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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
ManyMarOonedPerish When
Flames Burn Homes;
OthersKill Themselves
to Escape Torture.
Continued From Page One.

ware Ohio according figures given by Paoman Frank Pick
who aided the of of persons Nearly 1000
people have been driven from their homes.
Mayor Delaware, reported drowned,
the of building and he says the dead will high
possibly may wall high
rushing through main business The food began recedng
slowly early this morning
to-day the Russell apartments Third street. Co
mbus took fire and the occupants eaped into the People
being taken off the houses the exclusive portion of the
Dental district by the mitiamen and police
Sevenyfve persons said been drowned
dale superb standing Iinwood
in Riverdale
An alarming report from Hamilton, Ohio to-day
ing that 1000 buildings had been swept away resulting
death and making homeless The
of life in Hamilton this
nicatOn is cut off
Mddletown range from to 100
Sidney from % to So
Conditions n Dayton chaotic
wall of fifteen feet deep flows through the
central part the city driving people the third
of buildings The depth of the water streets estimated
high 30 feet and report this said that the third
floor of the Algonquin hotel the largest the city under
Hundreds of houses swept away and it estimated that fully
10000 persons homeless The Namsburg twelve miles
below Dayton been washed away Appeals help
sent to every nearby city.
relief train which Dayton night is ex
pected to return there to-day.
100000 will be the homeless An
appeal to the outside world for aid has been issued.
Every from the Ohio valley south to
Lake Erie the north of its banks bikes are
bursting beneath the strain of the rising The climax
disaster will not be heard until
Reports from Sharon, Pa children were
drowned Business houses four feet under Warren
Pa conditions alarming
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Great Bridges Are
Futilely Dynamited.

The Main street bridge, which is Of
concrete, gave way, and the Fifth street
bridge, a steel structure, was lifted
from it's abutments and carried down
against the railroad bridge. Both Of
these structures were dynamited, but
this brought little relief. The Union
station, a few squares from the railroad
bridge, was reported under IS feet of
water.
The water spread out over the city,
submerging streets two and two nd a
half miles from the central part.
Panic-strlcken people fed TO the up
per stories of their homes.
Although a warning had been sound
ed Monday night of possible flood con-
ditions. due to the excessive rains.
many people were caught unprepared.
Ten members of the militia who were
guarding the levee were swept away
and drowned A house was sent float
ing down the great Miami on which
was a woman, crying for help, holding
in her arms a child, apparently un-
conscious. The house hit a bridge and
went down, both being thrown into the
water and drowned
Policeman Lanker lost his life while
trying to rescue marooned flood vic
Tins.
Bodier con were floating down the
main streets of the town. The bodies
of horses, cattle, dogs and cats are seen
on every side.
Two policemen, while trying 10 make
"A rescue were hurled into the water,
but swan to lamp post, where they
chung until they We're rescued by per-
sons who threw a rope and drew them
into a third story window.
The flood put the gas, electric light
and water stations out of commission.
People are now huddled in second
story rooms and on hOusetops waiting
for attempts to rescue them.
There is untold suffering, ana many
have now been without food for hours,
while those who escaped the flood and
fled TO the hills are being supplied with
short ratIons.
John =. Bell chief operator of the
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\ train load Of militia was sent to-
ward Middletown, but the train was
stalled because of the food. Many
passenger trains we're caught by wash
out tracks or weakened bridges and are
delayed all over the state.
The Ohio river is rising rapidly.
From Pittsburg to Cincinnati the trib-
utaries are pouring their torrents into
the rising river. Warnings have been
issued at points where the Ohio banks
are bulwarked by dikes,
The flood was due to the breaking Of
the banks Of the Lorraine reservoir in
Shelby county at Z o'clock Tuesday
morning. A great wall of water struck
the city and overlooked the great Miami
and Mad rivers. First a levee in North
Dayton broke, and then the levee at
the Main street bridge, in the central
part of the city, collapsed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
State Votes $3.50, 900
For Immediate Aid.

