Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-03
INDIANA IN
FLOODS PATH
APPALLING sWierNGas or the
FLOOD CATCHES STATE
UNPRePARgo.
10000 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS
oeep In Temperature VIII Bring
Added suffering; More Rain 10
Expected; 200 Drowned at
Peru.

Indianapolis. 1nd--A statewide flood.
- appalling in its immensity and ter
rife swiftness with which It came.
claimed 200 lives. according to rec
ports. made nearly 100000 homeless
and has done property damage OF
more than $20,000,000 in Indiana.
The White river levee here went
out. submersing hundreds Of homes
and adding 1000 to the 1000 who are
homeless. Thousands Of spectators
were watching the river when the
levee crumbled. Men. women and
children fought through the water to-
ward a nearby bridge which seemed
70 offer the only safety.
The appalling swiftness with which
the waters have arisep caught the
entire state unprepared.
Streams that were brooks Easter
morning soon became raging torrents
Persons who retired In apparently safe
homes Monday night, Tuesday morn.
ing were rescued from second stories
by boats; and lowlands, free from
food waters Monday Tuesday night
are vast lakes. Conservative estimates.
place the number driven from their
homes at near 100.0 900 and the property
loss will reach the twenty million
mark. These figures are made up from
reports received from towns and vii
iagss and do not include the great
loss to farmers Of the state.
Indianapolis 10 in the grip Of its
worst food. Street cars stopped run
ming when the water and gas plants
were forced to suspend.
Seven thousand persons were driven
from their homes hera by the over.
Cow from White River, Eagle creek
and Plee SAINT Run. They are being
cared for by charitable institutions.
the city and in private homes. The
state militia IL patrolling the flooded
districts. aiding the police.
Mayor Shank asked the board Of
public safety to appropriate $1,000 for
the relief of flood sufferers.
Parts Of Fort Wayne, Lafayette.
Richmond, Marion, Terre Haute. Mum
Gle, Rushville. Kokomo. Peru, Conners-
vile. Petersburg. New Castle, Frank.
fort. Anderson. Upton. Noblesville.
Hartford City. Elwood, Bloomington:
shelbyville. Logansport. Portland anu
innumerable smaller towns are under
water. with many Of the residents
driven from their homes and others
living on upper floors. dreading the
prospects brought by each succeed
Ing hour. From many Of these places
frantic appeals for aid have been re-
oeived by the state ofiicials.
Indianapolis. Ind.-Two hundred or
moro are drowned at Peru. Ind. &C.
cording to a message received by Gov
ernor Ralston from that place.
The governors informant asked
that 200 coflins and food and clothing
be sent to Peru at once.
Vivid details Of the flood at this
point were obtained when rescuers
succeeded In propeliing boats through
ehs inundated streets. The facts es
tablished we're:
Number Of persons drowned. esti
mated from so up to AZ high as $50
Il being impossible to learn exactly.
because many bodice are hidden IL
houses still wholly submerged.
Two hundred and twenty-five in
jured or sick survivors rescued and
removed to temporary hospital a,
Plymouth, Ind.
Property loss, t2,500,00O
Number Of persons homeless. 1900
Winter quarters Of the Wallace cir
Gus destroyed, about 800 valuable
animals drowned including lions
bears. camels, elephants, ponies. moA
Keys and a rare collection OF birds
Citizens, finding lawlessness in ev
cry block Of the city above water
organised vigilance committee, with
orders to shoot looters.