Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

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swimming. but there was not one chance
in ten thousand that these were saved,
he said The water was icy cold and
the current terrific
"Tbe flood" he related. came when
thousands OF persons were In the streets.
soothing at the idea that a flood could
come. Hadn't the levees always pro-
tected them. Had Dayton ever han.
serious flood? Why be. alarmed? And So
they we're carried to t.ieir death. How
many. of course, no one knows exactly"
In one district. it was stated at sanitary
bodies could Le seen under piles Of
wreckage, here a hand and there a foot
sticking out from under the debris Ell
forts were directed for several hours in
none had been taken out when night fell.
.Succor for, Marooned.
The work of extending succor to the
marooned inhabitants Of the districts
which still are flooded continued during
the day. :. In many sections We're to be
seen rowboats, skiffs and canoes making
their way with extreme difncuity among
the heaps Of wreckaHe and overturned
houses among tangles -meshes OF teie-
graph: telephone and electric light wires
seeking out possible victims who had
Among the organizations engaged In
rescue work is. the company OF Naval
Reserves from the United States ship
Essex. at Toledo. under command OF
Capt. A.. F. Nicklett. The company
reached Dayton on q special relief train
from Toledo Thursday. and Immediately
launched q number Of boats In the raging
torrents which were sweeping the city
from end to end
Have Saved e7e Lives.
- ,n,..,. %or;Dh% -%ha CO love
had been constantly on duty, and had to
their credit total Of 879 lives saved. and
they were not thinking of sleep when
darkness fell.
One crew, in command of Ensign E. f.
Diebald, with two boats. rescued as per-
sons from the business section. and that
district Immediately east Of Main street
and west of EAGLE street. Many OF the
people were taken from their homes only
after the sailors had mounted to the tops
Of partially overturned houses and chop
ped their way through to the attics.
where the inmates were. huddled together
waiting for death to enter.
Another crew under Junior Lieut. Ross
WILLOW succeeded in saving &c., while
three boats In command OF Senior Lieut..
Theodore Schmidt rescued pa persons.
The majority OF these latter were taken
from box cars. warehouses, freight sheds
and grain eievators-in the railroad yards
1t was here that the wafer ATTAINED It's
greatest violence, rushing In whirlpools
between the Irregular buildings on either
| side Of, the track. Navigation was ex-
tremely perilous on account of many SUBJ
merged box cars, nat cars and over
turned sheds. st &
Capsized Several Times.
Several times the sailors were cap
sized, but managed to keep with their
l. 4 -, ~Svy~k 1s> yAk At
gle life was lost either among the re-
serves or among the. hundreds whom
they attempted to rescue.
| While sailors worked incessantiy to
save lives. Lieut.. Walter Gayhart also
of the ships company. succeeded in es-
! tabaishing a supply station in East 9Th
street, where many refugees congregat-
| ed. and issued rations to the suffering
| He slept tonight after seventy-one hours
OF continuous labor.
- Only those doing relief work; or hav-