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The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
100 Dead at Delaware.

Delaware, Ohio. March 25--Between 75 and 100 persons lost their lives in the swirIing waters of the flooded Olentengy river today, according to estimates made by the police tonight. More conservative reports place the number of dead between 25 and 50.
 Scores of persons are still clinging to tops of trees, roofs of houses and other available footings. Tonight big fires were built along the banks of the river to cheer the marooned ones, while desperate efforts to rescue them continue Liye-saving crews from Toledo and Cleveland Lake sta tions have been asked for, and crew is expeeted from Toledo soon. When they arrive, brooches bnoys will be sent to those in isolated houses and tree tops Communication with the main section of the city was still un- obtainable tonight.
 The number of deaths on that side of the city is still unknown.
 Walter Raines, who was thrown in- to the river when the Big Four bridge was washed out. is still in the tree top. where he caught. He has clune there more than eight hours Scores of stranded have been ciinging to trees and house tops without food and in drenching rain since ? o'clock this morning. The river is slowly re ceding
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Greatest Disaster in the History of the Country Visits Four Densely Popu- lated States Practically Entire
 State of Ohio Devastated.
Meager Reports Only Available on Account of the Lack of Communication Thousands of Homes Are Destroyed and Death Roll
 Will Number Thousands.

Springfield. Ohio. March 25--The mayor of Dayton. in an appeal to the mayor of this city, reported at o'clock tonight that the water is 13 feet deep in tae union station in Day ion and that. according to unconfirm. cd reports, 5000 lives have been lost and fully S0.oO0 are homeless.
 The hydraulic dam at Piqna has gone ont and reports nnconfirmed say that 5a0 lives have been lost.
 The mayor of Dayton in his appeal asked for fooda for the stricken peo ple of his city.
 xenia has already sent three cars Of food to that city.
 1ae Springfie.d officials are now iu session and plan to take action fos the relief of flood sufferers.
 There is considerable suffering in this city. there being fully 800 fami lies driven ont of their homes.
 Rumors have been received of loss of life in the villages, 0ut these lack confirmation.
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri Are Visited by Death Dealing Floods. Entire State of Indiana Helpless
 to Care for Dead and Injured.
Flooded Cities in Darkness and Real Extent of Damage Cannot Be Known Until Daylight Governors Send Call to Outside States
 for Assistance and Provisions.

Chicago, March 25.--Reports con cerning the appalling nature of the floods in Ohio. and Indiana which in most instances it was impossible to verify were received tonight from widely scattered sources. The most serious of these were:
 An unconfirmed report from Springfield, Ohio, that five thousand lives had been lost at Dayton, and five hundred at Piqua. A report apparently more fully au- thenticated from Indianapolis that from 200 to 500 had been drowned at Peru, Ind.
 A message received at Phoneton, Ohio, that the reservoir at Hamil- ton had broken and that 1000 per. sons had been drowned.
 Continued efforts for the verifi- cation were futile. An unconfirmed but persistent rumor from Marion, Ind. that the Grand reservoir at Celina, Ohio. had gone out, causing an unprecedented flood in the Wa bash valley
 Late reports from Delaware, Ohio bhlu that l3 tO lUu were dead. .MOFe conservative estimates cut these re- ports in half
 In few cases was it possible to trace these reports to any definite source.
 Otto, a hamlet of 100 persons. was said to be destroyed. and the fate Of the inhabitants unknown. The death list in many cities and towns, includ- ing Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Rich mond Marion, Muncie, Kokomo, Connorsville and Logansport totalled fifteen
 At Lafayette the loss extends to millions. Richmond is in darkness and 20 bridges in Wayne county were destroyed.
 At Nashville half a million dollars of damage was done in the business and residence districts.
 At Kokomo the property loss was estimated at million dollars and 5U0 persons are living in the second stories of their houses. Similar con ditions were reported from Ander son, Marion. Tipton, Noblesviile and Perm.
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Four States Are Flooded. .

