The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-25


higher than any previous nood In the
history OF the city.
TWELVE PERsoNs DROWNED At
DELAWARE, o.
Eiwht blocks along the Oientangy Riv-
er are flooded mt Delaware. o., city Hail
corner being submerged under eight feet
Of water. and other sections Of the city
are suffering more or less. The river II
twenty feet above its normal depth.
Twelve persons we're drowned. The
dead are: James Meichenor, his wife
and ave OF his six children: Miss Esther
Jones. Miss Hazel Dunlap. IN unidenti.
fled woman. tw6 unidentified men.
Mayor Il. v. I.eas ID marooned In the
second floor Of building on the water
front and efforts are being made to res
cue him. The water has been rising at
the rate of n foot an hour since mid
| night. As the food gathered force It
! tore houses loose and swept them away.
FIFTY houses were thus destroyed. Two
hundred people were rendered home
less
The property ioss viii approximate a
million dollars. Reports indicate that
nearly every bridge In the county has
been swept away.
with q great roar the levee at the
foot Of Broad street in Columbus broke
shortly before II o'clock A. n. to-day.
| sending a deiuge Of water that sweiled
the scioto River. covering . great ares.
Several smAl! buildings collapsed.
/ The police ordered all persons In the
lowiands TO leave their homes quickly
| la NrA
police apparatus assisted In the work.
The residents were told not to stop for
1 clothes or vaiuablss. No loss Of lifs
has yet been reported In Columbus.
Gov. Coz. on request Of city omclais.
ordered out the local Ohio National
Guard to do patrol work In the flooded
districts Of Columbus. Safety Director
Barger. who made the request. said that
Hood conditions were the worst In the
history OF tho city.
The washing out Of several bridges
across the Scioto River IN and near Col
umbus resulted In almost total paralysis
OF railroad trafiic out Of Columbus
shortly after 10 o'clock to-day.
The west side isves has overlooked .
large area In the western part Of the
city and hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes.
STATE RESERVOIR WEAR AKRON
| BREAKS DOWN.
Word has just reached here that the
big State reservoir south OF Akron has
broken. Men on horseback are spread
Ing the warning. The residents of the
nearby section are fleeing for their
lives. The water from the seservoir II
pouring into Long Lake. II Its banks
burst AkroHs business section will be
flooded.
At Middlstown two hundred houses
were under water and their former
occupants were seeking shelter In he
schoolhouses. churches and city build
lnys. The Great Miami River was one
mile wide at this point and It was re-
ported that q wall OF water six feet
high was on Its way from Dayton.
J At youngstown the Mahoning River
: and Crab Creek rose to an enormous
height. and nearly all the big industries
. Of the district are closed. The Republic
) Iron and Steel Company. Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company are the bisges,
plants to suffer. and N.0oo men are
thrown out of work temporarily n
these plants. But one pump 10 wor kins
1t the water works pumping station
! and II will be compelled to close II the
7 water continues to rise. The Gty vii
then be without . water supply.
: At Springfield both Buck Creek anc
Z Mad River have broken from thei,
, banks and the lowlands are under
Q water. several hundred houses In tn,
u eastern section OF the city have beer
Q flooded. These contain families VIII,
Q refused to abandon their homes. Man!
= factories have been compelled to close
. Cincinnati experienced cloudbMS
to-day that started the gauge rising Il
o the Ohio River. temporarily flooded tn
II streets Of this dty and carried ava.
o two bridges over the White Water Rive
. At Valley Junction. a short distance be
low here. Families living IN the low
% lands below Milford were warned las
b night and fled TO higher ground befor
\ daylight.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo-. March SO
y Fears that the hfty-foot dam OF tn
% Ozark Water Power Company In tn
NJ White AyAr. near Torsyth Mo- vii