The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-27
FIRE FIFND CONTINUES
RAVACES In DAYTON;
CONDITIONS NO BETTER
Ohio River Now on Rampage and
Fresh Disaster Threatened-5Rain
Turns into Snow and Thous-
ands are Suffering

4 ed down and the flames are spreading
in every direction as the wind shifts.
Thousands Of imprisoned persons are
making a four 70 one eight with deata
BY drowning, fire, starvation or expos
ure The one chance Of rescue within.
the day is by small boats, which are
fighting futillg against the current.
Though 500 coffins were ordered,
they win not be enough. Hourly The
Ton of known dead grows and every
refugee tells Of new instances Of mis-
cradle death in tie flood The wind
carries the cries Of distress to the
south shore Of hundreds held By the
water On roofs Of houses ans threat.
ened BY fire
During the night dynamite was used
by firemen in steel boats in desperate
efforts to wreck buildings and stop
the progress Of the flames. Early in
tine nightit was thought to be success
FIJI, but at / o'clock this morning the
I flames broke out again
Fire and flood are tAe issues facing
one thousand persons III tho burst
milling plant H sanfeld and fifty
others agreed to take chance with
the water and made the trip over boz
cars II the fire reaches those trou.
sand people 51sarA sile 1ates goes
down there is no hope for them sail
sameld They have nothing to ear
or drink and are suffering from cold.
A rescue party hurried ghe the scene.
Panic seized s75 persons who vera
trapped in the upper stories Of tna
Curio Car company building. When
the flanes approached within three
blocks many attempted to swim to
ncarby~boA ears, Some succeeded and
Others we're carried away Many fire
Fmen were drowned ia an attempt to
ireaeh the flames.
Flames tha1 destroyed eight Duild-
ings inf Daytons submerged business
section Wednesday night caused rad
glow over the stricken city ha added
to the fears OF thousands Of refugees
and marooned persons and led to ap-
4 prehension that there may have been
many Of the waters prisoners in the
burned buildings
Soon afterward notice was posted
10 Che headquarters Of the emergency
committee, announcing that the city
was under martial law" and several
companies Of soldiers arrived from
neighboring Ohio cities The soldiers
we're employed to patrol edges Of the
submerged district and prevent further
lootlng OF homes freed from the floods
grasp
Rescue squads worked to throw
back the veil that hides the true story
Of the Dayton disaster the number
Of dead. The arrival OF motor boats
gave hope that the northern section oi
the city. now cut Off by the big Miamis
imnassable barrier. may be penetrated
/ and then may be learned the fate oi
hundreds imprisoned by the torrent
that poured down the broken Tarletor
4 reservoir
II was reported late last night thai
q number Of dead had been found n
houses at Fifth and Eagle streets, bm
when rescuers worked their way inis
the partially submerged dwellings they
found a number Of the floods prison
ers were weak from fright and hunges
Victims Of the waters wrath wer'
compelled to suffer again Yesterday Il
the cold, smar1ng rain
at least $4,000 persons are impris
oned In homes and in business build
! ings. It is feared their two days i'm
: prisonment with. accompanying hunge
and fright has caused tremendous sni
j fering.
( The flood came with such sudder
{ ness the food supplies inshomes wer
Z whisked away by the torrent thu
!. reached to second floors in almost tn
i. flash Of an eye Skiffs started at On