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3000 DEATHS FROM FLOOD AT DAYTON
FIRE ADDS TO TERRORS OF DELUGE
DAYTON CITYOF DEAD AND DYING iEVERY MINUTE
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OF FLAMES SWEEP PROPERLY LOSS IS $50,000,000
Fire Adds to Horrors of Situation Bullddiys Crowded With Refugees
Collapse Death Census Delayed Until Flood Subsides Money Not
Wanted, hut Food, Blankets and Shelter Whirlpool Cuts off City
From World Mad Waters Swirl Among Skyscrapers Dig Hotels and
Theatres Under Water Sullen Glare of Flames Lights Up Tragedy
Staff Correspondent of United Press Vividly Describes Sccries
Calamity Greatest Since That of Gal
veston Flood Hundreds Perish In
Dayton Burned Alive In Flood Iso
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COLUMIIUH. Olilo, Mnrch :6 Klru U sleeping Dayton thin
nflornnon nnil lla residents are nieetlnic death In the (lames, ac
cording to Information recoiled by Covernor Cox here.
At 3 o'clock thin afternoon tha governor announced hi deter
mination to reach Dayton with statu troops and assistance, re
gardless of coat, tin plan to Kin it a train to Cleveland, and (mm
thorn to Toledo, hoping to reach Plqua or Troy from that city.
Ilo hopes honil (ho tnllltln and supplies nnd newspaper mun
Into Dnyton by bond from Troy.
C01.UMHUH, Ohio, March 26 "Tbo deaths In Dayton may
roach 2000. It la the worst calamity alnrn thn Galveston flood."
Thla alarming message im received hero this afternoon by
(lowrnor Cox trout Count" lturlu, thu governor's private secre
tary, who wired from MprltiKftotd.
"Tho rlvnr at Dayton," tho iniaR added, "la four miles
wide, I cannot cot any whom near thn city. It Is awful. Thn
water li lit If tho second atory of tho Phillips llottae."
At 2 o'clock thin afternoon governor Cox waa notified that
. .ancsvlllo, Ohio, la In danger of Iminedlntn destruction. Tho sit
uation, tho messago antd, could not bo worse. Frantic appeals
for nld wore Included In thn tclei'.ram.
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WASHINGTON". Mnrch 20. Tho flood water In Indiana and
Ohio will tin augmented by continued rain, according to tho
fnreraat limned hero thla afternoon by tho government weather
bureau.
Iteporta received from Pittsburg iay that tho Allegheny river
thoro la rising at nil alarming rate.
Comprehensive Estimate of Fatalities
Impossible Many Other Towns
Endangered by Rising Streams
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DAYTON, Olilu, March '.! (My
II lUi'MeilKer to Lebanon, Ohio)
Dnytun today i n city of tho dead,
the dying, tho homeless mid thn grief
stricken. The tragic story will ho
unknown until llio hist, bodies nru
reiiiiiveil from Hid flood or from ruins
oT the Hie Hint i spreading tin
idiookt'd In tho southern section of
Hie nily,
Tim whole Mnry proliiihly will
inner ln knownHit' heroism of men,
the lunrlyiilout of women, nml thu
imul hysteria which caused hoiiio to
leap into the flood,
A iiKiii liHMouiii'il on thu roof of
his lionin allot nnd killed his wife ami
tliiro children, nnd I lien m'iiI n liullel
into Inn nun liiiUn rnther limn seo
tlieui ill own. A mini who witnessed
Hi Ik net guo i"'0 tho details. Their
bodies, ho Hiiid, flouted nwiiy.
Theio mnv ho n bundled ileitilor
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PENNSYLVANIA
PITTfoUUUO, I'a,, Maich 2C
l'lood waters with tliolr consequent
Intalltloa throntonod miiiiy parts of
Pennsylvania, according to tho
wiialhor burniiii horo today, Tho en
ilungorod district havo been warned
to provldo against tho possible
rlomlH.
Tho Allrghnny rlvor la nt flood
stugo hero nnd la rising nt tho rnto
of 10 InohoH nn hour, It la prodlctod
that tho river will bo 12 foot at
Wlioollug, W. Vn., tomoirow.
Tho lieu voi" river bun tmiiidutod n
doion small towiiH In Pennsylvania.
