Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-05
Ohio's Rise Makes Populace
Forget Danger From the
Mississippi When Wash,
out Threatened.
|INGLESIDE LEYEE
BROKE DURING DAY
Town Overhowed From Sin
to Ten Feet; Rains Cause
Waters to Creep up sIn
Dayton; Sewers Clogged
Washington, D. c., April 4.-Todayt
special flood bulletin says:

Washington, D. c., April 4.-Today's
special hood bulletin says:
"The crest of the lower Ohio hood 10
In the vicinity Of Evansville. Ink,
where the stage Of the river Friday
morning was 48.2 feet. 49, feet above
flood stage. The river ct Cairo con
tinues to rise slowly and IL now ~
stage 64.7 feet rise of 2 feet sincl
Thursday morning.
"The Mississippi river south I ua
Cairo continues to rise slowly"
Cairo People Anxious. ,8
Cairo, ILL.,. April Anxiety sste
prevent the levee from breaking on
the Ohio river side Of Cairo led citi
zens today to overlook temporary dan
ger from the Mississippi. The result
was that force Of workmen had sts
be rushed to the west levee today, ~
a washout was threatened between
Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth stroeta
High winds had caused the river ats
cut into the bank to such an extsni
that danger was imminent before the
fact was discovered. 3ss
Several hundred bags of sand wers
hurriedly carried from the Ohio rivei
uexae&. By~tho~&rA ssersa4 w,okicA wlls
made In automobiles. further erosioy
of the bank was prevented for thu
time
The food on the Mississippi side, II
well below the levee top. Water
which has backed into the Caich. rivel
at Mound City, ILL.,, has found an out
let into the Mississippi and has caused
a slight rise In that river.
Arrangements being made by Lieu
tenant Buckner U. s. A., fO- the com
fort and safety Of the people weni
briskly ahead today. BY night It wa
expected that small life RATS wouli
be placed throughout the city and II
readiness for the big break. shoul
such crisis come
Rain Causes a Rise.
Flood waters in the Ohio began -ts
rise again today. At Z a. m. the guags
reading was SAT. The water had
previously lowered about the 54.6 mari
for nearly twelve hours. despite thu
fact that steady rain fell during mos
of the night. A medium wind from ths
south was considered a deterrent tt
the current.
Reports from the Reel Foot leves
district said more than 1000 men were
working to save break in the levee Of
that section which Is we'll down thu
mississippi. A break there woult
bring relief to the situation here with
in an hour. The enormous amount Oi
territory covered by the district and
most Of It lowland, would take vast
volume of water before 1t would b
flooded and in addition the flood wateri
would have an outlet which would pre-
vent banking up.
The weather today was chilly and tht
wind had switched to the north. CON
sidering from every standpoint. con
ditions were held out, as hopeful f0J
at least another week.
Victims In Serious Want.
shwaneetown, ILL.,, April 4--(vis
De Koven, Ky.) Nearly Thousand
flood refugees behind the hills here arss
in serious want Of provisions. Ap
peals have been made to Congressman
Fowler, Col. Bixby and state ohicialA
but because Of the lack of communica
tion no assurance Of relief has beer
received.
Broken Levee at Evansville.
Evansville, Ind, April A.. Thu
Howell levee, protecting 200 familiei
in Ingleside between Evansville anG
Howell. gave way today and thu
Ingleside district is now inundated si1
to ten feet. Heroic work for three
days to protect the levee failed, ant
the break was expected. Minute mer
had been posted all along the danger
GUS dixie and when the water began K
pour over the top, the alarm wal
sounded and bells were rung in Howell
to warn the people In Ingleside to flee
There was no loss OF life.
The Ohio river continued to rise
slowly here today. The stage at Z a
m. was 1872 feet, practically four
tenths above the record OF 1884 with
no signs Of abatement. "
Conditions in the Wabash bottom,
where the flood spent Its creates,
force in the last three days. were
ameliorated today. Relief boati
reached Uniontown. KY, and the 20(
people there who have been marooned
in the fair grounds without food and
with only the shelter that the animal
stalls provide, are better situated now
The north side Of Evansville alona
Pigeon creek, is flooded three to ter
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