The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-25

otAsrs are In danger Of co,iapsing. &C.
cording 20 long distance telephone
message received from Dayton this
afternoon from the telephone test sta
tion at Phoneton. o. The operator said
that from her window IN the station
she had seen a bridge one mile north
Of her collapse and another bridge
crossing the river at Tadmor. eleven
miles north OF Dayton. was expected TO
give way at any moment.
No communication could be had
either with Piaua or with Troy In
Miami County further up the river and
fears were felt that tho flood conli-
tons there were very bad.
The first report Of the Hood at Dayton
came at . 4. NJ. to-day. when . Western
Union operator abruptly cut on . des.
patch no was sending.
"0oodby." he said. the isvss has
broken"
Three companies of militia we're or
dered out In Dayton to aid the police
iand chasilahls organizations In rescuins
families msnaced by the Hood.
Riverdale. North Dayton and other
suburbs are almost entirely under
sent through tho threatened district
warning people Of the weakness Of the
levee.
In front Of the Algonquin Hotel. At
Third and Ludlow street, Dayton, near
which Is a magnificent church. the Y.
NJ. c. a. Building and the Hotel Atlas
the water Is many feet deep and impas-
'pable except by boats. Tho principal
corner. Third and Main streets, 10 sew
eral feet under water and the court
house IL like an island In a sea OF mud
The Mad and saltwater Rivers are
swelling far beyond their banks. and
they have hurled their walls Of water
into the rapidly ing. always feverish.
,impetuous Miami.
RAILROADS sToe ALL TRAINS
: TO DAYTON.
The railroads At 1910 o'clock A. NJ
cancelled all trains 70 Dayton. They
announced II was impossible to reach
the city because Of Mood conditions
d, Efforts TO reach Dayton also from
Richmond. Ind. by automobile. interur'
ban or train were futile.
Three rivers-ths Miami. saltwater
and Msd-and Wolf Creek conjoin In
the heart OF Dayton. A. the city. par
,ticularly North Dayton and n north
section called Riverdale. lies almost OF
Q level with the four streams. 1t II pro-
tectsd from high water by ievses TWEEN
ty-hvs feet high which guide the
streams through the city from IT.
northern to Its southern end.
North Dayton Is generally nrst Il
~, To- In m n,
ufacturing and residence district Nv
erdaie 10 residence district
II the levees OF Mad River. the mos
dangerous Of the four streams. swing
ing down 10 Dayton from the north
east. should break. the major portion
Of the manufacturing district and thu
downtown business section would be II
extreme danger. However. . break II
. any section Of the ievses would result
IN great damage.
NARROWED WOMAN SENDS nE
TAILS OF THE FLOODS.
Some details OF the floods in Dayton
were sent by a young woman operate
a. Phonston. She said that the station
thsrG had been made an island by tn,
flood and that she and her assistant
were marooned by water fourteen fee
deep. The water In the telephone build
ing In Dayton. she said. was three fee
deep on the first floor and rising rapid
iy. The batteries Of the exchange hs
been flooded out. but the operator
there. she said. had riggsd up = batter
on an upper floor.
"The water In the Miami began risin
yesterday afternoon at the rate OF 81
Inches an hour" the young woman safe
"apd continued to rise throughout IN
night The levee protecting the Man
kfoke about Q o'clock this morning. IN
Dayton operator told me. and ther
are no Indications that the food 10 sui
siding. Practically the whole city
under water and people are tai1n
refuge in their top floors. ~ there II n
high country around here to 90 10. A
sorts az debris u floating through III
stssstA The rain has stopped ana ths'
v no wind"
Hsmiiton IL practically isolated. n
ORcinnati. Hamilton and Dayton. vii
thrss bridges out and washouts We
and north Of here. the Pennsylvania
with three bridges out. have PRACTICAL
annuiisd all services. and the OH
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