Olio dcotli Is roportod hui;o nnd ono
denth nt Minn, Ohio, from tho activ
ity of flood wiUora,
n thouHiim!. Tho denth eenstiN will
not be taken until the w liters recede,
leining their prev behind.
Tho money Ions i heavy hut no
body eurvH nhoiit tho money loss,
though it will run into million, Day
ton, onoo proud mid wealthy, found
money the mnt useless thing in the
world in its hour of disaster. U
does not want money. It ttsktJ only
for food, clolhiup;, nurses,, doctors
nml iiiedicitieH.
J. ( Mule, in ohnrKO of tho relief
committee, sends the following mes
Huge to tho rest of thu nation through
the United l'ress:
"Don't send meney: we rniiuol ue
it."
This dixpateh is wtitteu half n mile
from tho flood renter which is in
the middle of the city, where banks,
sky-scrapers, hotels mid stores are
located, lletweeu tho city and safety
lies n .whirlpool. Only nno milo in
tervene, hut it niiRlit ns well ho n
thousand or n.OOO milen, for no word
of what luiH happened beyond ihat
whirlpool Binoo noon yesterday has
como ncioNs that tiriof milo of water
Wood Hun-oumls Hospital.
It is known that hip; hotels aro un
dor wntoi'i that theatres am flooded;
that department stores arn floating
nwoy; thnt (ho juil is inundated; that
churches aro awash ;thnt St. KlUn
beth's hortjiilal is surrounded by wa
lor and thnt its six hundred patients
aro impiisoned by tho flood.
No ono hoyond tho flood zono
knowns tho disaster thnt has over
taken that part of Dnylon, which was
nothing hut thn sullen glnro of flames
Inst night to light up tho tragedy mid
Its mysteries. It was n night of lor
ror, and that part of Dnyton having
ItomuH to sleep in woko up this morn
ing hvaithrnkoii.
l'irvs llivak Out.
Tho flames last night showed mo",
women nnd children perched on tho
roofs of houses in tho path of tho
flanuis, wilt filing tho fire.
Home ventured into tho tumultuous
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CULUMIIU8, Ohio. March 26.
With every mlnuio bringing nea of
freih dliaitrr, thero la not a doubt
thla aftornoon that hundred po
albly thoitkanda of human belnga
havo M;rUhed In Ohio and Indiana
In tho terrific flooda which are mak
ing of thono Btalei ono vaat grave.
N'o man can say within hundreda
how many llveahavo been lual.
I'robably two thousand fouU have
perUhed In Dayton, according to tho
urcretary of Governor Cox of Ohio.
Later reports nay that hundreds arn
being burned alive there, penned.
like rata In the upper stories of flood
Isolated buildings.
Waste of Tiling Wnlrrn.
Highly miles or tho rich Miami
valley, In which Dayton Ilea, la a
wanto of lousing waters, bearing on
their breast tho bodies of countless
humans and animals killed by the
flood.
From all over Indiana and Ohio
como momentarily wild etorlea of
ruin nnd d'umay. Columbus, Hamil
ton, Teru, IMqua, Kanesvllle, Indian
apolis and a hundred other towns
and villages hourly awoll tho toll of
death.
An thing llko a comprchonstvo es
timate, of tho fatalities la impossrulo
and will bo Imponslblo for many
bourn. Kroin Washington cornea tho
information that streams which as
yet havo not slain aro rising In tha
banks and many towns in Pennsyl
vania urn In danger.
Million I'eopto Homeless.
There la no doubt that closo to ono
million people, houseless, homolcss,
starving nnd froeilng, nro either
marooned In their wasted homes cr
camping desoluto on tho baro hill-1
aides of tho stricken region. The
damagn to property will auruly
amount to uncounted millions.
Kvery resourcn of tho Ohio and
Indiana govornora backed a porsonnl
appeal from tho president
Terrific Downpour Throughout Indi
ana Increases Perils Corpses
Floating in Flood Waters Pass In
dianapolis Cities Without Water
Passenger Train Drops Through
Flood Weakened Bridge Over the
Wabash and Is Lost in Stream
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 20.
