White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-30
HUNDREDS DIE N OHIO FLOOD


#G~aI2SfToI1G assumed AAc A4oloAS1-
of a tidal wave Thirty thousand Of
IDaytonss inhabitants are said 10 be
homeless. and the ~paralyzing horror
of the situation vas increased b
fires which broke out in many places
and could not be extinguished-
People sought refuge il every con-
eeirable sort Of place. from roofs 10
tree tops. even elinging 10 window
Lodges high up on buildings. With
the water raging but a few feet be
low
Tuesday night Dayton vas a
marine inferno.
Fires lighted the sky and illa-
mined the rushing waters. While the
swish OF ain and the swirl o. the
currents sounded the requiem for the
unknown and uneonnted dead
The crest Of the food passed
about midnight. bat for hours thu
water did not lower apprecizbly.
More than 5e.0ee persons weTe
unable 10 reach their homes o. Nera
marooned il the v~afer-locked houses
without food. light o. water
The inundated district i ssti-
mated u be fifteen square miles.
most OF which IS under from six 10
eighteen feet Of water. Most Of the
fatalities occurred Oh the vest and
northwest sides OF the river where
the water rushed in suddenly With
the breaking OF the levees.
John Patterson. president Of the
National Cash Register company.
who headed the relief work IN the
south end Of the city. has sent out
an appeal for supplies. doctors AID
medicines Last night s.o0e Of
the homeless were housed N the
Cash Register eompanys Offices
n Indiana. a stat vide food
appalling II is intensity and terrify-
ing IN rs sWiftness. has claimed. a.
cording 10 fragmentary reports.
more than 800 lives, has made nearly
2ee.0o0 homeless and has caused
property damage % more than see
oae. SEQ n Indiana
The rush Of water caught The
state unDnepared and TIE fght made
e save life and property seemed
futile. The entire state Is practical
u one huge sea. ever brook and
creek and river taking us toll Of
damage
The public service corporations
OF the entire state we're helpless
railroads and traction lines have
cancelled nearly al trains. ard many
cities are without Ere protection OF
lights
Trapped in Homes.
DEeilers along The streams d.
roted fhalr leb0rs % rsseuing
ose trzppe5 II their homes and il
r-1rizE furniture ard merchandise
% higher g-ozzd Daring he dzy
regorH q 5oss q life were received.
IN z1-s q these o0ald y verified.
until lozz Afterwards because The
sire service IS pzrzlyzsd
The appalling s~alftnes NIB
which TIE wafer ross caught he e.
tire state grprepars8 Streams that
were brooks on Easter morning be-
came raging torrents 4 Esss thar =
hours. Persons Eho retired sppzr-
entity safe in their homes Monday
night we're the following morning
rescued from second story windows
By boats. Conservative estimates
place the number driven from their
homes at close to 10000 and the
property loss 1t Is said wlll reach TIE
$40. oo0.0 600 mark.
Two hundred or more persons
we're drowned al Peru. Ind.
according to a message received BY
Governor Ralston from that place
The governors informant asked that
zoo collins and food and clothing be
sent TO Peru at once.
This will probably be the last
message you will get from Peru"
said the man. Two hundred or
more are drowned. and the remain
der are grouped on a hill waiting for
daylight"
Governor Ralston Immediately
communicated with State Senator
Fleming at Fort Wayne and asked
him to forward collins and other
supplies as requested.
A dispatch from Columbus.
Ohio. says that the cold wave which
struck the section Wednesday night
caused many to freeze. lose their
grip and drop into the water. With
military glasses rescuers standing on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
near Center avenue could see several