Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1937 — Page 3
FRIDAY, JAN. 15, 1987
SOUTHERN PART _ OF STATE FACES SERIOUS FLOOD
E Most Indiana Lowlands Are Inundated; Streams Continue Rise.
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ever, along smaller streams in the more northern and eastern sections. Cambridge City, where the Whitewater River - yesterday covered Front St. and forced many residents from their homes, was back within its banks. Less serious conditions also were reported at Connersville, Milton and Brookville. At Aurora, the . Ohio was reported over the 52-foot mark, with lowland inundated.
Ferries Closed
All Wabash and Ohio River ferries were closed but the roads in all directions continued open. State - Highway department crews and - state police were directing traffic on U. S. Highway 41 which was under water. The Mohawk mine in Sullivan - County was closed when the flood caused a slate fall and muddy waters poured in. One hundred workmen fled from the shaft a few minutes before the cave-in,
Levee System Breaks
Farther south, the Wabash spread out of its banks in Knox, Gibson and Pike Counties. A break in th Brevort levee system south of Vincennes flooded nearly 20,000 acres of farm land and covered
U. S. Road 41, principal artery from Chicago to Florida, more than two miles. White River was at flood stage as far north as Muncie, where a rise of six inches an hour forced lowland residents to flee. At! Noblesville, it went three feet over flood stage and continued rising. Water Supply in Peril
Schools were closed, highways inundated and residents moved out of riverside streams in Bartholomew County. White River reached 22.5 feet at Bedford and was expected to reach its peak there Sun- * day. : : ~The water supply at Mitchell was endangered when White River “ neared pits in which pumps are operated. In its spread many lowland residents were evacuated. Readings on the Wabash and ~ White Rivers at 10 a. m. today, as reported by the Weather Bureau, were: E WABASH RIVER ~ Place Flood Present Predicted
Bluffton Logansport
Vincennes .... Mount Carme New Harmony
WHITE RIVER (West Fork)
. Anderson ° Noblesville
plus 28 plus 26 plus 26
Sevmour Williams hoals Petersburg Hazleton
TREASURER OFFERS MORTGAGE SERVICE
A new service .for persons desiring mortgafe exemptions will be offered this year at the County Treasurer's office, Albert L. Koesters, chief deputy, announced today. . Three clerks are to be appointed to file mortgage exemptions for anyone desiring the service. Taxpayers can get exemption for a mortgage up to $1000 by filing before the May 3 deadline, according to Mr. Koesters.
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ed as Downpour Turns In
diana Streams Into Raging Torrents
1. 53d St. land Riverview Drive
was a little peninsula all its own today, surrounded on three sides by water. 2. Middleboro, just north of
Homes I[solat
Richmond on the Whitewater River, found its usually placid stream running wild like- this following heavy rains. Basements were flooded and first floors of
many houses inundated. 3. Except at times like this, the picture would show Fall Creek jumping over the dam near Key-
stone Ave. But the dam practically disappeared in the swollen stream. That's the Indianapolis Water Co. plant in the back
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ground. | 4. Police answ red a rescue call from Mrs. Joh: Thompson, 1243 Tremont St., wi ire six houses are
Flood Danger Here Passed as Rain Stops and Mercury Dips
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dam were keeping a vigil that endured . throughout the night. Residents of Sunshine Gardens, mostly, were unaware of the danger and
slept through. Mr. Russell said that he had made
IN INDIANAPOLIS
MEETINGS TODAY
clams, he luncheon, aypool Hotel, noon. Toot District Federation of Clubs, meetings, Claypool Hotel, 1 Lm. State Association of County Prosecutors, - dinner, Claypool Hotel. Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel WashHotel Washington
ington, noon. Gamma Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
Eta on. . Reserve Officers Association, luncheon, oard of Trade, noo Phi Delta Theta, ~ Yrade. noon. Delta Tau Delta, . Club, noon. Indiana Stamp Club, meeting, Moose . Lodge Hall, 8 p. m. Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon.
