The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-30
RIVER FALLING
SINCE MONDAY
Continued Rises ON Upper Rivers Makes
Daily fall Slight.

The river il falling. That news is
the cause Tor brighter look ou the
faces of those who have been watching
the antics of the Father of Waters for
the past few weeks with feeling Of
anxiety and dread.
Coming TO "A stand here sunday. u
drop of about two or three inches has
been recorded each day since Monday,
when the slow process of receeding he
gan. With favorable weather condi-
tiOnS thu drop should assume larger
proportions in the uext day or two.
Despite the prediction from the me
tcurolOgist AT Cairo that the crest would
be- reached at that point hast Thursday.
the river continued on its rise until
late Saturday. rising here until sunday.
with a result that every record for high
water az this point was broken The
previous record mark was that of the
Hood of lol&, ana this mark was top
ped by several inches and resulted in
the flooding Of buildings which had
been built above the high water mark of
that year.
Every store on Clinton street was
reached by the water with the exception
of Brooks Jewelry Store. The Live
Store. the Hickman Bank 4 Trust Com
pany, and DohSOn'S. I'm DOhSon'S the
highest water came i'm the front door
to a distance of about four feet but did
not seriously Inconvenience business
there. In some OF the other business
houScs the Seepage flooded the cellars.
The fan in the river which has oc-
CURED since Monday has taken the
water out Of few of those stores which
were flooded and by Saturday many of
the others will be- above the water.
The levees have held admirably
fhrnuUbanf fhsa apffr. Hf.,b
some places serious Weaknesses appear
eel hut these were Immediately RENE
died and strengthened To prevent any
break occurring a heavy guard watch !
eel the entire levee day and night 4
prediction frOm the weather man
that a strong wind from the northwest |
was To be expected Tuesday evening |
between i've and six O-clOck caused a |
great deal of apprehension. as a wind
from that direction might he expected
to play havoc with great part OF the
leveeS In this district. The wind came
according TO the forecast and was OF
considerable intensity for short time. L
afld cut t&e- leNees 10 some extent rnt
- OF fhe prediction that n would be
W hbo.t twenty four helrs duration.
however. Il lasted for only about two
hours without intensity sufficient to
cause any fear for the leveeS
When the river reached a stand and
began TO fall, many Of those who had
moved with their families and live stock
from behind the levees returned To their
homes. feeling that practically all dan
ger from the lcvee was over.
\ fact which l. causing serious con
Germ l. the different height the water
reaches here now from what il former
ly did as compared with the measure
10. fasfr In h.,l
guage at Cairo reached j4.T. while this
year the gtIage read 53.7 at the highest
point. I'm spite of the fact that the
guage this year at Cairo was foot
under that Of 1913. the water here
reached a point several inches above
the highest water mark recorded here
i'm the 1918 flood. This difference is
caused by the addition 10 the levee sys-
tens In this section backing the water
up TO a greater height In the unpro-
tected districts
Since the high water began to assume
serious proportions hundreds OF sight
seers have visited Hickman 10 see the
flood. The fact that dOwn-pour of
rain began Saturday night at eleven
o'clock and lasted practically all day
Sunday. probably prevented a crowd
n thousand or more from
visiting the city on that day. In spite
of the inauspicious weather large
number came on the afternoon train
Sunday and returned to their home on
the night train.
In spite Of the adverse conditions
under which they were laboring. prac-
tically every business house In the city
remained open for business throughout
the entire flood. Now that the waters
are receeding the merchants are re-
rnovinC. fbQ Sca ffoldinC hufIt for ,nSa
during the high water as fast as the
water permits, and viii i'm a few days
be prepared to conduct their business
I'm a normal way. IL is thought that
practically every business house in
town will be free from water sufficient
ly TO do business without serious in
convenience by Saturday.