The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-28
NUMBER Of FLOOD VICTIMS MAY
REACH $780,; WATER STILL RISING
Half Million People Homeless Relief Work Being
DOne-..I2,OOO Persons in Upper Stories
Of Fire MenaCed Buildings

days to get an accurate report of the
casualties in the flood. Undoubtedly
the food is the greatest disaster that
Hither Ohio or Indiana has ever en-
countezed.
3 "a practically impossible to CON-
municate with any of the stricken
towns or cities. Nearly all wires are
down and trains have stopped run
ming. The stories of death and suffer-
ing have come from meagre reports
that managed to get through by tele-
graph or telephone before the full
force of the disaster was felt.
In taking charge of the relief work
Governor Cox, at Columbus, issued an
order directing Brig.-Gen. John G.
Speaks to call out the entire National
Guard of the State for duty in the
flooded districts.
Reports of deaths or heavy loss by
| food and storm have been received
from many cities and towns in New
York, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and II.
linois. In one town in Indiana, Peru,
200 are reported dead. The damage to
property in these States is estimated
at $3O,OO0,O00. OF this loss, $2O,0O0,0OO
was suffered in Indiana. The damage
in Dayton, the city that suffered
heaviest from the floods, will run up
into millions.
Cincinnati, Ohio. - The greatest
storm and flood in the history of this
country devastated the Middle West,
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
| drowning and killing hundreds upon
hundreds Of people.
Cleveland is paralyzed by the food
that has inundated miles of territory,
made hundreds homeless, flooded
hundred factories, cut off the city from
outside communication, and caused
millions of dollars Of property damage
Scores had narrow escapes from death
IN the swelling waters.
Lumber valued at 100000 was
swept down the river. Eight miles Of
docks were inundated at a damage of
$500, 900
Nearly every factory and plant in
the Cuyahoga Valley was flooded.
Twenty thousand men will be out Of
work for at least a week.
A cyclone followed by heavy down
pour wrecked 200 homes in Louisville,
KY. and caused property damage esti-
mated at $2,000,000. Reports showed
that practically all Of the State had
suffered.
Many companies of militia were
rushed to the stricken vicinity from
all parts of the State, three of these
companies from Cincinnati. 1t is
known two soldiers were drowned
while attempting rescues and at least
half dozen other persons are known
to have been drowned. Cincinnati sent
forty small boats, large number Of
policemen and fremen and provisions
to the stricken city by special trains
and the traction cars. The breaking
of levees Of the Big Miami River was
entirely unexpected, the waters ris-
ing at incredible speed from the pro-
longed rainfall. A telegram from the
National Cash Register Company ask
ing for help was forwarded to Colum-
bus. Fourteen feet of water was re-
ported in the principal streets of Ham,
ilton.
A number of lives were lost In Ham
ilton. Cincinnati has not experienced
much trouble from the high waters.
The suburb of Cumminsville is inun-
dated, however, from Mil Creek and
other streams. In a report received
from Dayton fifteen feet of water was
reported in the main business streets,
with 10000 homeless people in the
CITY.
The entire city is surrounded by
water. Approaching roads are praetic-
| alfy impassable