Association,
Gamma, dinner,
n. luncheon, Board of
luncheon, Columbia
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Alliance Francaise, luncheon, Hotel Washington, 1 p. m. : * Indians Bar Association, dinner, Claypool ? otel. Young Democrats of Indiana, meeting, Claypool Hotel, 2 p. m.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(These lists sre from official records at the County Courthouse. The Times fs not responsible for any errors of names or addresses.) ‘
Ralph Kelly Halstead. 23, Renssalaer, Ind: P Mary Elizabe*h Cox, 20, of 1216 Blaine Ave. George S. Miller, 27, of 2150 Hovey St.; Irene Anderson 22, of 2139 N. Arsenal St. Zebedee Matthews, 27, of 1339 8. Pershing Ave.; Laura Betram, 25, of 1337 Persh-
ing Ave. Forest L. Morris, 39, Peru, Ind.; Ruth 1L.. Woods, 32, Indianapolis. Norris Bohm, 22, of 406 Division B8t.; Martha Byers, 23, of 2001 Bluff Ave. Lester Sherman Bell, 22, of 839 Eastern Ave.: Mary Maxine Campbell, 20, of 5301 Central Ave. Charles Ancil Surber, 22, of 1041 Concord St.; Rose Marie Parsons, 24, of 360 Cole St. : Curtis Eugene Blackburn, 33, R. R. 1 Indianapolis; Katheryn Miller, 28, of 2135 ° N. New Jersey St. Barney Earl Walker, 21, of 729 Massachusetts Ave.: Geraldine A, Campbell, 18, of 814 E. 10th St. = . .T. Robbins, 33. Greencastle; Mae McLeland, 45, Indianapolis Amos S. blett, 48, of 440'2 E. Washington St.: Grace Myrtle Cherry, 43, of 34, of 805 Harrison
109 E. Washington St. Charles Pennington. St.: Aleam Taylor. 22, of 812 Bates St. Clinton W. Ramey. 24, of 866 W. 29th St.; Ruby McClure, 18, Lawrence, Ind.
BIRTHS Boys
: Girl Homer, Florence Rushton, at 602 N. Chester.
DEATHS
Katherine Warner Peacock, 71, at 3848 Wintrop, uremia
ditis. Josephine Burze, 70, at 2156 Winter, arteriosclerosis. : Mary Francis Morris, 79 at 833 Park, carcinoma. ner Schad, 43 at Methodist, brain r, = Alma Tharp, 60, at Methodist, lobar - pneumonia, § :
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Bomgardner, 99, at 5231 Central, |
Elizabeth Minnemeyer, 89 at 6535 W. Washington, lobar pneumonia. : Dorothy Kurtz, 24, at Methodist, broncho-pneumania. _ Elizabeth Mahan, 78. at 475 W. 25th, cardio vascular | renal disease. Minnie May Geisler, 57, at Methodist, pyelonephritis. Sadie D. True, 53. at 433 E. Washing- . influenza. Fred Kuenzler, 75, at Terrace Ave, head injury. Oscar W. Meyer, 52, at Methodist, lobar pneumonia. : 4 William Henry Lohss, 50, at Methodist, influenza. Frank A. Bowman, 65, at City. bronchopneumonia. : Effie Luella Rodocker, 60, at i118 N. Warman, influenza. . Ellen Stambaugh, 47, at Long, carcinoma. | - Barbara Spragg. 71; at 1126 'W. 18th, cerebral hemorrhage. Lucius Brown, 058, at 538 W. 12th, broncho-pneumaonia. 2 : Albert- Nuttle, 62, at City, Ludwigs ngina. ‘Magdalena Bohner, 83, at 1926 Hoyt, broncho-pneumania. 5
OFFICIAL WEATHER
United States Weather Bureau mum
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy and colder tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cold.
7:05 | Sunset
TEMPERATURE —{Jan. 13, 1936 1p m.
; BAROMETER 7a m..... 30.10 1 p.m. ....
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan. 1 4 Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indiana—Partly cloudy, colder tonight; tomorrow fair, contiqued cold.
