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XXvTn- 1(33' SAL-t lake CITY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1913. 16 PAGES FIVE CENTS 11
000 DIE IN DAYTON FLOOD
ijiio Governor Asks the World for Help; Legislature Will Appropriate $250,000 1
SWEPT TO DEATH IN HOSPITAL; 400 CHILDREN DROWN IN SCHOOL
D. AYTON, 0., March 26. Hundreds certainly, and it is believed thousands are dead in a flood which swept through this city when the Miami river levee burst shortly after dawn yesterday. It is impos
sible to give anything like an accurate estimate of the casualties. Some estimates place the dead as high as 5,000. At least 40,000 and perhaps as many'as 70,000 are homeless.
$. Many bodies can be seen floating down Main street. For many hours the water has been from ten to thirty feet deep in the business district, but, this morning the flood is receding slowly,
r Achl building that was known to have held about 400 children shortly before the flood rushed in that direction is entirely under water and it is believed that all the li ttle ones had been drowned.
? St. Elizabeth's hospital, in which there were 600 patients, is reported to have been washed from its foundations. It is not thought possible that many of the inmates could have escaped if the re-
joitiitnie. -
The electric light plants were completely disabled early in the day and the city is in total darkness except for the lurid lights of the conflagrations in various parts of the flooded district,
i AH groceries and bakeries of the city are in the submerged district and it is thought that a severe famine will result, owing to the impossibility of getting food to many who are marooned in and on
T Governor Cox last night, with the sanction of the state legislature, sent an appeal to the world for help. The state legislature is preparing to" appropriate $250,000 for the relief of sufferers. flj
; Hie washing down of bridges and subsequent collection of debris acted as a dam in the river, later causing the levee to break and sending the water through the main streets of the city to the south- HI
Impart of the town. H
'? The woodworking department of the National Cash Register company was turned into a boat manufactory. Ten boats an hour are being made. fl
ft in Lives and Dol-
It Is Apparently
Beater Than Those
Hi
BLo Had Studied the
Kfrlt, Were at First
flping to Admit;
Biy Two Hundred
WTY DEAD IN
m NEAR-BY TOWNS
jBHA, March 25. Omaha's
131 club made a statement
jjR8 piyslMl condition of the
,Bf Mon tbis morning. The
JptfTesome conception of the
lhe 8torra ad ie number
HM Mch have heen hroken
jRfipns follow:
BnirUr deGtroyed and nn-
iW Partially destroyed, 1027.
ijP7H Homeless, 2179
yelydestitut 263.
M80 fr the
"K n3 ih
twTL was it was
tte results wore Trilling
wSbft120? Uves mflfed
9w ttS Persons
.jBiwiLT?' ,0,t their lives-
diM T' aDd eight of
B4 l0Cal i08Pita dur-
BueS!ai.'rafl ontoa to-
vmwlto? 3i8trict- maWnK
4 lblo the h0U9es o'
Mtoito? -mpzTei t0 rctaiu
ffimtL ,n Partially destroyed
JWNifon J 38 mony P'Rht re
$mZlT nerfoct' Tendcra
g.ttii,?ahttg.a m51"on dollars
W t?th8 "y commia.
hi lay ouda. Those
jjMwir. ' aDd wero made un
n!!rk 'P was that of
WK iT6 all
tME ruhin T d to car for
Delin dC3titation. In
and other
,' MP 011 Bight.)
Nearly 100,000 Persons Are
Driven From Homes; Prop
erly Loss Is Estimated
at $20,000,000. '
INDIANAPOLIS, Ini, March 25.
The White river leveo on Morris
street broke liore at 6 o'clock and
1500 persons were forced to hastily
desert their ,iomes. The waters
spread over several blocks. Troops
and police hurriedly were sent to
aid in rescue work.
INDrAXAPOLlS. Ind., March 2o. With
tens of thousands of homeless, hun
dreds dead and. property los3 of
520,000,000, Indiana tonight ie ex
periencing the worat flood of Its his
tory. Tho entire 9tato practically Is one
huge sea, and every brook, creek and riv
er Is taking Its toll of damage.