A terrific atorm this afternoon
added to the horror of tho flood sit
uation In northern Indiana, .Tho
first authentic knowledge that
deaths havo occurred here came thts
afternoon when tho corpses of a
man, a woman and two children
were seen floating In tho flood wn
tera In West Indianapolis. '
Indianapolis Is without water, gas
and transportation facilities. Wa
bash, log-antport, Kokomo. Peru, I.a
Payptto and a score of smaller towns
In th Wabash Sralicr art Isolated.
Most of these places are without wa
ter, electricity, food and fuel.
Itvporta from tho south Indicate
that tho waters aro rising In th.it
section.
A passenger train on tho Chicago
& Kastern Illinois railroad dropped
through a flood weakened bridge
over tho Wabash river at Clinton,
Ind , according to a report received
this Afternoon Tha newt cannot Le
confirmed.
From Ten to Twelve Thousand Re
fugees In Buildings Aflame and
Fighting Fire With Buckets-Governor
Appeals to Fanners to Aid
Three Carload of Boats Due This Af
ternoonFatalities "Not Mare than
Three Thousand"
JIM HAM LEWIS
ELECTED SENAIOR
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SHERMAN
SPIUNGKIKLD. HI.. March 26.
James Hamilton Lewis, democrat,
and Lawrenco Y. Sherman, repub
lican, were elected Ijnltud States sen
ators hero today "by n combination
of democrats and republicans In tho
statu legislature.
8eenty democrats and sixty re
publicans pledged themselves to vote
for Iowls for tho long term nnd
Bhermnn for tho abort term.
COLUMUUS. Ohio. March 26.
At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon John
Hell, wlro chief at Dayton, tele
phoned Governor Cox here that the
fire In tho Hooded district of Dayton
had leaped across Third street and
was sweeping the next block. Gov
ernor Cox was advtsnl, via Spring
field, that from 10,000 to 12.000
persons wcro In tho burning build
ings. They are fighting tho fires,
lifting water from the flood In buck
et.!. Dead Placed at ItiHlO.
Three carloads of boatr'orranspe
clal train from Springfield passed
Xenla and arc duo "In Dayton Jt
3:30. Cox notified Hell, who shout
ed the good news across' tbo strest
to tho firefighters.
Tho Y. M. C. A. Is trying to direct
tho Hood rcsctio operations. Its
members started In row boats to
meet tho train and pilot tho rescuers
to tho scene of the fire.
Kdward Hanley, a wealthy Dayton
man, notified Governor Cox. via
Springfield, at 3.30 that ho esti
mated the fatalities then at "not
moro than 3000;"
Tho Deckel hotel in Dayton took
fire at noon but tho guests fought
tho flames desperately and managed
to subdue them.
Appeal for Help.
"Dulldlngs along Third street,
Dayton, are burning and people In
them aro dying. Farmers and every
ono else ought to try' to get to Day
ton this afternoon, even at tho risk
of their own lives."
This frantic appeal to the residents
of Ohio wag voiced by Governor Cot
this afternoon through tho United
Press.
"All peoplo living along tho riv
ers leading to Dayton," pleaded the
governor, "ought to trr to got there
In boats at once. I appeal especially
to tho peoplo of Troy, where there Is
a boat club."
Miami Valley fer 80 Miles Is I wmtta ted Dayton, Plqua, Trey, Sidney Car
rolton. Hamilton and a Dtzen Smaller Towns Submerged Part of
Columbus Under Water Delaware Floeded Peru Suffers Terribly
Fort Wayne, Marion, Muncie Par tiy Under Wafer Kekww and Other
Cities Isolated Terre Haute, Logansport and Fifty Other Indiana
Cities Flooded
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CLHVELAN'U, Ohio, Ureh 20. It was still impossible nt 1
o'clock this aftenioon to ticenrntely ctttimnte the total of the flood
falulitiei in Ohio ami Iiidinnn, but is is believed that fully five
hundred thousand were made homeless. Two thousand dead in a
conservative figure. The property damage will exceed $50,000,000.
