The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-28

few Of those hundreds of persons Nalo have been marooned in tn, down town sections of flooded Day ton since Tuesday morning are safe This was the news brought out lat, today by an Associated Press staf man, the first to succeed in the per ilons task of penetrating as far 'nortI as the big Miami river.
 Chief of Police J. N. Allaback, him sell marooneds who has been direct ing the rescue work, gave the frs information as to the situation if what has heretofore been the water bound district
 Except for possible loss of life ou the nosth side of the river there will not be more than 200 dead in Day ton. according to Allaback's estimate after he had beensgiven information as to the situation on the south side
 The worst condition found near the center of the flood was in the workhouse. where sixty prisoners have not had drop of water nor a bite of food since Tuesday. Men revolted Tuesday night and demand cd their liberty and a chance to figl.s for their lives Since then the work house has been mad house, accord ing to Supt. Johnson.
 The prisoners repeatedly fought with Johnson and threatened to kill both him and his family
 Johnson asked that a detachment of the national guard be assigned to help him handle the men He de. ciared that the men would have to be shot If they escaped from their cells. No word has been heard from May. or Phillips. The chief of police. had been unable to get near the Philips house and did not know whether the mayor would be found dead or alive
 North of Burns avenue as far as Fourth street the water was found to be from to 6 feet deep.
 Beyond Fourth the water has re ceded to make 1t possible in many places to proceed on foot. From Fourth street to the Big Miami riY CT relief work was taken up by a committee headed by Chief Ailaback Ah the grocery stores were com mandeered, and, although in most cases the goods were covered with water, sufficient supplies were dis covered to prevent suffering among those in the interior dry strip.
 While there may be many deaths in individual homes. which have beol without food or drink, there was nc place but the workhouse where an. considerable number of people wer, held without food. None had hat enough, but no case approaching ac tual starvation was found.
 Knowledge that the death list Il likely to prove so low in the dowi town section tonight gave rise to hope that even in North Daytoi about which nearly all hope had beer abandoned there might be compafa lively few deaths
 The progress of the first canoe in to the waterbound district was greet cd by appeals for bread and water In nearly every house left standinl wIstful faces were to be seen press cd against window panes. All pee ple were asked whether there ua' been any deaths and, with only few exceptions, replied there ha' not Although heartened by new from the flood zone's interior GoV Cox's secretary. Mir. Burba, wa scarcely able to credit the assertion From his own investigations of tn southern district he was unable to Ds lieve that the death list would D under 1500,
 There are 10000 unaecounted 10 on this side of the riyer', he said, y all but two hundred of these ar found. it will be the greatest miraci ot the time" '.
 It was impossible to approach Wlt' in several blocks of the fire zone, ~ en in the canoe, but there was ever indication that the Beckel house m not been burned and that the TIT had been confined to the blocks p' yond Jefferson and Third avenue
 The three hundred guests or tn Algonquin hotel have been kept pm sically comfortable. though in tn continuous dread that the fire woul reach them. The water reached Inc second floors. but all had bee moved to places of safety.
 A report which had been currel in the water district south Of Mal street that Adjutant General woe now is in full charge of the rem work and although his arm had bee haciy cut his condition was not se ious.
 Two hundred wemen and hahi'