The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
Report 1000 to 5000
Dead at Dayton
Wire Service Badly crippIed-Road.
beds of All Railroads Washed
Away, Bridges Wrecked and
All Efforts to Reach Suffer
ers Met with Failure.

of the city was inundated. Fires in
three large factories ragged for many
hours and for time threatened a con
siderable portion of the district. Be
cause of the flood firemen were unable
to respond to the appeals for assis
lance. as
Conditions at Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne, Kokomo and other places in
Indiana were the worst in many years
In every part of the state there were
reported disastrous foundations.
At La Fayette two spans of bridge
went out carrying several persons who
were watching the food. All were
rescued, however, except two men, one
of whom was l.. P. Woolery of Indian
apolis, student at Purdue university
1000 Reported Dead.
Cincinnati.-A message from Phone
ton said that report was received
there that the reservoir at Hamilton
and that 1000 persons were drowned
A newspaper man, who is a refugee
in the office of the telephone company
in Hamilton, admitted this might be
true, but that owing to darkness OF
the city he was unable to confirm it
Two Hundred at Peru.
Indianapolis. Ind.-The first report
of the loss Of life in Peru was con
firmed when Governor Ralston talked
over the long distance telephone to
Frank Butler, leading attorney OF
that city. Mr.. Butler said 100 collins
at least, were needed, other bodies
had been washed away.
The survivors are badly in need
of food and clothing.
$2o,o0o,ooo Loss.
The food, state wide and appall
ing in it's immensely and terrifying
in the swiftness in which it came
claimed some 200 lives or more, &C,
cording to reports; made nearly 200,.
900 homeless and has done property
damage of more than $20,0O0,000 in
Indiana.
Helpless from the first rush of wat.
ers, which caught the state unpre.
pared, the following desperate fight
to save life and property seemed in
consequential. In many places it was
too late to avert the overflow, but at,
tention was turned to rescuing per.
sons trapped in their homes. and he
roic work only has kept down the
death list.
The White river and several creeks
which surround the business district
CT Indianapolis. ordinarily little
streams in summer, last night were
raging torrents, sweeping everything
in their paths. When the street car
service was stopped at noon it trapped
thousands in the business district.
Thousands Homeless.
At La Fayette, the Wabash river
rising at the rate of a foot an hour
has passed all previous high water
marks. There a huge bridge went out
carrying two and possibly more per.
sons to their deaths. Leland T. Wool
cry. "a student at Purdue university
whose home is in Indianapolis, was
drowned while trying to rescue two OF
the men who were caught when the
bridge was carried down stream.
West La Fayette is without water
supply and the town where the uni
versity is located is totally cut of
from the world The total loss at La
Fayette is estimated at a million dol
lars and thousands are homeless.
Richmond on the White Water river
was in darkness, the electric light
plant there having been flooded
More than 20 bridges in Wayne coun.
ty have been torn down and travel
in and out of Richmond is at a stand
still. A hundred persons were driven
from their homes
Damage Half Million.
A half million dollars damage was
done by Flat Rock river at RushyiHe
when the stream swept down upon the
town, submerging the entire business
and parts of the residence districts
Fire bells changing warned the people
of the on-rushing water, but in many
instances it was too late, and only
fast work with boats saved many from
death.
Many Dead at Delaware.
Delaware, O.-BetWeen rs and loo
persons lost their lives in the swirline
waters of the flooded Olectangy river
Tuesday, according to estimates made
by the police. More conservative re
ports place the number of dead be
tween % and so. 'fI#'i
Scores Of persons are still clingine
to the trees, roofs of houses and other
available footings Fires were built
along the banks of the river to cheer
the marooned ones while desperate eff
forts to rescue them continued.
Can Drive Only to Edge of Dayton
Phoneton, O.-From this place
which consists principally of d .tele
phone test station and few houses
six miles north of Dayton. it is pos
sible to drive to the edge of the food
stricken city, but communication be
yond that point so far has proved i'm
possible.
Telephone communication has beer
maintained intermittently Throughout
the day The wire chief of the tele
phone company, however, is penned w
in the top of four-story building and
can tell only what he sees.