The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-13

readiness for emergency service.
Firemen pumped water from the
basement of st. Vincent'S hospital
early today, as Fall creek reached
a high mark and left its banks at
low points.
At the Tenth street gauge on
White river, the stage is 1863, while
the flood mark in 18. Stage of 10
to 20 feet is expected, the highest
in several years, according to j.
H. Arlington meteorologist Of the
local weather bureau.
Rains Over Wide Area
A flood of moderately severe"
proportions was forecast by the
weather bureau as waters moved
downstream in the White and Wa
bash rivers.
The rain early today fell in a belt
extending north from Vincennes to
Terre Haute, thence northeast
across the state to the Ohio line
Little damage was reported except
in indianapolis and Kokomo. In
the latter city, twelve garages we're
wrecked, trees and wires blown
down
Rainfall ranged from IL to two
inches. Greencastle had 2.20 inches
and Farmland 2.28
The Wabash river at Terre Haute
is rising and is expected to reach
a stage of % or % feet. Flood
mark is 16.
Flood warnings have been sent
by the bureau to all points on the
lower stretches of the White and
Wabash rivers.
Poles Blown Down
twenty-five poles of the Indian
apolis Power and Light Company
were leveled and live wires we're
down in streets at many points.
Little damage was suffered by
lines of the Indiana Bell Telephone
Company, and service on the Indi-
ana railroad was practically nor
NAL
indianapolis Railways encountered
its most serious trouble at Mich
igan street and White river, where
sections of asphalt paving were
washed on the tracks. A tree which
was blown down blocked street car
traffic for a short time at Four
tenth street and Columbia avenue.
Those injured in the local storm
were:
Oren D. Oldaker, so, severe GUS
on forehead and right ear, incurred
when window was blown in while
he slept in his home at 25O9 South
eastern avenue.
Hurt in Nightmare
Walter Eicholtz 80, of 918 North
Alabama street, cash on right arm,
which he pushed through window
while in nightmare.
Vern Shewman, 81, of 1345 Oliver
avenue, dazed when automobile in
which he was riding, was struck by
lightning in the 21OO block Carson
avenue. Shewman's brother, James.
and Clarence May, Fl. Harrison.
riding with him escaped injury.
They could not find Vern after
the bolt struck. He wandered into
the home Of c. H. S. Colbert. R. r.
l, Box 81, and broke a window.
Three men were injured slightly
when taxicab in which they were
riding was damaged by a falling
/ tree. Those hurt were the driver.
James Williams, "a, of 2515 Shriver
avenue; Robert Benson, %, of 1899
Highland avenue, ard Charles
Fuqua, %, Of 405 West Thirteenth
street. All suffered cuts from bro
ken glass.
Irwin Jacobs. 30, of 342 South
Temple avenue, escaped injury
when his automobile struck a tele-
phone pole in the $500 block East
Michigan street, while the storm
was raging. He was arrested on a
I charge Of drunken driving.
Part of the Coffin golf course is
under water and the South Grove
course is menaced. The Riverside
course also is threatened, as water
covers the road which bounds it on
the east and north.
Water is undermining an ap-
proach to the Emrichsville bridge.