Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27
Loss Of life IN DAYTON FLOODS.
EXCEEDS THOUSAND; OTHER TOWNS HIT

J ing back and forth. Those going t,
! Dayton were seeking friends of rela
tives. Those coming back had people
to bring with them. To Cincinnati
was almost like flood city itself, 81
many and varied are the points o
human contact with that city.
Garrison Sends Supplies.
Washington, d. c., March 26.-Sec
rotary Garrison today ordered the i'm
mediate dispatch to Columbus ant
other suitable distributing points IL
Ohio of tents for ten thousand people
100 hospital tents, large quantity o
medical supplies and one millior
rations. Majors Normoyle and Logan
quarters masters corps, have been dis
patched to assist in relief work.
Several Hundred Dead.
Columbus, March 26.-The numbe,
of dead will reach several hundred In
Dayton, according to telephone mes
sage Governor Cox received from
Operator Bell of the Bell Telephone
Co. at Dayton, this morning. Reports
concerning the number Of fatalities
have been exaggerated, the operator
told the governor, yet, he said, condi
lions there beggared description.
The severe damage is confined to
the territory along the bends in the
Miami river, west of the main bust
ness section of the city, according to
Mr.. Bell.
A morgue is being established on
the west side of the city this morning
according to the governors informa'
ton and efforts to recover the bodies
and aid the suffering will be pushed
as rapidly as conditions will permit
Relief trains are arriving in the strick.
en- town this morning. Mr.. Bell said
and the water is receding.
Governor Cox at 1870 p. m. received
the following telegram from his secre'
tary. Geo. F. Burba, who went to Day
ton last night:
Death may run as high as, 1000.
Property loss $10,000.OO0. River four
miles wide. Cannot get anywhere near
center of city Water up to second
story of Phillips house. Worst
calamity in the country since Gal
weston"
Water is Receding.
indianapolis, March 26.-The West.
ern Union at Brookville. Ohio, told
indianapolis today that special
train of provisions would leave for
Dayton at 10 o'clock. He said reports
from Dayton this morning indicated
that the water had fallen two feet,
five inches during the last four hours,
but that the union station was twenty
feet under water. He further said the
loss of life was estimated all the way
from 300 to 5000.
None Lost in Akron.
Akron, o., March 26.-Cessation of
the rains today has quoted the fears
Of citizens here concerning the
strength of the banks of the reservoir.
No lives are thought to have been
lost in the flood but scores Of families
have been made homeless by the
water. Most Of the rubber factories
lave been forced to shut down. No
urther rise in the river is expected.
The homeless are being taken care of
n the schools and churches.
Delaware Dead Is 40 to so.
Delaware, O., March 26.-Rescue
work. continued this morning in the
looded districts and the list of those
believed to be dead was changed from |
lille 10 tllllt. Ocfcldl lSpOl tCu uSou
we're found after daylight and others
believed saved were reported dead. !
However, the list of dead will probably |
each forty or fifty.
Because of meager reports from the I
main business section of Delaware the |
.xacr number is still unknown.
Ohio River Is Rising.
Marietta, O., March 26.-With the |
ohio river rising rapidly and all sur
ounding streams hurting a large vol
lme of water into it, residents of this
ections are alarmed over the pros
'ects of flood Reports this morning
Indicated that the Ohio river would
continue to rise at least throughout
he day. The Muskingum river ALSO is
eported to be rising rapidly at head
waters.
The towns of Stockport, Beverly,
IcConnellsville and Pleasant City are |