Evening star., 1937-01-26
WATER SHORTAGE
PER|LS CINCINNATI
Ohio River Hits 80 Feet, 28
Feet Above Flood
Stage.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, January 26.-Cin-
einnatians trudged up and down the
eity's seven hills today. carrying cans,
jugs, bottles-anything in which a
little of the city's vanishing supply
Of drinking water could be gotten to
their homes.
While the crunching Ohio reached
and held to an apparent peak in its
resistless charge down the valley.
disaster Dictator" c. A. Dykstra,
the city manager, reduced the water
ration to one hour, and then, 1t was
available only in the lower sections.
Half the city's $1,000 homeless
crowded with remarkable cheerful
ness into schools, churches and pub
Lie buildings.
Family groups remained intact, ex-
eept that overnight sleeping arrange
ments placed fathers and mothers in
separate dormitories.
Red Cross Again Heroine.
The Red Cross was the heroine
again. The workers Of that organi-
cation took complete charge Of the
city's dispossessed and assisted State
sanitary authorities in the admins
tration of serums to prevent typhoid,
small pox and diphtheria.
The water supply became unsafe,
yesterday, not through flood waters
seeping into the mains, but because
alternately filling and emptying the
conduits had stirred up wastes AMI
sediments that permeated the supply.
The remaining supply of water was
measured at 100000 gallons, as
against q normal consumption OF
6000o,000 to 60,000,000.
Two of the four reservoirs were dry.
The Eden Park reservoir, which drop
ped something less than foot a day,
held 55.000,000 gallons. The Mount
Airy reservoir was reduced to $4,000
gallons.
Fire Extinguished.
The fire which devastated the al
ready flooded Mill Greek section on
Sunday was out.
Meteorologist w. c. Devereaux said
he believed the crest had been reached
when the yellow flood waters rose to
the unprecedented height of 80 feet
at am. This was % feet above food
stage and nearly 10 feet above the
previous record.
The river at am. still stood at 80
feet after several dips to 1877 feet.
THE fall will be so SLOW" Devereaux
said, as he observed no rain in sight,
that We will need magnifying glass
10 see 1t for O day or so"
ut will take IL days to get to 60
feet, 20 feet below the crest, and we
cannot expect resumption of anything
like normal activity in Cincinnati until
the river reaches that point" he added.
Passenger Vehicles Banned.
Adding to curtailment of freedom
In the fiood-ruled city was an order
today from Safety Director John j.
Anes that all passenger vehicles ex-
cept those on official relief business
would be ruled off downtown streets
effective tomorrow.
I'VE expect to have q unified bus
system in operation tomorrow" Ames
announced. After these services be-
gin, no passenger vehicles except those
carrying official emergency stickers will
be allowed to use the streets"
At least eight were dead here. The
Red Cross estimated 100000 Ohioans
were homeless. OF Greater Cincin.
nati's 100000 inhabitants, 60 900 were
desolate. Thirty thousand were housed
IN 80 refugees. cared for by the Red
Cross.
Meteorologist Devereaux raised his
damage estimate to between $l0,00o,-
600 and $15,000,00O here.