The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-26

water. with many of the residents
driven out of their homes and others
living on upper floors. dreading the
prospect brought by each succeeding
hour.
From many of these places frantic
appeals for aid have been received by
the state officials. but lack of all
means of transportation and crippled
telephone and telegraph service force
the submerged towns to rely entirely
on their own resources.
In Desperate Conditions.
The helplessness of the state and
city to go to the aid of the outside suf-
{ ferers accumulated by the hopeless
I straits in which Indianapolis finds it
self
Judging from local conditions the
!. situation of the smaller towns must
/ stage.
Death In Lafayette Ruin.
At Lafayette the Wabash river. ris-
ing at the rate of foot an hour. pass
ed ali previous high water marks.
There a huge bridge went out. carry
ing two and possibly more persons to
death.
Leland T. woolery student at Pur-
NfAV+'t
ana polls was drowned while trying to
rescue two of the men who were
caught when the bridge was carried
down stream.
West Lafayette is cut off from the
world
The total loss at Lafayette is esti-
mated at s1,ooo.ooO; thousands are
: homeless
) leaves Richmond In Dark
Richmond on the White Water river
is in darkness. the electric light plan
, having been flooded.
More than twenty bridges in Wayn'
county have been torn down and trave
in and out of Richmond is al a stand
q still hundred persons were driver
out of their homes
:, Damage of 100000 was done b.
y Flat Rock river at Rushville when tn
: stream swept down on the town. sub
e merging the entire business and part
of the desidence districts.
e Firebells And Boats Save.
Firebells warned the people of tn
onrushing water. but in many instance
: it was too late and only fast wor
y with boats saved many from death.
In many of the streets the currer
was so strong that it swamped ever
boat that ventured out
Thousands were rendered homeless
e. and those whose homes are not fioode
i are confronted with the problem
5 housing and feeding the refugees A
( appeal has been made for state a.
l. there.
Soldiers Help Save Lives.
State troops patrolled the streets
. Kokomo night and day and notifs
4 persons whose homes were threatens
i to move to higher ground. More ths
1900 are homeless, with water and &;
IL plants inundated The city is witho
lights or fire protection and the damat
: is more than 100000. Schools al
all business have been suspended.
III Wild Cat creek is a quarter of a mi
wide in the heart of Kokomo. fl
feet above the previous high wat
1 mark.
Five hundred persons are living
. l the second stories of their homes. T
ceiving provisions by boat. This wo
is made difficult because the current
swift and RATS cannot be used. the
being only few boats available.
t Dixie Breaks At Muncie
FL The dyke at the water plant in MI
|. Gle broke late yesterday afternoon a
L 1 the employees had to flee for their liv
9 This left the town without fire prote
tion.
vi White River, with the on-rushi
d floods from upstream is constantly fl
1 Their encroaching on the town and me
t persons are being forced to aband
their homes to the water.
d Juse after a train had passed over
e the Big Four bridge there collaps
and Chesapeake and Ohio bridge a
= was destroyed. Schools were dismiss