Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-25

Even tho city ~ st. Louis, No, is
so badly flooded In its western and
southern sections that one person
was drowned and several families
driven to the streets,
In epitome the flood situat ation as
reported In early dispatches follows:
Youngstown, O.-Mahoning river
and Crabb creek flooded over en-
bankments; steel mills closed and
14,000 men unable to work
West Liberty O.-Engine and one
car roll down embankment washed
out by flood of Mad river.
Dayton, O.-Report at Cincinnati
has It that town is flooded Report
comes from telegraph operator who
apparently was compelled to fly from
his key.
Delaware, o. Town reported
flooded and mayor and twenty others
drowned: citizens flee to high ground.
Fort Wayne, Ind. st Joseph, Maui
NEE and st. Mary rivers on rampage
Town without lights and water famine
threatened. Highest water in twenty
years.
Kokomo, Ind.-Southern part Of the
city flooded; city in darkness last
night when electric light plant food
ed. Use of militia authorized If neces-
sary to preserve order.
Indianapolis--Hu of persons
living in suburbs driven from homes
by rise of Eagle creek and White
river. Thousands of head of live
stock in State perished.
Outside of indianapolis, Fort
Wayne, Rushville and Kokomo prob
ably were the worst sufferers from
the food in Indiana.
AT kokomo the water in some Of
the streets was eight feet deep and
rushing like mountain torrent.
Schools and business were suspended
ond state troops patroled the town
as much as they were a bic The
homes of a thousand persons were
submerged No lives have been lost,
but many narrow escapes are report-
ed, The light power, water and gas
plants are Inundated, with the water
still rising Several persons have
been rescued from second-story win-
dows by the few boats available.
Rats cannot be used because of the
swiftness of the current
Fort Wayne also viii be in darkness
tonight, as the lighting plant is under
water. Three pumping stations have
also been put out of business and this
streets are flooded. Many narrow
escapes have been reported, The en-
tire business and part of the resiv
dence section of Rushville is under
water. No trains entered that city
today because of washouts. The cur
rent in some of the streets today was
so strong that horses were swept Oft
their feet The court house was prac-
tically the only dry place and it was
crowded with refugees who had been
driven from their homes.
CINCINNATI, o.. March o5.--(By
telephone from Dayton)-Dayton is
seeing the deep muddy waters of the
Miami river rushing through her
downtown streets.
In front of the Algonquin Hotel
standing on a corner. Third and Lud-
low streets. on which stand beside
the great hotel a ma gnifieent church,
the great Y. NJ c. A building and
the Hotel Atlas. is many feet deep
and impassable except by boats. The
principal corner, Third and Main
streets, is three feet under wafer.
and the court house is like an island
| in a sea of mud.
The Mad and saltwater rivers are
swelling far beyond their banks. and
! they have hurled their walls of water
| into the rapidly rising. always fever
ish, impetuous Miami
| Three rivers. the Miami, Saltwater
and Mad, and Wolf creek conjoin right
| in the heart Of Dayton, As the city.
lcontinnad ON second PnraA