Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-29
Waters fast RECED|NC
SLOWLY THE MURKY STREAM
GOES DOWN, PERMITTING
MORE RELIEF WORK.
COLUMBUS Loss IS LARGE
Obio's Capital Suffers Second Largest
Loss of Life-Eiscascs Not Very
Prevalent.

Flood waters Teceded sufficiently
last night to show that the number
Of persons drowned in all the affect
ed cities in Onto and Indiana may not
excXeed 500. While many persons
are still missing to friends and re.a-
tives. Investigations made today in
dicated that many were safe who
had been thought lost.
In Dayton's careful estimates plac
ed the number of deaths at 200 or
, fewer, although a meeting of the un-
: dertakers asserted that the total
might be 500 Relief work went on
rapidly in Dayton and all parts Of
the city were reached.
Columbus viii! haxe the next larg-
~est loss of life, 60 bodies having al
ready been found In the inundated
portion of West Columbus,
Unverlfed figures from Miamls-
burg, o., give so dead, but In all
other flooded cities the figures fell off
rapidly as the relief expeditions COW
cred the ground.
Hamilton, o.. which had reported
as many as $50 dead. did not put
'orth any figures today.
Mount Vernon did not confirm its
previous report of so dead and no
confirmation was had for 32 report
"a drowned at Venice, o.
Chillicothe and Tifin. O.. where
there had been reports of so or more
dead each found IS corpses up to
midnight.
The best figures from Piqua give
a death toll of so persons.
Fremont and Middletown, o., eah
had IA dead Massillon, s; GAINESVILLE,
4 and Troy, 8.
The Indiana total drowned receded
to fewer than so. distributed as fol-
lows:
-. Peru, 20; Brookvil.e, 16; Fort
Wayne and Terre Haute 4.
No bodies have been found In West
indianapolis, where as many as 2VO
deaths were at one time reported.
With the situation somewhat allie
waited in the floodswept districts OF
ohio and Indiana, new menace
threatened tonight in the rise OF the
rivers in the southern valleys OF both
states.
At Cincinnati, the Ohio river,
swelled by its tributaries north and
south, caused alarm and, although
the situa ton had not yet reached an
acute stage, reports from neighbor-
ing Kentucky towns indicated that
warnings had been issued to the in
habltants to seek points of safety
from the rising water.
y In Indiana alarm was felt in the
valleys of the Ohio, Wabash and
White rivers, but ample warning
served in a measure to redue the
panic.
SOUTH DAYTON. o., March 2S.-
Dayton's period of reconstruction VIII
run into months, according to engi-
neers lust returning from the flood
districts. Disposition of dead animals
and the dlsinfecting of thousands of
submerged homes present the most
pressing problem.
No attempt at the rebuilding of the
sewerage syctem will be made for
several days. Until this Is accom-
plished it was conceded the menace
of disease will not have been entirely
lost sight Of.
n Effects of the strict martial law
were to be seen on all sides. only in
extra ordinary circumstances were
pedestrians permitted upon the streets
after 6 o'clock. Reports of looting in
some sections of the central Dayton
district persisted, but 1t was believed
raiding was restricted to isolated in
stances.
Reports OF Shooting.
One man, who was said to have
filled several suit cases with jewelry
was arrested. Reports that several
looters had been shot could not be
cnyifirmed.
A bulletin issued from the offices
of the citizens relief committee gave
particular warnings to guard against
disease. II was announced that an
attempt would be made to start the
city's water supply tomorrow.
However. It was asserted: People
must boil water at first for fear OF
possible contamination"
Food supplies reached Dayton in
large quantities today. The relief
l 1tations we're sufficiently organized
to take care Of the incoming refugees
from the flood districts. The problem
of caring for the homeless still was
serious, but with the promise Of warm
weather it was hoped there would be
less suffering than first was threaten
ed; :.