Chicago, March 25.--Swept by wind and rain storms of much vio- fence for three days vast areas ot the middle west. from the Missouri river to the Allegheny mountains to. night are inundated, many persons have been drowned and there has been enormous property losses.
 Ohio. Indiana and parts oI Illinois and Missouri suffered most severely. Terre Haute, Indianapolis, LaFayette, in Indiana and Delaware, Columbus, Dayton and Youngstown in Ohio present particularly pitiable specta- cles. In all of these cities there was some loss of life. according to reports available. and in each city the prop erty loss was heavy
 In Delaware. Ohio. nineteen are known to have lost thir lives and 90 to 50 others are missing. TerTf Haute, Ind. swept by tornado last Sunday today was partly inundated interfering with the removing of stricken families. The death list stifl remained at twenty while the list oi injured aggregates 25o-
 At Dayton. Ohio. where three riv. CTS. the Maimi, Saltwater and Ms.si and another stream known as Wolf creek conjoin. there was loss of life according to some reports. and de. struction of property. For the most part, the city lies on level flat with the fosif streams meeting almost In the heart of the city. The streams are protected by levees 25 feet high, The leyee protecting the Maimi river broke about ( o'clock this morning and the flood was augmented by the rapidly rising waters of other
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Governor Fears the Worst.

Columbus, Ohio, March 25.-'sIf our worst fears are confirmed, it will De necessary to call on the outside world for tents and supplies in order to make provision for the worst calam ity that has ever befallen this state, said Governor James M. Cox in a tel egram sent tonight to a New York paper.
 The governor added that troops were ordered out for duty i'll the cap itaI city and that the naval reserves were dispatched from Toledo te Piqua.
 Cincinnati companies presumably the governor said, would be dispatcl ed to Hamilton and Middietown which sent out distress signals shorti, after noon.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
Under Thirty Feet of Water.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 25.-A Western Union telegraph operator at Brookyille, Ohio, tonight established communication with the Associated Press office here. He said:
 Practically half of Dayton is under water from 30 to 40 feet. At the low est estimate, 2eo lives have been lost The city is without electric lights, street car service or water service. It is impossible to estimate the damage. There Is much suffering and the peo. pie are in need Of food and clothing All bridges have been swept away There is no communication with the outside world Many persons were caught in their homes with all ave nues of escape cut off The water is still rising and heavy rain falling
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
1000 Dead at Hamilton.

Cincinnati, March 25---A message from Phoneton says that report was received there that the reservoir at Hamilton broke at S:10 o'clock tonigat and that LOGO persons were drowned newspaper man who is refugee in the office of the telephone com aany in Hamilton, admitted this might De true but That, owing to the dark ness of the city, he was unable to confirm it.
 At II o'clock tonight the report that 1000 persons had been drowned al Hamilton could not be confirmed. A newspaper correspondent at Hamilton stated that homes which would shei ter more than thousand were SUD merged hut nothing could he learned of their fate until daylight.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
500 Dead at Peru. Ind.

Indianapolis, March 25.-Two hun dred or more are drowned at Peru Ind, according to a message received by Governor Ralston from that place tonight.
 The governors informant, named Baker, asked that 200 collins and food and clothing be sent to Peru al once.
 This probably will he the last mes sage you will get from Peru, saic the man Two hundred or more ars drowned and the remainder Of tht residents are grouped on a hill wait ing for daylight
 Governor Ralston immedlatetl, communicated with State Senator Fleming at Fort Wayne and asked him to forward the collins and othe supplies as requested While th'
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GOO homeless were housed in his company's offices.
 fire, which started from an ex- plosion in the Meyers Ice Cream Company year Wyoming street spread and burned the block on the South Park, a block from Wyoming, Another big fire is reported to have burned a down town block.
 The breaking of the Tarleon res ervor which supplies the drinking water, left the city without water and physicians declared there was great danger of typhoid in the use of the flood water
 There are no boats in Dayton which can breast the current and those on the outside early gave ur any attempts to reach the business section.
 At Wyoming street on the south side, where the National Cash Reg ister Company centered it's efforts al rescue. many saved their lives by creeping on cable a hundred feet above the flood.
 At first line-men worked their way along the cables carrying tow ropes to which the flat bottomed boats were attached. When the flood be. came so fierce that the boats no longer we're able to prevail against it, men and women crept along the cables to safety. Others, less dar. ing, saw darkness fall and gave up hope of rescue.
 Those willing to risk their lives in the attempt to rescue found them selves helpless in face of~the water,
 Seventy thousand of Dayton's pop ulation, 1t is reported, are homeless The National Cash Register plant, on a high hill, offers the only haven in the south end. Three women be. came mothers in the halls of it's of flee building tonight.
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Telephone Girls Heroines.