Ohio The Miami valley for 80 miles is flooded, inundating
Dayton, I'iquu, Troy, Sidney, Cnrrolton, Miaraisbur?, Hamilton and
a dozen smaller towns. It is estimated the dead in Dayton will
be between one thutinnnd nnd two thonsuud. There is no definite
estimate from the other cities. , t , ,
In the Mad Hiver valley, West Liberty and Springfield are
floods. -" "
The Scitu river overflowed, inundating part of Columbus and the
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Delaware in flooded. Twenty-five persons are reponcd dead.,
There nre -1,000 homeless. . . , , , , k , .
inc uuitwp nver iiooneu moii. . s v ,, - -
At Z4inenville, the Mu&kegnm river in flooding the city, -',000
nre homeless and the great Sixth Street bridge baa been swept
away.
Indiana Peru: Many arc reKrtcil dead; the city is isolated. by
the White river, 1,000 homes arc inundated, ami there is immense
property damage loss.
Fort Wayne is flooded, the lighting plant in out of commission
nod n water famine is threatened.
Marion, Klwood, llrond Ripple, Lar'ayetto, llushville, Muncio
nnd Xoblesville aro partly under water.
At Richmond twenty bridges are gone nnd many are honiolcsH.
Kokomo is flooded by Wildcat Creek and 1,500 nre homclcs.
Half of the city of Shelbyvillc is under water.
Logansport is isolated, and scores of houses havo been wushed
away.
The residential section of Terre Uiuitc is flooded, railroad trnffiu
is deud and 500 homes aro rttidcr water.
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South of Dayton lies a low range of
hills. Last night there wcro twenty
five thousand rainsoaLed, chilled in
habitants of the city camped there.
Their anguish over tho eertnin deall
of many of their Liu was pitiful in
the extreme. Ko tents or other
shelter was obtainable nMrt froin
the few poor lints on tho hills.
Daytunviow, a suburb of working
men's homes, U under water and the
frnma buildings there lire swept
nway. Kdgemont and North Dayton
me similarly flooded.
Imprisoned I'pttalix.
Many persons in the downtown
district nre imprisoned in the third
stories of dwellings and business
blocks mid thu roofs there nro
crowded. Many were reported to bo
clinging to the tops of trees nnd tho
tctephone poles.
Down in the grent Miami valley,
tho riohest farming; section in Ohio,
farm houses, brims, livestock and hu
man corpses nro all massed toRcther
on tho ei est of tho flood. Some
places nro less than half n milo wido
and through theso places tho swollen
river is sweepins; with tremendous
force, tearinfj uwny bridges and nil"
otchr obstructions.
Vato Still In Doubt.
Tho fnte of the villages of Miomis
burg and Franklin is in doubt. It is
feared thoy nro wholly or pnrtionnlly
destroyed. Hamilton reports five
hundred dead, but this is unverified.
Kightccu person aro known to bo
dead in Del n ware. It is expected that
later reports from tho outlyine; parts
of Dclawnro county will bring tho
death toll for that county over the
hundred mink. Tho property loss in
Toledo is small.
Men on horseback nro arriving ey'
ory hour from Piqua, Sidney, Liddlo
ton und Hamilton, all tolling of douth
mid dovustntion. Thobnuds of re
fugees aro camped on the hills about
those towns, without food and lack
ing protection against the wind mid
rain.
The total property Joss is expected
to run from twenty to fifty millions.
In Cleveland nml Northern Ohio the
damage is tremendous, but the fatal
itie aro few.
DEATHS AT PERU
FROM BIG FLOOD
WILL REACH 300
SOUTH HKN'D, Ind., Lurch '-'.
Three hundred persons perished in
the flood waters which engulfed Peru,
Ind., according to Manager Dond of
tho local Dell Telephone compuny,
who is in direct communication with
tho stricken city.
Hoiul declared;
"I have positive nssiiruiiccs from
Peru at I o'clock this afternoon that
tho deaths will reach threo hundred
there."
Bend nsscits that twenty fivo per
sons perished in the Peru courthouse
n)ono and thnt three thousand are
scoking rofugo in tho upper stories of,
that stntoture. Tbo factories aro
crowded with women aud children,
and thcro is little food available,
Tho water is receding rapidly and
rescuers probably will begin the
search for bodies tomorrow-. It is
believed ninny of the drowned were
swept miles away from the uity,
In one house t wholo family of
twelve were found doad. It is report.
ed twenty five corpse have rmdy
been found.
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