The house of representatives to-day
passed a bill appropriating $3.50 900 for
the relief of flood sufferers. The sum
is to be placed Immediately in the
hands of the governor for distribution
Relief trains are being rushed into
the flooded districts Food, pure wa
ter in tanks. clothing. blankets. tents,
medicines. nurses and doctors were
carried on the trains. Collins are De
ing carried into the death zones. Many
bodies, however. viii not be found uu-
til the flood recedes.
At Springfield nine persons are miss
ing. Hundreds are homeless. The Mad
river and Buck creek overlooked their
banks at Springfield causing many fac
tories to shut down.
The Mad river is on rampage ut
West Liberty, Wreckage did terrific
damage there by carrying away houses
and bridges Al places the torrent
was clogged With drift
From thirty To forty injured at Sid
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Railroad traffic over the greater
part of the state Is dead. Telephone
and telegraph wires are down. Many
sections in the central part of the state
are cut off. Probably $50, 900 buildings
the cataclySm
Railroad bridges and trestles have
been washed out. The damage to rail-
road property is conservatively esti-
mated at S2500O,OOO.
At Piqua the Miami river and the
Erie canal Joined forces, making a tor
rent a mile wide in the lowlands Part
of the clay was destroyed. An uncon-
frmed report said that from 500 to 600
had lost their lives there.
Fifteen persons are missing at Mid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
.tlantanS Fear for
Mother Living in
Flooded Ohio CITY

David w. Yarbrough. 134 North
Boulevard, to-day is auxiously await.
ing news of Mrs. Anna B. Moody, the
mother of his wife, Mrs. Helen MOODY
Yarbrough. who, it is feared. mas met
injury in the flood at Dayton Ohio.
Mrs. Moody lives at % North Jeffar.
son street in Dayton. She is a large
property owner in this city and widely
known here.
Mrs. Moody's home is less than 1000
feet from the flooded river and one
block from Main street, which is under
water, some of the structures on that
thorOughfare having been washed
away. Sunday the Yarbrough familvI
in Atlanta heard from Mrs. Moody. TheI
letter told of a great thunder STORM
which seemed to be Threatening thsI
city, and of a tremendous rain. Thsl
storm and rain, dispatches have dis
closed, were realized, and no word has
come from Mrs, Moody since.
Fears also are expressed for the safe i
ty of John Kirby, Jr Mr. Kirby, presi-
ueHl u IIie 4NdllOIdl manufacturers A.
ISOLATION. was in Atlanta Saturday enI
route to his home in Dayton, after al
visit to former President Taft in Au-I
gusta. Mr.. Kirby's residence is near
that of Mrs Moody, No word has come
from him to his friends in Atlanta since
his short stay in the city Saturday
Mr.. Yarbrough plans to leave Atlanta
tonight for Cincinnati and thence to
Dayton, in event Of the continued lack
of news from Mrs. Moody.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
PRESIDENT MAKES APPEAL =.
To NATION To AID VICTIMS
Everybody Is Urged to Assist the Red
Cross Relief Work in the Flood Dis
trict--Secretary of War Sends TentI
and Food and an Offer of Morel

be sent from St Louis to Omaha Il
day.
Secretary Garrison also telegrapb,l
the governors of Ohio and Indiana n
fering the services of the United Statsl
regular troops and any tents bedsin
or provisions that might be needed
The war secretary placed at the al.
posal Of the two states about two tbonI
sand troops. The army posts. if cauai
upon, can furnish the following troor,l
Fort Niagara, n. Y, 800 men; Colum.
bus barracks, Ohio, 500 men: Fo.,
Thomas, KY, 500; Fort Porter. n Y
25O; Fort Sheridan. $50; Fort Lesyen.
worth, Kas., SOC
The war department has the resey.
supplies in posts throughout the middle
west in readiness for immediate shin.
ment if call be made.
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dletown. on the Miami. The c.. H. and
D. railroad bridge over the Miami river
at Middletown was demolished, or at
least partially destroyed.
The most of the towns and cities in
the vast disaster zone were in total
darkness all night In spite of the
enormous quantities of water the tor
lures of thirst are felt in many places
where public pumping stations were
put out of commission.
Rescue and relief work can not be
started until the waters start to re-
cede. The Federal authorities will CO.
operate with the state officials in re
facilitating the state.
The entire Ohio National Guard has
been ordered out by Governor Cox to
take relief measures.
From 10000 to 10000 men and women
toilers are idle, due to the closing down
of industrial plants.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

