The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-26

IS under siN 10 eighteen feet of water
1t is thought most Of the fatalities
occurred on the west and north SIDES
of the river. where a wall OF water
rushed suddenly with the breaking of
the leyec The early breaking of the
levee will keep the loss of life in the
commercial session lower than at first
BY o'clock yesterday morning. the
business streets were impossible and
many employees in stores and offices
We're prevented from reaching their
places of employment. Many were
driven to the outskirts of the city. far
from their homes. however, and were
unable 10 communicate with their
friends
The pI essing need today vs. food and
medical supplies. II is feared typhoid
may result from the use OF the river
water. The breaking OF Tuttleton res
eryoir shut off the supply of good wa
ter. The downpour. which continued
forty eight hours. has ceased
May Be 1000 ped IN Dayton.
Columhus. ., March 26,--Gov. Gov
received the following from his secre-
tary, who went to Dayton last night
Deaths may run as high as two
thousand. River four miles wide. can
not get anywhere near the center Of
the city Water to second story Of
Phillips House Worst calamity in
the country since Galveston"
Many Fires in Dayton.
indianapolis, March 26.-The Asso-
ciated Press here. in communication
with the Western Union operator at
the wolrs Creek Office. a mile and
half from Dayton. learned the water
in the city has fallen four feet since
midnight. The operator reported sew
oral bad fires in the main district Of
| Dayton and that the damage will run
! into millions Several fires We're put
out by dynamiting buildings. The op-
orator said the loss Of life will run
! into the thousands, and that people in
| North Dayton We're caught like rats
! i'm a trap.
1000 Reported Lost in Dayton.
Wolf Creek CTwo Miles West ~
/ Dayton)-At least thousand persons
/ IN Dayton lost their lives I'm the food.
Most of the victims north Of Dayton
had no warming. Today the city is
under fifteen feet of water, according
TO reports which have reached here.
/ Although the food is receding. the
rain is beginning again.
Worst In ohio's History
Columbus o.. March 26.-From Lake
Erie to the Ohio river and from India
ma to the PENNSYLVANIA line, Ohio to-
day experienced the worst flood the
state has ever known. With an ap-
pallng loss Of life at Dayton. estimated
over five hundred. almost every city
land village in the state follows with
a death toll that cannot be totalled un -
tn the waters suhside. Heavy rains
continued in most of the state last
night and all flood records in most
sections were broken. The property
damage will ran into the millions In
. this city there are three known dead
and eleven reported.
Many Clineing TO Roofs.
Peru. Ind, March 26.--(Nia Tclc-
phone 10 South Bend.)-Hunereds al
& dawn today were clinging To roofs ol
% buildings, where they sought retug'
from the hood last night, which swep
in from the overnown banks of th'
. Wabash river. drowning within lev
minutes, probably sixty
The prospect al daylight was dis
- tressing. Currents of muddy water
. ten To twenty feet deep. were racing
. through the main streets at twent'
y miles an hour The later. however, d
u believed To be receding. although onl
slightly.
No one is able TO correctly estlmat
the number drowned. because man
II bodies were carried down the rive
and because whole streets of sub
y merged houses are known To have bee
occupied before the water came M
- Hundreds are huddled together in th
court house.
" Estimates up to o'clock this morn
ing varied from SO to 100 dead. Man
We're stll clnging TO roofs. At 81
it was impossible to reach Peru froI
~ any direction. All telegraph wires nj
Gown
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