Cincinnati, O., March 25.--It re- mained for two girls to be the real factors in giving to the world the news of the first day of the flood. Both are operators, but in different lines. One, telephone operator in the exchange at Dayton flashed the last tidings that came out of the stricken city by telephone today as we'll as having delivered the news to Gov. Cox. which enabled that ex- ecutive to grasp the situation and start the rescue work. The other is the telegraph operator at Phoneton, eight miles north of Dayton, who served as relay operator for the girl in Dayton. Both stood to their posfs as long as the wires held and ths young woman at Phoneton, Mrs. Rena White Eakin. worked all during the day and night.
 In the wood working department of the National Cash Register Com pany boats were being turned out at the rate of ten an hour and these were rushed to where the waters had crossed Main street in a sort Of gully.
 But the waters crept up and the strength of the current was far too strong for the crude ppnts. though they were the best that could be made in hurry. Trip after trip was made and hundreds of the refugees were taken from this stretch of houses and the houses on the other side.
 The first to seek safety by sliding his body along the telegraph conduits was man Then came four women The first of the women was Mrs Lucia Meyers. She is a widow witf one son. boy in knee brooches. Hs got out on the wire and. with tn, 1 agility of a cat, was soon across But the widow Meyers was not ss
 young as the boy and possibly more aware of the danger below. WheI she was over. the boiling torrent be
 heath, she swayed as though in { faint and the crowd stood by with out breath. By a lucky chance he senses came back to her in time tha 1 she grasped one Of the wires. Hant 1 over hand she was able slowly to pull herself to the nsaresr pole, where she rested her aching arms befor, again making the trial. This time 1 she did not falter, but when she wal 1 picked up by the rescuers at tho iarthest pole toward safety, she was 1 limp from exhaustion.
 One man carried his baby to saf ety in pillow slip and the youngstel celebrated his arrival to safe groune by lusty yell.
 The worst of the flooded district includes all of north and West Day ton. all of the downtown section. the south side as far as Oakwood and all of the residence suburb of Glen dale. The district has normal pop ulation of more than fifty thousand
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Red Cross Is Aiding.

Washington, March 25.--In re sponse to tender of assistance to flood sufferers, Gov. Cox of Ohio, telegraphed the American Red Cross today that the situation in the flood area seemed to be critical and that aid would be welcome. The Red Cross at once instructed two of it's agents. T. ]. Edmonds of Cincinnati, and c. M Hubbard of St. Louis Co proceed to Dayton and provide such doctors, nurses and medical supplies as the situation demands.
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Entire Valley Threatened.

Belle F'ontaine, Ohio, March zo.- More than 2,000 acres of water are pouring against the banks of the Lew iston reservoir, l5 miles from here and if the increasing flood should burst the banks, the lives ot every III aabitant of Lower Miami valley wouio be imperiled
 Sheriff Cook and deputies have vainly tried all day to reach the Penn sylvania train which has been ma rooned nearly 24 hours on the banf of the Mad river, opposite West Lb erty. Ohio Twenty passengers wad cd to safety from the coach which fel into tae river Most of the passen
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Dayton Levee Breaks.

