The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-15
MISSISSIPPI
LEvEE GOES;
RIVERS RAGE
Water Spreads Over 5000
Acres of Cultivated Land
Residents Leave Homes
Indiana Streams Rising.
MANY ARE HOMELESS
tBy Associated Press)

Grand Tower broke this morning and
the swollen Mississippi spread over
5000 acres of cultivated land. The
water is IL feet deep in some places
All residents are believed to have
moved to high ground.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 15.-White
river, near indianapolis, was above
flood stage, from one to 10 feet. accord
ing to the report from government sta
tions along the river today.
The government gauge here at a.
m. registered 16.5 feet.
Eighteen feet is the food stage at In
dianapolis. J. H. Armington, weather
bureau official, estimated that the river
within the next "a hours would reach
the 19-foot stage.
SEYMOUR, Ind, April 15.-White
river and all of the smaller streams in
this section of southern Indiana were
out of their banks today.
Thousands of acres are inundated by
the flood waters, which spread rapidly
during the night.
Two and one-half inches of rain was
reported to have fallen during the past
| II hours.
| X. ONeil, an engineer of the state
| highway commission, have been wash
| ed away.
| Roads in this portion of southern
| Indiana are virtually impossible.
| FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 15.-The
! Maumee River stood at 1S feet this
morning and if there is no more rt n,
! it will not go higher. Further rain
will send it to 30 feet. according to
weather observers. All danger is
thought past
| TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April IS. =
| The Wabash River at 9 o'clock this
morning had reached the 21.5 stage
| with indications of a rise of at least
another foot
/ This stage has not been reached
i here before since March, 1919
Residents of portions of Taylorville
and West Terre Haute believed safe
from the flood today are moving to
places of safety.
! Three schools near the city are
closed and roads in many places are
covered with water, making traffic
impossible.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 15-The
| Ohio river will begin rising in the
Evansville district Saturday afternoon
following heavy rains. The rise is
expected to continue for about four
days.
The stage at Evansville is now 229,
seven feet below flood stage.
! NOBLESVILLE, Ind. April Is
White river near here was reported
today to have left its banks, flooding
the lowlands in Hamilton county,
Residents of Johnstown near a levce.
are reported to be leaving their homes
in fear that the levee will break y
s a. m the river was reported to be
two feet above flood stage.
! COLUMBUS. Ohio. April 15-Prac-
tically all rivers and streams In cen
trail and southern Ohio were on a ram
page today, following an average rain
fall of 2.75 inches over the southern
part of the state yesterday and last
night Clear and cooler weather, 10
day, however, was expected to checE
, the rapidly rising streams and prevent
, serious flood conditions.
ANDERSON, Ind, April 15.-White
river stood at II feet inches this
morning and still was rising at tie
! rate of two inches per hour
, |, The water is the highest since the
! flood of 1913, and flood conditions pre-
!, vail.
In Park Place suburb, the water
, surrounds 80 homes and moving vans
,, have been busy since early this morn
ing moving families from their homer.
Boats piled doyn the principal paved
streets of Park Place this morning,
|, removing people from their homes.
The damage to property will be heavy.
, ST. LOUIS, April 15.-Instructions
!, to make provisions for relief of flood
= sufferers in territory south of. st
!, Louis have been received at Jeffer-
! son barracks from the war department
Col. H. E. Yates. commandont of the
military post said today. Col. Yates
declared that soldiers would be kept
! in readiness to lend assistance to per
:. sons in the flooded districts and that
!. tentage and rations would be provided
: PITTSBURGH, April 15.-Many
families in the west end were driven
from the first floors of their homes
: and damage estimated at thousands oi
: dollars resulted from the torrents oi
:, rain that fell last night here. At the
!, same time rivermen announced thai
= they were expecting flood stage te
. reach the city today. Forecasts o.
\ the probable crest were unavailable
!. late last night.
!, From all of the low-lying parts O
the city come reports of flooded Gel
lars and easements of establishments
+ Several landslides and cases o
blocked car tracks gave the traction
company much difficulty in maintain
ing service, while sections of the road
bed were washed out to more O
less great extent in several sections
of the city.