Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26

/ Isolated spot against the sky The
| first 20 sock safety hy sliding mis- body
along the telegraph eundmts was u
man. Then came four Wontn The
first of the women Wis Mrs. Lucille
Meyer She rs widow with son tit
; knee brecchea itf son spt eut en-
/ the wire with the agility OF eat and
/ was soon across. iut Mrs. Meyer
when over the boiling torrent hieatht
swayed as though tainung slipped
and the crowd stood breathiess. By Il
I lucky chance her senses came buck
TO her SO that she could grasp one Of
the wires Hand over hand she was
able slowly to pull herself To the near
est pole where she rested before again
making the trial.
This time she did not falter, but
when she was picked up by the res
cuers at the fafthest pole toward
safety. she was limp from nervous
and physical exhaustion. Then came
two more women and under the ad-
vice of the people standing on safe
ground, they kept looking ap and were
not subjected to faintness Then came
young man and his wife The wife
he sent first and when she reached
safety she refused to get into the am
DNldfiE MiAlltNA Htl FftiA fNANAftNt
five minutes and her husband had
been brought out to safety. lie had
the babN in pillow slip and the
youngster celebrated his safe arrival
to the ground by a lusty yell Others
followed to safety. The worst Of the
flooded districts includes all OF north
and west Dayton, All of the downtown
sections the south side as far as oak
wood and all of the residence suburb
Of Glendalee The district has Il nor
mai population Of more than $4,000
Rescuers, and those at the hospl-
tails, said an estimate Of 5000 dead
might be as accurate as an estimate
Of 100. AT the edges of the mum
dated districts the water was from
eight 10 ten feet deep. Judging by
this that would mean twenty OF thirty
feet down town. While those mat
rooned in the oiflces and hotels are
in no immediate danger of drowning
there is no food or drinking water for
them. Those IN the residences, now
ever are in constant danger both by
flood and fire. First the Trailer
buildings swept into the stream.
many showing faces Of women and
children peerlng from the windows.
These We're followed by more sub
stantia brick buildings until il be-
came evident that no house in the
flooded zone WAS safe. The houses
as "A rule were washed but a few
blocks before dlsintegrAting The
body Of one ray-haired woman float
ed down the stream only a few feet
from the watchers at South PARK
street. The body caught on a guard
rope, but was swept clear ana WAS
la.
The flood came soon after daylight
this morning, after the residents had
spent last night in terror
The main leyee Of tile Big Miami
broke at Webster street about
o'clock An hour later the water was
through in Il dozen places and wall
of water ten feet high swept through
the main street Just above the june
ture of the Big Miami and the Mad
river, and where the water Of still
water creek poured into the Miami
the flood reached It's height and
rolled into the business section, wall
twenty feet high The Dayton News
WAS soon under twenty feet Of water,
the flood rose to the second floor Of
the Algonquin hotel and along Main
street occupants were driven to the
third floors What happened to them
since no one on the outside can tell
House l0oting began early IN the night
and while the local militia are on
duty, they are wholly incapable of
handling the situation
The dyke at the water plant IN
Muncie broke late this afternoon and
the employees fled for their lives.
This left the town with no fire pro
lection. White river, with the floods
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