Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — And Now, It’s Floods [ARTICLE]

And Now, It’s Floods

Instructions were sent out Tuesday by the railroad administration to local railroad authorities to prepare to fight floods expected later this week if thawing weather develops. Streams are out of their banks in West Virginia and Kentucky, and when temperatures rise, railroad administration officials fear a rapid extension of the melting area. Snow covers the whole eastern part of the country to an average depth of six inches. The bottom layer has melted once and then frozen, forming a smooth surface from winch water of the melting upper layers will flow rapidly, if the thaw is sudden.