Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)
1907 - CINCINNATI SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS BY FLOOD FIFTEEN THOUSAND PERSONS DRIVEN TO HIGHER LAND.

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 19. - With the crest of the flood water in the Ohio river not yet in sight the financial loss in Cincinnati and vicinity, due to high water, is $500,000 up to tonight. The loss includes damaged goods, loss of manufacturing facilities and wages of idle men. Some 15,000 persons have been driven to higher land. Nearly 50 houses in Newport, a dozen in Covington and large areas in the east end and in Mill Creek quarter of Cincinnati are under water. The conditions are similar at all points between Pittsburg and Cairo. The immense stretch of the river, silently and remorselessly carrying before it all manner of property was watched all day by thousands of people on both banks, and the high buildings. While strenuous efforts were made by hundreds of men to carry to places of safety those whose homes had been invaded by the flood or some of the household effects, from the flooded homes. For better handling relief work, Mayor Dempsey this afternoon divided the city into four relief sections.

The Macon Daily Telegraph
Macon, Georgia
January 20, 1907

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