Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1937 — Page 2
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| 11 FLOOD-STRICKEN STATES ~ SWEPTBY STORMS AS 300,000 HOMELESS SEARCH SHELTER
Clrclrinati and Louisville Among Major Cities Most Seriously Affected; Mississippi Also Rising; Damage Heavy.
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on duty in the Indiana-Illinois area. At least a dozen small cities were abandoned. Eight were believed dead. ILLINOIS—Floods of major proportions were feared at Cairo, confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Fourteen hundred residents were advised to evacuate Shawneetown, already isolated. Two companies of National Guardsmen awaited emergency orders.
ported marooned in Alexander were asked at Rosiclare.
Sleetstorms Add to Suffering
MISSOURI—Sleetstorms and cold added to the suffering of refguees in the St. Francis River Valley. Cardwell,
isolated, had less than a ton of
other food for its 1000 population. Many clung desperately to their homes as flood waters continued to rise and levee
breaks were feared.
ARKANSAS—Nearly every city and town in two eastern counties near Jonesboro were isolated by St. Francis River waters; 250 slept on improvised platforms at Caraway as all buildings were reported flooded. More than 25,000 were homeless and more than 10 were feared dead.
TENNESSEE—Two were
refugees fled swiftly rising streams in the northwestern
cornér of the state.
MISSISSIPPI—Freezing temperatures, unusual in this
state, added to the suffering of flood refugees. : Trouble was feared from the muddy Mis-
rising rapidly. sissippi.
winter rains.
states were under water.
Weather forecasters today said they could not tell how
high the streams would go. Disaster workers said the
when the floods subside ther still will be the task of moving
It was the second consecutive week of flood in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, following on the heels of torrential
Streams Thaw, Freeze and Thaw
Rivers and streams thawed, froze, and thawed again. Indiana and Missouri were the first flood centers. the rains moved eastward the Ohio rose along the entire length of its 1000-mile course, flooding at first six states, then eight and finally pouring its waters southward until 11
Three hundred were reCounty. Coal, cots and tents
coal, no fresh meat, and little
drowned as thousands of
Rivers were
Then as
worst is yet to come. Even
Ohio River or Still Is Rising | In Downstate District.
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special . train yesterday carried supplies to that city. Shortly after establishing communication, State Police radioed that the power may fail and that if it did the food order placed today was to be duplicated daily until further notice. Later today telephone service was re-established. A train bearing 100 rowboats from Holland, Mich., was reported on its way to the Indiana flood sections. The National Guard sent 10 steel rowboats to Evansville for distribution as needed. Headquarters at Evansville Relief supplies and workers were concentrated at Evansville and were dispatched from there by the American Red Cross which has taken over relief work in most of the bad centers. ; Special concern was expressed by leaders for Aurora, where Red Cross officials said food was running low, the water was polluted and fuel was almost exhausted. The Red Cross reported, however, that a convoy of trucks was en route for the town, and Aurora refugees prepared to meet the trucks in rowboats about two. miles from the town. The southern tip of Posey County was under water and heavy property damage to farms was reported. Winter wheat probably was ruined, farmers said. Low temperatures and seven inches of snow hampered work there. Water Drops at Hazleton Flood workers at Hazleton, where all this week White River has inundated one-third of the town, cheered today when the gauge showed the water had dropped one inch over night.
Cold Neer Endangers "Health Of 40 000 Homeless Hoosiers
that the extensive Brevort Levee system in Knox County would hold. Princeton, nearby, still was without water, but reported that there appeared no threat of an epidemic. The waters there also were reported receding. Virtually all roads in Southern Indiana were covered with water; and many of them were impassable. Red Cross officials issued a general appeal for all who have no official business on those roads to stay off. They are needed for the business of relief, they said.
Soldiers Driven Back Soldiers ordered out for flood duty from Ft. Knox, Ky. were driven back by high waters and were unable to reach Indiana. State Police at the Seymour and Jasper barracks were on 24-hour duty, and the State Police radio set up regular communications with Louisville and St. Louis. Two Indianapolis doctors, one medical sergeant and five nurses left last night for the flood area. They are Dr. Norman R. Booher, 104 E. Maple Road; Dr..G. W. Lee, Methodist Hospital; Walter Zuher, 1910 Winton St.; Mary Jane Murphy, 3717 E. Michigan St.; Martha Beavers, 1940 N. Capitol Ave.; Dorothea McCallian, 2609 E. New York St.; Sylvia Berg, 1548 N. Meridian ‘St., and Marie Kaellner, 3119 N. Capitol Ave. National Guard units in Kokomo, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Noblesville, Bloomington, Franklin and Columbus were: ordered to stand by for immediate call. A Coast Guard cutter sank at Mount Vernon last night, but no one was drowned, and -another cutter was reported lost and later turned
.lup at Henderson, Ky.
