The evening world., 1913-03-28
Wild PANIC IN COLUMBUS
DURING SEARCH FOR DEAD
QUELLED BY j. s. SOLDIERS
Narrowing Scenes as Crowds Seek to
Identify Victims-Deaths in Ohio
Capital Due to Stampedes Fol-
lowing False Reports.

saIoonkecper with his cash register In
MS arms. took refuge IN the dome Of the
STATE House. Fifty horses from a livery
stable were turned loose in the street
ana dashed through tho crowd
'One thing that stands out in my
memory" sad s.. G. Randall, n Big
-Four trainman. was the sight OF a
man on horseback floating down the
river. absolutely unable to stem the fast
rushing current.
The water came 70 fast that men on
the east side who started TO give the
alarm failed TO reach the bridges be-
Tore they were swept from their foun-
dations. Loaded freight cars were
tossed On the top OF the rushing waters
IKE cofks Factory buildings were un-
dermincd and collapsed In heaps. A
west Spring street car. with passengers
on board. was caught on the east side OF
tho Spring street bridge. The car was
swept against building apd the pas
sensers clambered through a window TO
safety. None was drowned.
Two women frantcally waved for
rescue from the upper wlndows of n
IA
stream. but the rescue boats could not
overcome the current and the women
were carried away.
YOUTH IN A akIee aeec,iea
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ono youth In q fraii skin rescued
'hirty persons on Yves, Spring stree,
ana was so exhausted by his efforts
'hat ne collapsed In the arms OF a
Ir'ehd Ms ne completed his last trip
Iho worst Of the damage seemed to me
to he along Central avenue" T.,
c. i. Barton. n Pittsburgh travelling
man, declared he saw seven persons,
who had been swept into n trce ,on
slowly succunb to the intense cold ana
drop one by one to death yest.rdav
First to collapse was n man" .,,,
Barton. Then two women ana . man
fell. Their position was such tina. res.
~, ,ssch ' ,nsn when men. , . DESPERATELY to
At last IN. tree was oI.,roJ 49,.
human freight with m. oxcoo,,o "
thlnly clad mother v,,, 49,.
cally claspInu her h.hv ~ ',.
drove tho wa,cb.r. g., 49,.
safs,v ,r,r,,. a', :" n' p'aees Oh
sunerhum,n .nao.va ""'os'
swung und., m. 49,, o'"' was
mother dronno, ,,,o ~ 10 ue
bahv IVA. dsad T., ""'e'' Inc
from .xnosnro ,,,, A., ' arms
1, unt,i ,o,Ic.,,a. -, e'""s ~
her TO unloosen her gran ana .''oeu
taken 10 n hosn,,ai', '"' was
u uo.,v.,
,rnveu,nv nan .,,r,a1 ., msoursh
,r,c, N, co,umh,. In "ooueu us
nigh, "''"'oo"e last
81 saw .,y,, ,,,,.
house" n. said "a n IRON, one
baby was caught in +, c,nv,, g. "
day and n policeman ,,oL a., -,
saying that he wouId tako =, ~,
City Hall Up to last nigh, ha ,a, w,
: rived and mag have been drown.d :,
NO aOOIEs so,inn co,,
"oos
S"OHST'
The United Brethren Church in the
hooded district which was reported yes-
'erday to have been turned into n
temporary morgue sheltering 200 bodIe.
was reached this morning. There were
no bodies In the church.
IL IL stated that an epidemic OF dlph.
'heria has broken out at Delaware. ID.
Dr. w. II. Black. the health officer
There. reports that there are not less
than thirty cases in the town.
The one-year-oid daughter of Sam
Jones. a farmer living near Delaware
was rescued alive from raft. i'm.
provised from wooden door and a
soap box. which had hoated far down
the creek near Delaware. The fate Of
the parents IL unknown.
| Communication with Tif,n. interrur.e,
since Wednesday. was partly re-estab-
lished to-day by long distance telephone
The city suffered severely, ffty houses
having been washed from their founda.
tions. Seventy-fve persons are report cd
missing, but II is believed the majority
are safe, though unable TO get into
touch with their families.
A live sixtoen.m bshy wa.