Licking River at Covington

1906 Flood

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Newark Daily Advocate

Newark, OH, United States
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LIVES LOST IN

GALES AND FLOODS


CHICAGO IS VISITED BY STORM

THAT DOES NO LITTLE

DAMAGE.


Kentucky Rivers Out of Bounds --

Indiana Storm - Crops Damaged,

Loggers Drowned.


(Bulletin.)

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Rivers Out of Bounds.

Lexington, Ky., Nov. 22. - Telegrams from all over this state indicate that great damage has been done by the Cumberland, Licking, Red, Kentucky, and Big Sandy rivers and other rivers and creeks in the state. From Bowling Green a report comes that the Barren river has risen 25 feet and thousands of logs, railroad ties, fencing, etc., have been swept away. The Green river at Morgantown has risen 15 feet and thousands of logs have been lost at Ford, Clark county. At Maysville, the Ohio river is full of logs. Thousands of logs have been lost on every river in the mountain district.

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Keywords:Hemingray : Flood
Researcher notes:No Hemingray info is present. It is possible that the Hemingray office was affected by the flooding downstream of the Licking River in Covington, KY.
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Glenn Drummond / Bob Stahr
Date completed:January 14, 2005 by: Glenn Drummond;