Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
Begged to Be Saved.

Two expert oarsmen took a boat into
parts of Sd and Jefferson streets yester-
day and saw persons In every building
who pleaded with them to save them.
They did not traverse that portion be-
lieved to have been burned.
Word was received early today that
sixty motorboats with men to operate
them We're coming from Cleveland and a
few from Cincinnati.
Reports early today from the vicinity
OF Lewiston were that the huge reservoir
there was expected to break any minute
A high wind was blowing water over the
reservoir banks. the dams We're weaken
ing rapidly, and Lewiston people were
fleeing from their homes for high ground
Most OF the flood survivors have been
submitted to cold, penetrating wind
driving rain before it. since Tuesday
noon. Early today there was snow and a
decided drop in the temperature
The city was proclaimed under martial
law yesterday afternoon. thief was
caught robbing homes of flood victims
who had been taken to refuge stations
He was shot to death by state guardsmen
doing police duty.
Although all grocery stores outside the
flooded area sold out their stocks yes
terday afternoon. food soon was supplied
by other cities
Vice Mayor Huber early today called
upon nearby towns for fire-fighting ap-
paratus and dynamite with which to
blow up the buildings surrounding the
fire.
Dayton Fire Under Control.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, March 27.-That the
fire in Dayton was under control and
practically ended was the information
given to Gov. Cox by telephone from Day.
ton at Ills today The information came
from the marooned chief operator of the
Bell Telephone Company
The operator said that temporary
morgue had been established in the
United Brethren Church, and that he
could see many bodies as they were car
ried into Ii. Most of them were women
and children
The loss Of life. the operator thought
was confined principally to the pocket
caused by the bend in the river and was
heaviest in the districts between 1st ID.
Sd and Monument avenues.
The governor was told from another
source that troops were expected to en-
ter Dayton about noon today.
The troops under comamnd of Col H
G- Catrow. hac reached Erbana this
morning and other troop trains were re-
ported as proceeding as rapidly as con-
ditions would permit.
Gov. Dunno of Illinois sent Gov. Cox
a telegram this morning, in which he
gave expression to the sympathy of Illi-
nois with Ohio in her distress and said
that the Illinois legislature would doubt
less make a SUBSTANTIAL appropriation
for Ohio flood sufferers
Report Of Confagration.
SIDNEY, Ohio. March ga message
received here from Dayton via Tippe-
canoe today. says that fire has consumed
that territory in the flooded city bounded
on the north by 1st street on the east by
St. Clair. on the south by Sd street and
on the west by the Boulevard. The mes
sage came to the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton railroad.
II true, the information means that
territory nine blocks long and two blocks
wide has been burned. The district de-
scribed includes most of the fine old resi-
dence section, the Dayton Club, the y.
NJ. c. A.. the Beckel House. courthouse,
jail. Central Union Telephone Company.
Callahan Bank building and several other
structures.
Life Savers on Way.
CINCINNATI. March 21.-The govern
ment life-saving crew from Louisville
rived here this morning and will proceed
to Dayton as soon as a transfer of their
boats can be made
A special train of thirty physicians. ten
nurses and carrying a large quantity or
medical supplies was made UP early to-
day and left over the Cincinnati, Ieba-
non and Northern railroad for Dayton.
Ten electric street car trucks, filled
with food and medical supplies, left for
Hamilton in endeavor to reach that
city.