The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-29
Palladium Presses 10 Print
Dayton Herald and Journal
Larger and Better City Will
Be ErectedPaces Estimate Number of Dead at from
800 O 70O-Tels Graphic Description of Flood

Burkham editor publisher of the Dayton Journal
and the Dayton Herald Richmond today and arranged
publish the off the Palladium morning
until his plants in Dayton can operations
today Mr. Burkham had thousand of morning
edition the Palladium off under the head of the Dayton
Herald these taken Dayton automobile for dis
Burkham will bring staff of editors reporters
printers and to Richmond In the first issue OF the
Journal off the Palladium the following editorial:
Spirit and the fighting qualities
will this calamity
beautiful
n time
This is the time all look p down..
Hundreds Of thou.an oil TO- o
plies kinds rushing into this city In few hours
a
Ninety millions sympathetic Americans back.
Mr. Buham made the following statement today describing
the situation and the future outlook for the city,
n the first place let state that the death list will proba
bly, The business section of Dayton
pretty well cleaned and merchants operating first floor stores
will undoubtedly suffer total losses In the business and central
sections of the city the loss of life will be small This also true
Dayton View The property loss there heavy not
touched the
flood waters The homes of the wealthst residents Dayton
View thrown refugees from the lower sections of the
city and each of these homes sheltered anywhere from forty
fifty people.
There comparatively small loss of life every district
except North Dayton which cut off from the city by the
Mad and the Miami great of
e most of the victims will be north side people The greatest
destruction to property also in that part Of the city
"A estimate of the total property loss Dayton
would be $15oO000O.
Hundreds of people believed dead will later but
little the worse for their experiences
far as the business section of Dayton concerned weeks
work will place the buildings in presentabe
water Of that section and completely the control
of the militia and firemen there of fire
1.-THE biggest conagraon Third
Jefferson and ST. Claire The loss there from fire
$1OOO0o0 All the bridges under the
crush of the mighty flood the old bridge
street and the steel bridge that all the
city went under
Splendid work rescung flood victims by
dents of the hill top DISTRICTS lakewood and
much credit cannot be John Patterson president
tona Cash Register for his teess efforts directing
the He his entire
mental saving the lives of hundreds people
and exposure.
"Mr. Patterson turned his factory boat building
plant and said boat turned
also through his efforts that doctors
from Cincinnati No Dayton saving
life and caring for the homeless than Patterson.
Il wish to state that the people of Dayton greatly appreciate
the splendid work of Richmond people those
towns between Richmond and Dayton sending supplies to
city Your people and the people of the other
the first relief into the
you sent saved hundreds of lives.
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce has systema
method for directing the relief work and the spirit
remarkable and doubt this
greater and better Dayton.
During the high water there fifteen babies
born in attcs boats churches and hospitals
of the survivors beggas description one house oeen
people lived attic for without
light and when they black and thew
could not move muscle.
Two on top of house foated and when
they that they to be hurled
bavey waved farewell to the helpless people
shore. Boys sixteen wears of age
bave batted with the torrent and
walk of life worked shoulder the work of
and citizen worked in his stock
ing feet and without coat hat and finally dragged
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