma
ial law has been withdrawn from
considerable part of the fiood-swept
rea and means of communication
18th that section became more normal
oday than at any time since the grear
ush Of water from the Scioto and
'lentangy rivers overwhelmed it. Con.
tructive relief work in Ohio will BE-
le object toward which the efforts Of
le relief organizations will now be
ent, Governor Cox announced today.