The evening world., 1913-04-03

hat u broke In . wide zap wrought
he damage that the City Council
sought to prevent by dynamitinG the
svee below the town. Both the north
lnd east isvess are submerged. No loss
u life has been reported.
MEN OF CAIRO
WORK BEoiDE NEGROES.
CAIRO. ILL.,. Aprii a-with the riwsr
gauge stationary at H.s since 10 o'clock
lsst night-six inclses higher than the
water has ever been IN the history of
mis- city-ths condition here to-day was
critical
water 70 ssepinG through che hestily
bukheads. which threaten
a any moment to - down before the
rush Of waters.
An night the weaithiest residents OF
The town worked side BY side with negro
laborsrs. banking the lsves with sand-
bass and desperately striving to prevent
. brsak. Water rushing into the brsaks
y he isvss north Of the city hlisd the
drainage district early to-day.
THRILLING RGscUg OF - MA
RooNgD GOLDBERG.
The most tesrillinG Of rsscuos yet re-
ported was that Of forty-eiSht members
Of Company q OF the National Guard Of
Missouri. who were taken from . strip
q lsves 700 yards vide and 200 yards
bong. near Birds Point. No. By . de-
tAchmsnt Of the Chicago Naval Re
serves
The nssu had been ordered to Birds
DAtna Ant hSr 6n0 MANnr
The breaking OF levees left them ma
roonsd on the crumbling strip OF osn-
bankmsnt. Their heavier boats were
carried away. Only . skin which could
carry two remained.
The officers In charGe-CApt. 9. A.
Martin and Capt. N. A. Jam1eson-made
the dangerous voyage to Cairo to get
relief for their mon. The Chicago Ma
val Reserves left Immediately In their
launch. towing . whaleboAt. and re-
turned to Cairo with the men to-day.
They were later transferred to Com
merce. NO.. where headquarters for the
Missouri National Guard have been es-
tablished.
I'VE could feel the dirt crumbhng
away beneath our feet" one Of the men
said. and we were kept on the move
nearly all OF the time. The section of
lsvee on which We were marooned was
under water as deep as three feet In
many places, and time after time we
dragged some Of the men from the
water as the earth crumbled away. We
made II a point to stand as near the
upstream edge OF our island M posi-.
BILE no that n caught In cAve-in We
| would not be washed away by the cur
rent"
Reports reaching here from Brook
port. KY. near Paducah. are that the
| entire town II under water. An appea
for aid made 20 springfield caused thu
steamboat Rapid. loaded with sup
piles and boats. to be despatched ther'
Tor rescue work.
GOV. cox or OHIO IN FLOODED
DISTRICT IN THAT STATE.
ON BOARD OHIO RELIEF CON
MISSIONS SPECIAL TRAIN. DAY
TON. o., April 3.--Gov. Cox. a.com
panied by Miss Mabel Boardman OF tn
National Red Cross Society and mem
5crs OF the Ohio Relief Com mission. "a
day saw for himself the havoc wrouEf
by the flood which swept his home cit!
A complete tour OF the city was mad
by the party and the commission 10 e,
pccted to formulate more complei
plans at once for the relief of the Zoo
sufferers.
The commission plans to visit Hami
ton. Piqus. Chiiiicothe and Marietta I,
day and inspect conditions In thss
places.
In an interesting stereopticon iectul
Gov. Cox and the Commission wei
} shown actual scenes In the city whs
, the Hood and Are were at their heigl
D and the frightful devastation and suife
. ing Immediately after the waters SUI
= sided. The stereopticon slides were ai
4 used to plead for aid in the rehabiiit
= ton OF the city and the Hood swept are
: A map was displayed on the sore,
e showing how $4,000 Of Dayton's 1900
Q population had been made homeless
the mood.
u FOUR MORE DROWNED eopiE
FOUND At COLUMBUS.
n COLUMBUS. o.. April 3-Bodies
= four more Hood victims were recover
r. from the West side to-day and broug
i to the Morgue, making total OF
4 bodies recovered 10 da,c.
All have been Identified. Nearly 4
l. score persons are still missing
i Estimates by city authorities show
4. that 3.2s0 homes IN the city had bo
n completely destroyed or badly d.
II aged by the Hood. II was also ca
mated that private less amounted