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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26

refugees. lie volunteered his services
and brought men from his department.
The huge auditorium here has been
turned into a Kitchen. Food Is ready
for distribution at all times. Arrange
ments thus far have been far in adj
vance of the needs, but larger num-
Der of the rural people viii have to be
cared for before the next u hours has
passed.
AT Trinity Cathedral. where hun
dred homeless women and children
spent the night, the relief committee
had established food station.
pathetic scene was enacted here.
While storm victims were hustling
around 4-year-old girl lies asleep
upon the bencsh nearby. Awakening.
she looked up in amazement. She was
asked where her home WAS. why"
stammered the child, Il haven't any
My mother and father were blown
away with our home" Suddenly she
espied tall man. why" she stam-
mered again, there's uncle" Before
onlookers could secure the tots name
the man had gathered the child in
his arms and carried her from tho
building
Plans for the rebuilding of the city are
already under way. a movement to form
a corporation for the purpose OF aiding
those who need help having already been
broached by several Of the men who are
| IN position 10 AFFORD SuCh assistance
/ Commissioner Ryder, in charge of the
temporary relief work, realizes that the
greatest stress will be felt within the
period when reaction from the immediate
shock is noted. Speaking of this he said
THE next 10 days will be absorbed in
| taking care of the needy and then will
come the real strain of rebuilding the
ruined homes To this end we must take
| immediate steps for the formation of
committee or body to control the situa-
tion that the work may be systematical-
ly pressed
Robert Cowel. business man, declared
the time to organize for rebuilding is
now. II would suggest" said Mr.. Cow
ell. THAT a corporation be formed inn
mediately for the purpose of lending
funds to these who want to rebuild at
merely nominal rates of interest. In the
list of losers are many who are proud
and sensitive who do not want to accept
charitable aid
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HELD HER BABY
IN HER ARMS

Among the searehers today was Mrs.
w W. Sherwood. Ill in bed, Mrs. Sher-
wood was holding her week. -old babe
in her arms when the wind descended
upon her little household The house
was unroofed. the infant torn from the
mothers arms and blown away and
so far it has not been found In spite
of her weakness and suffering from
injuries, Mrs. Sherwood. aided by her
friends. is hunting the hospitals and
improvised morgues about the city. In
Ralston A suburb. Edward Mote. his
wife and three children were sitting
in their home when the tornado sud
denly carried them and the house to
Pal Creek, 100 yards away. and dropped
them into the water Mrs Mote was
drowned.
In the same town Postmaster ID. l..
Ham, with his daughter, Mrs Kimball,
and his grandchildren. were standing
in the doorway of their home when the
wind struck them. Mrs Kimball and
her 2-year- old daughter. Frances,
stepped outside the door, which
slammed shut. Their bodies were found
last night. H. e. Said and wife. mar
ried month ago, We're in the Ham
house Warned of the approach of
death by Mr.. Ham, the two sought
solace in each others arms. Thus they
were found dead. AIr. Ham was slight
When the tornado rushed upon
Omaha so nuns were in the Sacred
Heart convent. Seeing its approach they
hurried from the five-story building
and sought refuge at the home of
Bishop Richard Zanne1, Just across the
street. No sooner had the last Of the
women left the convent than the build
ing collapsed. The $50 girl students al
the convent were spending their East
er SUNDAY at their homes.
All Omaha is rallying to the assist
ance of the tornado victims. The hos
pitals of the
Every wagon and moving van was
pressed into service to move household
goods.
In one house negro family of
seven, was killed. When searchers were
digging in the ruins they discovered
a negro baby alive and uninjured A
heavy DEAN had fallen in such way
that it protected the child.
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NO MORE BODIES
ARE REVEALED

Terre Haute Ind, March 25.-Further
search of the ruins left in the path OF
Sunday nights tornado failed to reveal
any more bodies and the death toll today
remained at 20. but some of the injured
now in hospital probably will die and
four persons still are reported missing.
The list of injured reaches nearly go.
The city, vigo county and many private
firms and citizens have donated thou
sands of dollars for relief. Heavy rains fell
again today seriously hampering the work
of removing the stricken families. The
police issued an order intended to stop
moving men from overcharging the peo-
pie.
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NEARLY HUNDRED
LOSE LIVES

