Evening star., 1933-03-21
OH|0 RIVER FLOODS
|. CONTINUE MENACE.
Snow, SIeet and Rain in Many
Sections Greet First Day
of Spring.
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of its banks and inundAthg thousands
of acres in city and country with un-
estimated damage. At least nine per-
sons have lost their lives.
Already suffering from Its worst
flood In 20 years, Wheeling. w. Va,
was expecting 4 fresh inundation, and
Cincinnati was bulwarking . levee to
prevent the waters from sweeping over
the lower east end Of the city. Ports
mouth, Ohio, continued efforts to REIN
force . wall protecting the city.
National Guardsmen were called to
Portsmouth. Batavia and Manchester.
Ohio. Several feet Of water covered
the business district Of Manchester.
At Washington the Red Cross pre-
pared to aid the sufferers while two
naval amphibian planes were made
available for relief work.
Families we're driven out Of their
homes from Huntington. w. Va, to
Evansville. Ind, As the Ohio continued
to rise. The angry waters rushed
toward Cairo, IN, and the Mississippi.
whose residents were preparing Tor
flood stage
Residents of the harassed towns
along the Ohio River drew some en-
couragement from the prediction Of
colder weather, for they believed this
would stop the heavy rains which have
been sending the big steamboat artery
and its tributaries out Of their banks.
The Ohio was nearing its expected
crest Of "a feet at Cincinnati the rise
having dropped to twentieth Of foot
an hour The river stood at 63l feet,
Ill above flood stage,
OF the hundreds OF cities that dot
the banks Of the Ohio. the little towns
Of New Richmond and Ripley. Ohio.
perhaps were hardest hit. The water
was 10 feet deep in some places at New
Richmond Food was being brought in
by boats OF the 30 business houses
in Ripley. only two grocery stores were
free from water
Situation In Towns
Here u the situation in various river
towns:
Cincinnati-Rise checked to 1'2oth
foot an hour, with crest of "a feet ex-
pected late today This morning the
river stood at 63.1 feet, Ill above
Portsmouth-Flood wall holding, but
bad leaks appearing in cinder levee
adjoining wall Greatest danger now
lies in heavy winds. Thousands of
sandbags piled on levee.
Marietta and Muskingum Riv-
ers both rising steadily Reached 35.6
| feet at 10 O'Clock this morning. Flood
stage of 36 feet expected to be passed
by 3 or more feet late tonight or We'd
nesday. Thirty eight feet would food
entire business district and part Of resi-
| Dental section. Heavy rainfall last
! nj .nd spow, this ronr,,ip~
Observation-Disclosures River fell 2la
| feet in last "a hours, but heavy rainfall
last night expected to start rise again.
Pomeroy-River still stationary at SO
feet. High wind and storm last night
caused several thousand dollars of
damage to shops in flooded area Many
windows along Main street business
section broken by waves.
Rising At Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh.-An all-night rain sent
the Allegheny and Mononsahela Rivers
/ upward again today and a stage one
foot below flood stage at Pittsburgh
is predicted for tomorrow. The stage
at $50 am. was 226A24 feet below
flood-At "the Point" where the two
rivers Join to form the Ohio.
Wheeling w. Va-Climbing steadily
upward as the rate Of inches An hour.
I the Ohio River reached 81 feet at 10
! a m. today. Flood stage Is SO feet. River
men predicted q crest Of about "a feet
tonight
Ashland. Ky-About 100 families
have been forced to leave their river
front homes. All roads out Of Ashland
/ except United States No. 90, south. and
! United States No 70, east, have been
blocked by high water.
| Vanceburg, Ky.-Part Of the busi-
ness district WAS flooded today and all
/ highways blocked except one.
4 Newport. Ky.-Two thousand families
were homeless here today because Of
the flood, and Army troops were as-
sisting in relief work.
! Louisville, Ky. - Several hundred
/ families forced from homes and 500
more threatened as the Ohio River
slowly spread out to become a vast
lake. its waters whipped by a singing
/ freezing temperatures The crest was
, expected by Wednesday night.
| Owensboro. Ky.-There was no ap-
prehension Of flood damage here as the
river rose today. because Of the city's
! high elevation, But farmers In the low
lands moved their cattle to higher
ground.
Paducah, Ky.-The flood crest Is
expected Saturday.
| Martins Ferry-The Ohio River had
reached 31.4 feet and was rising about
an inch an hour. Crest expected late
today at IS feet.
New Richmond-Lieut. Forst Ely Of
Batavia, in charge Of the National
| Guard detail on duty here, reported
today that the soldiers had evacuated
/ "a thA, M
moved them to buildings on high
ground. He said sufhcient food was
! available to feed the refugees and that
there was no suffering among them.
Falling ut Gallipolis.
Gallipolis- Ohio River had re-
| ceded one inch today, after reaching q
crest Of 81 feet 4 inches New York
Central trains will resume operations
| this afternoon between Charleston. w.
! Va. and Columbus A large force Of
men worked all night to replace .
washed-out trestle and roAdbed at
Kanauga. four miles from here.
! MADISON, Ind.-Ohio River about 10
feet below stage reached during 1918
flood and rising rapidly. Many river
front factories forced to suspend oper-
ations and 100 families moved to higher
ground. Todays stage, s4.3. Flood
stage. 46 feet.
EVANSVILLE Ind.-ohio River
reached 4o-foot stage, about 5 feet
above flood stage q rise of about feet
in "a hours. Flood crest expected tomor-
row. Many lowlands already flooded.
| MOUNT CARMEL, Ill-WabAsh
River continues its rise. reaching stage
of 1T feet this morning. . rise Of "a
feet since yesterday. Flood stage ts
16 feet.
EXPECT PEAK TOMORROW.