New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
HOUSEKEEPING TO PREVENT
DISEASE. IS DAYTONS TASK

DAl lON y / AON
various officials and heads Of commit
tees. autographed 10 President Wilson
that the death list would not reach five
hundred. and otherwise epitomized the
situation. and departed for Cincinnati
after a view of The city from an auto
mobile. 1t is probable that he will so
TO Columbus tomorrow.
W. L. Blackwell. who is in charge
of morgues. estimates the dead at 2JO.
Members Of the citizens relief com
mittee are apprehcnsivc Of Il water
famine. II is believed there is little
chance that the present supply can be
made TO last until the water mains are
in use again. K. n. Grant. head Of the
relief supplies committee. tonight is
sued an appeal To all cities in the coun-
try asking that as much bottled water
"a possible be shipped TO Dayton i'm
mediately. II is especially desired that
this water he strictly pure. az it is
practically impossible TO boil the water
t'l NlHihIH6 Pun ppsVe
Shortage Of Medicine
Medical supplies were reported wo-
fully short by Major T. V. Dupuy. who
is in charge Of sanitary and medical
work. Drug stocks here were largely
destroyed. and the medical chests Of
the militia. as we'll as supplies sent 10y
other cities. have in many instances
been delayed by washouts and other
mishIps cf tho flood However a
trainload of supplies is expected soon
from Washington.
Chairmen Of the various committees
were unanimous in asking that word
be spread broadcast that sightseeing
visitors were not wanted here. The
railroads have been informed OF this
attitude. and conductors arc refusing
10 accept passengers who cannot show
that their presence here is necessary.
There were thousands of visitors in the
city to-day. Most of them were from
surrounding towns. The signs. relief
car" which many Of them bore, were
manifest forgcries.
Bodies Under Wreckase.
The majority Of the bodies Of food
victims will be found buried under the
debris in the Miami Canal under great
piles of wreckage and far down the
Miami River. at Miamisburg Middle .
town and Hamilton, in the opinion Of
! men who have examined the ground.
Few people were caught in their homes,
as most all Of them had received suf-
| fcient warning of the approaching dis
aster to enable them 10 get out before
the flood assumed dangerous proper
lions.
Lieutenant Leatherman, surgeon Of
the Sd Regiment, o. n. c., who went
through the flood in West Dayton, said
he saw scores of bodies floating down
the Miami River. and many people were
swimming. There was not one chance
in ten thousand that the swimmers
were saved he said. The water was
icy cold and the current terrific.
in one district it was stated at SAM
tary department headquarters that
dozens of bodies could be seen under
piles of wreckage. here a hand ard
there a foot sticking out from unoer
the debris. Efforts were directed for
several hours in an attempt To- get at
these bodies, but none had been taken
out when night fell.
The work Of extending succor to the
usrooned inhabitants of the districts
which still are flooded continued dur
ing the day. In many sections were 10
be seen rowboats. skiffs and cannes
making their way with extreme diff
Guilty among the heaps Of wreckaye
AID overturned houses, among tangled
meshes Of telegraph, telephone ana
electric light wires. seeking out posi-
bic victims who had been uncsred iof
Among the organizations engaged in
rescue work is tho company of naval
Essex, at Toledo, under command Of
Captain a. +. Nicklett. The company
reached Dayton on special relief
train from Toledo on Thursday and
Immediately launched number OF
boats in the raging torrents which
were sweeping the city from end 70
end Up to q o'clock tonight the sail
ors had been constantly on duty and
had TO their credit a total of 90 lives
saved, and they were not thinking of
sleep when darkness fell.
Chop Through Roofs.
one crew. in command Of Ensign +.
T.. Diebald. with no boats, rescued 375
persons from the business section and
that district Immediately east Of Main
street and west III Eagle street. Many
Of the people, were taken from their
homes only after the sailors had
mounted to the tops of partly over
turned houses and chopped their way