The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-28

HAMILTON, Ohio, March 28.-
When rescue workers gathered today
for further exploration of the flood
ruins OF Hamilton, the dead were es-
timated at from 100 to 500. |
Fifty bodies have been identified.
There are hundreds still unaccount-
ed for and many reports OF persons
declared by eye-witnesses to have
persisted. /
Piles of debris filled the streets and
1t is reasonable to suppose that be
meath these and the wreckage OF all
kinds of buildings there will be found
many bodies.
Conservative business men today
placed the property damage at $5,0o0.-
900. The water has largely receded.
False Report.
AKRON. Ohio, March 2S.-A re-
Tort that the town of Boston Mills,
eight miles north OF this city, was
overwhelmed by the bursting of a.
dam early today with heavy loss of
| life, is untrue Half dozen houses
were demolished, but all had been va
Gated, and there were no fatalities.
| Seventeen Dead.
1 CHILLICOTHE, Ohio. March 28.-
Seventeen are known to be dead and
nine bodies have been identified as
victims of the Scioto river floods
here. The total dead are estimated
at fifty. Three-fourths Of the city
was flooded from Tuesday morning
until today when the waters began to
go down rapidly There Is no gas, no
} water and no electric current for the
light or power. There Is famine Of
fuel and food The city does not need
money 1t can care for its own peo-
pie for few days and then wants to
buy more food and supplies. The
lgreatest needs are gasoline, coal oil
and coal. A Cincinnati train on the
Baltimore and Ohio got in at IL a. m
I today with relief.
i May Gain Pardon.
Y CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 2S.-A
!, movement was started at Cincinnati
!. today by John L. Shut, insurance
l agent, to have John H. Patterson
4 president of the National Cash Regis
ter company, pardoned by Presiden
;. Wilson. Patterson was sentenced a
J. Cincinnati to one year in prison fol
!. lowing his trial in the United States
/ court on charge of violating thu
il Sherman antitrust law.
Shuff said Friday: "a man Wit
t. has done as much for the flood sui
t. terers at Dayton as Patterson shout,
IS not be allowed to go to prison. Pat
terson has given more than freely 0
= his fortune to relieve conditions a
, Dayton and has turned his home owe
3 to the relief committee to be used a
a hospital
Is Relief to Piqua.
is TOLEDO, Ohio, March 2s.-The frs
IN relief train to Piuqua that the Toled
e, relief committee has been able to di.
is Patch, was sent out Friday at moo
he ever the Wabash. Grand Rapids an
IT. Indiana and Vandalia railroads. Con
is mercial Agent Hopkins, of the W;
bash, has received assurances that r.
ne lief parties can get into Piqua by TIL
n route.
In the opinion of the Toledo reli.
1T committee Piqua has been the wori
at sufferer from the flood.
e. The train is equipped with clothin
re food, fuel, men and boats.
Another relief train for Dayto
tb was sent out over the New York Cel
ely trail lines Friday Additional boat
to food, clothing and relief men wei
IS. sent
OF An Appeal from GAINESVILLE.
COLUMBUS. o., March 2s.-S.
Sc Mitchell, superintendent of the oh
ed Electric railway at GAINESVILLE. tod:
got to a telephone pole four mil
west of the flooded city, climbed
attached an instrument to the wir
on and sent Governor Cox the first a
ne thentic information from the Mt
d kingum river city.
is Cox assured him relief train fro
. Lancaster would reach GAINESVILLE
b night.
q People Become Troublesome.
a COLUMBUS, o., March 2S.-Ty
y companies of regular army soldie
a were rushed from the Columbus BIZ
a racks this afternoon to quell pan
"A and confusion caused in the west 81
I hill top district by thousands of sigl
seers and friends of victims, who h
gained 1t by various ways. In ths
4 frantic search for the missing ont
\ they hampered the work of the RI
~ cuers, and threatened serious trout
II In the rush to identify every bo
II brought in.
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