The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-27
800, 600 People Are
Ordered From, Homes
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Illinois, where the flood front ex-
tneded nearly 800 miles, were aban-
doned to the food. Where evacua-
ton was not complete, as at Shawn
eetown, illness broke out among
refugees damned In concentration
camps without medicine, sufficient
food or sanitary facilities.
10000 Men Modified
Army engineers modified 10000
men to strengthen levees along the
l,500-mile front from Carlo to New
Orleans. The Mellwood levee below
Elaine, Ark, threatened to go out.
Government forecasters predicted
that all gauge records would be
broken by IL to IS feet on the
Mississippi from Cairo south by the
end Of the week, threatening mum
dalton for nearly $4,000 square miles
Of land never yet flooded.
Col. Eugene Reybold, chief Of the
Memphis area engineers, called all
workers oil tributary levess TO work
on the Mississippi dikes.
The holes blasted beloved Carlo
caused momentary drop Of 10 in
ches, but would not prevent the
stream from rising to new crestS,
engineers said.
States Death Toll
The state-by-state death toll:
Kentucky 20; Arkansas 10; Mis-
souri, II; Ohio IS; Indiana 10; West
Virginia 10: Illinois 8; Tennessee s;
Pennsylvania 8; Mississippi 2.
Property damage exceeded $780,
100000.
The american Red Cross describ-
ed the flood as the greatest nation
al emergency the nation has faced
since the World War"
Thousands battled TO strengthen
levees along the lower Mississippi,
threatened by the unprecedented
high water OF the Ohio. All forces
of the government prepared for q
super food" in the Mississippi
valley.
Responding to an appeal from
Mayor Neville Miller, fifteen cities
sent hundreds of policemen by air.
plane to Louisville, KY, to aid forces
weary from fighting flood and fire
and attempting to relieve the SUI
fering of more than 100000 home
less men, women and children.
A tremendous" increase OF pneu-
monia deaths in Louisville was re-
ported by Health Commissioner
Hugh L. Rodman Leavell. He said
he believed an estimate OF 200 dead
due to the flood was correct" The
estimate compared with normal
death rate of IL for the same Pc
Rod.
Number OF Refugees
Refugees - Kentucky, 100000;
Ohio, 100000; Arkansas, 10000;
Missouri, 10000; West Virginia. 3d.
600; Indiana, 10000; Tennessee, 30
600: Illinois, 5000: Pennsylvania,
400; Louisiana, 1900; Mississippi,
1000.
Principal cities wholly or partial
w flooded - Cincinnati, Louisville,
Paducah, KY, Evansville, Ind,
Wheeling, w. Va, Lawrenceburg,
Ind, Aurora, Ind. Portsmouth, O.,
Jeffersonville. Ind, Shawneetown,
ILL.,, charlottesville, Mo-, Jackson,
Miss, Concordia and Catanoula
Parishes, La, Truman, Ark. Lake
City, Ark, and Gainesville, Tenn.
Scores of other smaller commun-
tiles were isolated.
The Red Cross asked the nation
to contribute $10,0o0,000 for flood
relief. 1t established 1913 concen-
tration camps and 80 field hospitals
in the stricken area, assigning TIA
nurses and 300 disaster relief eX-
perts to care for refugees.
S79O,000,00O Assured
Congress fastened action on a
S79o 100000 relief appropriation, all
of which may be used by President
Roosevelt for flood relief.
Paul v. Bctters. secretary OF the
National Conference OF Mayors, ap-
pealed TO eastern and southern ci-
ties to send police to Louisville. Re-
sponses came Immediately from
Chicago. Philadelphia, Indianapolis,
Toledo, O., Richmond. Va, Boston,
Buffalo, N. Y. Erie, Pa, Champaign,
ILL.,, Marion, O., South Haven, Mich.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Raleigh, N. c.,