The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-04-03
RIVERS RISE
FLOODS MANY CITIES
ALONG ITS BANKS
No Lives Lost Since
Ample Warning was
Given.
TROOPS ON GUARD
TROOPS ON GUARD
Special Trains Garry Illinois
Militia to Serve at Cairo
and Shawneetown

Chicago.-Floods in the Ohio river
from the mouth to Marietta, Ohio,
because OF the great volume of water
poured into it from its tributaries
during the last week. have caused
thousands of people to leave the low
lands along the river and seek
refuge on higher ground.
The water .today is still rising and
at every city along the river heavy
property damage is reported.
Railway traffic is impeded and
many miles OF track are washed
out.
In Illinois, Gov. Dunno ordered out
LOO state troops 10 proceed by
special trains to Cairo and Shawnee
town for the purpose of patrolling
the levies. Hundreds of laborers
We're employed to pile sacks of sand
on the levees to prevent a break.
Reports from many cities along
the river show that stocks of goods
IN buildings near the river have suf-
Tered greatly, the damage running
INTO millions. Cairo is reported in
less danger than last night. with the
river above the - feet mark. At
Louisville the river is over forty feet
and rising and at Memphis, Tenn,
over thirty-siN feet and rising.
May Go SO Feet.
The Cairo. ILL.,. weather bureau
later announced that a stage Of 81
feet there is certain and that possibly
t would reach SO. 1t is believed
levees car hold 81 feet. Traffic on the
tntsrurban roads out OF Cairo has
been discontinued as water is owe
he tracks in some places. The num-
Der of workmen strengthening the
Cairo levees has been doubled. Four
companies of the Illinois national
guard are at Cairo
Indiana Town submerged.
l4awrenceburg. Ind Practically
his entire city is under water and
over fifty buildings are known to
have been carried away. The knip-
oenzurg Carriage factory burned dur
ing the night. During the fire, fac
tory buildings We're torn from their
foundations and carried about five
squares by which time they had burn
ed 10 the waters edge. Because OF
the warnings OF Hood danger it is
believed there is no loss of life.
Millionaire i'm Bread Line.
Dayton, John III. Patterson.
chairman of the citizens relief com
mlttee, in a statement today said the
committee had at its disposal all the
food and clothing necessary to meet
the loss OF sufferers here. Money,
however, is urgent, according to the
statement, for putting the city in CON
dition to prevent an outbreak of ser
ious disease and TO rehabilitate
thousands, many of whom lost their
homes entirely and all of whom lost
the household II personal effects.
In the bread line today was Eu-
gene j. Barney. a multimillionaire
whose gifts to charity have been very
large.
Ohio Near Record Stage.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-Spreading over
a vast eXpanse of territory in this
city as we'll as almost an equal
amount in various towns lying along
the river on the kentucky shore, the
Ohio river which at this point is
within two feet OF being as high as
any previous time in its history, this
morning continues to rise. The river
reached a stage of 69.3 feet at noon
today and continues to rise at the
rate of two tenths OF a foot every
two hours. 1t is believed the dread
ed seventy foot stage will not lie
passed and that by tomorrow night
the waters will begin to recede.
6. Bodies ut Columbus.
Columbus. Ohio.-With a total
Of 81 bodies recovered. most OF them
identified as having been among the
missing since the flood waters
wrought havoc in the west side of
this city, efforts to recover bodies
believed to been swept down by the
swift current continued today. In
the expectation that bodies might be
found beneath huge piles of wreck
age, it is planned to explore sections
that for five days have been mum
dated.
Indiana Deaths 60.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Deaths from
exposure and the discovery of dead
bodies swelled the death list as the
result OF the food to five in West
Indianapolis. This brings the total
loss of life in the Indiana floods to
60. Reports from southern Indiana
tell of unprecedented stages of the
Wabash river and that hundreds are
being driven from their homes.