The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-29
MORGUES SLOWLY
FILL WITH BODIES
Sixty Are Yielded Up by
'l'urgid Waters at
Columbus.
ATTENTION TO THE LIVING
People Marooncd for Days Now
Being Rescued From
Their Prisons.
ATTENTION TO THE LIVING
LBy Associated Press.l

Columbus, Ohio, March 2S.-The
morgues of Columbus filled up slowly
tonight as the swollen waters of the
Scioto slowly recedcd. The number OF
bodies recovered from the yellow flood
, tonight reached sixty.
Through the sombrc temporary
morgues hundreds OF shivering sur
vivors passed. dreadins TO find the
faces of missing loved ones on the
hastily improvsed wooden slabs
Twenty three bodies lay in n tempo
rary morgue on the east bank OF the
Scioto. and twenty more were placed
in fire engine house on the hill top
just west OF the flood district
In the West side morgue the flood
had cut off all electric power. and the
volunteer undertakers worked by the
light of fiickerinG candles and oil
lamps. Several bodies lay in small
undertaking shops in various parts OF
the city.
! Word reached Columbus tonight
I that several bodies had been seen float
! ing on the current of the river at
I Sciotovlle. twenty-five miles below
/ here. The authorities believe that
/ these were victims of the Columbus
| Hood, and many OF those lost will never
! be recovered.
RcScuc the Living.
! While dead bodies were picked M
! wherever found during the day. the
] L.
rected toward rescuinE the thousands
marooned in upper stories, on roofs
ana In trees throughout the food zone
For miles along the swollen river there
/ are great drifts OF debris. tho wreck
age OF houses swept away and demol-
isned. The debris had formed great
banks held together by the thick mud
brought down by the river. Practi
cally all Of the bodies recovered have
/ been taken from the edges of these
/ uiiItS rs the waters rcccded and Tho
authorities believe that many more orc
buried III the debris. No attempt can
be made TO search these drifts until
lne water SUBSIDIES. With this in view.
I coroner Bcnkerton Tonight estimated
I that the total death list would re,c,,
! zoo
kciief measures were rushed to-day
ana by night the various relief aran
cies mad the situation we'll in hand.
~ me state Insane Asylum and the
state institution for the Feeble Mindad
Jns' west Of the food zone. hundreds
I OF survivors We're fed, clothed and
lodged. 4 large school building neor-
! pN was filed with cots and supplies and
thrown open 10 the refugees Hundreds
wcic brought around the food TO the
business section. where score of re-
ilet stations were opened
'real distress among the survivors
10 n"s caused by the separation of fam
'i'cS ana inc consequent dread that the
missing had been drowned
Nnny Children Born.
since the rescue work began nearly
~" children of the flood have been
porn Tonight the authorities opened
~ maternity hospital. where the new
inothers among the survivors. with
lhelr babies were taken and cared for
Many oi the mothers had suffered ter
I ribiE from cold and exposure
when the motor boat rescuers at work
IN The Hooded district were forced Ia
suspend their work by darkness clos
ing In over the swift current half a
score or blocks In the worst OF the
I iiood area had not been reached ut all
IN the upper floors Of houses in this
/ clstrlci were many survivors who had
been without food since Tuesday. An
effort viii be made at sunrise to-mor.
row 10 get to this section
! The river fell gradually during the
day, with no indications Of further high
water.