The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-03-29


ment with accompanying hunger and
fright have caused tremendous suffer
ing.
The flood came with such sudden.
ness that food supplies in homes were
whisked away by the torrent that
reached to second floors in almost the
flash of an eye.' Skiffs skirted the
edge of the flooded districts attempt.
ing to take food to those whom it was
impossible to carry off but the fierce
current discouragingly retarded this
work.
Wire Service Established.
Then two wires into Cincinnati have
been obtained and operators have
plunged into great piles of kilograms
from Dayton citizens, almost frantic
in their desire to assure friends out.
side of their safety. Operators at op.
posite ends of the wires reported that
thousands of kilograms were piled up
at relay offices. These were from PEG.
pie anxious over the fate of Dayton
kinsmen.
Oarsmen who worked into the out.
skirts of the business sections las,
night reported that 250 persons are
marooned in the Arcade building and
200 are imprisoned in the Y. M. C. A.
building and were begging for water.
A shortage of provisions was threat
ened when it was reported many re-
lief trains bound to Dayton from
neighboring cities had been stopped
by high water. Every grocer in the
city is "sold out" Encouragement
was received in a message from the
mayor of Springfield who said he was
sending six big trucks loaded with pro
visions
$1,000 Refugees in Buildings.
Peru, Ind.-Most of the $1,000 PEG.
pie Of Peru are huddled in the up.
per stories of the business blocks
near the court house, which is the
center of relief work. All day they
watched the muddy waters which
rushed over the city's pavements.
waiting for the flood to subside and
permit search Of the homes on the
lieve contain upwards of so bodies.
So far, only five are known to have
been drowned.
Reduce Death Estimate.
City officials and members Of the
citizens committee assert that the
death list will not be less than so
They, cannot see how the occupants
Of the IL cottages on Wallace Row
escaped the rapids which poured over
the banks of the Wabash river, which,
after reaching a high water mark on
Monday evening, suddenly rose seven
feet in three hours One man who
came from the West Peru district
said he saw ~ bodies floating in one
house. The only person who has been
along Canal street, where the great
loss Of live is believed to have &C
Cured, has not spturhed. It is not
known whether he crossed the river
which has increased from 400 yards
to four miles.
Rescue Boat Crushed.
An infant is known to have drown
ed and boatmen reported seeing the
bodies Of a man and woman in EN-
brace floating down Second street
Alexander Clevenger carried his wife
and three children on his bacl
through water waist deep to the
Miami county court house. Then he
secured a row boat and rescued {
neighbor and her infant. On the way
to the court house the boat was crush
ed by telephone pole, the woman
grasped some wires and kept af1oa
until Clevenger reached her. The
child was lost.
The property damage in Peru will
total $3,OOO,0O0. The five bridge.
which we're torn out cost half thai
sum. The Broadway bridge wen
when a large house lodged against il
and, In turn, carried away the Unior
Traction structure.
General Estimates.
Chicago.-Three thousand have
persisted in the deluge-swept northern
half of the Ohio river valley. Prob
ably half a. million people were made
homeless by the food in Indiana ant
Ohio. Property damage in both statel
will be at least s100,0O0,OO0.
Following are the latest revised es
timated figures of the dead:
OHIO.
Dayton, 1000; Piqua, $40; Delaware
100; Middletown, 100; Sidney, SO
Hamilton, IL; Tippecanoe. 3; Tiffin
80; Fremont, IL; Scattering, 200; To
tai, 3,066.
INDIANA.
Peru, $50; Newcastle. 3; Indianap
oils, IA; La Fayette, Q; Noblesville, 2
Scattering, rs; Total, 1856; Grand to
tai, 1882.
Situation Little Better.
Observation-Disclosures Indian;
has been able to give but little com
fort for its many thousands of foo.
sufferers as yet. The most conserva
tive reports from the state estimat,
the loss of life at not fewer than 12|
drowned, while persistent statement
from various points indicate tina
more than that number may have per
fshed in the high water No one viii