The Glenwood post., 1913-04-19
STORY Of FLOODS
TOLD IN LETTER
e|eaWood llolpod ooliMe The Sufferers
IN tie Heod Districts Of
Indiana and Ohio
INDIAN PROVED HERO IN PERU

While events crowd upon each other
with lightning rapidity and the recent
floods in Indiana and Ohio are now .
matter Of history insofar as VIC Of The
more favored sections are concerned.
We believe the readers Of the Post will
welcome the recounting of few Of The
narrowing incidents as are being told
by those who passed through the terri.
BILE times when men risked their ivee
in shells of boats to save women and
children from death in the rushing
waters rs they swept through the
streets of the flooded cities.
GlenwoOd responded with a right
hearty will to the plea for money and
more than three hundred dollars were
sent from here to the people of the two
people read the dispatches from the
stricken cities, but there are many in
terestipg incidents which were never
carried by the dispatches and these
give = clearer idea of the terribieness
of the flood.
A copy of the Hoosicr State Of New
port, Indiana, was received here the
past week and in it is . letter from !.
young lady, principal Of the Kokoms,
Ind, schools. She reeounts . number
of events which will prove to Glenwooi
folks that the money sent from here
was certainly needed by the sufferers.
Among other things, the writer ssid:
"We had no school last week - tho
power plant had about eight feet Of
water in it and the city was without
heat, light, gas or water. It was rskher
novel the first day, but a week Of such
living was most inconvenient. How
ever, we could surely laugh at such in
eonveniences when we would only think
of the hundreds of people who were
homeless, practically penniless and even
suffering for food, drink and shelter.
Many, many homes were submerged
here. 1 tell you it was heart breaking
to see whole houses swept off their
foundations and sent rushing down the
river. 1 saw many people moved out
of their homes by boats leaving behind
them all they possessed to be utterly
destroyed by tho raging waters W.
were cut off completely from the world.
Bridges washed out in every direction.
Never spent such lonely week in my
life. The property loss here was abou:
d, 100000. went to Peru, too, and
the sights there are enough to make
anyone heartsick. Imagine . whole
town being submerged ecept the court
house.
"Most Of the houses all you could see
Of them was just the gable tops. Many
people were mafooned on second floors
Of their houses and LETT there to die
unless tn few rescueFs found them.
But you see there are - few men who
are expert enough at oars to manage
boat in such esrrent. The town was
in absolute darkness Tuesday, night and
nothing could be seen OF heard except
the lashing Of the angry waves and the
cries and screams Of people narooned
ef drowning. One Of the chief heroes
w.s an Indian, San Bundy, aged IS.
No one could praise him highly enough.
He Aved 152 people VIE would Other
wise have drowned. AnoEAs1 ysunG fel-
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