Public service corporations of the en
tire stale are helpless, railroads and trac
tion, llnea having canceled nearly all
trains. Many cities are without flro pro
tection and without light.
Dwellers along streams today devoted
their labors to rescuing those trapped In
their homes and to removing furnlturo
and. merchandise to higher ground. Dur
ing the day reports of loss of life were
received, but none hns been verified be
cause wire service is paralyzed. Seven
are known to have been drowned, two at
Lafayette, throe at New Castle and one
at Frankfort and one at Rushville.
The appalling swiftness with which
the waters have arisen caught the entire
state unprepared. Streams that wore
brooks Easter morning, havo become
raging torrents during tho last twenty
four hour3. Persons who rotlrod appar
ently safe at homo last night, this morn
ing were roscued from second-story win
dows by boats,
ThousanHs Homeless.
Conservative estimates tonight place
the number driven from their homes at
cIoeo to 100,000 and tho property Iobs,
it is said, will reach tho twenty million
mark. These figures are made up from
reports recoivod from townB and villages
and do not Include tho probable great
loss to farmers.
?Co hop for relief to tho stricken state
Is held out by tho government weather
bureau. "RaJn and colder" Is tho foro-ca-ft
for tonight and tomorrow. Besides
higher wator, untold suffering to the
homeless will come with the drop In tem
perature. 1
Rescue work Is being carried on by
volunteers, police, firemen and the state
militia and every placo where there s a
dry horno it hns been thrown open to
the flood rofugees.
Indianapolis Is in the grip of its worst
flood. Street cars stopped runpinff at
noon, at which time the wator and gas
plant were forced to suspend. Two elec
tric plants are operating but may bo
compolled to closo dawn.
Bevon thousand porsons wore driven
from their homes hero by tho overflow
from White river. Eagle Crock and
Pleasant Bun. Tliey aro being cared for
by charitable institutions and In private
homes. Tho militia 1b patrolling tho
flooded district, aiding the police.
Clly authorities late today called for
volunteers to aid In protectlnff the threat
ened loveod. Mayor Shank asked tho
board of public cafoty to appropriate
?2000 for the rcllof of flood sufferers.
Parts of Fort Wayne, Lafayetto. Itlch
mond, Marion, Torro Haute, Muncle,
Rushvlllo, Kokomo. Peru, Connorsviile,
Petersburg, New Castlo. Frankfort, An
derson, Tipton, Noblesvillc. Hartford City,
; Kiwood, Bloomlngton, Sholbyvllle, Ix
;;ansport, Portland and innumerable
(Continued, on Pajjo Pour).
Terrific Winds and Hea
vy Rains Cause the Loss
of Many Lives in Ohio,
Indiana and Parts of
Illinois and Missouri.
Damage to Property
Great.
SITUATION AT
DAYTON IS GRAVE
CHICAGO, aiarch 25. Swept bj
wind and rain storms of torrirlc
violcnqo for three days, vast
areas of the middle west, from
tho Missouri river to the Allegheny
mountains, tonight are inundated, many
porsons have been drowned and enor
mous property losses have been caused
by floods, the worst in years.
The maps of Ohio, Indiana and parts
of Illinois and Missouri aro maps of
desolation. Tcrro Hauto, Indianapolis
and Lafayette, in Indiana, and Dayton,
Delaware, Columbus and Youngstown,
in Ohio, present particularly pitiable
spectacles. In all of these citios there
was loss of- life, according to tho most
authentic reports available, and in each
city the property loss particularly was
heavy. No definite information as to
what actually happened at Dayton
could bo obtained until tonight, when
"information from Cincinnati came that
sixty lives had been lost. Practically
all of Dayton was under walor and tho
residents had been forced to Hco for
their lives. Many of the more in
trepid Honght rofugo on the house tops.
