The chronicle=news., 1913-03-25

Chicago, H., March 90 Reports
from Indiana and Ohio received up
TO l2:3o y. M, indicate that there
has been no great loss OF life due to
iloodt bu, that the waters are I'M
prccedenily high In bot hstntes and
Groni financial loss undoubtedly
viii result.
Cincinnati. o.. March 2a-ThiS
citv experienced n cloudburst here
this morning that started the gangt
rising In ,h. Ohio river. temporarily
flooded III" streets of this city aud
carried away two bridges over the
| Whit" river AZ Valley Junction. ~
shnr; dittunr" below here. Families
living In the inwiInds below Milford
We're warned and fled To higher
ground.
Chicago. Ill. March 2J,-Com-
mrnication with Dayton, Ohio. has
been established by the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
/ report received direct from Dayton
states that thcT" has been no loss OF
life but that there is at least five
feet OF water in ih. streets.
Indianapoigs. Ind. March 25.-h
l"N"c along Whit" river In Broad
Ripple. suburb Of Indianapolis
went oui TODAY. driving 500 families
, from their homes and washing out
, mile OF railroad tracks. Only the
| roofs oi scJnc cf the houses In the
suburbs are visible.
Spingn"ld. u. March 's5.- TIiis
Clty II In ihc midst Of the worst
flood In It. history. Both Duet
creek aud Mad river hav. broken
from their banks and til" lowlunds
are under water. Several hundred
houses IN III, .ns'"rn section uf tho
city have been flooded. These con
tain families who refused Ia abandon
their homes, Many factories have
been compelled to shu, down.
Columbus. o.. March 2I.-With y
"r ai rear tn" l"vce ~, the foot o.
Bread stree, .l,' go shortly before /,
O'Clock TODAY. T"nding ~ dclugc ~
water that had been collected In the
Sci"tu river covering II great area.
: v'fai small BUILDINGS collH"s"d
Til" polic" at 1910 o'clock ordered
nli persons In tn. low lands to leave
their hOn"s aud lie. for the high
'rndF. All fire and police officials ns-
sisted In tn" work. TIL" citizens
were told not To stop for clothes or
valuable. NJ loss OF M" has yc'
hccn reported.
rrbaua. o.. March :5.--It IL re-.
ported that u PENNSYLVANIA wreck.
/ Ing train ON itH WAY to West l.ib"r'F
/ Chio. +" clrnt NJ III. rcnnsylgUula
wreck there early today went thru
br.dr" no. 81, near here The train
carried crew uf IL.
hiddl"tOwn. q. Mach :S-At nj
o'clock "a" houses were under water
and their former occupants were
/ seeking shelter In the school houses.
] churches aud city buildings, Nt this
time tn" great Miami river WAS one
mile wild" at this poin and 1t was re
J ported ihnt wrl! of water six feet
high was on its way from DAYTON.
Ncw York. March -. No liycyI
Z have been lost thus far and no build
Z ings destroyed In til" flood Mt DAYTON
Caip. according to u message rccciv-
cd ~ 12:sI today by tn. American
T"lsphouc aud Telegraph company
from its station az Phonrtom. eight
miles Mouth OF Dayton. Til. com
panv has ,.s, wire working from
pohnoiun to Dayton.
The company's men at phonctun
reported that tn" flood In the Miami
river WAS caused by the breaking OF
the Laramie reservoir In Shelby
county. about 80 miles north of bay ,
ten
When this message WAS received
the Miami river was rising about one
foot an hour. Til. water was seven
feet deep IN Main street in DAYTON
and fourteen feet deep In many parts
or the surrounding country.
Indianapolis. Ind. March 23.-t
f'lCod conditions throughout the |
II is estimated that more than 1000 |
families have been forced to leave |
their homes So far four deaths by |
drowning have been reported.
Akron. c.. March - Word has |
iuyt reached here that the big state |
reservoir south OF Akron has broken. |
The residents of the nearby section |
are fleeing for their lives. The water
fom the reservoir is pouring into I
Long Lake. If its banks burst Ak I
cG.