The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-01
RAGING OHIO
INUNDATES
MAN, TOWNS
D.. SIS.
Ri" oes .so threatens to Break
oISW 70 Ugh Levees at Cairo and
Hundreds Are in Danger.
CREST OF RISE
AT CINCINNATI
Conditions Along the River Front
in Kentucky ard Illinois De-
plorable-Relief Needed.

1T. Louis. Mo. March 3l.-A lonr
distance message received from shaw
rceiown. H.. on tho Ohio toda~ said
that the town was doomed and that
the women and children had NIL been
ordered TO the hills and that practi-
cally all OF them had been removed
The Sirls manning the telephone ex.
change had been ordered out o the
building as the message was being
sent.
CINCINNATI. .. March 3I-Wher
the OHIO river here reaches n stage =
o. which is expected about midnight
the crest Of the food AZ this point will
nave been reached Late today tho
stage was GN5 feet. The river ros.
less rapidly toda~ than a, any tirrr
since the Yellow Hood hegan IT'S courss
of destruction.
NJ points cast of here tho river al
resdy began 20 recedc. while ,o ;ho
west there Is an apprcciall. accession
20 tho stage and reports from, down
the river az" replctc with stories nf
destruction and dcsolaiion.
less 100000.
Tho direct and indirect dau,.,
caused 10y tho flooding of tho r.y.r
front section and tho low lyiug rosi-
deniial places will 10 great. An cSti-
mate of IN" indirect loss can rc,cr 10
mace while tho direc: loss is ostinat.d
~ more than Se.O0N.o00.
Relief work locally and also in the
nearby inundated territory is more
tnai adequate and statement VAS
today issued hy Mayor Hunt to the
'Uect that no moro supplies wcro r.-
pnired here and that n surplus .xistcd
'hat Is being turned over to tho ned
'ross authorities for distribut!on
across the river from here in tho
several Kentucky cities and towns
that practically form ore large CITY.
conditions are depIcr.Sie All OF
them are without fights. tho gas and
electric lighting plants having hcrr
compelled 10 cease operating when
the flood waters encrcachcd upnp
their premises.
IN NeWport. tho property loss. IL is
declared by authori'ics VIII he moro
than that suffered IN any food fhat
mas checkcrod tho history OF tho civ
Keller measures so fa- have bpsu
sufficient 70 cope with the r7.h.- f~...
MIG situation in al tho Eln-uclsv
towns acres tho river from here cv
cept Dayton. where Tho authorft,a.
have appealed 10 rho fedora, roI..r of
nclals Tor assistance. Estimates M
Dayton arc that 1000 homes ha,-
been inundated and that r,oro frt,
Tour thousand person aro h-meir.-
ana dependent upon r'.irs u.,lair..
FOR subsistence.
Ludlow and Reliovuc ara % b..+c,
Shap' Than Any of fh- ct.cr .u.sv
kentucky cities.
Cairo IN Danger
CAIRO. H.. March 81 t1-rrif11.e
OF 'airo tonight took up renewed H.,to
ioT me safety ~ their ,.t. r.,.-.
hlEh'iiH. strcnc current r4-a ...
ih ihr ohio River and .li. cav, -.eo
~ ih' opinion that .om.'..r- had
given way s1T'h OF iofr ...I .... PHI.
SITUATION which bad f,.r .-.. .-.
l.etcf
Tn" '"too srI IS Lol.l.- ....-..
'h'Ith 'F" "a''- hr. ns,. ,-....-..
''fI, upward. 81 O. O'Clock .r.. .t.
mo s1urr STOOD 1. -rt -r. ......
reading wd- -crf-forad 100 r.-or g..
Ihc "afDr int.I .tIu.. r1. ...t.-
NAN 'fn mo-' cI-ta'.I -'-..t f...f .f
AFRO Further rp l- P-I-. Iu.....,.
'l' Nd'"f h1s.fr'p' flr-,r.l-
''' Top o.. Tho l~to. aaa fl.u. ri. ..
arhs OF .ard hat, b..r n-.r.l o..
h.II u in check Tsr r-.r f.. ..
,.-' D. 'Hi' fh" r.for .iI goo '. -r