Imperial Valley press., 1913-03-28
LOCAL APPEAL

tOtAE APPEAL
Clothing will be received Satur-
day and Monday at DeIOzier's Fur
asture Store at the NOman's
Ten Thousand Club sales room in
the Beach building for the flood
victims. Money contributions Will
be received by Mayor Norton at
the court house ut the club
room, and every body is urged to
= I've according to his or her means
JBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
COLUMBUS. March 2S.-Fifty bodies
occupied the morgue at this after
noon, half of them identified. 1t is
expected the deaths here will mum Yer
about 100. Messa ges from GAINESVILLE
say hundreds are facing starvation
there.
flood and fire here will not exceed 800
This estimate is made after careful
exploration of the city. The flood is
rapidly receding There is still much
suffering from famine. but supplies are
arriving hourly.
TROY, March 2S-Twenty-e eight
corpseS have beue recovered here and
the total dead is estimated at 125
Many corpses are visible in tree tops.
CLEVELAND, March 2S.-Improved
conditions throughout the flood section
in Ohio and Indiana were received to-
day. The water is rapidly receding
everywhere. making rescue work pos
slble. Expeditions into the flooded
districts indicate that early reports of
fatalities were exaggerated. a con-
Servative estimate today will place the
total dead in Ohio at 500 and in In
diana at 100.
There is immediate suffering from
lack of food and water on account of
the late arriavl of relief trains.
The Ohio river is rising generally
and danger is feared along the river
Telegraph, railroad and commercial
business will be demoralized for weeks
ON THE OHIO
CINCINNATI, March 2S.-The river
is IS feet above the danger line and is
still rising. Residents of the lower
districts are fleeing to higher ground
Six bodies floating down from the Mi
ami have been recovered. There were
night 80
COLUMBUS. March 2S.-Twenty-
eight corpseS have been recovered here
and martial law has been declared
It is still impossible to obtain an
accurate estimate of the dead through
out the state.
militia, says 100 bodies have been To-
Gated in the west side of Columbus
GAINESVILLE is isolated and it is i'm
possible to verify the reports that $50
Colonel Barger has issued orders for
me as soldiers esti tie1 to to shoot all looters.
one hundred millions.
HAMILTON, Ohio, March 2S.-Rescu-
ers here estimate that from 100 to
been identified. Hundreds are miss
ing.
Most CHASTITY scenes are described by
the rescuers in this city. Josephine
Underwood, aged IL years, was found
frozen to death in the branches of a
tree.
Mrs. n. Tobin and baby were found
dead on the rafters of the attic of their
home.
A 16month old baby was found in
one attic, warmly wrapped and smiling
at Its rescuers. There was no one
else in the attic and a card pinned to
the planket read walter Taylor"
Twenty eight corpses were recovered
on the first rescue trip today.
IN INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2S.-Encour-
aging reports have come from the In
d1ana flood region. 1t is believed prac-
ucally all refugees have been reached
with relief. The situation in Peru
had been greatly exaggerated, it is
believed. 1t is now reported that only
fifty are dead there. The Wabash is
still rising and trouble is feared in
the southwestern section of the state.
A conservative estimate of damage in
Indiana is fifty millions.
Rumors of heavy fatalities in East
Indianapolis proved groundless when a