Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-03-27
ndescrbabe Devastation Wroht in Ohio and Indiana BY Burst
ing Dams and Swollen Rvers-Propery Less Cannot Be
Estimated Between so and 100 Towns Suffer-
Work of Rescue and Relief Is Hazardous Task
1000 PERSONS REPORTED DEAD AT DAYTON
Militia Doing Guard Duy-Fre and Famine Add to Horror of
vsitation-Great Walls Of Water Rush Down Upon Peru
indianapolis, Columbus Cincinnati, Delaware and
Many Smaller Towns and Cities

Chicago. March 81 Def
mite figures as to loss OF life
in the great floods which
swept Indiana and Ohio yes
terday were moi available. but
latest estimates based on re-
ports from the scenes of the
disaster on from points as
near them as possible did not
diminish the earlier minimum
of practically l.60o.
Ii is more than likely scores
and even hundreds of persons
not counted among the dead
perished i'm some oil the colln-
try districts.
At dayDrcals only partly
verified reports from the
food swept cities in the two
states showed the accom-
panying revised estimates oil
the loss of life. based upon
am apparent riluctl"n IN the
figures from Dayton. accord
ing to refugees and upon
possible ,liminution i'm the re
ports from Peru. Ind.
First Reports Exaggerated.
The first ray of comfort
from DAYTON came with 'he
reports of refugees arriving
at Nenia. that the death list.
which had been estimated as
high as 5000 drowned.
would range from 500 TO :,
OOO. \ similar reduction IN
the number Of victims was
reported by telephone from
Perm to South Bend. Ind. the
earlier figures of 200 to 500
drowned. dwmdling TO 60.
AIiamisb,n.g. a town OF f.
600. - miles below Dayton.
was reported to have been
washed away, but no news as
to the casualties among the
inhabitants bad been re-
ceivcd at dayhrcal
Increased anxiety in In
diana ccntercd about Brook
,.;llo .od Connelsyille. from
which frantic appeals for ard
were made last night 10 'ioN
ernor Ralston. just before
vine communication faled.
Ii was reported to the GOV
ernor that the White Mater
River lcvee had given AWAY.
flooding the valley and sweep
inc hundreds Of people be
fore it.
Piqua Suffers Big Loss.
The early r,lnor of dcaih llst
$40 at Piaua Ohio was sun uh'5"'
Iradicte.l at daylight. NO luflher COZ
fi,mation of ii lad come 70 i'''i'a.
Through thc night TIE most sh.i''
,ns efforts AT Ieiief were IN opefati"
rhe governor at Ohio had ordered :" :"
he entire state militia 10 aid in II
,yo,l, of rescuing and official appca
for help were seh' Y" "e'7''''' :
states. ,71.
succor the victims at Peru ANA ON
indiana cities Supplies of every a
scription for 1000 persons were fes!l'
Ia Peru from neighboring towns. b
the problem of penetrating tue i'ooa
tis1ricts vas only less perplcxing IN;
thai at Dayton. At daylight il w
seen that the main hope of reacal'
the CITY lay in motorboats. orolia
stood small chance
the currents
Thousands in Peril.
Greater. however. than slle profile
of rushing in supplies. both at Dayt'
and other places. MAS the work OF re
ching thousands of persons from pos
tions of peril to which they had clul
all night with faint hope of immedla
help. In DAYTON the office buildin
in the business district sheltered
their upper stories crowds OF fesldei1
who had rushed there from streets
which water ragged to a depth of fro
nine 10 4U Iet'. .ti ttIC A>h1holA'' -
Register plant. on high ground. thou
ands were taken in and In outiyi
residence districts other thousan
awaited i'm fear and anxiety to he
from. relatives and friends who h
been unable 10 leave the center of t
city
No Drinking Water.
In every city and throughout t
outlying districts the fear at daybre
was that The death list had been ]
CREASED during the night by the co
stant dropring of exhausted perso
in the waters. One pressing need
I1ayton next to the rescue of imperil
persons, was supply of food. !
stores being in the inundated distri
The, water supply for drinking pu
poses had also been cut off and phi
.icians fearcl a possible typhoid el
demic from the use of the flood waite
lr both states the train service co
tinued in demoraliZed condition, b
every effort was made by the autho
ties to reach the districts most in ne
of help.
GREAT WALL OF WATER
NOW PASSING ST. LOU
st. Louis. Mo-. March a6.--The Miss