In Delaware, O., nineteen porsons
are known to have lost their lives
and thirty to fifty others are miss
ing. Torro Hauto, swept by a disastrous
tornado Inst Sunday, was today in the
Krip of a wind and Tain storm, which
seriously interfered with the work of
removing tho stricken families. Tho
death list still remained at twenty,
while tho list of injured is expected to
aggregate 250.
Rivers on Rampage.
At Dayton, O., throo rivers, the
Miami, Stillwater and Mad, and auotber
stream, konwn as "Wolf creek, join.
For tho most part the citr lies on a
level flat with the four streams moot
ing almost in tho heart of the place,
and iB, protected by levees twonty-fivo
foot high. Tho levee protecting the
Miami river broke about 0 o'clock this
morning and tho. flood was augmented
by the rapidly rising waters of the
other three streams, and finally mado
uncontrollable by tho breaking of. the
Laramia reservoir, fifty miles above
Dayton.
The waters swept through the city
with terrific force. One Toport which,
however, lacked confirmation, was to
tho effect that tho water in tho main
stroot was fifteen lfoet deep. All wire
communication, except one slender tele
phone wire to Phoueton, a station six
miles away, was broken oft" and in
formation regarding tho status of af
fairs in Dayton was difficult to obtain.
Kailroad and wagon brings across tho
Miami river were swept away and
(Continued ou Pago Pour.).
GOVERNOR JAMES M. COX of Ohio, who is directing
-relief work from his executive mansion in Columbus. Dayton,
the heart of the flooded district, is his home. The governor's
residence in Riverdale and the Dayton Daily Nbws, his news
paper, are both under water.
TORNADO DOES MCI
DAMAGEHKB
LESUJE, Ark., March 25. A tornado
striking eight miles southwest of hero
last night cnutiod one known death.
Five other porsons are reported killed
and seven aro known to bo injured
seriously. Rumloy, a village five miles
south, is reported to havo niifferod
heavy damage. The wind was accom
panied bv floods which caused thou
sands of dollars damage to farms. Mon
hourly aro riding in here from the moun
tains with stories of the storm's bavoc
and begging for medical aid.
Mrs. John Sondcrs, wife of a farmer
whoso homo was in tho tornado's path,
was 'kiillcd. Her husband and son, Wil
liain, were injured serious-. The wind
curried tho fcouders's home 500 feet,
dashing it down, a heap of kindling.
Tho Iiome of James Trioso, a farmer
living five miles east of Loslio, was car
ried sixty .feet through the air, serious
ly injuring Triese, his wife and three
smnll children.
High wind and heavy hail created
havoc among crops, tearing off houso
tops and breaking windows. All streams
in this vicinity aro out of banks and
many bridges aro reportod washed
awav.
Wire communication is demolished.
Meager reports from Rumloy say five
porsons were killed in that town, sev
eral injured and groat daiuagc done to
property.
WOULD ENJOIN
T.HE GOVERNMENT
Canceling Machine Concern
Seeks an Injunction Against
the Postmaster General,
WASHINGTON, March 25, Tho B, V.
CummiiiKs company of Chicago, an mi
successful bidder for contracts for can
celing machines for tha poBtofdco de
partment, today asked tho supreme court
of the district to enjoin Postmaster
General Burleson from carrying out con
tracts with other bldi!ra on the ground
thnL the CiiminhiKs company's proposal
wan the loweat and that the government
will loso $400,000 by tho execution of other
contracts.
TWO HUNDRED ARE
DROWNED AT PERU
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 25
Two hundred or more were drowned at
Peru, Ind., today, according to a mes
sage to Governor Ralston from that
place.
The governor's informant asked that
200 coffins and food and clothing be
sent to Peru at once.
'I This probably will bo the last mes
sage 3'ou will get from Pcru,,J said the
man. '''Two hundred or more aro
drowned and the rcmaindor of the resi
dents aro grouped on a hill waiting for
daylight."
Governor Ralstou immediately com
municated with Stato Senator lleming
at Fort Wayne and asked him to for
ward the coffins and other supplies as
requested. "While tho governor was
talking the wire to Peru failed.
