The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-26
More Than 1000 Lives Are Lost.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 25-More than 1000 lives
were lost IN the fierce flood which swept through Ohio to-
DAY, leaving IN Its trail damage estimated far the mil
lions
The State is parayzed Railroad trolley telephone
and telegraph traffic is blocked and the cities in which
hundreds of lives have been lost almost entirely
from communication from the rest of the world
According to reports, believed to be authentic 5000
We're drowned in Dayton, fully 1000 in Hamilton and $40
in Piqua.
$4,000 People Are Homeless
Millions Of dollars damage has been done to property
fully $4,000 people homeless and appeals for aid have
been sent out to the Red Cross.
In Dayton alone 10000 people are homeless.
The four days continuous rain filled every reservoir
IN the State and many of them to-day undermined dams
and emped their contents into the valleys wall seven
feet high rushed down into Miami Valley
At o'clock tonight the Mayor of Dayton Ohio sent
an appeal to Springfield Ohio, in which he said probably
1000 lives had been lost
A dam in Pqua, Ohio, has gone out, and unconfrmed
reports say that $40 lives have been lost that disaster
The Mayor of Dayton asked that food be sent without
delay Xena already has started three of supplies
the stricken city.
The Springfield officials are now in session to take ac
ton for the relief of flood sufferers
Flood gates closed against all trains coming in
going out of Columbus tonight all roads except the
Norfolk and Western.
and carried along in the swift Hundreds were
drowned before they had chance seek places safety
The water crept higher and higher, and finally it was
thirteen feet deep at the Union Station Some parts of
the city were under 300 feet of water
Mayor Confirms Rumor.
1t at first reported that 5000 were drowned in
Dayton. Later message received from telephone
operator in the Dayton exchange that he could see hun
dres of bodies floating along through the streets past the
telephone building At o'clock the Mayor of Dayton
who had escaped from the flood message declaring
that 5000 persons were drowned in the city, that 10000
were homeless, and that the situation was appalling
At 10 o'clock tonight the dam of reservoir north of
Hamilton Ohio burst, and great flood swept down on
the city According to word from refugees LOCO were
drowned
In Piqua the river burst the levees poured through
the town and trapped hundreds of people their homes
The swift current undermined the houses and is est
mated that $40 were swept to their death.
In Delaware the Olentangy River became a lake
which covered most of the city Many were drowned
People left cngng to trees roof tops and telegraph
poles crying for assistance Owing to the swift current
in the river, the work of rescue was difficult
In Cleveland while no lives were lost the damage
will reach $2O00000 The Cuyahoga River swept through
the manufacturing district in the flats closed down hun
dreds Of mills and left than 50OO workers idle The
East Third Street Bridge destroyed when big steam
was swept from it's moorings and crashed into it. Thou
sands of dollars worth Of lumber was swept from the
river and out into the lake Fremen kept busy yna
miting lumber jams at the bridges.
In Youngstown $4,000 workmen were forced to quit
work when Of the big industries shut down be-
of the flood All bridgesin the city are guarded
Naval Reserves Are Called Out.
Naval reserves have been called to Piqua from Toledo
to render what assistance they in caring for the dead
and homeless.
The big bridge over Miami River, at Middetown was