Narrowing stories of violent death
and narrow escapes are told by refu-
gees. Wanderers from Dayton, who
reached Xenia, said Dayton is a wreck
ed city.
Martial law was declared at Dayton,
and militiamen were put to work guard
ing property and fighting the fire
The Dayton Union station was fifteen
feet under water to-day. At some
points in the city the water was 80
to 40 feet deep.
Fire swept the 100000 plant of the
Champion Coated Paper Company in
Hamilton.
The waters of Buckeye Lake, near
here, rose so rapidly that the banks
were cut. Fifty cottages were flooded
or carried away and the flood threatens
the city of Newark.
The situation in this city is serious
The Broad street bridge the final link
between the east and west sides of the
city, went down at l a. m. The Scioto
river is rising fast Seventeen are re-
ported dead in the district around Co.
lumbus.
Two hundred skiffs and motor boats
were pressed into service by police,
firemen, volunteers and militiamen.
Scores of persons marooned in the
upper floors of their homes were car
ried to safety. The city was in dark
ness last night Thousands of families
in this community were separated by
the flood.
The flood districts are being patron-
ed by six local militia companies,
Fifteen thousand persons are home
lass bevA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Towns Flooded
And Cut Off.

The town of Troy near Piqua, has
been flood-swept, and Tippecanoe City
is reported to be half under water. Eff
forts to go to the relief of these towns
have been made from various direc-
tons, and all have been unsuccessful,
owing to the fact that the bridges are
washed out.
A report that the grand reservoir at
Celina had broken is doubted, as the eff
fects of its food have not been felt in
towns near its path.
Details of flood suffering in Dayton
We're reported by a telephone lineman
who reached the telephone building aft
er a struggle He said the business
section of Dayton is like stormy sea,
with the water from 10 to Is feet deep
and rushing in torrents between the
buildings, so that il is impossible for a
boat TO live. One boat went by with
two men in it, rowing desperately. try
ing to keep the bow to the waves. The
boat overturned, but both men escaped
drowning by swimming to a lamp post.
They chung to the post for half an hour
before a rope could be thrown to them.
After repeated casts, the line fell near
enough to them to be caught and the
capitols.
men were rescued with great difficulty.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Toledo Also Is
Threatened by Flood.

NEW YORK, March 26-Toleio,
Ohio, is in danger of being fool
swept, according to an Announcement
issued by the Western Union Teie-
graph Company here to-day.
A dispatch received by the COMPANY
also reports that the Vandalia railroad
bridge over the White river at Indian
apolis has given way. Traffic on the
branches of the Lake Shore railroad 10
Indiana is completely at a standstiL
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ries from the terrors of the flood. At
least 5000 square miles are under wa
Ter.
Disease, brought on by exposure has
added to the horror.
one thousand persons are reported to
have been drowned at Hamilton by the
bursting Of a reservoir.
From 40 other cities towns and ham
let's came reports of death and demon-
ton of propertN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Presi-
dent Wilson to-day issued the following
appeal for funds to aid the flood suf-
ferers:
The terrible floods in Ohio and
Indiana have assumed the proper
tfons of a national calamity. The
loss of life and the infinite suffer
ing involved prompt me to issue
an earnest appeal to all who are
able in however small a way to
assist the labors of the American
Red Cross to send contributions at
once to the Red Cross at Washing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
VI CSG ID 4SSdCllSOJ
Flood Now Falling.

Communication was also established
at intervals with Phoneton, the tele-
phone station six miles north of Day
ton.
A report from Dayton to-day said
that the flood had reached its crest at
midnight and is falling at the rate of
half an inch an hour.
Reports that the Phillips House,
hotel at Third and Main streets, and
the National Cash Register Works had
caught fire were circulated but it is
impossible to confirm them.
Every office building, hotel and bust
ness block in the city has been turned
into place of refuge
Three trainloads of foOdstuffs have
been sent from here, but as yet there
has been no chance to deliver Them
and suffering from hunger, as well as
exposure, is bound to occur within the
next few hours. The rain continues TO
pour down in torrents.
Numerous fires have been burning
throughout Dayton. and several build
ings have burned to the waters edge.
The mayor of Dayton. in an appeal
issued early today, asked for food for
the stricken people of his city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

Refugees arriving at Nenia to-
day said that Aliamisburg, a town
of 1000, has been swept away.
Scores Of bodies are floating in the
flooded waters Of the Scioto. Miami,
Mad, Tuscarawas, Maumee Mahoning
saltwater, Big and Little Sandusky and
Hooking rivers.
High lands We're seized as sanctua-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
A CORRECTION.