Delaware, o., March 25..-Between rs
and 100 persons lost their lives in the
swirling waters of the flooded Olen-
tengy river today. according to estimates
made by the police tonight More con-
servative reports place the number Of
dead between % and so.
Scores of persons are still clinging TO
tops of trees, roofs of houses and other
available footings.
Tonight big fires were built along the
banks of the river to cheer the marooned
ones. while desperate efforts to rescue
them continue.
Life saving crews from Toledo ard
Cleveland lake stations have been asked
for, and a crew is expected from Toledo
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TWELVE DEAD
IN HAMILTON

Hamilton, o., March 2S.-Twelve per-
sons are known to have been drowned
while it is believed over a score more
are dead as the result of the flood of
the Miami river that swept Hamilton
from one end to the other today and is
rushing through the streets tonight to
depth of from three to six feet.
The known dead are:
Robert Shank, an attorney.
N. c. McRoberts, aged 6.
-. =. O'Dell.
Harman Tieman.
DIR. Leon 1utzi
Three unidentified women and two un-
identified men, -a-.s- -isfs'- r. |s
j. r. Espey, a prominent merchant,
saw a man and woman fall from boat
as 1t swept past his house and neither
appeared on the surface again.
Robert Shank and DIR. lutzi lost their
lives while trying to save others.
Tonight the residents are gathered in
the principal buildings of the town. Com
munication with the outside world is linn
tied to a single telephone wire tnat
reaches only to Cincinnati
The town is in darkness.
Three companies of militia from Cincin-
natl arrived in South Hamilton tonight,
but owing to the swiftness of the cur
rents in the street have not been able to
detrain.
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MILITIA TO
ASSIST TROOPS

Indianapolis, Ind, Harch Ex-Governor
Raston, at the request of Mayor Shank,
this afternoon called out one of the To-
cal militia companies to assist tie pa
lice in patrolling the districts about the
bridges and prevent people from getting
on the bridges.
The city officials issued call for hep
this afternoon for men TO assist IN
str strengthening the levees and in moving
furniture from buildings treatened by the
flood.
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enough to have escaped the first rush
of the waters are being fed tonight on
short rations.
Three trainoads of foodstuffs have ar
rived from Xenia but as yet there nave
been no chance to deliver them and suf-
fering from hunger as well as exposure
Is bound to occur within the next rev
hours. The rain continues and the wa
ters are still rising.
The union railroad bridge that ADMITS
all except one of the railroads into the
CITY was dynamited this afternoon, but
the effect was not felt to any marked
degree.
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and burned the block on South Park,
a block from Wyoming. Another pig
fire is reported to have burned a
downtown block.
The breaking of the Tarleton reser-
voir, which supplies the drinking
water, left the city without water, and
physicians declared there was great
danger of typhoid in the use7of the
flood water.
There are no boats in Dayton which
can breast the current, and those on
the outside early gave up any at
tempt to reach the business section.
At Wyoming street, on the south
side. where the National Cash Regis
ter company centered it's efforts at
rescue, many saved their lives by
creeping on cable, 100 feet above
the flood.
At first linemen worked their way
along the cables, carrying tow ropes
to which the flat bottomed boats were
attached. When the flood became so
fierce that the boats no longer were
able to prevail against it, men and
women crept along the cables to
SAFETY. OJIlefS, lCoo be'Aiii ., % ".
darkness fall and gave up hope OF
rescue.
Those willing to risk their lives in
the attempt at rescue, found them
selves helpless in the face OF the
water.
Seventy thousand Of Dayton's popu-
lation, it is reported, are homeless.
The National Cash Register plant, on
high hill, offers the only haven in
the south end. Three women became
mothers in the hall of its office build
ing tonight.
NOTHING LESS THAN.
A SETTLING RIVER
DAYTON is tonight nothing less than a
.seething river three miles wide. a mile
and half on each side of Main. street.
its principal thoroughfare, wnile 1t is es-
timated that from 2oe0 to 5000 people have
persisted
The Algonquin hotel is submerged to
its third story and above this level In
the downtown district office buildings,
hotels and business houses are places OF
refuge.
A school building that was known to
ha ve housed no less than 400 school chill
dren shortly before the waters rushed In
that direction is entirely submerged and
az far as can be ascertained all OF these
little ones met a watery grave.
fThousands Of those who We're fortunate
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25, 900 OUT OF
EMPLOYMENT

