Hemingray Glass Company - Covington, Kentucky

1883 Flood - River Level Has Reached the Furnaces

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Daily Commonwealth

Covington, KY, United States
p. 2, col. 2

The Flood in the Ohio.

At this point this morning at 2:40 the gauge marked 55 feet 7 1/2 inches, and rising slowly.

IN COVINGTON.

In Hemingray's Glass Works, the water has reached one of the furnaces and extinguished one of the fires. It is in the basement of the warehouse and nearly to the office. All their stock has been moved from the lower floors to safer quarters. A rise of about two feet will compel them to shut down.

Keywords:	Hemingray Glass Company : Flood
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Researcher:	Glenn Drummond
Date completed:	February 20, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond;