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| Aerial of Milton in the 1913 Flood, (note distillery in the upper right) | Aerial of the 1913 Flood in Milton |
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| Aerial view of Milton in the 1913 Flood |
A Barge of Hay Cruises through Milton, 1913 |
J. Inglis Drug Store, Milton, 1913 Flood |
| These images are from the Collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County | ||
1927 - not a typo!
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These five are all from the 1933 Flood. People tend to forget the 1933 flood, but it was the 10th worst ever. |
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| These are all from 1937 | ||
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| 1937 Flood Scenes | |
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| Unloading a barge full of cars to the Milton shore, 1937 Flood |
Hill Highway, Milton, 1937 | Milton in the 1937 Flood |
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| 1937 Flood Scenes, Milton | ||
Milton, the 1937 Flood
How much greater was the '37 flood than its predecessors? Lots.
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“The Diesel towboat R. W. Turner was doing the Madison relief work. Early Monday the Turner brought to safety at Madison a barge full of household furnishings from Milton, Ky., to be unloaded at First and Walnut streets. After arriving from Milton, the Turner went to Hunter's Bottom to evacuate residents caught in the flood waters. During the morning the Turner also moved a barge of coal and a float to the foot of Broadway for the Madison Coal and Supply Company from which retail sales and deliveries could be made. Monday at 10 a.m. two houses of a large size floated past Madison and at 11 o'clock a third one.” Waterways Journal, January 30, 1937 (Of our two images of the R. W. Turner, the one on the left is believed to have been taken at Milton; the one on the right is at an unknown location.) |
Indianapolis Journal, February 14, 1883
“Milton, Ky., opposite this place, is entirely
covered by water. Several buildings floated off this morning, The above is an excerpt from an Indiana paper. Read more of their article on the 1883 flood here. |
| The Enquirer ran a story a week after the crest of the 1937 flood describing the effects along the river in Gallatin, Carroll and Trimble, which you can read here. |
| “Madison, Ind., - The river is rising
one and one-half inches per hour. Milton, Ky., opposite
Madison, is completely submerged, not a house is exempt from the overflow. Large cables are being used to anchor the buildings. The water is to the second floor of many dwellings.” Cloverport, Kentucky's Breckinridge News, Feb. 28, 1883 |
| 1883 Flood, from Aurora to Madison |
| In 1884 Milton had about 350 people in about 70 families, none of whom escaped the wreck and ruin of the 1884 flood. A little more is here, and here and here and here. Milton citizen's plea for help in 1884 is here. |
