Record Floods Sweep Wabash Valley Causing Unprecedented Damage
Floods pushed 27 feet above normal along the Wabash with Indiana towns like Lafayette and Attica enduring severe destruction. Bridges, levees, and railroad tracks were washed out as residents evacuated Texas and West Lafayette areas. Power, water, and communications disrupted. dozens of buildings demolished or isolated. Purdue and West Lafayette mobilized aid and coal supplies as the flood crested and receded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Valley
Indiana
Ohio
Attica
Altho
Mill Street
River Observer
Covington
Texas
John Myers
Will White
Foreman
Mill and Market Streets
Walton
Jones Bros
Almond
Carmichael
Wabash
Pine Creek
Marshall
Independence
Riverside
John Haines
Fred Buck
Canaris
Attica Waron
Lafayette
Brown Street
Main Street
West Lafayette
Lafayette Boxboard Works
Thieme & Wagner Brewery
Merchants Electric Lighting Association
Purdue University
Drs Funkhouser
Whitsell
Lafayette Fence and Machine Company
Esterline Company
Lafayette Bridge Co
Leland P.oolery
Indianapolis
Purdue
West Lafayette Coal Co
R. B. Whitsell
Woolery
Chicago
Morning Journal
Associated Press
Anderson—Green
Ton
Boursvile
White
Shelbyville
Public Square
Logansport
Fel
Terre Haute—Wabash
Deadly floods sweep Indiana and Ohio towns and towns
Across Indiana and Ohio floodwaters from several rivers surges bury streets and homes. Cities including Fort Wayne Indianapolis Lafayette Muncie and Dayton report fatalities homelessness and widespread damage with bridges washed out and utilities disrupted.
Condemnation Suit Dismissed Over Brady Street Project
In Covington circuit court City of Attica and Isley and son argued a motion to drop condemnation of Isley land for a Brady street right of way through the Lithia hotel grounds. Judge Schoonover sustained the motion, leaving Isley’s land intact and requiring new condemnation steps before the project proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
J. P. Isley and Son
City of
Attica
Isley
Circuit Court
Livengood
Mr. Isley
Milford
Parnell and
Nebeker
Brady Street
City council raises street light charge and street cleaning contract set
City council approves raising the general fund charge for street lights to 60 per year totaling 2 500 annually effective March 1. The move aligns with typical rates and will not affect users but may push residence rates higher. A one year contract for street cleaning at 1 400 yearly is awarded to Joe Connel D Westfall and Rufus Epperson starting April 1 with Perry streets swept daily and Main Mill McDonald South Perry and Park Avenue on monthly cycles.
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Schwartz
Joe Connel
D. Westfall
Rufus Epperson
Perry Streets
Jackson
Wabash Depot
Main Street
Mill Street
McDonald
South Perry
Park Avenue
Attica Meeting Plans Flood Sufferers Aid Effort
Mayor Reed chairs a meeting of about three dozen citizens who authorize the Attica Charity Bureau to distribute relief for flood victims. Treasurers and committees are named to handle funds, repairs, and sanitary inspections as waters recede. Dr. C. G. Beckett visits Veedersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Attica
Merchants Room
B.S. Orr
D. C. Reed
H. W. Briggs
J. W. Harrison
Attica Charity Bureau
Saloon Vote Keeps City Wet for Two More Years
A large turnout produced a clear result as the city votes to remain wet for at least two years despite a snowstorm. The drys gain in the third ward but lose in the first and second, maintaining an 84 vote wet majority.
Attica Wet Vote Wins Big in Wet-Dry Ballot Battle
Attica voters closed a three week wet and dry campaign with a Wednesday election that gave the wets an eighty four vote majority. Despite snow and high water causing voting disruptions, turnout surpassed prior city elections. Ward results shifted wet majorities, with the second ward gaining and the third ward narrowing its wet lead.
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Attica
Altho
Swadener
Indianapolis
Anti-Saloon League
Emerson Ballard
Crawfordsville
Veedersburg
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West Lafayette Water Works
Vinestreet
Everett B. Vawter
Stone
Otterbein
Thacker
Ferry Street
Main and
Second Streets
Ferry
Monon
Wildcat
Peru
White River
Pleasant Run
Eagle Creek
Fort Wayne
St. Joseph
Maumee
St. Mary
Marion
Ellwood
Broad Ripple
Wabash River
Leland T. Woolery
Richmond
Pennsylvania
City
Rushville
Flat Rock Creek
Kokomo
Wild Cat Creek
Muncie
Big Four
Dayton
Delaware
Sidney
Hamilton
Voir
Lima
Ottawa
Midele Point
Springfield
Mad River
Buck Creek
LA Ruse
Youngstown
Piqua
C. G. Beckett
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