The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
FLOOD THREAT
TO CITY PAST,
COLD COMING
White River Begins Slow
Recession, With Level
Near 18 Feet.
MERCURY TO BE HELP
Thousand Sandbags Placed
Behind Barbados at
WarfIeigh.

Danger of flood devastation In
Indianapolis was past this after
noon, United States weather bureau
authorities believed, as White river,
four inches above flood stage, be-
gan to recede slowly.
At 7 a. m. the streams tide was
stationary at 1873 feet, and shortly
after noon it was falling, with a
level then of 1872 feet. Flood level
here is 18 feet.
Cold weather and fair skies today
averted further floods. Still colder
weather due tonight, when the
mercury is expected to drop to 5
degrees above zero, probably will
hasten recession of flood waters, in
the opinion of those battling White
river, Fall creek and Big Eagle
creek.
Levees Strengthened
LeveeS at Warfleigh, which threat
ened to give way Tuesday, were
strengthened by a thousand sand
bags placed on them by $50 city
street department workers, who
labored all night.
Summer resorts north of the city,
including Lagoon park, Ravenswood,
Riverview park and Rocky Ripple
still were under water today. Some
cottages were submerged to their
roofs.
Two bridges over White river here
still were closed to traffic this
morning. because city streets de-
partment officials feared the swift
current might sweep away support
ing abutments.
At the West New York street
bridge the brunt of the current
shunted by junk piled in the river.
north Of the span, weakened the
western foundation SO greatly that
it shifted Tuesday. Street commits
Sioners ordered it closed.
Bridge Is Reinforced
The West Raymond street bridge
was barricaded to bar flooded sec
tons to motorists.
The Belt railway bridge, north of
West Raymond street, was reinforced
Tuesday night with sixty carloads
OF rock and gravel.
AT Warf1eigh this morning the
river swirled within three feet of
the top of the levees. Shallow wa
ter that stood in residential lots and
streets nearby Tuesday night was
frozen.
Ice was forming today, strength
ening the earth walls Of the levees.
Water covered u. S. Road 81, north
of Broad Ripple, near the Broad
Ripple dam.
Roads Are Flooded
Roads flooded were:
Road IA. between Akron and Sill
yer lake; Road 81, closed at Geneva,
traffic l~es Roads Is and 10;
United States 81, closed north of
Seymour, traffic routed from Column
bus to North Vernon on Road 2 and
on Road so back to United States
81; Road 81, traffic moving through
floods at Waverly. closed between
Bloomington and Bedford: Road 80,
cuts off Martinsville from Road ST;
Road 46, closed east and west Of
Columbus and between Nashville
and Bloomington: Road so, closed
at Medora, between Washington
and Vincennes and at Shoals: Road
81, closed at Switz City; Road 81,
closed at Newberry; Road So, closed
north of Clay City; Road 81. closed
between VincenneS and Petersburg;
Road 50, closed three miles east of
Leavenworth; Road So, closed be-
tween Clinton and Lyfo-d; Road 81,
closed between Martinsville and
Worthington; Road $50. closed west
of West Baden; Road 8, closed
north of Button; Road Is, closed
between Decatur and Ohio line;
Road q, closed In Peru; United
States 80, may be closed any time
west of Fl. Wayne; Road IS, closed
east of Kokomo; U. S. "a, closed
east and west of Peru.