Article taken from the Sandusky Daily Star, April 22, 1901
Portsmouth, O., April 22
The river is rising four and a half inches per hour, with both the Scioto and the Little Scioto rivers out of their banks. All are moving from the lower lands. A levee near Lucasville is weakening. Should it burst a solid wall of the Scioto will play havoc in that section. Watchmen are giving warning to the people. Residents of small river towns in this county are taking to the hills. At Sciotoville and Wheelersburg the situation is serious. All of the people at New Boston are in tents.