Article taken from The Helena Independent, Helena, MT, April 6, 1931
Three Lives Taken By High Waters
Columbus, Ohio, April 5
High waters from Ohio rivers and streams swollen by recent heavy rains, today had claimed three lives and flooded hundreds of acres of farm lands. The rain, which fell almost continuously last Thursday and Friday, has ceased tonight, but indications were flood conditions would remain several days.
Most of the streams continued to rise slowly. The heaviest damage was in southern sections of the state.
The Victims
The dead were Thomas Justice of Sciotoville near Portsmouth; Herbert Dollison, 16, of Barberton, and Glen Shutts, 8, Gallipolis. The latter drowned near Point Pleasant across the river from Pomeroy.
Dollison lost his life when a rowboat overturned in flood waters near New Philadelphia, while the third victim fell into back water from the Little Scioto River.