The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-26
Practically No Trains
Running in Ohio
and Indiana.
SCHEDULES ARE IN
HOPELESS TANGLE
1t Will Be Many Weeks Before
Bridges Can Be Rebuilt, Road
beds Restored and Order
Brought Out of Present
Chaos-Financial Loss
Is Enormous.
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Especial 10 The Times -Dispatchl
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 25.--RniiroHds
throughout this state md Indinnn hive
suffered enormous losses from the rnv-
agcs of Mondays great storm mud the
Hoods which followed Il. II will he
weeks before the traffic iS rescued from
the almost hopeless tauglc into which
st has been thrown by the numerous
rashouts. broken bridges and train
wrecks at different points ON the main
lines and also on those used for Subur-
han md intcrurbnn trnffic.
All the larger rivers of the two States
are in a flooded condition. and new
breaks in the tracks are being reported
wrecks have occurred, in which at
least a dozen lives were lost,
Absolutely ParnIyrcd.
Cleveland reports that interurhan
traffic is absolutely paralyzed because
the principal bridges over the Cuya :
hoEa River have been swept away. The
Wabash River in Indiana, is at the
highest point in thirty years. some
parts of the Fort Wayne and Northern
Indiana tracks being covered to depth
OF fifteen feet. The river is sul ris-
ing rapidly.
Pennsylvania Railroad train No. B.,
westbound, crashed through the Big
Four bridge over the Mad River. at
West Liberty. near Bcllefontaine, Ohio,
this morning and two men were scri-
Pullman were dashed into tho river.
but luckily the water was shallow at
this point and the passengers were
rescued by the train crew. one man.
thought 10 have been drowned. was
found a mile away from the accident
Owing 10 the weakened condition OF
many small bridges on it's own lines.
the PENNSYLVANIA train had been sent
over the Big Four tracks.
Reports from Anna III, tell of q
.t.,t,s III ttft
the tracks near that city. The engineer
and fireman were both seriously in
jured The freight loss will reach
$4,000
At Urhana. near Columbus, Ohio. a
wrccking train carrying a crew OF
twenty men crashed through weak
ened bridge. Only six of the crew have
been accounted for.
Wellington, ohio. reports the death
of the engineer fireman and brake
man on train No So, OF the Wheeling
ana Lake Erie Railroad, as the result
az the train going through ,restle at
Whipple Hi.
Ten Solid Miles or Trains.
Ten solid miles OF Pullman and other
trains stretch from Lima. Ohio, 10 La
fayctle. as n result of a washout at
Middle Point Other trains are being
ADDED hourly to the string
Dayton is facing the worst crisis in
its history At $40 o'clock this morn
ing all railroads out of Cincinnati can
celcd their trains TO Dayton, explaining
that IL was impossible to reach the
city because Of food conditions At
tenpts 10 pc, there by automobile,
trolley or train from Richmond, Ind,
were also futile. Attempts are being
made by the telegraph companies Ia
reach the stricken city by phone, but
hoih Of the companies announced that
It was Impossible 10 Set telegraph
wire
Pittsbureh+6por.s complete tie-up
az traffic fr6nr"ihc West result OF
the high winds ana floods The New
castle Division OF the Pennsylvania
into Pittsburgh. has given up all idea
81 running trains because OF the ef-
fccts Of the heavy rains on the road
ed The high tides have covered sew
.ral bridges on the Erie and PITTS
lureh Division Of the same road. caus-
inc the abandonment Of traffic by that
route.
Four washouta are reported near
rltusVillc, Pa