The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-29

and taken refuge in places temptxArif5
cut off was not taken into considNra.
ton. An illustration of this was shoAr
at the offices of the relief committee
A city patrolman, who had been or
duty at Main and Vine streets and
had seen a woman and her son b'own
trough the roof of their home by a
gasoline explosion, reported that he
was sure no less than 100 persons
would be found in cottages over
Wnelmed by the deluge in that neigh
borhood. The policeman stuck to his
story until a citizen happened in and
declared he had seer all residents in
that district wade out in water that
reached Other necks.
With the receding of the water thou
sands of those who had been penned
IN their homes We're freed either by
going to higher ground or by the water
disappearing from within their homes.
Nineteen hundred have been taken off
In boats. and of this number 1000 are
being taken car of in relief stations.
There is a remarkable absence of sick
ness, largely due to the cold weather
since the flood.
ISL SAuS IL WI vi SdlIleIiIfR JHe
dead victims has been systematized It
Is expected bodies will be brought
Now that the work of gathering the
victims has been systematized it is
expected bodies will be brought in
more rapidly. Notwithstanding esti-
mates of undertakers, it is believed
the work of a~scertaining accurately
the number of dead will not be so diff
as heretofore believed. 1t is
known, however. that some bodies
floated down the river and V will
be recovered.
After the meeting of undertakers,
unidentified bodies that have been
held at undertaking establishments
were brought to the general morgue,
where identification NIGH the expe-
dited and where authorities could
keep better informed OF the progress
of this feature of Dayton's recovery.
The rush of the current claimed the
greatest toll of lives, judging from
the positions of the bodies found.
Most of these were washed up on to
the banks of the new-made rivers or
found buried in the debris. The body
Of an infant, a day old, was found in
IL gutter.
In removing debris, workmen moved
carefully, fearing they might tread
bodies. The body of a man
about 20 years old and identified only
as Snyder, was found clasped in the
arms of his dead wife.
Hotel Guest. Take Life Easily.
Three hundred persons who had
been marooned in the Algonquin no.
tel in the heart of the flood district
from their prison today after
waters along Main and Third
streets had receded. Most of them
there was a general scare at the
fire which burned along jefferson and
Third streets Wednesday night. There
was n death in the hotel, Johnny
a little boy. Several of the
guests organized the majority after
flood waters had cut off escape
on Tuesday and for three evenings
programs of entertainment were given
in the hotels dining rooms. 1t was
1ecreed by a safety committee that
any person who declined to contribute
20 the entertainment would be com-
pelled to walk, figuratively, the plank.
There was none who refused.
Approximately 5000 are being cared
FOR by the relief committee.
There are more thar $4,000 home
ess persons in Dayton who are caring
or themselves as best they car.
None of the banks are open for
business, and for the most part the
refugees had little or no money when
flood came. All the grocery stores
food supply houses have been
owe by the military and there
Are no fresh meats, eggs o vegetables
1t any price.
City Is Crippled.
The city is without means of gem
sral transportation; there is not an
electric light in the place except those
If the National Cash Register COM
oany. There is no adequate water
the sewer system Is ruined;
he available fuel supply is limited
the supply of natural gas used
or cooking has been shut off since
Tuesday.
Huddling together in groups about
,He StieetS III lOcdillleS WlleTc the
have sufficiently subsidized in
ront of their ruined homes, the peo-
Die stand during the day with despair
or their set faces. So great
as been the mental strain that many
are bordering on hysteria. For
ong minutes a group will stand
gazing on the enc of DESC
about them Then some laconic
'emark will be made by one of the
,roup and the others will laugh or
like silly children In the bread
inc in front of the relief stations each
lay stand business and professional
nen side by side with day laborers.
here are no class distinctions.
In every church and schoolhouse
lot seriously affected by the flood are
o be found hundreds of persons liv-
together, cooking their frugal
meals over open fires and sleeping
outdoors.
Rescue Work.
Many boats were engaged for long |
urs in rescuing those marooned in
heir homes along South Main street
n n little cottage two old women,
no of whom yHa OF ,,oar g did ,roro