"From what my informant said, th-cre
may bo as many as 500 drowned in
Pom," Governor R,iIston said tonight.
"I understand survivorB at Peru aro
huddled within two blocks and in great
distress. 1 have ordorod a carload of
food and coffins and the Fort Wayne
citizens urc sending another car of pro
visions." The catastrophe was caused by a
breaking of a Wabash river levee late
yesterday, which poured a torrent of wa
ter Into tho south part of Peru, where
more than a thousand people live, They
received no warning of the danger.
Two hundrod or more. It Is estimated,
at least, were drowned In thulr homos.
Governor Kaleton ordered 200 coffltiB.
a carload of food and one thousand
blankets to be shipped to the Inundated
town.
More than 4000 men, women anil chll
drun spent Vhc night hurdled In groups
about the courthouse square. Many of
the houses In South Peru were swept
from their foundations and carried down
the Wabash river. It wan Impossible to
get Into communication with that section
of tho town.
William Baker, manager of a. furni
ture factory there, who talked, with
Governor Hnlston, estimated thn loss of
life In Peru from 200 to nOO.
Doats wero sent to Poru from Roch
ester and Warsaw. Several persons
wcru rescued from housetops and carried
to safety.
Just after Governor Ralston stopped
Ulklng with Peru tblB morning, thij
only wire to tho tow.a foiled, '
Waters Rush Down Canyon !
of Business District; Loss I
of Life Guesswork I
MILITIA ORDERED OUT TO I
PATROL FLOODED TOWNS H
DAYTON, O., March 26. The wind veered suddenly from H
south to north at 3 o'clock and the fires on Vine street Ml
sprang- up anew. There are numerous unconfirmed reports of H
men shooting" their families and committing suicide when they MB
saw escape from flood or fire impossible. flfl
DAYTON, 0., March 26, After a day and night of H
fire and flood horror it is impossible to give any H
accurate estimate of the loss of life or of property. H
Undoubtedly thousands have been drowned or injured. H
and the damage to propert.y will be millions. Hfl
The flood came with daylight yesterday. The levee HR
of the Miami river broke and earned the water into the mm
business district. Main street soon was a torrent, then Hfl
a liver, then a tidal wave.. The rapidity with which the M
waters rose was due to the fact that the bridges torn down H
by the flood or dynamited to clear a channel served only H
to direct the flood into the canyon of Main street and Hj
neighborig thoroughfares. Bj
LOSS OF LIFE IS PROBLEMATICAL H
The impossibility of estimating the loss of life is due H
to the fact that no comprehensive investigation can be S
made. Those who are making their way through the
Hooded district are doing so in boats which are being fl
manufactured at the rate of ten an hour by the National I
Cash Register company, which is rendering heroic and H
highly intelligent service to the sufferers. BH
Many reports of buildings collapsing are being H
shouted from housetop to housetop. H
MANY DEAD BODIES ARE SEEN, H
That there has been extensive loss of life is evidenced 88
by the dead bodies which can be seen floating with the I B
flood. Already these have been counted by scores from H
Various points of vantage. But even in this case there is IB
an element of doubt, as many of the objects may be bun- I B
dies of clothing or even barrels and boxes. The electric IH
light plants were put out of service early in the day and I
the only light shed upon the waters is from fires that are U
burning here and there in the business and residence dis- Hi
Reports of looting cannot, be verified. If any robberies have I 8
taken place they must be ascribed to men iu boats or to thieves I flj
operating in the outlying districts. Word was received here last flj
night that Governor Cox had ordered out the entire state militia If H
to aid in patroling the flooded districts of the slate. Wire com- n H
munication with the outside world is fairly well maintained by In
telephone, dospite the fact that the flood is still many feet deep fftfSa
and the foundations of all the structures are being sapped. m H
The Algonquin hotel was tho scene of many interesting and fsB
startling scenes early in the day. As the water grew deeper JB raj
pedestrians rushed into the hotel and 'added to the. panic among l'n
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