Youngstown Ohio, March 25.-F'ully 2d,-
900 workmen employed in various indus
tries of the city are temporarily thrown
out of employment as result of the
flood here. Loss to the big industries by
being compelled to shut down Will be-
very heavy.
At East youngstown the Mahoning riv-
er is nearly half a mile wide, and the
Pennsylvania lines through the city and
for number of mile seast are entirely
submerged. Every bridge in the city is
guardeded by policemen.
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REPORTS FROM FLOODED CITIES CONFIRM
ENORMITY OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

Evansville, Ind. March 25-Winds Of
eyclonic intensity. followed by heavy
rains, smote st. Joseph, a suburb of
Evansville. and Elizabethtown. ILL.,. be-
low this city, early today. At these
places considerable property damage
was done~though no loss of life sis re-
ported.
Interest centers here, where little
danger is imminent. in the threatened
rise of the Ohio river, which rivermen
expect viii go over the AS foot stage,
six inches higher than the January
stage. The present high stage of the
Mississippi river makes the outlook
worse for towns below here.
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soon. When they arrive. breeches buoys
will be sent to those in isolated houses
end treetops
Communication with the main section
of the city was still unobtainable to-
night.
The number of deaths on that side Of
the city is still unknown.
Walter Raines, who was thrown into
the river when the Big Four bridge was
washed out, is still in the treetop where
he caught. He-has clung there more than
eight hours.
Scores of the stranded have been cling
ing to treees and houses without food,
and a drenching rain since o'clock this
morning. eE
The river is slowly receding.
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Fifteen Injured in Paducah

Paducah. KY, March 25.-Fifteen IN
jured in the storm which struck Paducah
this morning and damages which may be
estimated in the hundreds of thousand,
represents the situation here tonght'
Three hundred houses and factories We're
more or less damaged in the torrential
rain which followed. The loss in live
stock is heavy throughout the county
The Ohio river is rising at the rate or
three feet a day.
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Call on Outside World

Columbus. O.. March 25.-"If our
worst fears are confirmed 1t will be
necessary to call on the outside world
for tents and supplies in order to make
provision for the worst calamity that
has ever befallen this state" said Gov
ernor James NJ. Cox in a telegram sent
tonight to a New York paper.
The governor added that troops were
ordered out for duty in the capital city
and that the naval reserves were dis
patched from Toledo to Piqua.
Cincinnati companies, presumably,
the governor said, would be dispatched
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Fear Flood Stage

Cincinnati, o., March 25.-Fears are
entertained tonight that the Ohio river
here will lreach the flood stage, At IL
o clock tonight the stage was IL feet and
rising seven-tenths of fooot an hour
Heavy rain fell all day.
At Cleves seven miles below this city,
a nal burst its banks and threw 10 feet
of water into the little hamlet without
warning. Up to midnight, however,
there had been no loss of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Storm Sweeps Scranton

Scranton, Pa, March 25.-A storm
Swept over Scanton and vicinity this
afternoon. The Clements silk mill was
unroofed and 150 foot section of the
roof was deposited on the adjacent
engine room, partly demolishlng tho
structure. There were $50 girls at work
but outside of bruises and scratches
they were uninjured.
The storm came from the west. A
heavy downpour accompanied by thun-
der and lightning followed the blow.
At Shamokin, lowlands were flooded,
crops damaged and wire service Grip
pied.
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Storm Hits Nashville

Nashville, March 25.-A windstorm
travelling at the rate of 64 miles an
hour and accompanied by vivid light
ming display and considerable rainfall
struck Nashville at 10:15 tonight. Sew
eral windows in the state capitol We're
broken out and the roof of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Wilson, 416 Fourth ave-
nue.. north. blown off. Other trivial
damages was done.
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Reservoir Overflows

