The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-26
DDEAD;; WATER
IS HIGHEST IN
HISTORYTODA
1000 Men Battle to Save
Flood Wall at Cairo:
|, Fire at Louisville
NEED DESPERATE FOR
MEDICINE, SUPPLIES
BY UNITED PRESS

III the OHlO anu lTdIe-hISSlSSlppi
river valleys broadcast appeals for
food and water today while fire
and disease added to the suffering
of more than 605,000 refugees
who abandoned their homes in the
highest water in history.
Relief workers. ordered by the
President to "step on it," were
modified along the l,SOO-milc
front.
Physicians and nurses fought
influenza, pneumonia, measles, ty-
phoid, scarlet fever humps and
chicken pox.
Eleven stricken states reported
70 dead and a property loss esti-
mated at S300,000,000.
Fears increased in the lower
Mississippi valley when army en-.
gineers reported the super-hood
was on it's way there.
Federal troops moved on Louis
vile as officials reported food and
supplies dwindling.
Fire started in the Louisville
Varnish company's plant.
Four thousand men battled be-
meath bullying 60-foot flood wall
at Cairo, Ill.,, to save it from de-
molition by the Ohio river.
Martial law or its equivalent
existed throughout the stricken
Ohio valley from Cincinnati to
Cairo.
Desperate need for medicine,
food, clothing and boats was in
creasing today.
Copyright, 1887, United Prem)
Illness, suffering and death rode
the crest of the worst floods in
the nations history Monday night,
forcing cities and towns on an
1,800-mile front into a state of
siege.
Martial law or its equivalent
existed throughout the ravagcd
Ohio valley from Cincinnati to
Cairo.
Louisville, KY, ordered under
military rule by Governor A. u.
Chandler, was one Of the last to
Join the steadily growing list. Six
hundred regular army troops were
expected at Louisville today. The
city, without electricity, water
and adequate medical supplies,
was in a desperate situation. Two
hundred thousand were homeless.
Epidemics were feared. There
was a paralyzing shortage Of boats
in Louisville. Refugees were bum
died board trains for transporta-
ton to higher ground-but there
was no assurance the trains could
proceed more than a few miles.
Men, women and children still
huddled in upper stories Of stores
and homes.
More than 100000 were home
less in the vast flood area, reach
ing from Pittsburgh, Pa, in the
east, to Cairo, ILL.,, in the midwest
and Memphis, Tenn, in the south.
Fifty were dead; many missing.
Flood waters rolling over thou
sands Of square miles constantly
rose higher.
The Red Cross doubled It's plea
for money and asked that $4,000
600 be contributed to the food
relief fund. 1t already had set
aside 100000 in the fight
against raging waters which broke
through levees and left whole
cities desolated.
Cities wholly or partially mum
dated:
Cincinnati, O.. Louisville, Ky"
Paducah, KY, Evansville, Ind,
Lawrenceburg, Ind, Portsmouth,
o., Aurora, Ind, Jeffcrsonville,
Ind, Wheeling, w. Va, Eddyville,
KY, Hunting, w. Va, Parkers-
ourg, w. Va.
Others were:
Shawreetown, ILL.,, Elizabeth
own, ILL.,, Charlottesville, Mo-,
Jackson, Miss, Natchez, Miss,
Concordia and Cantanolua par
shes, La, Truman, Ark, Rich
ards Landing, Tenn, Lake City,
Ark, Monette, Ark, Gainesville,
Tenn, Eddyville, KY.
Scores of other smaller commu-
mites were out of communication
Ind the exact extent of their
blight was not known.
Cincinnati and Louisville were
he two hardest hit cities.
A crest Of 80 feet, 30 feet
above food stage was expected at
Cincinnati. Enough water for its
10000 inhabitants was believed
IN hand for three days with care