The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-28

Cincinnati also sent some. Upon the
arrival of these craft work of rescue
went on rapidly.
From what could be seen through q
field glass from the top Of a tall build
ing, more than a mile away, it seemed
as if the most serious blaze started In
the Patterson Supply Company's plant
Early today it had consumed parts OF
three blocks.
The Patterson plant is on Third
street near Jefferson. The fire burned
northwestward for a time and then
shifted directly west. It has been con-
servatively estimated that ESQ persons
were marooned in the BeckeI hotel
It was believed this structure had gone
up in flames, but this fact could not
be definitely settled. Whether any per-
sons were in other buildings in the
vicinity is not known.
10000 HEMMED IN.
Unlike conditions when cities here
tofore have been overwhelmed by fire
or food, Dayton has no general rep
resentative citizens committee to re-
lieve victims of the flood and fire that
have swept this city. 1t is impossible
to communicate with the mayor or
other city officials. as they with more
than half of the population of 100, 600
lief work is being well done by a small
cotef-ie of citizens in the southeastern
portion of the city who were not
caught in the business section when
the flood suddenly made egress from
buildings impossible. The relief work
is in charge of j. III. Patterson, presf-
dent of the National Cash Register Co.
The cash register plant was the only
structure not seriously affected by the
flood or fire which followed and today
more than thousand refugees are re-
ceiving medical attention and food at
the plant. which has been turned into
a huge hospital and lodging house.
cold, penetrating wind, driving
rain before it, has been in evidence
since Tuesday noon. Early today there
was a. decided drop in the tempera-
ture and snow began to fall
The city was proclaimed under
martial law yesterday afternoon. A
thief was caught rohbing homes of
flood victims whom had been taken to
refuge stations and is reported to have
been shot to death by state guardsmen
doing police duty.
Narrowing tales have been told in
connection with the rescue work
already done. A boy pitched by his
mother from a roof to a boatman who
was having difficulty keeping his craft
steady in a swirling current, was
missed by the rescuers and drowned.
The mother was saved. A young llus-
band had to forcfbly keep his wife from
throwing herself into the food waters
as they sat upon the roof of their
ruined home. She was holding two
children. All were saved.
A boatman who had just rescued. a
woman and her baby lost control of
the slxiff and 1t crashed into a tele-
graph pole and was crushed The
mother and child persisted in the water
while the man chung to the pole and
was saved by seizing a line thrown to
him.
Since direct communication with the
outside world was established late
yesterday afternoon, wires have been
crowded with messages which it is i'm
possible to deliver here. Hundreds of
are pouring in but at best
cannot reach their destination for days.
They are being posted at relief head
quarters in the hope that persons to
whom they are addressed may see
them as they scan the bulletin boards.