The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-26
ANA DEATH LIST
NEARING THOUSANDS


pVUUos eu0 Sc9vcs lkU prey Oenluu.
n a big sturdy man Is crying like a
child 1t the O6lces OF the National
CASH Register company, where near
~ 1000 homeless Mood victims are
sheltered. He'vhag been to the hos
'Dltnls. to the -uchooiS. where refugees
loro housed. to the -churches--but al
none Of these ID A1s family. The money
IooD II heavy. but. nobody cares about
the money loss, though 1t runs into
tie miIlions.
Dayton, once prosperous, proud ant
wealth-swolleu. has found that none!
Z - the most useless thing In the worlt
n this hour az disaster.
II doesn't want money. II asks onl,
FOR food. clothing, for nurses, for doc
tors and Tor medicine.
Don't send 10 money. we can't USE
e." says ]. C. Hale. Of the Nationa
Cash Register company. who 10 II
charge Of the relief work.
This dispatch Il written at a plac.
! mile from the canter OF the fioot
some, which u the center Of the city
where the banks, the skyscrapers. the
hotels and the department stores am
located.
between the city and safety there
= Z whirlpool. Only q mile inter
v6ne6, but It might be 1000 miles OF
1000. for no word Of what happened
otyond the whirlpool since noon OF
Yesterday has come across the brief
me Of water.
II 10 known only that the big hotels
~ crowded with guests and are un-
hor water. the theaters are Hooded,
tho wares Of the department stores
- seating away. the jail with prison.
- and In the very center OF the city.
= inundated: the fashionable
GAurchas are awash inside. and St.
Ialsabeth's hospital with 900 patients
q IMPRISONED IN the floods.
All telephone Communication has
been cut on and mono beyond the
lxod zone knows what disaster has
overtaken that part OF Dayton which
was the center OF it's enormous
wealth. There was nothing but the
su1len glare OF the flames last night
u hight up the tragedy. and its mys-
tories.
After q night Of terror that part
a. DAYTON which had homes to sleep
- woke today with heartbreaks.
\ The danes last night showed men.
women and children perchede on the
roofs Of houses In the path OF the
,Aames. watching the advancing IRE
With helpless and horrorstricken gaze.
n Men ventured out into the tumultu-
.nus stream in small boats, and res
,cued some.
Under the leadership OF Frederick
Patterson. . gang OF men chopped
shcle through . roof in the flood and
90 district and saved a family OF
{hree. They tried to get to raft that
fiDofe q man and four women whiried
snked 4 spool In the rapid waters. then
Suddenly the raft was sucked up In
1the darkness and another chapter was
snAded TO the tragic doubt that now
Sxists as to the number who died IN
I<his disaster.
X Even the relatives Of the supposed
dead are uncertain az to their rate
.tfhis story Of what really happened
Snrinx = night and q day In Dayton
The wonderful city that was pu,,
around q single industry. 10 being tUlo
~ the exhausted rescuers and tne
-nroetfatea xictima an they are prouent
into the places Of safety.
y zach fragment Of the story Is q
tragedy in itself.
CIV Government Imprisoned.
tn city government Is completely
samnrisoned by water. Nothing has
$500 heard from 1t since the nood
descended upon the city. 1t came
.1ovn 20 quickly that no one was pre-
pared.
The only organized relief move
.ment n that which is being conduct
a by the National Cash Register
company. whose plant is outside OF
the nood and are zone.
The entire eflcient force Of this or
rnnisatjon has been thrown into the
|felief work. Not wheel has stirred
N the factories Of the company since
Tuesday morning.
The huge plant has been turned
into Z rescue mission and hospital
ana : thousand persons slept on Its
straw covered floors last night. The
dining rooms and rest rooms OF the
women employees was turned into
Mining room for the refugees. Nearly
IN available food was bought up by
NE company for the benefit OF the
Hood victims.
4 Dayton has found new cause for its
faith n John p. Patterson, the man
who put Dayton on the map.
i Patterson In Hero Role.
Z Barefoot yesterday. he waded
'FthrouSh the flood to save families
''efrUm hooded houses. He rowed the
I. h0at himself. He Is nearly 70 years
80 YyA has two children n 0OY
FREDERICK, and . daughter. Dorothy.
1 The SON led rescue parties and Miss
a Dorothy, dressed In old clothes and
her hair streaming with water. stood
a the water for hours, receiving the
y refugees a. they were brought in
to&fomobiles.
The 81 machines Of the cash regis
$780, company were pressed into SER
vice for rescue work.
y Il was found that Dayton did not
nave enough skiffs. 30 Patterson
I, forthwith had his carpenters make
100 small boats. They were ready
. by nightfall.
&c. Hale, head Of the welfare de
nartment Of the plant, became heat
J 81 the Hood welfare work. and til,
tsontire working force has become ;
4 charity organization.
N hospital department has been es
y fahlished with two physicians, Drs
blackburn and Herman.
There are 200 sick persons at thi
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