Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-28
OVERNIGHT
FEDERAL
WIRELESS
TO The AdVatiSer


of water, is threatened momentarily
and frantic efforts are being made at
| Toledo today TO communicate with
tSydney and other points. A message
| here from Russell's Point says the
reservoir cannot hold.
This afternoon fire was still raging
in the flooded districts OF Dayton, and
twenty-one buildings had been de-
stroyed r.
| With the greater part of the BUSH
mess section of Dayton afire. a biting
blizzard is sweeping the roaring
flames toward penned-up thousands of
men. women and children who are cut
off from all human aid
Odds One to Four
Thousands are making a stubborn
fight against death with the odds one
Ito four against victory. There is only
one chance in favor of the victims and
that is their rescue today by the little
boats. These are fighting almost flu
tilely against the current
Cries Of. the Diving
To the rivers south shore. the
winds are carrying the cries of hun
dreds of distressed persons who are
imprisoned on the roofs of homes.
For Gods sake, come over and
help us; there are women here!" This
is the continual plea ringing across
the water.
Firemen Drowned
| Fire Chief Frank RANDY declared
that many firemen were drowned ear
ly today in trying to reach the flames.
They were working in boats, many of
which were upset.
Waters Subsiding
The flood waters in Indiana are sub
siding today. The, suffering in the
Wabash valley, where persons have
been without food, fuel, and drinking
iwater for three. days, is intense.
| A train carrying sixty boats and
supplies reached Peru last night 1t
found three thousand persons ma
rooned in the courthouse.
Relief workers so far have been I'M
able to reach Lafayette, Kokomo, Wa
bash and Logansport.
1t is reported that several persons
have gone insane for lack of food
Malta Wiped Out
McConnellsville wires that the town
! of Malta with a population of four
hundred, is destroyed by floods. The
deaths are unknown. The residents Of
the place were warned yesterday.
! Women and children first is the
rule in Dayton today. Hundreds of
men have been left behind in their
flooded homes after their families
were moved, because there was not
room enough in the boats for all.
Many of these are facing death from
fire, while their anguished wives and
children watch the fire from points of
comparative safety.
Bodies Recovered
All the bodies SO far taken from the
water are being conveyed to the chap
| ell of Woodiawn cemetery. The first
corpse recovered this morning was
| that of Miss Lille Edimann, who was
drowned on Tuesday when boat cap
sized. A policeman persisted in des-
lperate effort to save the girl.
Deaths From Exposure
! The deaths. from exposure probably
will materially swell the fatal toll
which cannot be made up in anything
| like completeness for probably
week.
Throughout all the lower part of the
| city it is likely that hundreds of per-
sons may may be found dead in their
I devastated homes when the waters
subside sufficiently to permit of a
search.
Gov. Cox Declares Ten Day
Holiday
A ten-day legal holiday was de-
clared by Governor Cox to day in the
| flooded districts of Ohio. This was.
done to give the flood victims time
| to take care of notes and mortgages
becoming due.
Governor Cox also issued a state
nent asking the country to telegraph
funds rather that send supplies, be-
cause of the demoralized railroad
service.
Floating Bodies in Peru
The flood fatalities are still I'M
known in Peru. Bodies are seen
| floating through the streets hourly
and it is reported twenty dead have
floated to Logansport. 1t is reported
that many persisted there. Thousands
are sheltered in the churches and
schoolhouses there.
Conditions Not Changed
Conditions throughout the storm
and flood stricken Ohio and Indiana
districts today are worse than they
have been since before the tornado
came which ruined Terre Haute. Rain
fell over most of the two states until
midnight when it changed to blind
ing snowstorm and the temperature
dropped, causing intense suffering to
the hundreds of thousands whose
MONIES are wiped out by the floods.
Two Towns in Flames
Troy and Piqua, Ohio, are in flames
following the flooding of the places,
according to unconfirmed reports
reaching here. Latest reports from
Piqua indicate heavy loss of life
there. Nothing can be learned con-
corning the fires.
Governor Cox was advised by Con-
gresham Hobson today that four
motor boats are en- route from Chi