Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-03
Weather Clear and Warm,
With Practically No Change
in Gauge of River.
CREST OF LOWER OHIO
NOW NEAR EVANSVILLE
Heavy Rain Adds to Discomfort Of
Residents Thereabouts-River
Falling at Cincinnati.


day issued the following bulletin on the
food situation:
The Ohio river at Cincinnati has fall
en- one and one-half feet in the last
morning being sixty-eight feet eighteen
feet above flood stage.
THE crest of the lower Ohio flood
is evidently in the neighborhood Of
Evansville, where the river at o'clock
Thursday morning was AIS feet, 1878
feet above flood stage.
The rise in the river at Cairo since
Wednesday right was but Oh feet. the
stage Thursday morning being 54.5 feet,
9.5 feet above the flood stage.
The Mississippi river, from Cairo to
New Orleans, is slowly rising, but has
not yet reached forty-foot stage at
Memphis. The tributaries of the lower
Ohio are all falling"
Clear and Warm at Cairo.
CAIRO, ILL.,, April 3.-Although rain and
wind had been predicted for Cairo, the
sun rose clear and everything gave
promise that another clear, warm day
could be utilized in further preparing
against the possibility Of a food into the
town.
There was little change in the gauge
today, the water standing about the same
as it did last midnight. The official read
ing was $40 feet.
The reason given by the local forecaster
for this condition is the fact that the
small levees continue to give way both on
the Missouri and Kentucky sides and 1t Is
believed here that a great part OF the
country in these states is being flooded
Both soldiers and naval reserves held
themselves in readiness for rescue work.
one of the first acts Of the reserves being
to return to Missouri with forty soldiers
Of the Missouri National Guard who
were rescued from dangerous position
near Bird point last night. The soldiers
were brought here. and were reported to
have been in a serious plight when res
cued Relief expeditions are to leave here
today from Brookport, III.
Heavy Rain at Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 3.-Heavy
rain this forenoon added to the discom-
forts Of the flood sufferers in Evansville s
water-swept areas, but the weather bu-
reau said the rain was not sufficient II 1t
lasted all day and night to make any
change in the height Of the river. The
bureau observations at o'clock showed
a stage for 47.8 feet plus. The crest is ex-
pected here this forenoon.
Relief work by the federal authorities
continues. A tugboat well provisioned
is in the Wabash bottoms today to sue
cor flood-marooned farmers and will pro-
ceed on to Shawneetown to help people
there.
Suffering at Uniontown, Ky.
Ir..,,.,o oo,a;x;c,. 80 .,,ee,r;n~r ,o.,,lx
ing from the Ohio flood were reported to-
day from UniCntown, KY, where the
400 inhabitants Of the town and 6OO
refugees from the surrounding country
| were huddled in the fair grounds, the
only dry spot in an area Of ten miles
square. The people are without food.
Ten thousand rations and some tents
| will be dispatched to the steamer Lowry
this afternoon.
Shawneetown Nearly Desolated.
SHAWNEETOWN, H., April (by boat
to De Koven, Ky).-All that was left
last night Of Shawneetown is the few
substantial brick and stone buildings be-
hind the main levee, and they are consid-
cred unsafe. Less than 100 persons re-
main in the former town of 1900, and
they are perched in the second and third
stories of Main street buildings, struc-
lures on the highest street in the town.
A strong wind completed the destruction
begun by the opening of the south levee.
Waters Receding at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. KY. April 3.-With the
waters Of the Ohio receding here and no
further damage expected save the possi-
BILE collapse of buildings weakened by
the food Louisville was prepared today
to give more attention to questions of
sanitation and relief.
The city health department has inti-
mated that it will require that flooded
homes be thoroughly cleaned and dried
out before their owners are permitted to
move into them again.
Lower river points today were busy
with preventive and relief work in prep
aration for the crest of the flood now
ing the levee continued at Hickman Pa
ducah faced a critical situation with
water from one to four feet deep in
many streets of the city, and still ris-
ing rapidly.
Columbus Dead Now Eighty.
COLUMBUS, April 3.-Slowly crawl
ing toward the century mark. the total
number of bodies recovered in the West
Side debris left by the receding floods in
the Scioto river had climbed last night
to eighty. according to official morgue
records.
Coroner Benkert, who has made wide
spread investigation among families
some members of which are among the
missing said he estimated that at least
125 bodies will be recovered. 1t is ex-
pected that other bodies that have wash
ed down the river may never be iden-
titled as Columbus victims
OF the eighty bodies that have been re-
covered up to last evening all but three
have been identified.
Gov. Cox Arrives at Dayton.
DAYTON. Ohio, April 3.-Accompanied
by members OF the Ohio flood relief COM
mittee, Gov. James M. Cox last night en-
tered his home city for the first time since
the food Of more than week ago. The
committee will go to Hamilton, view the
situation there and then go, to Zanes-
Vile by way of Columbus.
John II. Patterson of this city, who was