Dayton, O.. March 25-No one can tell the number of dead claimed by the terrific storm that swept away the leyees of this city today, nor can the amount of damage be estimated. except that it will run into the mil lions
 Crowded in the upper stories of office buildings and residences two miles each way from the center o' the town are hundreds ot persons whom it is impossible to approach. Al Wyoming street, three miles from the point which heretofore has been con sidered the danger line, water Is run ming eight feet deep. Hundreds of fires which are impossible to fight are burning. Rescue boats cannot live in the current.
 The Lewiston reservoir broke at ' o'clock this morning. hurling mir lions of gallons of water into the swollen Miami The crest is expect ed to reach here at ' o'clock tonight and will send the waters several feet higher.
 John Hadkins and James Hosay, privates of the Ohio National guard were drowned while doing rescue work The body of an elderly wom- an floated down near Wyoming street this afternoon but the current was so swift that it could not be recovered.
 Uninformed reports say that six ty were drowned along the leyees oi North Dayton.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
All Trains Abandoned.

Columbus. March 25.-Flood gates were closed against all trains coming in or going out of Columbus tonight on all roads except the Norfolk and Western. A train on that road prac- tlcally swan into the union station at 3 pm. after having crept alons through high waters for most of the run from Portsmouth to Columbus, Norfolk and western officials said that they had no assurance that they would be able to operate any trains from here later than tonight or to- morrow.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
Troops Called out.

Indianapolis. Ind. March 25.-Gov Ralston, at the request of Mayor Shank, this afternoon called out one of the local militia companies to as- sist the police in patrolling the dis trict about the bridges to prevent people from getting on the bridges.
 The city officials issued call for help this afternoon for men to assist in strengthening the levees and if moving furniture from buildings that were threatened by the flood.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26

governor was talking the wire to Peru failed
 From what my information is there will be as many as 800 drowned in Peru" Governor Ralston said tonight. T requested Senator Fleming to get the collins and learned there were only 50 in Fort Wayne, but we hope to get sufficient in Richmond and Wabash. I understand the survivors of Peru are huddled within two blocks and in great distress. l have ordered carload of food and the Fort Wayne citizens are sending another ear of provisions"
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s25o.ooo for Relief.

Columbus, March 25.-At the sug- gestion of Governor Cox, bill was drawn tonight and is to be presented -to the legislature tomorrow morning approprating $250000 for relief of the flood sufferers of the state.
 Governor COX tonight sent out ap- peals for aid to the governors of the states bordering on Ohio, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michi- gan, Indiana and Kentucky.
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Boats Could Not Live.

BTooksville, Ohio, March 25.-The last man to arrive from Dayton, l2 miles east of here, verifies the report that the water is 30 feet deep Ill tle business center of the city and run ming like mill race. He asserts hun dreds of persons have been drowned. Many of them lost their lives when boats were upset by the rapid current
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No News From Middleton.

Cincinnati, March 25.-Up to II o'clock tonight nothing could be learn ed as to the flood situation in Middle town, Ohio. All telephone and ttele graph wires were down and there was no way of ascertaining just what had occurred in that city The last re port received early in the day after noon stated that the situation as critical. Fifteen persons were report ed missing.
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Bio Reservoir Goes out.

Marion, Ind, March 25.-Uneon- firmed but persistent rumors here to- night are that the Grand reservoir at Celina. Ohio, the largest of its kind, has gone out. This. it is said, Is causing the unprecedented flood. The report was brought here by deputy sheriff who insists 1t is true IL is impossible to reach Celina.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26
DAYTON
 DOOMED

PROSPEROUS OHIO CITY UNDER A 30-FooT FLOOD OF RUSHING WATER - BUILDINGS SWEPT AWAY AND APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FOLLOWS THE RUSH OF THE TORRENTS. FEEBLE CRY FOR HELP FROM STRICKEN CITY = TELEPHONE GIRLS ARE HERoiNEs.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-26

Dayton, O., Marcn 25.-tBy tele. phone ia. Xenial Dayton is tonight in a seething river three miles wide a mile and a half on each side of Main street, its principal thorough fare while it is estimated that from 2,O00 to 5000 people have perished.
 The Algonquin hotel is submerged to it's third story and above this level in the down town district office buildings, hotels and business houses are places of refuge.
 A school building that was known to have housed no less than 400 school children shortly before the waters rushed in that direction is entirely submerged and as far as can be ascertained all of these little ones met watery grave.
 Thousands of those who were fortu- nate enough to have escaped the rush of the waters are being fed to- night on short rations.
 Three train loads of food stuffs have arrived from Xenia, but as yet there have been no chance to deliver them and suffering from hunger, as we'll as exposure, is bound to occur within the next few hours. The rain continues and the waters are still rising.
 The Union railroad bridge that ad- mist all except one of rae railroads in the city was dynamited this af- ternoon but the effect was not felt to any marked degree ..
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Industries ParaIxzed.

