Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-03-29
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Hundreds Of School Children Met
Watery Grave-The Death List IN
Other Cities Large and Millions OF
Dollars in Property Damage Done.
Floods came Without Warning to
Some.
Cleveland, Ohio.-FuIly eight thou
sand people were drowned in the
death-dealing floods which swept
through Ohio Tuesday, bursting reser-
voirs and swelling rivers into rushing
lakes.
According TO the latest reports
Tuesday night, over 500 are drowned
in Dayton, over 1000 in Hamilton
over 600 in Piqua, over 100 in Della
ware and hundreds in other cities
throughout the State. The four days
Of steady rain filled every reservoir
in the State TO overlooking. A big
power plant reservoir just north OF
DAYTON broke and poured its thou
sands Of tons of water into the Miami
valley. a wall Of water seven feet
hiah swept down upon Dayton, carry
ing all light structures before H. Inc
water continued to pour into the city
and hundreds Of people we're forced to
flee from their homes. They had lit
tie warning and hundreds OF them
were caught in the flood and drowned.
Dayton, Ohio.-Dayton, except Tor
it's most remote suburbs, is now COW
cred from eight to twenty feet deep
with a seething flood of water
Any attempt to estimate the loss of
life is hopeless.
II is sure to run into the hundreds
and very likely into the thousands
The property loss will total millions
of dollars.
The flooded district comprises a
practical circle with a radius of
mile and a half and in no place is the
water less than six feet deep.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-The dispatcher
for the Wabash railroad Tuesday
night said he received confirmation
of a terrible loss of life at Peru. Ac-
cording to his information ESQ are
dead in South Peru. Collins are be-
ing prepared for shipment by every
undertaken in Fort Wayne and a car.
load of provisions will be sent out as
soon as a train can be arranged for.
Marion, Ohio-Unconfirmed but per
sistent rumors are that the grand res
ervoir at Celina, Ohio, the largest OF
its kind, has gone out. This, 1t Is
said, has caused the unprecedented
flood.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-It is reported
that the railroad embankment al
Cleves, seven miles below Cincinnati
broke Tuesday night and that par
of the town is under fifteen feet Of
water. The operator at Cleves sait
he distinctly heard cries for help, bu
he could not learn II there was any
loss of life or the extent OF the prop
erty damage.
Indianapolis. Ind.-The White rive
levee or Morris levee broke Tuesda!
night and 1900 persons were forced t
make hasty retreat from thei
homes. The water spread over sew
eral blocks, getting into the first floo
of many houses. Troops hurried.
came to give whatever aid possible
Columbus, Ohio.-Governor Cox a
midnight received telephone mess
age from Phoneton saying twenty
three bodies had been swept through
Troy in the Great Miami river. Tn
report tends to verify the heavy los
Of life at Sidney, which was reporte,
partly wiped out.
Delaware, Ohio-Between rs an
100 persons lost their lives in tn
swirling waters of the flooded Oleor
tangy river, according to estimate
made by the police Tuesday night.
Streets Of Dayton Settling River.
- Dayton, Ohio.-Dayton is nothin
less than a seething river, three mile
wide, a mile and half on each sid
Of Main street, its principal thorough
fare, while II is estimated that frol
1000 to 5000 people have persisted.
The Algonquin hotel is submerge
TO its third story. and above this lev
in the downtown office building
hotels and business houses are place
of refuge.
A school building that was know
to have housed no less than four hu
dred school children shortly befo
the waters rushed in that direction
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