The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Crest of the Wabash river
flood passed Terre Haute
Monday night, causing about
500 families to leave their
homes. Fifteen families aban-
dOned homes at Clinton.
Water covers several sections in
the indianapolis food area today,
but further damage danger is re-
mote. as streams are falling No
rain is forecast and skies are Sched-
uled to clear.
Most effort late Monday and dur
ing the night was directed at stop
ping a break in a levee to prevent
flooding of Sunshine Gardens by
backwater from White river and to
saving the Eighty-siXth street bridge
over the river.
Deputy sheriffs Monday removed
families from River Park and other
flooded suburbs.
Roads Are Damaged
Crews working under direction OF
Bruce Short, county surveyor, and
Herbert Bloemker county road SUI
perWsor, won their fight against the
water at both points.
Damage to roads in the county is
estimated at $25,000
Discussing Marion county farm
damage, Abbott explained that it
would have been greater had not
cold weather prevented extensive
seeding.
Acreage will be Is to 20 per cent
less, Abbott estimated with the
total in oats down to 5000 acres.
Planting season is past, but he adj
vised that farmers who still wish to
try for crop should seed alfalfa
with oats.
Flowing completed is only IS per
cent of normal, slowing planting
of corn The farm agent advises
planting of early maturing corn to
offset the lateneSs of seeding.
Peach Yield
Abbott forecasts yields of cher
ries and apples at about normal,
but the peach yield will be small.
Only damage to fruit would be de-
lay in spraying, due to rainfall.
Except in extremely low sections,
pastures are expected to be good.
For the fifth time this year the
southern Indiana pocket area faces
flood menace as the Ohio river rises
and the Wabash. White and PatOka
rivers flood crests move southwark.
At Evansville the Wabash has
been above its flood stage of six
teen feet several days. and is eX-
pected to reach twenty-four feet.
Road conditions in flood areas
were described today as follows. in
q state highway department bull
letln
Road 81, open between Paoli and
English "a, covered by seven inches
OF water at El,iston. with no further
rise expected; 81 closed at New
burg So open between Elnora and
Sandborn, closed between Bedford
and the Martin county line.
Roads Are Covered
Water covers road So between
Evansville and Boonville; "a. open
from Hdntingburg TO BirdSeye; ST,
open from Spencer to Warrington;
l61. closed between 81 and Sc; 1914,
covered by water between Jasper
and Celesune, and $50, closed from
Bedford to the Martin county line.
statewide survey of flood condi-
tit.lS has been completed. it was an
nounced by Elmer F. Straub, adju-
tant-general of the national guard
but so far it has not been neces-
sary to extend aid, except at La
fayette, where forty persons are
being sheltered in the armory.
Those being cared for are resi-
dents of a section known as box
car" colony on the banks of the
Wabash river
City officials are considering ac-
ton TO force two local gravel films
to remove distractions from the
White river channel at Raymond
street.
Dumping Called Harmful
w OIkS UOc4 u 1ilCAlANCAS WIZ lAAoNO
tours of the flooded areas since
Saturday morning criticised the
companies for dumping gravel at
this point. increasing the flood
threat. They said the city attor-
news Office, several months ago, had
bee directed to bring about re-
NJ of the blockade, but moth
mad been done.
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan con-
ferred with city hall officers Mon
day afternoon ano today was ex-
pected to order steps taken.
Within the last three years the
city blasted the river channel
changing the streams course to pre-
vent further flood menace. Two
bows Sunday lost their lives at the
Mace, considered one of the most
dangerous flood spots in the county