The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27

drowned and several deaths have been
reported during the day owing to pri-
walton and exposure. Tho Indiana
River is still rising and heavy down :
pour has continued during the day.
Reports are arriving hourly from
scores OF cities and towns in Ohio and
prove that State TO be the worst SUI
ferer.
Cincinnati Is partially flooded, and
the Ohio River had reached the ffty-
Eix-foot level early tonight. and sixty
feet is expected by morning. Thousands
OF persons have been driven from their
homes and much damage done by the
water.
Columbus IN in Total Darkness.
Coium bus. O, Is in total darkness.
and railroad communication with the
rest OF the state has been cut OFF,
Twenty-Five deaths have occurred as
a result OF the food. y panic occurred
there to-day when the rumor that the
great storage dam which furnishes the
c!ty's water supply, had broken. spread
through the city. This was later found
TO be incorrect.
An unconnrmed report came from
the town OF PiQua that half OF that
place had been wiped out with loss
OF $40 lives.
Youngstown. o. is facing water
famine. being entirely without sup
ply OF drinking water. Two deaths
y
damage TO all railroad lines runnin <
out OF here. including the Lake Shore,
Erie and the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie.
Several persons are reported dead in
the city OF Ravenna, O.. and thousands
Of dollars damage has been done to
property and railroads in that sec
ton
Fifteen persons reported
drowned in GAINESVILLE, o Hundreds
OF families have fled their homes,
while scores OF others are marooned
bridge has been partially wrecked and
It may be found necessary TO dynamite
IL. The entire business centre of the
city is under from two 10 four feet
OF water.
Terrible Conditions Mt Wooster.
Ten persons have been drowned at
Wooster. o.. and the same conditions
of devastation prevail here as in many
other parts of the State.
AT ] o'clock this Thursday morn
ing the Western Union Telegraph Gem
pany reported the total loss of its line
Of trunk wires between New York and
Chicago in the vicinity OF Toledo, o.
All telephone wires were also report
nunication between the two great
cities of the country.
IT is thought here that the Mau.nee
River at Toledo. which has been ris-
ing rapidly may have attained such. a
height that II has carried away the
several bridges al that city and with
West with the East. The telegraph
and telephone companies reported no
prospect OF restoring any commuAica-
ton at this time.
New Element of Seriousness.
This new interruption to wire com.
se ertnto's to the Ohio situation. with
and with railroads washed out prac-
from the stricken cities in the vast
flood zone is now practically unobtain-
able.
At this hour G:54 a. NJ the only
place reached in Ohio is Cincinnati
The wire of the international News
Service in order to reach the city. was
through Washington to Richmond. and
from there across the South TO At
s aa rV % to Memphis ns w and
from Memphis TO Nashville. the latter
city having direct communication with
Peru. Ind is almost entirely under
water and n loss of 900 people is re-
ported there. The food still continues
and terrible conditions prevail The
property loss is estimated at $4,000. 900
Seven persons are reported drowned
in Terre Haute, and most of the resi-
Dental district Is under water. The
damage is placed at s2.00000O
1t was reported late tonight that 200
persons were drowned in West In
dianapolis when a levee broke, and
that part OF the city was engulfed
Six deaths have occurred at Fort
Wayne. Ind. among them four little
orphan girls who were drowned while
attempting to escape in rowboat.
Four thousand families are now home
less, and the property damage Is
enormous.
Loganeportr Ind. is flooded with 6f-
teen feet of water, which extends over
three-Quarters of the city Including the
business and principal. residential dis.
\ tricts. School boys from the Culver
Military Academy are aiding In the
rescue work.
Pennsylvania Towns Suffer.
Scores OF towns and villages through
Western Pennsylvania have surered
heavily from floods which have nre.
vailed there for two days. Numerous