The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-26
Many PLACES IN OHIO AND Indiana
ARE ALMOST BURIED UNDER WATER
Dayton, Where Three Rivers and Greek join, Presents the
Worst Spectac1e-Water Rushed Through Streets
with Terrific Force, Carrying Death in its Wake

Chicago, March 26.-Swept by wine
and rain storms Of terrific violence fol
three days. vast areas of the middle
west, from the Missouri river to the
Allegheny mountains, today are inun'
dated. many persons have been drown.
ed and enormous property losses y
been caused by floods. the worst In
years.
The maps of Ohio. Indiana and part.
OF Illinois and Missouri are maps Of
desolation. Terre Haute. Lafayette
and Indianapolis. in Indiana. and Del
aware. Dayton. Columbus and Youngs'
town, in Ohio. present particularly PIT.
liable spectacles In all Of these cities
there was some loss of life. ACCORDING
to the most authentic reports avail
able. and in each city the property
=. loss particularly was heavy.
Storm Hampercd Rescucrs.
In Delaware. Ohio. nineteen persons
are known to have lost their lives and
thirty to fifty others are missing. e
Re Haute. swept by a disastrous tor
nado last Sunday. was yesterday IN the
seriously interfered with the work OF
removing the stricken families. The
death list still remained at twenty.
while the list of injured is expected
to aggregate $50.
At DAYTON. Ohio. where three rivers
the Miami. saltwater and Mad. and
another stream. known as Wolf creek,
Join, there undoubtedly occurred loss
Of life as well as destruction of prop
on a level flat with h four streams
meeting almost in the heart Of the
place. and is protected by levees
twenty-five feet high. The levee pro.
tecting the Miami river broke about 9
O'Clock yesterday morning and the
flood was augmented by the rapidly
rising waters of the other three
. streams and finally rendered uncon-
trollable by the breaking Of the Lar
ton.
Swept Through City With Terrific
Force.
The waters swept through the city
with terrific force. One report which,
however. lacked confirmation. was to
the effect hat the water in the main
street vas fifteen feet deep. All wire
communication, except one slender
telephone wire to Phoneton, a station
Information regarding the status of at
fairs in Dayton has been difficult to
obtain.
Railroad and wagon bridges across
the Miami river were swept away and
others were in momentary danger OF
collapse. The river still was rising al
a late hour and fears were entertained
that several other towns between Day.
TOT and the Ohio river would suffer
before the night was over.
No definite Information as to wha,
actually happened at Dayton coulG
be obtained until last night. when in
formation from Cincinnati came thai
sixty lives had been lost. Practical,
the entire city vas under water and
the residents had been forced to flee
for their lives. Many Of the more
intrepid sought refuge on the house.
tops.
Seven Feet OF Water.
At 3 p. m. yesterday a young wom'
an. telephone operator at Dayton, was
in direct communication with Cover.
20 Cox at Columbus. She said she
was the last person remaining in the
exchange building and that there We're
seven feet Of water in the main street
AS she was talking she said the Leon
ard building. across the street, col
lapsed. Many persons were believed
time. Other buildings were expected
to be undermined.
Columbus suffered enormous dam
age from the flood. The washing gu
OF several bridges across the sciot,
river in and near that city resulted II
almost total paralysis Of railroad traf
hc early in the day. Late yesterda.
the west side levee broke and a larg
area Of the western part Of the cit.
vas inundated. Fires in three larg
factories ragged for many hours an,
for a time threatened q considerably
portion Of the district. Because Of tn
Hood fremen were unable to respon'
to the appeals for assistance.
Worst Condition in Years.
Conditions at indianapolis. For
Wayne, Kokono and other places Il
central Indiana were the worst Il
many years. In every part Of the stat
there were reported DISASTROUS inun
dations. At Lafayette two spans o
q bridge went out. carrying severa
persons who were watching the food
All were rescued, however, except tw
me one of whom was L. p. Wooler
OF Indianapolis, q student at Purdu
university.
West Lafayette, VIII ire Purdue uni
versity is located. was cut of from tn
main part Of the city late in the after
noon when the levees were broken b
the force Of the waters Of the wabas
river. The river is two miles wild
and rising rapidly. Residents Of tina
part Of the city adjacent to the rive
were prepared to desert their home
at moments notice.
City Without Fire Protection.
Flood conditions throughout Indian
Raider Trnnh1a caneae