Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Heavy Losses from Flood. [ARTICLE]

Heavy Losses from Flood.

The river registered 42.4 feet Sunday night at Evansville, Ind. The greatest damage in that region is to farmers. It is estimated that 400,000 acres of wheat between Evansville and Paducah, Ky., are destroyed. The losses to houses is SIOO,OOO. Over half a million bushes of corn are destroyed in the crib. The lumber men along Green river estimate their loss at SIOO,000. Merchants in Evansville lose considerably by the water creeping through cellars. Loss to farmers along the Wabash river is heavy, 200,000 bushels of corn being swept away. Three farmhouses were destroyed.