Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1937, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931. zz_______———____——_—_——————_:’————J—__—_—————:——L———_———_—‘ CONVICTS LEAVE AS FLOOD HITS FRANKFORT PRISON % Lo Sullen prisoners in he Frankfort, Ky., prison marching out single file under guard while water stood Aerial view showing waters of Mississippi pouring through two breaks made in the outside levee of 8 feet deep in lower clls. Twelve convicts reported drowned or killed during the panic caused by the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway at Wolf Island, Ill. The 131,000-acre basin was built to take care of the mighty river and relieve pressure on the seawall at Cairo, IIl. invasion of the prison b the Kentucky River. - ! X . ith Union Terminal and railroad yards, all under Wester Cincinnati, showing cil)vv' in background,w water, in freground. This is how League stands. / sravery typical of Ilood-ravagd Cincinali as House tat was carried down Kentuck Ifhyficians fnnoculale residents of flood-stricken thedoctor innoculates and mother reassures him. smashed into this bridge at Carrollton, Ky. Louisville against typhoid fever. Spiritual ministrations are not neglected at Cin- cinnati. Rev. A. Huber consoles ar elderly refugee. : Boulaye, daughter of e French Ambassador, Admiral Cary T. Grayson finishing Red Cross report. With him are vol- working for Red Cross. : Company B, 5th Engineers, —A. P. Wirephotos. area. Soldiers are loading pontoons on flat cars. unteers, Florence Earickson and Jean Carnahan. ) : 4