The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-25
FrightfuI Disaster Accompanies Rising
Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers---Breaking of Leyee
Drives People to the
HiIItOpS
Mayor Of Delaware Ohio and Twenty Citizens Reported Drown
ed Columbus Hard Hit Train Said to Be Blown
From Tracks

In the wake of the tornado of Sum
day night and Monday morning came
news, today, of disastrous floods. in
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. In
epitome, the situation as reported in
early dispatches follows:
Youngstown, O.-Mahoning river
and Grab Creek flooded over embanlz-
ments: steel mills closed and $4,000
men unable to work.
West Liberty, O.-Engine and one
car roll down embankment washed
out by flood of Mad river.
Delaware, O.-ToEn reported food
ed and mayor and 20 others drowned.
Citizens flee to high ground.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-St. Joseph, Maui
mee and st. Mary rivers on rampage.
Town without lights and water fam
inc threatened. Highest water in 20
years.
KoEzomo, Ind.-Southern part of
city flooded; city in darkness, last
night, when electric light plant food
ed. Use of militia authorized IL me-
cessary to preserve order.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Hundreds of
persons living in suburbs driven from
homes by rise of Eagle Creek and
White river. Thousands of heads of
livestock in state perished.
great roar, the 1eyee at the foot of
Broad street let go shortly before II
o'clock today, sending deluge of wa
ter from the Scioti river coverings a
great area. Several small buildings
collapsed The police at 10:40 O'Clock
ordered all persons in the lowlands to
leave their homes quickly and fee for
high land.
At 11:3O today, on request of city
officials, GOV. Cox ordered out the To-
OIss
work in the flooded district of this
city. Director of Safety Barger, who
made the request, said that flood con-
ddtions were the worst in the history
of the city.
The railroads at 1O:45 a. M cancelled
all trains to Dayton. They announc-
ed it was impossible to reach the city
because of flood conditions Efforts
to reach Dayton also from Richmond,
Ind, by automobile, interurban or
train were futile.
B. Y. Leas, Mayor of Delaware, a
town of 10000 inhabitants % miles
north of here, is reported drowned.
The town is said to be completely
flooded and all telephone and tele-
graph comm munication is cut off. The
Scioto river has left its banks. just
before the telephone operators left
their switchboards they reported that
all the inhabitants were fleeing to the
hills.
An appeal from Delaware for help
was received by Mayor Karb, of Co
IuKnbuS.
1t is reported that besides Mayor B.
". Leas, 20 citizens of Delaware were
drowned. Efforts to get details are
curtai1ed because wire communtca-
tions have been cut off.
The washing out of several bridges
across the Scioti river in and 1fear Co
Iunbus resulted in almost total paraly-
sis of railroad traffic out of Columbus
shortly after 10 o'clock today.
The west side 1evee has overf1oWed
a. large area in the western part of the
city and hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes
Information was received at the
State Capitol building, today, from o,5
Dayton, that 40 persons had been kill
ed as a result of the flood in that
city.
Adjutant General Wood issued an
order directing that the railroad
bridge over the Big Miami river be
According to reports, the Main st.
bridge: a steel and concrete structure,
had already been swept away.
st. Louis, March 25-Fifteen persons
are reported to have been killed in
the tornado which struck Makanda,
Ills, 100 miles south of here, last
night.
Lima O., March 25-Ten solid miles
of Pullman and other trains including
the goth Century of the Pennsylvania
extended from here to Lafayette, this
morning, held up by a washout at
Middle Point. Repairs allowed the
trains to move on about IL o'clock.
wellington, o., March 25-Train No.
81, of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail
road, a freight, went down on a tres
tie at Whipple Hill, three miles from
here, this morning, killed the engin-
eer, George Dyke, and Daniel Shank
lin, fireman. and August Burrier,
brakeman
Cleveland, March 25-The Big Four
Railway here, which was just in COM
rnunication with its operator at Della
ware, O., received from him the state
nent that the town was under waiter,
10 persons had been drowned and that
scores of others were marooned in
their homes, in danger.
Cincinnati, March 25-It is believed
that the Miami river has gone over
the 1evees and flooded the city of Day
ton, o. At o'clock this morning