Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-03-27


earlier
1h.. r.por, 10 Manor cioetz said all
the ;,.:,ilable boats We're Immediately
loaded with provisions and sent into
the city Under great difficulty, but SO
great was thu suffering that it wan
soon found he suppiN was insufficient.
MaNoi Goetz who had been Informed
ni' th" conflicting reports about the loss
"f life III Peru. said he accepted the
reH"r, from the relief party as official.
'ihc meSsag. stated definitely that
AT leas, @on We're drowned said Mayor
t;"etz. THAT seems To leave little
doiibt thar the loss Of life is great. L
can't conceive that those in charge of
the relief party should greatly over
estimate the loss
Efforts To reach PERI, by long dis
tancc nj II O'Clock failed. The nhone
generated at the Peru end had failed.
No communication by telegraph was
possible.
Ia the belief hat most of the 1000
people of Peru We're hungry Mayor
';oetz ~ noon started another relief
tram Ia the stricken city. The train.
was loaded With 1000 loaves Of bread.
representing the output of all the South
Bend bakeries and hotels Barrels of
salt meat condensed milk. the eggs OF
An til" grocery stores in town, a car
load nf apples gasoline stoves, lam
Apoiher problem was to provide the
survivors with drinking water, as it
was feared many might become sick
by being forced To drink the water
from the river The lanterns We're to
be used I" avoid the condition OF last
might when Peru was in darkness.
1t was hardly expected that the re-
lief train, running over electric lines
| by circuitous routes. could reach Peru
| D.forc dark
Descriptions of the survivors at
| Peru We're telephoned to Mayor Goetx
! this afternoon by Patrick A. joyce city
| comptroller OF South Bend who was
I'm charge Of the first relief party. Mr..
Joyce said that 5000 persons were
campcd without shelter In park on q
hill that the court house is crowded
With LOCO survivors. the hospital with
Loo more and that 300 children are
| imprisoned in Il school house.
! No fires are allowed TO be lighted
and the women and children are suf-
fcrlng intensely from the cold and
dampness. The bravery Of Edward
Mack, a fisherman. is credited with
saving coo lives. When the water
rushed over the enlbankment and
poured into the city, Mack. at the risk
pf his life. Is declared to have run
through the suddenly darkened streets
shouting to the people to go out OF
heir houses In response to more ap-
pealS Mayor GOetZ this afternoon pre-
pared still another relief train TO b
loaded chiefly With blankets
40 REPORTED DROWNED;
BIG TOWN SWEPT AvvAY
connerville. Ind, March 26.-Prob-
ably 40 people We're drowned at Brook
willie. Franklin county, last night when
they We're caught in the conflux Of the
east and west forks of White Water
Iriver. which meet in that town. Sur
vivors tell of attempts OF men. women
and children to escape by the light of
lanterns after the electric light plant
had been swamped Cross currents
along streets and alleys carried them
down to a united stream mile wide
| just south Of the town.
Five large wagon bridges. the Big
Four railroad bridge, depot and pa
per mill We're utterly destroyed. Fifty
summer houses on White Water river
south Of Brookville are gone. fouuda-
lions and all. People are bowed down
by the great calamity and are gather
ing in churches where religious services
are being held. None Of the bodies
have been recovered.