Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
CHAOS n Wake o.
R[C[D|NG Waters
DISAPPEARING FLOOD At PAY.
TON REVEALS ACRES OF
wREckAeE.
HOUSES, GOODS AND DEAD
ANIMALS BLOCK MANY STREETS
Conditions Improving in Stricken City
and Some SembIancs Of Order is Be-
ing Rsstorsd-Dead Being Buried as
Soon az dentifisd-Partiai List Of
victims-Disasrsement on Estimates


acknowledgement on Estimates
Dayton, March 29.-Tho a search Of
the flooded districts here indicated that
the loss Of life in Dayton will not be
more than $50 to 200, at a meeting Of
seven eighths Of the undertakers it was
announced that a concensus Of their
opinion put the total dead at 800. These
estimates were based merely on gem
eral conditions. Efforts were renewed
today to explore every recess of the
city to ascertain if their reckoning was
correct
Large rescue parties went out to
succor the sufferers and recover the
dead. The sewerage, water, gas and
wire communication systems have been
destroyed. Thousands Of dead ami
mails are lying about the streets. Two
fertilizer firms are gathering these ami
mals 4
Water Wagons Operated.
Water is being served from private
plants Of the soldiers home and the
National Cash Register Company. be-
ing served from sprinkling wagons. The
relief committee has sent out an urgent
appeal to the people not to dump refuse
in the streets but to dig cess pools
wherever possible. The sewerage sys-
tenn can not be used for weeks, and it
will be necessary to do without.gas for
some time.
Considering the number affected by
the food there has been comparatively
little sickness. The cold weather has
caused great suffering among those
marooned without food, water or heat
but in the end it has proved blessing.
Some Still Marooned.
Efforts were made today to clear
away debris in sections fi:st cleared of
flood water and it was feared bodies
might be found in these masses Of
wreckage With we'll organized crews
doing this work, others took food to
persons still marooned in Riverdale and
North Dayton. 1t was believed, how
ever, that by nightfall most of these
people could get out. so rapidly was
the water receding.
Trainloads Of food came from sew
eral directions today. Train communi-
several relief trains came in with var
led assortments Of needed materials
Water System Restored.
The city water works which have
been out Of commission since Tues.
day morning. were restored at noon to-
day relieving what has been one of the
most serious phases Of the situation
here.
N ~Ia atoP PN f0
ernor Cox, telegraphed the chief ex-
ecutive the following:
"The situation is rapidly improving.
Ninety bodies have been recovered and
the work Of digging corpses from the
mud and debris Is progressing"
The Identified Dead.
Official reports and identifications OF
flood victims poured in steadily today.
were buried. Revised lists SO far
showed the following dead:
ALEXANDER FORD.
MRS. - BOWEN.
I. MASON. 5E
MRS. - HAWKINS.
MISS HAWKE. ~.
MRS. JAMES WALLACE.
S. S. CUPP.
CHRIST POLK.
VIRGINIA. SNYDER.
HOWARD SNYDER.
MRS. CLEMENCEAU, OR
CLEMSON.
GEORGE MoRGANTHALER
GEORGE BL1TZ.
MR.. - QUINLAN.
MRS. - YOUNG.
B. E. HARKREADER
FRANK G. SCOTT, years old
JOHN MCCONNELL.
MiIitiamen in Control.
More than 1000 militiamen under
command of Adjutant General Wool
have the afflicted sections thoroughly
patroled and little or no disorder is re-
ported.
The city is divided into four military
zones as follows:
North Dayton-Colonel vollrath;
east South Dayton, Colonel Catrow;
central Dayton, Major Huber. and
Lieutenant Colonel McQuigg.
It was reported that the federal gov
ernment would take control of Dayton
both from a military and sanitation
standpoint Adjutant General Wood
that he did not believe it would DE
put into effect
Bodies Covered With Mud.
Digging bodies. out Of the mud was
the chief work of rescuing parties to-
day. The waters had drained off from
almost all the flooded area, leaving
thick layers of mud which In some In
stances. piled up by the eddfes, was
several feet deep. 1t soon began to
dry up in portions Of the streets ex-
posed to sunshine. but for blocks the
searchers for bodies waded thru a sea
of oozy slime.
Scene Of Chaos.
A brilliant sunshine threw an un-
canny light over the distorted scenes
in the areas where the homes of 5000
people were swept away or toppled
over. A view down almost any street
revealed among the Debris tumbIad,
over houses, pianos. household utensils
and dead horses. brushed together lin.
confusion. At two points the bodies.
Of horses were seen still caught. IN the
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