Mr. W. C. Deveraux, Cincinnati meteorlogist, predicted that the river would reach a crest of 55 feet at Cin-çinnati. "This is three feet above flood stage and is expected to inundate some sections of the city's business and residential areas.
Observers said continuation of the cold spell in certain areas of the Ohio Valley would check-the possibility of a repetition of the disastrous floods of two years ago, however.
Huntington, W.V. was the danger spot tonight. Three hundred families had been driven from their homes in the Huntington lowlands where the Ohio River was three feet above the flood stage and riding rapidly.
Most roads were submerged, blocking efforts of rescue parties to search for several persons known missing in the flood area. Red Cross and relief workers were being mobilized for an emergency.—United Press.
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