Owing to a Typographical error, the
advertisement of the Cash Grocery
Company in the Home Edition offered
hog lard" at 79 cents. This should
have read "hoglsss" lard at 70 cents.
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ney.
Governor Cox telegraphed to Major
McQuigg, battalion commander of the
National Guard at Cleveland to mobil-
ize the 700 militiamen in and near
Cleveland and rush them on a troop
train to this city. They will be as
signed to relief work in Springfield,
Piuua and DAYTON
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
RAIN TO CONTINUE
IN FLOOD DISTRICT;
COLD WAVE COMING

. WASHINGTON, March 26.-The q
. rains win continue in the lower 6
Q Mississippi and the Ohio water
. sheds The food situation. there 6
. fore, is largely dependent on the q
. amount of the rainfall of the next 9
. As hours in those watersheds, ac-
. cording to the official weather g
. forecast to-day.
. Rains will continue in the At q
. lantic states, with lower tempera- 9
. ture Thursday The cold wave in .
. the West is advancing eastward 9
. very slowly, but it will cause de-
. cided falls in temperature in the 9
. Gulf states within the next SO to 9
. 4S hours, with freezing tempera- 9
. ture in northern portions.
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ton or to the local treasurer of the
society.
We should make this a common
cause The needs of those upon
whom this sudden and overwhelm-
ing disaster has come should
quicken every one capable Of sym
pathy and compassion to give I'M
mediate aid to those who are labor
ing to rescue and relieve.
WOODROW WILSON.
The president also dispatched the
following telegram to Governor Cox
of Ohio. and Ralston,. of Indiana:
l deeply sympathize with the
people of your state in the terrible
disaster which has come upon
them. Call for federal support in
any way.
Many Appeals for Help.
Many appeals for cooked food, cloth
ing and blankets were received at Red
Cross headquarters early to-day.
Heading the requests was a telegram
from Governor Cox, of Ohio, in which
he appealed for aid
Arrangements are being made to for
ward all supplies that can be obtained
from cities near the devastated towns,
AT St. Louis and other large cities,
corps of nurses and trained physicians
are being organized.
Director Ernest Bickneu, Of the
American Red Cross, to-day will take
personal charge of the relief workers
at Dayton, Ohio.
The following telegram has been re-
ceived from T. ]. Edmonds, one of the
agents now conducting the Red Cross
relief works at Dayton. Ohio.
Wire to all nearby cities for food,
blankets, clothing, nurses, doctors and
medicine"
War Department Helps.
In response to an appeal for assist
ance by Governor. Cox, Of Ohio, Secre-
tary of War Garrison to-day ordered
the immediate shipment of $4,000 tents
now restored in army barracks AZ
Philadelphia to some fifteen towns in
Ohio. Army orders also were issued
for the shipment into Ohio of 900
rations which were asked for by Gov
ernor Cox.
Four hundred tents capable of shell
tering 1000 persons were ordered to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
DIS TO HORRORS OF OHIO FLOODS
FEATURES OF STORM
WHICH SWEPT OHIO

Houses floating down the river with and chill
dren the roofs crying for help
The bodies of horses cattle, dogs and other animals
well those of human beings floating in the main
of Dayton.
The food put the gas and electric light plants
mission and the city last night total darkness
The is from 10 to Is feet deep and spots much
deeper the of Dayton Its force great
boat not live,
school building known have housed than 400
children is entirely submerged and all the pupils believed
drowned
The third floor of the Algonquin hotel is under
steel bridge 600 feet long reported washed last night
Franklin Ohio
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

Central Union Telephone Company,
whose office is in Ludlow street, near
the Algonquin hotel, sat on a chair sur
rounded by water, working the only
wire he could command He was I'M
able to get any one in Dayton, but was
able to talk to Governor Cox, at Co
lumbus, long enough to appeal for aid.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Trains Tied Up by
Washed Out Tracks.