" One man was reported killed and another seriously injured in Lawrenceburg, according to National Guard reports. The Indiana WPA mobilized all its forces for relief work. State WPA headquarters served as
They said it appeared certain now
general purchasing .agent for food
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supplies that were to be shipg Hed in special express cars to Lawiinceburg. Fuel supplies also were purc fased by WPA officials for Lawrenciburg and pther stricken Ohio River tities. Ten carloads of coal were oriered from mines at Clinton. Five carloads were specified for gcileral heating purposes, the remaind¢: for power facilities. The order | was filled with cars already loaded and diverted from regular custome.
Large quantities of Federal surplus commodities were dispatihed by the WPA to Madison, Tell a ity, Cannelton and Aurora. The food shipment to Lawreticeburg included rations for 2000 fersons for three days. More than 2000 suits of uniglerwear for men and women also ‘Were included in the shipment. Other articles included 750 denim jackets. 500 pairs of overalls, 200 wind breakers for men, 120 woolen caps, 600 puirs of work gloves, 996 pairs of wonien's hose and 996 pairs of men’s socks,
Relief Supplies Low
Gen. Straub said he may fly this afternoon from Evansville to It. Knox, Ky., to urge Army officials to release a new quantity of cots dhd bedding and other clothing. flelief supplies are running low in fhe entire flood area, he said. In Jeffersonville last night sone 4000 persons were given shelter in the Army quartermasters depot, National Guard officials were inforni:d. Lieut. G. B. Lantz, section commander, said the Coast Guard at Evansville had requested more boas. A special Coast Guard train carrying 11 boats and crews left Chicigo for Evansville at 1 a. m, it Was reported. Radio Operator H. A. Beaubisr reported intercepting a message from an amateur station at Madiscn saying that water was roof-top deen in several places there. The report said the water there was six inches
WORK TO SAVE
200 FAMILIES IN NEW ALBANY
Relief Crews Already Have Removed Estimated 2000 to Safety.
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three full floors of a factory building here, don’t have enough clothing to keep them warm. It was reported this afternoon that five families were marooned in the second floor of a house in the high water area. Forty truck loads of WPA workers said to have left Nashville for this city yesterday, have not been heard from.
City Hall Is Isolated
One of the trucks of our convoy, which left Indianapolis last night for Tell City and Cannelton but
got stranded here, started out early today to try to reach Corydon. It has not been reported since. City Hall is isolated by water. The fire-fighting aparatus was taken to the bridge approach. Mayor Hansweld said the Somnunily is in dire need of coal, I arrived here in a National Guard relief truck early this morning after an eight-hour trip over treacherous ice-covered roads. Two of the trucks left the road and almost overturned. We were forced almost 70 miles off our course to reach this city. New Albany is dazed. wander ‘about the streets. - Many
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their homes in Jeffersonville and Louisville, just across the river. They are worried about their famiies. Virtual martial law also is in effect in Jeffersonville, where 10 feet of water is reported in downtown business buildings. There are no lights in the - towns. Eight hundred refugees are stranded gn Rose Hill. A total of 4000 have be forced to abandon their homes. All Jeffersonville citizen's have been ordered by the City Health Board to report at City Hall for typhoid innoculation. s
Lack Power and Water
Water is flowing over the Jeffersonville levee, but the wall has not The K-I bridge there is
impassable, under water. No trains are running across the river. The Jeffersonville power and water plants‘are down. Residents have been ordered by city health officers to boil all drinking water. A tent city to house 1000 Jeffersonville refugees may be built today on. high ground, National Guard officers here said. The U. S. Army quartermaster’s depot here, from which supplies and relief workers are being dispatched, also housed many refugees. Three hundred families in New
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ATEtis have been evacuated. Many homes are filled with water six-feet deep. Two hundred more families are expected to be forced out any time. Newspapers Suspend Mrs. Marie Workman, Red Cross representative sent here from Washington, went to Jeffersonville’ last night by boat. She has been: unable to return, and probably will be stranded until the river current slows, Approximately 250 persons slept on the floor and on improved cots last night. ‘ Both New Albany newspapers have suspended publication. Lants< erns and candles are used for lights in many places. In the convoy of six trucks and two station wagons which came here last night from Indianapolis were 9000 pounds of grapefruit, beef, prunes, hospital supplies, lanterns, candles, vegetables and canned foods. =
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The U. S. Army engineers said that on the basis of
present conditions severe flood sissippi were unlikely.
