Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-29
Crest, Sweeping Towards
Ohio, is Spreading
Destruction.
FEAR OF new HORRORS
Terror increases at Evansville,
VinCenneS and All Towns
Along Lower Wabash.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 29-The |
fral recession of flood waters in In
diana is expected to lift the veil that /.
has covered closely wherever loss of !
lie occurred in the flooded cities in
the Wabash and White river valleys,
while the food crest, sweeping down
toward tne Ohio, is spreading wide de-
struction in the southern valleys of
the rivers and along the Ohio.
Terror increases at Evansville, Vim
cennes and all small towns along tne
lower Wabash with each hour as the
swollen waters of the Wabash and
White rivers in Indiana swell the crest
Of the lower river.
WORK TRAIN THROUGH TRESTLE.
Fearing repetition of the horrors of
central Indiana, people are spreading
warning of the foods approach. A
work train went through a trestle at
Blue culvert last night, and four train
men are missing.
Relief work at Peru, BroOkville and
West Indianapolis, the worst points Of
tne floods attack, is progressing rapid
( II. Sixteen bodies have been recoY-
cred at BrookvilIe Twenty are known
( to be dead at Peru. There acre no
dIownings at West indianapolis. SO
far as established A number of homes
+ in West Indianapolis were destroyed
BY fire last night. Refugees in Indiana
are receiving ample provisions.
/ LOWER CINCINNATI INUNDATED.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 29-With
: the Ohio river covering the entire low
. er section of the city and refugees
from stricken upstate towns coming in
by hundreds. Cincinnati faces a situa-
/ tion that will require the combined eff
/ forts of relief and civic organizations
to cope with
! Every hotel is crowded to capacity,
and every moving van, auto truck.
freight and street car has been pressed
/ iIIo service removing families from
the flooded area.
The river was 659 at daybreak, ris-
ing Is feet an hour. More than so
foot to 10 feet deep.
WATER At SECOND FLOORS.
Suffering, however, is at a minimum,
owing to the warning sent out. Water
reached the second floors of a number
of business houses on Front street 1t
is estimated the city has enough food
to last 10 days.
Sixty city blocks in Covington, KY,
are under water, and as all manufac-
turing plants in that city are located
on the lowlands thousands are out of
employment.
BUREAU RIVER FORECAST.
Washington, D. c., March "a spe.
ciaI food bulletin of the weather bu-
real says:
stage of the Ohio river at Pitts
burgh Saturday morning 24.6 feet, a
fall of Sc feet since Friday morning
Cincinnati stage this morning Sc
feet, 16 feet above flood stage. Further
rise Of two feet expected. Indications
at Cincinnati point to somewhat lower
crest of stage than at first reported,
about SIS, rather than 70 feet.
Louisville morning stage AL feet,
Is above food stage. Further rise ex-
pected.
Cairo stage Al feet above food
stage. River at that point will rise
Glore slowly the next few days. Flood
situation on lower Mississippi un.
changed.
WARNINGS At LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky, March 29-Attention
here today was turned to the Ohio val
1av and a threatened overflow further
south. Warnings have been sent out
and it is not believed the food will be
the direct cause of any deaths between
here and the Mississippi river Prop
erty damage, however, will run into