Piqua and Dayton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-02
Rem Gpisropal Chapel to Be @tcupien Tomorrotu
ST. Georges in Ueneptomn 0aaul Be Completed SHORTLY

~ HE first services In st. Georges
VL Episcopal Chapel for colored
people, located on Howard street.
Tenleytown. and part of st. Adams
parish, will be held tomorrow.
This mission work was begun in 1900,
during the rectorship of Rev. DR.. Brate-
nahl. at st. Adams.
A house was given free of rent and
quite dourishing Sunday school was
conducted.
In June, 1906 Rev. Edward Douse, a
West Indian by birth. who had just
beer ordained. was appointed to St
GEORGES as deacon in charge by the
late Bishop Satterlee.
Mr.. Douse has worked there ever
since and, it is declared. has accom-
plished a great deal of good. When he
was appointed to the mission there was
but one family connected with It, To-
day there are seventy families
In the seven years he has prepared
and baptized 112 infants and adults
and prepared and presented for con-
now sixty-six communicates and over
Atty in the Sunday school. The mis-
sion pays all it's expenses. save the
salary of Mr.. Douse.
Some Ave years ago DR.. Brakeman
nurchased q lot joining the public
school. paying therefor $1,000. on which
there ia a balance of $500. From time
to time friends Of the mission have
contributed to the building fund as
have also the congregation. and June
* the corner stone of a very sub
stantial but simple church building was
laid. This building is costing $2.loo.
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ss gegsi 0oson Get romoer eight
Large Demano
for 5arren @ritingS

- N single day recently the Ameri-
US can Bible Society shipped from
the Bible House, New York. 32'tOO
Bibles, New Testaments and Scripture
portions No fewer than ninety-six large
cases were required to hold them
1t is not well known that there are
300 600 Mexicans resident in Texas, speak
ing Spanish, of course. They want Bibles,
and so to Dallas. one Of the societys
agencies. there went large consignment
of Scriptures in Spanish, The Dallas
agency requires Bibles In more than
thirty different tongues. SO great are the
peoples and nations settled in the ex-
IRENE southwest.
Chicago took also some of these Bibles,
but Chicago beats even Dallas In NUMBER
of languages it requires In the bipies
which it handles. Nearly sixty tongues cues
have made homes In the northwest. Por-
tuguese Bibles and New Testaments In
this shipment went to Brazil, where the
society has had an agency Tor thirty
years, and where the demand TOT bioles
is steadily increasing.
1t is an interesting fact that Spanish,
Portuguese and others or these foreign
tongues. wanting Bibles, want those OF
expensive bindings, say, 80 per copy:
These people seem to be laying In family
Bibles. and lay in lasting ones. The call
for these expensive books has sprung up
within a few years, and Is increasing.
Others in the shipment. and particularly
the English Bibles and New TestamentS,
sell down to 20 cents copy.
It is a mistake, 1T is declared. to think
the society gives Bibles away. 1t does
so when people are poor and really want
the books But 80 per cent OF the Bibles
are sold. even by the society's colporteurs.
and in thousands OF instances to people
whom nobody would expect to buy.
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Dauqbter of presinent, st IS Derlareo,
0riginaten gnea Mbirb Das @rotpn
9nto 600 Clubs :Gormeo to @tili3e
Vacations of Girl @tu0ents.

Fresno, Goucher. Colorado, Alabama
Teck, Randolph Macon, Texas and Grin
nell.
This Eight Weeks Club plan aims to
get hold of young women in small towns
and in the country. 1t aims not simply
to give them city ways. but to get from
them for the city girls some of the orig
inality, brightness and healthful country
ways
In turn the college girl gives to the
country one new ideas in home culture
domestic science. social service, religious
education, Christian efficiency, and those
up-to-date things just now so mucn IN
vogue. Girls are taught to study their
own communities.
In several instances, where burial
grounds were neglected. they have been
moved and flowers planted. In other
cases summer choirs have been formed
for churches. Children have been taught
new games.
1t is Miss Wilson's idea, 1t Is said, and
II is so working out that the city col
lege girl is strengthened In character
and confirmed in her knowledge by giving
to others what she has only In part
learned. Country girls and communities
benefit, as is shown by the large number
of clubs already formed.