The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-10
FLOOD DANGER
WANES;; river
RISE Halted
Damage High in Thousands
Over State, Following
SIeet Storms.
PHONES ARE HARD HIT
Bell Company Has Loss of
100000; One Death
Is Reported.

Indianapolis and other central
Indiana river cities were believed
free from flood dangers today as
the Wabash and White rivers, sWol-
len by recent rains, ceased to rise
north of Terre Haute and this city.
Southern Indiana points on both
streams, many of which already are
inundated, will not benefit from the
check of high waters for several
days, j. H. Arlington, United States
weather bureau meteorologist, said,
and in some places the worst floods
since 1913 will be experienced.
The high tide of White river
stopped here at 1914 feet early this
morning, within two feet of flood
stage. The city was one of the few
in central and southern portions of
the state i'm which waters did not
exceed flood levels.
Sleet Damage Heavy
Damage by sleet in the northern
part of the state and water in CEN
trail and southern portions was ex-
pected to aggregate several hundred
thousand dollars. Indiana Bell
Telephone Company alone reported
100000 damage.
A sudden temperature drop
Thursday night halted rains that
soaked the state since Tuesday. Fur
Their decline tonight, to or 10 de-
grees, was predicted by the weather
bureau, with a rise Saturday to 35
or 40 degrees. There will be no
rain or snow.
With White river rising an inch
an hour Thursday night, forty-f1ve
street department employees labored
all night to check leaks in levees
and in dam across the river west
of Warfieigh beach.
High at Vincennes
At Vincennes, shortly before noon,
weather bureau guages showed a
water level of PIG feet, with flood
level at IA feet. In 1913, after levees
gave way, the Wabash river there
rose to "a feet.
Mt. Carmel reported 22.9 feet,
with flood stage of 16 feet. Elliston,
where White river now is at 249
feet, probably will have an addi-
tional two feet before the tide sub
sides. Seymour, with flood level of
10 feet, reported IA feet today.
Shoals, where flood level is 20
feet, may find White river rising
to Is or &c feet within few days.
Decker, on the main branch of the
stream, with an 18-foot flood stage,
will watch the river rise to more
than % feet.
SIeet Storm Damaging
The Lebanon Crawfordsville-La-
fayette district was hardest hit by
one Of the worst sleet storms ever
recorded in the state, according to
early reports today. In that sec
ton practically all telephones were
out, interurban service suspended
and the highways coated with an
inch or more ice.
More than 1000 telephone poles
were down throughout the state to-
day, according to Indiana Bell. Lines
were open north of the city only to
Chicago, South Bend and Ft.
Wayne. Emergency crews we're la
boring today to restore service.
An emergency order sent spe-
cial train, loaded with 1900 poles
from Jackson, Miss. today, while
another order brought 10000 pounds,
approximately sixty miles, of wire,
from Chicago.
Trouble on Lines
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany reported serious trouble be-
tween Sheridan and Frankfort, and
between Lebanon and Lafayette
due to ice-coated wires. Postal Tel
egraph Gable Company said most of
it's lines north of Indianapolis were
out, with communication established
only to trunk points. Neither con-
Germ estimated monetary damage.
Traction service operating from
Indianapolis north was blocked to-
day at Upton, on the Peru lines;
at Muncie, on the FIT. Wayne line,
and at Lebanon, On the Lafayette
line. Buses transported passengers
from Muncie to TT. Wayne.
Bus service between indianapolis
and Louisville was blocked by water
at Seymour, on United States
Road 81.
Snow, falling today in the north
ern Indiana district near Goshen
and Elkhart, presented an addi
tional traffic hazard there.