The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-28
RAINED EVERY DAY BUT
2 SINCE CHRISTMAS,
GIRL WRITES


Terrible" was the word George
SchmieSing of Lucan used to des-
cribe conditions in f1ood-ravaged
Cincinnati, Ohio when he tele-
phoned his wife from that city
Sunday.
Although the length of their
conversation was limited in flood
emergency rulings by the tele-
phone companies in the flood sec
ton, he had time to tell her that
lights, water and gas in the city
were shut off.
The SchmieSing brothers, John,
George and Harrison of Lucan and
Edward of Kindred, North Dakota
left the latter part of the week to
attend the funeral of their mother,
Mrs. Caroline Schmiesing in Gin
cinnati. They were accompanied
by Louis Schmiesing, also of Luz
can.
They expected to arrive in the
Ohio city Saturday but were for
ced by water covered highways to
detour so far that an extra day
was required for the trip and Luz
can relatives reading and hearing
of the floods passed worried day
before hearing of their safe arriv-
al. Because of conditions, the fun
eral was postponed and it is not
known when it will be held.
Whiting Returns
Russell Whiting of Redwood
Falls returned Wednesday from a
trip to Washington d. c. and
Pittsburgh, having seen the flood
ed area on the trip east and back.
With his brother, Earl, who re-
manned in Washington he took
moving pictures Of eddying waters
in the lowlands near Wheeling,
West Virginia, Friday. The raging
waters of the Ohio were at flood
stage then, he said, and as they
drove through the streets they
saw householders with their pos
sessions piled on front porches
and yards waiting to be taken
from the threatened district.
Street cars were running how
ever, and business was reasonably
active.
In Pittsburgh he saw. the flood
swirling about the streets in the
lower part of the business section.
Residents, however, do not expect
the flood there to reach IT, pro-
portions of the one last year, he
said.
Rained Continually
~ didn't see the sun all the time
I was gone,' he declared as he de-
scribed the continual downpour of
rain which is swelling the walls
of water sweeping through middle
eastern states. He was able to
obtain train from Pittsburgh but
stated that no trains are running
south from there
Station KIND was informed by
the federal communications COM
mission this week that state police
radio systems in Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio and other states in the sec
ton will be available for flood
traffic only until the emergency is
over.
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Redwood Falls have received two
letters from relatives in the flood
district describing the terrible
havoc wrought and the living re-
strictions imposed by the flood.
A part of the message received
from Miss Carolyn Ortman, sis
ter of Mrs. Martin who teaches in
Cincinnati, follows:
''We left school yesterday at 2
p. m. ALI schools will be closed
all next week. The old Pennsyl-
vania station which is only few
blocks from our school is under
Is feet of water. The children
saw three houses floating down
the river yesterday. Some of the
schools are being used as temp
orary homes for the refugees and
furniture from some of the flood
ed homes is being stored in other
schools. Sunday EVENING" want
to finish this before dark, because
we have been told over the radio
to use just one light. The flood
situation is awful; it started rain
ing before daylight and has been
raining steadily all day. The
mayor issued proclamation
about an hour ago that no stores
would be open tomorrow but
food and drug stores; no theatres
are to operate and street car serv-
ice is suspended and people are
to stay in their homes. Everyone
is cooperating and the Red Cross
is doing wonderful work. Will
try and get out in this terrible
weather and mail this letter"
Food Shortage
Charlotte Martin, their daugr-
ter, wrote Sunday from Miami
university at Oxford, Ohio, IS
miles from Cincinnati. She said
: AT present there is a food and
water shortage in our university
and some talk about school being
closed. We are quite panicky.
There was heavy snow yester-
day and it is pouring down rain
agar all day today. 1t has rain
ed every day but two since we
returned from Christmas vaca-
ton
It is doubtful whether two for
mer Redwood Falls residents now
stationed at Fort Smelling will be
included in the contingent of Fort
Smelling soldiers who are mobili-
zed to leave for duty in the food
stricken area at any moment. Joe
kleinart who enlisted nearly q
year ago will probably be left at
the fort with other new recruits
and Sergeant Willard Whiffof ,,.h<, )