Bellefontaine. o.. March 25.-More
than 1000 acres of water are pouring
against the banks of the Lewiston
reservoir, Is miles from here. and If
the increasing flood should burst the
banks, the lives of every inhahitant
of lower Miami valley would be i'm
periled.
Sheriff Cook and deputies have va n
ly tried all day to reach the Penn
sylvania train which has been ma
rooned nearly "a hours on the bank
of the Mad river, opposite West Liberty,
o. Twenty passengers waded to safety
from the coach which fell into the
river. Most of the passengers ON the
train are thought to be from Chicago
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Greatest Flood in History

At Sharon, Pa, the greatest flood IN
the history of the city is being eN-
perienced. over 10000 persons have
been thrown out of employment and
the property loss is enormous. The
entire town is inundated and dozen
or more bridges wrecked. The loss of
the United States Steel corporation at
Farrell. suburb, is estimated at $780,
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three children. At Rumeley. five are
reported killed and several injured.
Couriers today sought aid saying there
was great suffering in the mountains.
Houses and crops were damaged,
streams are at flood crest and bridges
are gone.
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Just before the wire to Liberty failed the
operator said the levee near the Main
street bridge had Just gone out and the
water was pouring into the town lie
tidal wave. He asked that aid be rushed
to the town.
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BODY TAKEN TO
TOP OF TREE

A body identified as that of Frank
Jamison, Chicago, was taken from the
top of a high tree in Bemis park. Capt.
G. f. Stritzinger of Fort Crook has
been placed in charge of the comis-
sary department that is feeding the
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Tornado in Arkansas

Leslie. Ark, March pa tornado
eight miles southwest of Leslie yester-
dav killed Mrs. John Souders and seri-
ously injured John souders and his son,
William, and James Triest, his wife and
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STRUGGLE THROUGH SNOW
To RECOVER DEAD

Shivering from cold but awe-inspired
bv the nature of their work, scores of
men. women and children this morning
struggled in the snow to recover the
dead or rescue the injured who lay buried
beneath the wreckage of homes and
j. .ildngs crushed by the tornado which
Sunday swept with death-dealing force
over Iowa and Nebraska. killing more
than $50 persons in Omaha alone.
Privation of the storm sufferers are
being Increased by the heavy snow storm
following so closely in the storms wake
Women tugging at heavy beams hop
ing against hope to find the living bodies
of dear ones beneath the wreckage; men
cheering their sorrowful mates and weep
ing children wrapped about with shawls
and blankets were drab colors in the
scenes which were revealed by dawn to
the federal soldiers patrollng the afflict-
ed district.
City officials distributed clothes and
other necessities among the sufferers.
More than $4,000 has been subscribed
to a relief fund, of which $4,000 came
from the city commissioners and an
equal amount by citizens.
The injured at hospitals are receiving
the best possible attention Physicians
of Omaha and Council Bluffs have vol
unteered their services and trained
nurses have willing followed the exam
pie Of the physicians.
MANY INJURED
ARE HOMELESS
Those patients VINO have shown i'm
provement today will be removed from
temporary hospitals to places provided by
city officials. Most OF the injured are
homeless, the storm having destroyed
their abodes Many OF the patients whose
conditions are considered more or less
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caught on a guard rope but swept clear
and was gone before 1t could be recov-
erred.
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to Hamilton and Middletown, which
sent out distress signals shortly after
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SNOWFALL ADDS TO
THE HORRORS OF
OMAHA TORNADO

CONTINUED from pas. One,
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Always At Your Service
No matter how bitter the cold, how intense the heat
how the storm, L. & N passenger and freight
trains always in operation always at the service of
the general public. .a1.
There may come good times and bad times; heavy
traffic light traffic, L. & n trains swiftly and
safely through the country at the service of the ship
per traveller.
There is decrease in the efficiency of the service
rendered corps of loyal employees cooperate with
the official force keep the wheels of commerce in
on so that no lul will in the of prosperity.
Each way station is unit in the system which
tends thirteen States The farmer in the rural
districts works in the knowledge that when his
crop is harvested he has at his command system of
Transportation which facilitates delivery to the mar.
kets of the world -
1t is not the L. N. whole which contributes to
the development and prosperity of the territory
through which it operates; it is the cooperation
corded the L. ~ by the various way stations, towns
and cities through which its trains rum There should
and must exist community of interests.
The L. N. pledges its support and best efforts for
the profitable development of the matchess
of the great and fertile South 1t hopes the people lv
ing in the territory served by its lines will accept the
pledge in the spirit of sincerity with which it is given,
and recprocate the cordial good will here expressed
TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
ssr S.f
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SETTLING FLOOD
COVERS THE ENTIRE
CITY OF DAYTON, o.

