The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-31
GARRISON SEES
HORRORS OF FLOOD
He Gazes Upon Hamilton, Which
Is Panorama of Desc
lation.
TOURING STRICKEN DISTRICT
Vast Destruction Shows Immeas-
urablc Power of Swollen
Currents.
TOURING STRICKEN DISTRICT
LBy Associated preas.l

Hamilton. Ohio. March 30.-Secre-
tary OF War Garrison. who is touring
the food district as the personal rep
resentative of President Wilson. visit
cd Hamilton to-day. coming over from
Cincinnati by automobile. So Impress
ed WAS he with tho manner in whic h
the situation here Is being handled
by the citizens and Ohio National
Guard. that he announced he would
telegraph President Wilson that moth
ing needed for the present emergency
is lacking. The secretary was told
that the death list here will not num-
Der more than eighty. with the prop
erty loss estimated at $4,000 900.
Secretary Garrison found that the
work of rehabilitation was going on
under martial law.
With him were Major-Gencral Wood,
chief of STAFF of the army, and Major
Mccoy. They pcrmcatcd the very
heart OF the city through scenes OF
rivalled In horror those through
which they passed In Dayton. They
saw block after block in both the resi-
Dental and business section oc the
city. where street lanes virtually were
eliminated by upheaval and overturn-
cd houses TANNED against each other.
and against the buildings which with
IL
unbroken heaps Of debris.
Sidewalks were torn up telegraph
poles broken of at their bases. and
giant trees uprooted and embodied in
the shapeless mountain OF ruin which
marked the broad eXpanso OF q lately
prosperous city. 1t was noticed that
the swollen volume of the Mami's
waters early left their ordinary course
gouging out for long extcnts what,
fn, ha
new river course. This was taken to
indicate that the force OF the Hood
was immcasurable. and was "A feature
which greatly Interested Secretary
Garrisons party.
General Wood. who went over par,
OF the ground twice thought OF the
railroad bridge above the city. witch
remained fast during the onslaught.
may have been responsible for the di-
version OF the mighty current. so far
away from its regular course lie
went Into this phase OF the situation
with Lieutenant Finch. OF the army
engineer corps. and asked for fun
Investigation and report
AS soon as Secretary Carrison'E car
reached High street. the panorama or
dcsolation was laid bare 10 the visi-
tors. and by the tire Second street
had been gained the full horrors OF
tho flood were apparent on all sides.
Near the Y u. G. A.. the car was
stopped 10 permit the passage OF a
van load OF dead animals \ tier OF
collins running halr a block In length
stood in front Of the courthouse yard,
tho basement of the courthouse hav-
ing been turned into n norgue a long
line Of all sorts and conditions. In
Guiding men. women and children. was
moving slowly through the courthouse
yard past two open collins One con
tanned the body OF woman and the
other that OF baby girl. When Sec
rotary Garrisons party left for Gin
c!nnati both OF these collins were
marked unidentified" AS fast as
bodies were identified they were being
taken out OF the courthouse yard 10
the cemetery.
Secretary Garrison was told that for
ty-flvc bodies had been recovered. Fear
was expressed that tho mud and de-
brls along the river bank still held
many more who persisted. as most OF
the bodies already recovered were
found in that locality.