Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
Wheeling and Other Cities on
the Ohio River Already
Under Water.
HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW
ADDING THE MENACE
Streams on Both Sides Pouring
Great Volumes of Water Into
Already Flooded Stream.

| CINCINNATI Ohio, March 27-As the
| result of continued rains of the last
| tWenty-four hours. Cincinnati is threat
| ened with one of the worst floods in her
history, according to experienced river
men,
| With the Muskingum Scioto and the
| two Mamis pouring their millions of gal
| Ions of water in the Ohio and the Lick
ing, on the Kentucky side. doing like
wise, the river during the night rose to
ST. feet at this point and was increasing
rapidly
The Central Union station was aban-
doned last night and all trains leaving or
| entering this city are being detoured.
Business Houses Flooded.
The flood entered several business
houses in the lower section of town dur
ing the night and early this morning
found the entire bottoms a sea OF NOV
ing vans working up to their capacity
At Lawrenceburg, twenty-five miles be-
low TINS city, fearing tnat the back
water from the Great Miami would flood
the town, the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road track which runs along the river
was dynamited last night to give the
water egreSs to the Ohio river This has
lightened the towns burden for the time
being.
Four Reported Drowned.
Cnconfirmed reports state that four per-
sons were drowned there last night The
Ohio river is rising rapidly at Ports
mouth. Ohio; Catlettsburg, KY, and Par
kersburg. w. Va. At Huntington, w. Va.
and Maysville. Ky. the river is now with
in few feet of the flood stage and rising
rapidly.
Grave Fears Entertained.
At II O'Clock the Ohio river had reached
the forty -eight-foot mark was rising at
the rate of four-tenths of an inch an
hour. and Wheeling feared the worst flood
in it's history.
One more death was reported today
from Benwood, just below this city. The
police today Communicated 100 motor
and row boats and began the attempted
relief of thousands Of food sufferers in
the lower sections of the city and ON
the island
The water has reached the second floor
of many houses near the river and the
police had hard work to rescue those en-
dangered- Word from Pittsburgh that a
thirty one-foot stage was expected there
early tomorrow led to the conviction that
broken before the crest of the flood
passes south.
Forced to Flee to Hills.
WELLSVILLE. Ohio. March 27.-All
the low-lying land in this section is flood
ed by the waters of the Ohio river at
Congo, w. Va, 200 persons were COM
PEELED to flee to the hills, SO suddenly did
the flood come up on them. and at New
Cumberland w. Va, nearby, the water
is four feet deep on the Panhandle rail-
road tracks.
Yellow creek is flooded. and all traffic
on the Ohio river division Of the Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh railroad is stopped.
All the factories and mills at Steuben-
ter. and Follansbee. w. Va. across the
Ohio from that point. is shut off from the
world.
EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, March 81
More than 1000 families have been
driven from their homes, 5000 potters
have been deprived of employment tenn
porarily, and the city woter works are
out of commission as the result Of the
plant is threatened. Railroad and trolley
lines are tied up.
Drive Live Stock to Safety.
LEXINGTON. KY, March 27.-The
Kentucky river is rising rapidly. and
many people living along it's course are
fleeing to the hills and mountains, driving
their live stock ahead of them. Hun
dreds of horses and cattle today are
populating the hills.
Townsford, Red Horse and Shears are in
danger of being overwhelmed as the
great reservoir at Richmond. KY, is men
| aced by eighty acres of water twenty
feet deep. Inhabitants along Otto creek
near Richmond have been warned to nee.
Frankfort Is Menaced.
FRANKFORT, KY. March 27.-The
Kentucky river is higher here today than
at any time in the last twenty years.
Flooded by the rains and snow of the last
week, the river is now rushing to swell
the already flooded Ohio. The thirty six
foot stage was reached here at 10 O'Clock
this morning. and the river at II am was
still rising at the rate of two inches
an hour
Many plants have been shut down and
schools have let out.
CAIRO, H.. March 27-The Ohio river
here has passed the flood stage of forty
five feet. and is now creeping over many
acres of lowlands. The stage this morn
ing was 1916 feet.
Cold Wave Ends Rain.
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