Confined from page one)
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assistance to all comers who showed tn
were in need of aid.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-01
PLAN TO SEE WHITE ESKlMOS
Rev. w. n. Fry and Party Of Natives
to Visit Strange Tribe Discovered
by Steffansson.

Edmonton. Alberta.-Bishop String.
er Of the Yukon diocese, the largest In
the dominion, who is returning to his
post in the north country, announced
that Rev. w. H. Fry and IL natives
are on the way to Coronation Gulf.
near the mouth Of the Copper Mine
river, to visit a tribe of white Eski.
mos discovered by Steffansson, an ex.
plorer. 1t is expected that the party
will reach the gulf next October, be-
fore the close of navigation.
The bishop has no doubt there are
other tribes of Eskimos in the far
north. He vas stationed on Herschell
island seven years and has been as far
north as 70 degrees latitude on a whal-
ing trip. At times the thermometer
registered 60 below. He has also WIS.,
tied many hitherto unknown places in
northern Canada, suffering ~hardships
and endangering his life on numerous
occasions.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-01

officially connected with the depart,
ment Of justice at Washington, has
laid before the aldermanic COMMITTEES
which is Investigating police condt'
lions here the result Of his seven
years study Of the white slave traffic.
He called New York the capital Of
conlmercialized vice and said that,
with the assistance of fourteen agents
placed at his disposal by the govern.
ment, he had carried on investiga.
tions from Fairbanks in Alaska to
the canal zone"
Mr.. London declared that his census
In New York revealed that there were
6,100 men profting from commercial
lied vice. In which $4,000 women were
involved. He charged that the police
officials aided the %trafickers. He be.
lieved that only individual policemen
were concerned in the business and
doubted that the number Of these off,
GERS would exceed 100 out Of 10 900
men on the force.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-01
FINGER PRINT IS OUTCOME
Accused Burglar Comes to Grief In
France When Imprint Of Tooth
In Butter is Viewed.

Paris.-Even the finger-print meth.
cd of obtaining evidence against Grim.
inals has been excelled by the police
in establishing a burglars identity
from the tooth marks which he left In
a pat Of butter.
Pierre Bassaud, held on a charge
of burglary, broke into his former EN-.
ployer's premises at Montreuil-Sous
Bots. Failing to discover any valua-
bles, he went to the kitchen and had a
feast. When arrested he denied the
charge, but the police found the marks
Of his teeth, including one which was
broken. exactly reproduced in q lump
Of butter into which he had probably
bitten by mistake In the dark.
Bassaud still protested his limo
cence, but when the magistrate before
whom he was %arraigned. sent for some
butter and made the prisoner bite in,
to It, the same irregular impression
was obtained.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-01
FALLS OFF TRAIN; IS LUCKY
st. Louis Orphan Lad Has an Extra.
ordinary Experience on Kansas
Railroad.

Strong City. ~Kan.-When Harry
O'Brien. q fourteen-year-old orphan
from st. Louis, tumbled from the
blind baggage OF a train running at q
thirty mile an hour clip here. he did
not know that no was dropping into a
home where he would be cherished
and loved. Charles Beach, city mar
shall here. picked O'Brien up. bruised
and bleeding. and took him to his
house to give him care. So attached
did Marshal Beach and his wife be-
come to the boy that they decided to
keep him, and announced that they
probably would adopt him.
O'Brien. with a companion, Ernest
STOMP. was beating his way to Tulsa.
Okla. where Stones grandmother
lives. Stone, who was not hurt. con
tinued the journey to Tulsa on a tick
ct purchased for him by merchants.