Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — And Now It Is Floods That Are Causing Damage. [ARTICLE]

And Now It Is Floods That Are Causing Damage.

Melting snow and heavy rains during the past twenty-four hours swelled Kentucky rivers Tuesday and caused flood conditions at both ends of the state. In the mountain districts reports indicated that the streams were out of their banks, lowlands flooded and portions of a number of smalltowns were • under water. In the west, near the mouth of the Ohio river, ice gorges had broken and carried with them steamboats, drydocks and other property, the value of which may reach $1,000,000. From the middle reaches of the Ohio as yet practically untouched by recent floods, came the disquieting report that the Green river was rapidly rising. Paducah, Kentucky reports that more than a dozen steamboats, a number of smaller craft and at least two drydocks, variously estimated in value from $600,000 to $1,000,000 were torn from their moorings by ice gorges at lower Ohio and Tennessee river points Tuesday and have been sunk or floating in immense ice floes near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in imminent danger of destruction. From Evansville come reports that outlying districts of that city are flooded and that the Ohio is threatening to repeat its performance of a few years ago, when it went out of its banks and caused much loss of life and property. People have been warned to be prepared to flee on a moment’s notice.