They said a peak stage of 55 feet at Cairo, Ill, was pected but no major flood effects in the Mississippi. The engineers estimated that the Ohio River waters would not raise the Mississippi more than 10 or 11 feet below the.
levee top at Memphis.
* The engineers, however, were prepared to revise their
estimates if rains continue in sippi Valleys.
conditions in the Lower Mis-
the Ohio and Upper Missis-
Lawrenceburg Homes Engulfed; Threat of Disease Is Battled
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Last night, lights blinked from Greendale, a residential section on high ground. Lights in Columbia Park, O., also were visible in Lawrenceburg. Victor O'Shaughnessy, chairman, and other members of the Citizens Committee of Twenty, today estimated the damage in Lawrenceburg may pass $1,500,000. Niney per cent of the East Side homes have been knocked from their foundations, many swept away, committee members estimated. On the West Side, approximately 25 per cent of the houses are off their foundations, they said.
Flour Swept -Away
According to committee members, 10,000 barrels of flour in the Lawrenceburg Roller Mills Co. were swept away. National Guardsmen
and police’ today were guarding against looting of vacated homes and stores and had orders to shoot intruders. There are many stories of heroism. Ebert Herbert was taken to the temporary hospital in an exhausted condition after: rowing a boat to rescue seven adults and two children. : Bill Henson, 28, despite warnings from State Police that “it’s suicide,” rowed in darkness to his home after midnight last night to rescue five brothers. He found them standing on chairs on the second floor of their home. It required almost four hours for the trip. :
Mother and Son Die
A. M. Perin, a truck driver, received a broken leg while driving his truck in rescue work. Frank Eberhardt and Alva Lowe narrowly escaped death when water swept them from their truck as they were en route to rescue a family. They swam to a house, broke a window and climbed to the roof, from which they were rescued eight hours later. There have been two deaths, a mother and son. George Cartee, died in the Old Quaker plant of pneumonia. His mother, Mrs. Artiemisa Cartee, 88, died today of the same disease. More than 600 men, women and children spent last night in the cold, damp upperfloor rooms of their homes, the Court House, school and business buildings. Hundreds more are sheltered in the three distillery plants here, now turned over to efugees. ter, estimated at 10 to 35 feet ep in the business district, still
is pouring over the three-mile levee, !
as it has been doing for the last 36 hours. Rowboats and skiffs of all descriptions are plying the swirling waters covering the streets, rescuing scores et magooned persons, hauling food :
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and other supplies to relief headquarters.
Highest in History
The Ohio has reached its highest stage in history. In 1884, it was 71 feet 6 inches in Lawrenceburg. In 1913 it reached 70 feet. After this tragedy, a 73-foot levee was built. Water now is approximately one foot over the wall. Judge A. Lowe, one of the committee leaders, said today: “This flood took us all by surprise. On other occasions we had two or three days advance notice. This time it happened all of a sudden. After the water passed the 60foot stage it kept coming up at 4 to 6 inches an hour. Before we Mew it the water was over the levee to “The finest thing in all this tragedy is spirit of co-operation shown by our citizens,” Judge Lowe said. The three big distilleries: have been turned over for relief work. Col. W. H. Reed, Seagram plant manager, has released the 1750 employees for relief work. Many of them have toiled for 40 consecutive “hours. CCC and WPA Praised
The A. E. Cook Co. deep-well pumping firm, is attempting to supply good water. Five hundred gallons of milk are reported en route from Cincinnati; and will be hauled into the city by boat. Eleven thousand loaves of bread were ferried across the threefourths of a mile stretch separating the commissary from the highway. It took several hours to complete the job. There is nothing but praise here today for the gallant CCC and WPA workers who waged a futile night battle early yesterday trying to save the levee. Many had narrow escapes when the break sent angry waters swirling into the town.
FORGERY SUSPECT IS TO BE ARRAIGNED
Herbert Baker, 24, of 319 N. Jefferson Ave. was to be arraigned before Judge Dewey Myers in Municipal Court today on a charge of forgery. Baker was arrested yesterday in connection with the theft. of a payroll check from Earl Mattingly, R. R. R. 10, Box 161.
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