The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-04-02
with one son. a boy in knee
breeches. ~+

He got out on the wire, and with
the agility of a cat was soon across.
But the Widow Myers was not so
young as the boy. and possibly more
aware of the danger below. When
| just over the boiling torrent be-
meath, she swayed as though faint,
slipped and the crowd stood with
abated breath. BY a lucky chance
her senses came back to her in time
and she grasped one of the wires.
One man carried his baby to
safety in a pillow slip and the
youngster celebrated his arrival to
dry ground with 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 lakewood
| and all of the residence suburb of
| Glendale. The district has a nor
NAL population of more than 50,-
900. Rescuers and those at the
hospitals said an estimate of 5000
dead might be as accurate as an
estimate of 100.
The houses as a rule lasted but
a few blocks before disintegrating.
The body of one gray-haired wom-
an fioated down the stream only a
few feet from the watchers at South
Park street. 1t caught on a guard
rope, but swept clear and was gone
before it could be recovered.
The flood came soon after day
light, after the residents had spent
the night in terror. .....-
The main levee of the Big Miami
broke at Webster street at about 8
o'clock. An hour later the water
was through in dozen places. and
wall of water 10 feet deep went
through the Main street, just above
the juncture of the Big Miami and
the Mad rivers, and where the wa
ter of Saltwater river poured into
the Miami river the food reached
| it's height and rolled into the bust
ness section, a wall 20 feet high.
The Dayton News was soon under
90 feet of water, the flood rose to
the second floor of the Algonquin
hotel and all along Main street peo-
pie were driven to the third floors.
Incidents without number are re-
lated by persons in 1the. Hood, dis
tricts, waving handkerchiefs and
otherwise signalling for aid. being
swept away before the eyes of the
watchers. Many of the rescue
boats were upset by the current.
They were crushed. How many
died in this way no one knows. Ca
noes and row boats shared the same
fate.
Flood Horrors Revealed.
Hamilton, o., March 27.-Ham-
ilton has relieved her suffering sur
vivors who have been shivering and
starving. and late to-day began re-
covering bodies of her dead from
the receding waters of the flooded
Miami Twenty-six had been re-
covered when darkness stopped the
work. This toll marked but the
beginning of the grewsome task
confronting the surviving citizens.
IF the death record here does
not exceed four hundred, Mayor
Karb said. after the first search for
the dead had been concluded. I'VE
will be grateful. Already we have
rescued many whom we thought
must surely have persisted, but
hundreds are missing, and the con-
dition of the distressed city con-
vinces me that revelations will be
appalling"
Five hundred houses In the city
have been obliterated. Fine homes
and business blocks have been de-
molished and scattered bit by bit.
Among the identified dead recov-
cred were bodies of Henry Schaz-
shneider and his wife. Their three
children are known to have perish
ed. Discovery OF the parents bod
les brought the revelation that they
shortened their, suffering as they
were being rushed to certain doom
on the roof of their home. Bullet
holes In their heads told the story
of the end. A BODY of cripple
which was recovered also had bull
let hole through the head.
Refugees from above Hamilton
relate that Coke Otto. a hamlet of
400 souls. which lies in little val
ley between the Great Miami and
the Canal. is completely submerged.
not semblance of a roof even be-
ing visible. The fate OF the inhabi-
tants is unknown.
You will look a good while be-
fore Won find a better medicine for