The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-01-15


At Rochester this morning. th'
steamer Bowling Green was badl.
damaged shen il crashed into
telephone pole. Both smokestack
were swept Of.
The little town of Green River. II
Butler county. was washed away b,
the raging water. Every building
including the post-offce. was swep
away. Captain Harvey Myers. o.
the mail steamer Milfred. rescued
six women from the top OF barn
They were near death from cold
when the boat passed along. Hun.
dreds of hogs have been drowned
and the loss to Green river farm.
ers. lumbcrmen and river men will
reach the hundreds Of thousands oil
dollars.
The railroad track from Echols
to Rockport is under water. The
track in Green river fats. beyond
Rockport is under water for two
or three miles. All of the band
mills at Roekport are under water.
Part OF the Cooperage plant at
Rockport was carried away by wa
ter Monday. The coal mines at
this point had to suspend opera
tons.
The river is rising rapidly and
the crest of the food will not be
reached before Wednesday.
Rise Of River at Owensboro.
owensboro. KY. Jan. IA
drop in the temperature of 40 de-
grees in the last IL hours has add
ed TO the hardships of hundreds of
families marooned in the lowlands
of Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
The mercury continues to fall. while
at the same time the waters of the
Ohio and Green rivers are climbing
the banks at an alarming rate.
Indications are that the temper
AZURE will be 10 degrees below
freezing by midnight In this event
thousands of acres of flooded lands
will be frozen over. Green river is
a raging torrent. Practically all OF
the rural route carriers will be un-
able TO get but a few miles from
Greensboro in the morning.
The Ohio river at this point has
been rising at the rate of two inches
an hour all day. II is estimated
that six more feet of water will put
the river on stage with the rec
ord rise OF 1884. The lowlands op-
posite Owensboro extend back ten
miles to the Indiana hills. If the 1
families marooned in that section |
are not rescued before ice forms. il 4
is feared that there will be a big
loss of life.
Hundreds of persons crowded the
river bank all day watching the mo-
tor boats with barges, returning
from the island and lowlands with |
refugees. live stock and corn.
The landslide on the Louisville.
Henderson and st. Louis road at
Rock Haven has been cleared and
he regular schedule has been re-
'umed.
The Illinois Central trains in Ow-
'nsboro are yet unable to ge out on
account Of the water being over the
racks about ten miles from Ow-
Thousand Families Driven From
Homes.
Louisville. KY. Jan. 12.-Be-
ween 700 and 1000 families have
'een driven from their homes along
he water front here during the
asst "a hours by the raising waters
# the Ohio.
The stage at this point at 10
o'clock tonight according to the
ocal weather bureau was 36.S with
rate OF rise of 0.2 foot an hour.
stage of Ss feet is predicted by
o-morrow morning and OF 40 feet
~ Tuesday evening.
This would put the water over
he cutoff embankment east of this
ity by Monday noon, food an area
4 several square miles and render
pproximately 400 families home
ess.
Railroad service throughout the
tate is impeded though not entire
Y suspended.
Estimated Stages OF the Ohio.
The estimated stages for yester-
ay from Maysville to Cairo are as
ollows:
Maysville. between ffty-nine and I
ixty feet.
Catlettsburg. fifty-eight feet.
Cincinnati. between sixty-two and {
Ixty-three feet.
louisville. between forty and for I
T-one feet.
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