Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-28
WORST OF FLOOD IS
over, BUT CONDITIONS
STILL ARE TERRIBLE
DEATH LIST HOWEVER, WILL NOT Be AS LARGE AS FIRST REPORTED SAY
RSCUERS RETURNING FROM STRICKEN DISTRICTS BODIES
ARE Being FOUND Than At FIRST EXPECTED
FOOD AND CLOTHING ARE IN DEMAND
MORE THAN ANYTHING JUST NOW

A daring robbery was thwarted to-
day when the police arrested man
Who was escaping from the city with
a satchel containing $5o,oUo in da-
monds and jewery, which he had
stolen from jeweIry stores.
A score Of motor boats and the life
saving boats were in the flood dis
trict early today and by tonight it
was hoped relief would be extended to
all flood victims that were still alive.
No effort was being made to take out
any bodies, the first care being to
provide help for the living.
The boats began to return early
from the nearer sections, each depos-
iting it's load of from IS to 20 surviv-
ors. Most of the people rescued were
SO weak from deprivation and suffer
ing as to be scarcely able to movs. vt
8 o'clock several hundred had' been
brought to the cash register hospital
on stretchers from the south side of
the river.
Tha flood situation was much bright
er today. The trucks sent from the
Cash Register company manned by
men with military orders to confis-
cate potatoes and food from the farm
ers brought back good supply of
vegetables and several relief trains
reached the city with supplies. The
rescue work also had taken on a
sembance of system and all the
streets from which the flood had re-
ceded we're patroIIed by militia. Peo-
pie were urged to get back to their
houses whenever possible.
"BeWare of thieves and burglars"
said an official bulletin given circuIa-
ton. "Don't leave your houses with
out protection. It was thieves who
scared you about the reservoir and
natural gas explosion. The natural
gas has been turned off, and there is
no danger Of explosions"
Sixty Catholic sisters at the acad.
emy Of the Sisters of Notre Dame and
eighteen persons for whom they had
provided refuge we're found by the
Louisville life saving crew today to
have been entirely without food or
water since Tuesday. There were sew
eraI cases Of illness. The life savers
left a supply OF bread and water and
planned to take further help.
The Louisville men also conveyed
relief to several hundred families in
the low district in the vicinity of
Ludlow and Franklin street. Here
the flood had reached the roof Of all
two story buildings. Only few Of the
most desperate cases were brought
out, the first move being to leave
bread and water in as many places
as possible. The Fourth National
bank building which was reported
several times to have been destroyed
by fire, was untouched by the flames,
although building Immediately ad.
joining It was burned.
The newspaper offices, the News
and Herald, and journal building are
safe, but are not issuing papers.
Money is Of no use in Dayton at pres
ent. Every facility is free to every
one without cost.
Refugees not living In Dayton, are
leaving the city by the hundreds on
foot. Alarming reports that Iooters,
we'll armed, were active In the dis
trIct from which water had partly re-
ceded, have reached the headquarters
Of the emergency committee. Mill.
tia are preparing an expedition to
quelI disorders.
Chief Of Police Allaback today told
wo Associated Press correspondents
hat reports he had received indicated
he number Of fatalities to be far less
han early conditions irdicated. As
.earIy as can be ascertained about
loo persons were drowned In River.