FEBRUARY 1832- 41 FEET CREST
FEBRUARY 1884- 46.7 FEET CREST
JANUARY 1937- 57.1 FEET CREST
1937 FLOOD
- CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
- JANUARY RECEIVED 19.17 INCHES OF RAINFALL
- BETWEEN JANUARY 20 AND 24- 10.31 INCHES FELL
- SOME PEOPLE EVACUATED AS EARLY AS JANUARY 15
- MOST SERIOUS TROUBLE BEGAN THURSDAY JANUARY 21
- FRIDAY JANUARY 22 CITIZENS WERE TOLD TO GO HOME AND STAY THERE
- SUNDAY JANUARY 24 WATER HAD REACHED DOWNTOWN- 4th AND BROADWAY
- WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27- BETWEEN 2 AND 3A.M. THE FLOOD WATER CREST AT 57.1 FEET
- 70% OF THE CITY WAS AFFECTED — 93 SQUARE MILES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
- 33,000 HOMES HAD A LEAST THEIR FIRST FLOOR COVERED
- 175,000 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES
- 220,000 PEOPLE INOCCUATED FOR TYPHOID
- $50,000,000 IN DAMAGE IN LOUISVILLE ALONE
- RED CROSS WAS FEEDING MORE THAN 230,000 CITIZENS
90 DEATHS
- 6 DROWNINGS
- 2 ASHYXIATIONS
- 10 EXPOSURE
- 1 DYSENTERY
- 15 BURNS AND EXPLOSIONS
- 28 PNEUMONIA
- 28 HEART DISEASE
WHAS
- 187 CONTINUOUS HOURS
- PETE BROWNING AND FOSTER BROOKS
THE COURIER-JOURNAL
- PUBLISHED IN SHELBYVILLE ON JANUARY 25 & 26
- PRINTED IN LEXINGTON FROM JANUARY 27 UNTIL FEBRUARY 5
SERVICES
- NO CITY WATER SINCE JANUARY 23
- NO ELECTRICITY SINCE JANUARY 24
- NO GAS SINCE JANUARY 26
FEBRUARY 7- RIVER RETURNED TO NORMAL AND CITY SERVICES RESUMED
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