Youngstown, O., March 25.-Fully 25,00O workmen employed in varioS1 industries of the city are temporarily thrown out of employment as d re- suit of the flood here. Loss to the big industries by being compelled
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THOUSANDS PERISH IN FLOODS
Thousand Reported Dead and 10000 Homeless Dayton Oo Dead Hamilton $40 Dead Pqn 500 Peu d Two Whole States Flooded

gers on the train are thought to be from Chicago
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Dayton, O.. March 25.-Dayton. ex- cept for it's most remote suburbs, to- night was covered from to 20 feet with a seething flood of water Any attempt to estimate the loss of life is hopeless.
 It is sure to run into the hundreds and very likely into the thousands. The property loss will total millionS of dollars.
 The flooded district comprises a practical circle with radius of a mile and half and in no place Is the water less than six feet deep In Main street, in the downtown section the water is 20 feet deep. The horror of the flooded district | is frightened by more than dozen fires which can be seen in the flood 1 ed district but which are not of reach of fire fighters.
 Most of the business houses and nearly all of the residences have | occupants. Downstown the offices are filled with men, fathers unable to get home. The upper floors and | on some of the roofs of the resi- | uenC6S are ntipltoS WoHlcH anu tht- dren. Hundreds of houses, substan | tial buildings in the residence dis tricts, many of them with helpless occupants, have been washed away
 The number of drowned cannot be estimated until the flood subsidies. St Elizabeth's hospital with 600 patients. was reported to have beer 1 washed away. The buildings was | known to be in many feet of water and indications are that the repori may prove true.
 The electric light plants were pu' out of business early in the day and ! total darkness. coupled with a tor rental down-pour. added to the hor TOTS of the night. Famine also be came an immediate possibility All of the supply and grocery houses are in the submerged district and at mid night it was said there was not en ongh bread to last the survivors an other day.
 John H. Patterson, president of the National Cash Register Com pany who headed the relief work in the south end of the city, sent out an appeal for food supplies and foi doctors and medicine Tonight, &,
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THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, MARCH 25. -
 FORECAST FOR ARKANSAS: RAIN WEDNESDAY, AND PROBABLY l COLDER WEDNESDAY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-10
NEW DIVORCE
Law FOR
STATE
(By United Press Leased Wire.1

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 10.-The
growing divorce evil in this state
is hit hard rap by a bill Har-
vey w. Phipps introduced in the
house Saturday and which he be-
lieves will be enacted into law.
1t provides that no one may sue
for divorce until a resident of the
state two years, that they cam
not sue for divorce until they
have been living apart from each
other a full year, and if a di-
vorce is granted they cannot
marry again for whole year
under pain of committing a gross
misdemeanor which carries a
$1,000 fine and Imprisonment.
The feature requiring separa-
tion for a year before suit may
be brought. he believes, will
cause a lot of couples to be re-
united before the year is up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-10

Thanks to the stories printed
in the Times last week, there is
a little more sunshine out at
the Woolsey Home today.
Mrs. Woolsey told the Times
this morning that she had re-
ceived, from Times readers,
$77.35 in money and flour, rice
and clothing for the fourteen lit
tie children who are sheltered by
Mother" Woolsey in her home
at Gath and Sheridan streets.
But there are more payments
to be met on the property; there
are more bills to be paid-and
the Times today urges readers
who had intended to send a lit
tie money out to this noble wom-
an to do so now.
1t need be only a dime-that
will take care of one of the four
teen kids for a whole day; or a
dollar will take care of ten of
them for a day.
And Slowly that will take
care of one of these poor little
waits for three whole months.
There is no bunk or tomfool-
cry about the Woolsey home; it
is worthy institution, and it is
the kind of an institution that
Tacoma (and every other big