Hlinois—Fair| tonight and tomorrow; colder east and extreme south portions tonight; slowly rising temperatures tomorrow. |
Lower Michigan—Cloudy and unse’tled, colder tonight; tomorrow generally iair, continued cold.
Ohio—Generally fair tonight except snow flurries in northeast portion; coider in extreme north and much cclder in south and central portions tonign:; tomorrow fair, colder in extreme east poron.
Kentucky—Fair and much colder tonight; tomorrow fair, colder in extreme east portion. |
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arrangements to warn all persons in the affected area if and when the levee broke. The levee is five miles long, and averages 14 feet in height, and 10 feet in thickness. Water was within three feet of the top this morning and was rising at the rate of about an inch an hour. This morning, Mr. Russell said that with no further rains today, the water would probably rise six or eight inches more and then fa back rapidly. ; In Rocky Ripple, where about a dozen families moved out of their homes as the water filled their cellars and rose around their doorsteps, no one was thought to be in danger today. 3
Moves Household Effects
One man last night backed a moving van to his door, loaded in all his belongings and his family, and drove away. Then he returned and took up a lonely vigil against the waters. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Silver, newlyweds, were forced to abandon their newly purchased furniture as the water rose to the first floor. Mrs. Etna Doser, her husband and their three children were planning to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Mrs, Doser today, but at 1 a. m. they were forced to flee their Ravenswood home as the water rose over the first floor. . Mrs. :Gladys Fuller, 42, was taken from her marooned home -in Ravenswood last night py Deputy Sheriffs Max Meith and James Brundage. She was suffering with pneumonia and was taken to City Hospital.
Uses Pump to Advantage
Fred Pressley, 5220 Riverview Drive, Rocky Ripple, rigged up an electrically driven pump and set it up in his cellar. As fast as the river came in, the pump put it out. The experiment, he said, was a complete success. ! In his grocery in Ravenswood, which is among the very first structures in the city to get water in a flcod, Roy Goodpasture spent the night putting his merchandise out of the water’s reach. ! His store was a stopping place for the boat that was taking people from marooned homes to dry land. About 20 families in Happy Hollow were moved from their homes when Big Eagle Creek pushed into the area. Nearly 80 more families there, however, had not yet been inconvenienced.
BURNS HANDS, FACE WHEN FILM IGNITES
Frank Jenkins, 32, of 1148 N. Pershing Ave. was reported in fair condition ' at City Hospital today from burns received in a projection room fire at the Douglass Theater, 1403 E. 19th St., last night. He was burned on the hands and
face when films became ignited.
BT ods
DRUNKEN DRIVER JUDGE'S TARGET
Karabell Bars Leniency; Hands Out Terms on State Farm.
Drunken drivers can expect no leniency in Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell’s Court; he said today, emphasizing his statement with heavy fines and State Farm terms. “There were too many persons killed here last year by drunken drivers,” Judge Karabell said, “and this court intends to do all it can to put a stop to this slaughter.” James Combs, 713 S. Capitol Ave, was fined $25 and costs and sen-
tenced to 75 days on the Farm for drunken driving; $5 and costs and 75 days for drunkenness, and $1 and costs for having no driver’s license. William Powers, 818 Church St, who was with Combs, was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 30 days on the Farm for drunken driving, both suspended; $5 and costs and 15 days in jail for drunkenness; $1 and costs for having no driver's license. Judge Karabell also suspended their operator's licenses for one year.
Harold Scott, 42, of 235 E. St. Joseph St. was fined $25 and costs and given 60 days on the Farm for drunken driving; $10 and costs and 60 days for drunkenness; $1 and cost for disobeying an officer’s signal, and $1 and costs for no driver’s license. His driver's license also was suspended for a year. Harry L. Brown, 43, of 22 W. 11th St., was fined $10
and costs and g en 30 days on 2a drunkenness cha ze. Frank Kimmel, 1405 Castle Ave, was fined $25 ard costs and given 30 days, the lai fer suspended, for drunken driving; $1 and costs, suspended, for drunkenness; $1 and costs, suspended | for disobeying a traffic signal, ari $1 and costs for no driver's licinse. His driver's license was susp nded for a year,
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