The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
WORK OF REMOVING
BODIES is BEGUN
Already Fifty Corpscs Have Been
Taken From Water in
West Dayton.
SITUATION IS TERRIBLE
Future IS Feared When Appall-
ing Sights VIII BE
Revealed.

West Dayton, Ohio, March .s.-Af-
ter day Of EruelIinE work, volunteer
rcscucrs have removed more thnn bnIi
hundred bodies from the waters Of
the great Mimi River and Wolf
'rcch, md snYcd upwards of 800 who.
for two days, hnvc been cHnginE fn
roofs or living In upper stories. with
the coming of nlEhtfnii. the efforts ~
rescue more persons were sincke pcd,
and nj, of Dayton mot In the central
food district, waited in dread for the
nightly fires which have added hor-
rora TO the nircndy terrible situation.
No fires Ind been seen in the central
district since noon. but the knowledge
that thousands of pcrsonN nrc trDppcd
on upper floors Of the buildings where
help cnnnot reach them, added terror
to the night.
Water Fail. Rapidly.
The water In ull inundntcd districts
hns fallen from three TO five feet TO-
day, and the current az tho river aud
creek have sinckcned so that IL Is
possible. except In the centre. for
small honts to reach sufferers. 4 COM
pany az the Obi" National Guards IL
pntroliinE the streets O! Went Da.
ton.
The local company - duty "a
Dayton now, and Acknowledgement
wood i"-dny wired Governor Cox ask
ing thnt niIiIp az ohio or nny near
by stntc be rushed here.
Al the rescue stations. tho sccncs
enacted to-dny were hcnrtreDdin3, and
the most pitifuI arr being witnessed
AT the Temporary morgncs.
Al the West Dayton mUrEuc frantic
crowds MI day md Tonight watched
everybody brought In, hoping nEninsf
hope II WINS not that of some loved
ono
Women became hysterical at times
when searching for missing members
of their families whom they had failed
to find at the relief stations.
The food situation, which threatened
to become serious, was relieved tenn
porarily by the arrival of IL special
train from Richmond. Ind, bringing
seven cars of provisions. Tonight
Quartcrmaster Logan received word
from the United States Army quarter
ster-gencraI that 100000 rations
had been ordered shipped here from
Chicago: 100 ranges and one complete
Quartermastcr depot from Columbus.
u, $500 tents, 90 hospital tents and
400 stoves from Philadelphia, and 500
blankets. 500 bed sacks from st. Louis
or Cincinnati
Quartcrmaster Logan is authorized
to purchase in open market all rationS
needed
Awful Sights Feared.
Hourly apprehension FOR the appai-
ing sights that will be uncovered when
the waters return 10 normal are grow
ing. II is nearly certain that bodies
of lucklcss persons caught i'm the first
rush of the food will be found. Pcsti-
lcncc Is feared and already sanitary
ana health officials are mapping out
their work Sewers of tho entire city
were burst by the food. manholes
were simply blown from the earth. IL
will be many days before the water
service can be restored, and 1t will
be more than week before street
car companies can operate. The citys
electric lighting system also is out of
! commission. II is impossible to learn
the names OF the dead SO far recover
ed. Only one body in Riverdale has
been identified and those recovered ara
being taken to temporary morgucs.
churches and private homes, so that an
! accurate count of tho bodies is impos-
sible.