The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

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Steubcnville, Ohio, March 2D-At s.,o
Tonight fire broke out I'm flooded none.
AZ o'clock 1t was said that s2S,OOo
damage had been done, and the Ere
was still spreading.
cincinnati is the centre of the dan
ger zone In the flood district The wa
ters from the southern part of tta
state. joined with the flood waters fnoy,,s.
Western Pennsylvania and West Vir-S
GINA are rushing down the Ohio River.
pected ut Cincinnati and cities onno-
site on the Kentucky shore during the
day. 70
sixty blocks in Cincinnati are already
submerged to Many other cities and
Ohio from Pittsburgh southwark arc
partially under water. Thousands OF
families are refugees. and tremendous
damage has already been DONE
Dayton. Columbus and other cities In
gering blows In the recent flood
scourge. began their battle against pes-
thence and for reconstruction yester-
day. Conditions I'm those sections are
rapi9iy Improving. and with two ex-
ceptions almost complete temporary re-
lief has been given.
Will BE Worst I'm Years.
Along the lower Ohio and the Mia
1ssippi the water level is increasing,
and the Inhabitants are preparing 70
Two ievees have already broken on
the Missouri side of tho Misslssippi.
and the militia is patrolling the valley
districts. ',''
Every river and stream in the States
or Ohio, Indiana Kentucky. Missouri
and Tennessee Is reported full to the
point OF overflow, and within the merit
rev days tremendous volume of water
Will be added to the Mississippi.
The total dead in Ohio, Indiana.
lSnnSvIvAnfl a m
through which the flood has pa ssed and
Is now passing, Will not exceed 900.
according to the latest and most au-
thentio reports. based on the examina-
tons In the afflicted sections
Tho maximum estimate in DAYTON ~
soo with Hamilton. o., next. with an
estimated 100. while the total for Co
lumbus Is placed at 100
Hamilton. O., twenty-five miles above
cincinnati, is In danger of being cut OFF
through the washouts near ciucinnatiS
that route having been tho only means
or transportation since the flood.
situation Is Acute.
Tho situation in several Indiana
towns remains acute. but 1t is ak
pected that the relief of all viii, ha
effected by to-day.
Governor Ralston said last night
that the damage through the state
would surely be $4,000, 900, and rnight
perhaps reach s1oo,00o.ooo indian
apolis. Peru and Terre Haute arc founa
to have been the greatest suffe rars Il
The Governor said that the flood viz.
inns are In urgent need of sunnJtea
OF all kinds and money. Transporta-
ton In the State Is paralyzed.
forty ak ~
Secretary OF War Garrison arrived
IN Dayton yesterday, and Is co-operat
ING with the State and municipal au-
thorlties in carrying out the work OF
sanitation and rehabilitation. Tho
problem OF supplying drinking water
anu sanitary system is the most irn
portant at Dayton.
All the water mains have besn
orokeh ana the entire sewerage system
mas oeen demolished. A corps of state
ana government engineers are now In
out or employment through closing of
factories VIII be engaged in rebuiId
ing these systems
Fights Against Disease.
Medical experts have begun the frht
TO prevent the spread OF disease.
The Same steps toward sanitation
are being taken in Columbus. and cor
ditlons In that city are rapidly improv
ing. The known dead there are f1fty.
SIX, much less than was ant.cipated FL
The fear OF epidemics through thA
MOOD districts remains uppermost The
Almost complete paralysis OF trana.
portation facilities has greatly hin.
dored the Importation of medical SIM
plies. and with the recession OF tha
flood waters. an enormous quantity az
stagnant wa'sr has been left i'm the
cities and towns.
The RELIEF OF GAINESVILLE. Ohio. has
been effected. although a large nor.
ton of that town is still under water.
The known dead are ten.
All of the stricken area the militia
are taking desperate measures TO ston
the looting, which Is increasing daiiv
Several men have been shot. one an IL
was taking jeweled ring from tbs
finger of dead woman, Several cities
have been on the verge OF rioting, but
these disorders have been quelIei nv
the arrival OF food supplies. 49,
The oil regions in Ohio and we.t
virginia have suffered severely. DER
ricks have been wrecked and pipe finaa
broken. and many homes demolished ss
Many parts of Kentucxy, have fsfts i:
tho Hood. AT Covfneton, Newport ana 1
Dayton, on the Ohio River, oppentfS
Cineinnaii. $1,000 ace homeless, and q
large part OF the three towns liz al 8
MI nj ,te