The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-02
FLOOD BAFFLED
BY CAIRO LEVEE
Slow Rise for Five DAYS.
Continued from page l.,

WASHINGTON, April "a slow
rise of water at Cairo. Illinois for the
next FIVE days was predicted by Pro-
fessor A. j. Henry. the weather
bureaus flood expert in special
flood bulletin today. He said the
Ohio river at Cincinnati had fallen;
at Louisville 1t was stationary. The
Mississippi at St. Louis is falling.
The crest OF the flood in the Ohio,
the bulletin stated, SIS yet about five
days away from Cairo. so that it
seems reasonable to expect slow
rise provided the leves hold. The pres
ent stage at Cairo (64.1 feet, or 81
above flood stage) seems to be at
least foot higher than 1t would be
, due to natural causes. This Is &C
counted for by the fact that the Mis-
sissippi above Cairo is somewhat over
the twenty-foot stage.
Barring further rainfall, stages be
tween Memphis and New Orleans
slightly below the flood OF 1912 have
been forecasted."
Abreast the Levees.
/ JACKSONVILLE, H., April RE
ports from Naples, twenty miles from
here on the Illinois river were that a.
noon today the water was abreast O
the levees and expected to top then
or break through at any moment. Thu
inhabitants of that village had pre-
pared to move at once to the high
lands, where the tents have been SUP
piled by the state. The water hat
risen 2.5 inches during the night AM
was still rising.
Working FranticaIIy.
MEREDOSIA, H., April 2.-SeveI
!, ty-five men here assisted by farmer
: worked frantically on the levees, hol
:, ing to strengthen them against tn
= rapid rise of water. Water at moo
:, TODAY had risen FIVE inches in twent.
four hours. In the lowlands about tn
;, village the water was from six
i twenty feet deep.
! Dickson Goes to Cairo.
. SPRINGFIELD, H., April "A
= jutant General Dickson prepared t
: day to leave either tonight or ear
). tomorrow for Cairo in the Illinois fis
commission steamer Illinois. He WI
= take direct charge of the troops
!, duty in the flood district and WI
v make the Illinois his headquarters.
= The fish commission boat is no
= tied up at Havana. 1t will be load'
# with supplies for the trip.
= General Dickson is making the tr
m under orders from Governor Dunn
~ who decided it would be best for Il
10 national guard commander to be
the ground.
20 The governor today received a te
~ gram from Secretary of War Gar
v son that the government placed Maj
h. Normoyle at Cincinnati, in charge
# relief work for the governments
!, asked the governor to appoint Sol
" one to cooperate with him. Govern
". Dunno wired back that he had nam
st. General DICKSON as MS Iepresen
ne tive.
Reports from Cairo indicated tt
ng the crest of the flood has not be
b. reached.
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he Eighty Bodies.
IL COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2.-W
ell eighty bodies of Columbus flood
is tins recovered this afternoon, Ward
rs 7. H. B. Jones of the Ohio penit
he tiary put convicts at work in
it'll lowlands near Green Lawn avenue.
IT'S der which more victims are belie'
III to be buried Five of the bodies
TX NAMED unidentified this afternoon
as The first body recovered today v
oh that, of a thirteen year old girl, fir
Try whom the flood had torn every shl
ill of clothing. She is supposed to