The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

deathbeds sometimes. The next day she
| got word her father was safe and he
came over 1t seemed like one risen from
| the dead. | tell you We have all suffered
| with each other this week. many of the
| children among the number
Several of our men at the home have
gone over in autos, our Xenia physicians
are working at the Cash. which is a
| huge hospital Nine babies We're born
there in one day and six deaths. Two of
our teachers nursed three in one night.
| One of my boys stayed up until 1:3o in
| the morning to help our baker make
| bread Four hundred loayes were sent
| In xeniaL to the Methodist church. which
| has been turned into home for refugees.
| One baby was born there. We have sent
| clothing and bread by the carload from
Xenia to Dayton, the Home adding its
| share.
.1One of our men. Mr.. Swaby, our florist
| went to Dayton Saturday in an auto. He
| got within two miles and a half of the
town. Had to have a pass from the
| Xenia mayor and then another after
reaching the Cash before he could so fur
| ther into the city. After leaving the
Cash he got boat and rowed through
one street after another. Some places
where he could leave his boat he waded
/ Ill Ills Dlg TuUDcI DDOtS TIC SdlQ
/ places in the street were washed clean
and dry not even leaving mud behind
| Said nearly al 1.-The windows were smashed
| in both stores and houses, overturned
automobiles in the streets, all street cars
stopped just where they We're the first
| day of the flood Had to Pick his way
| through the middle of the street, in and
out avoiding debris. Forty dead horses
| in the Arcade, and many other places.
Great holes 20 feet deep dug in the streets
| by the current, water still standing in
many of them. The asphalt on some
streets rolled up like a scroll, piled in
the middle of the street
Fewer dead bodies than anticipated. a
humber recovered, the present estima te
of dead about 500. Many are of the opin-
ion that Dayton's toll of dead will be
found lower down the streams far beyond
Dayton. The city-is under martial law.
Looters are dealt with instantly. A ne
gro was found with a woman's hand in
his pocket which he had hacked Oft.
which had a valuable diamond on its
finger. He was shot without words.
Curfew at 6 O'Clock
"Curfew rings at p. m. all the church
bells ring and no one Is allowed on streets
after that hour until a. IN. Saturday
the city water was restored. They ex-
pected gas today (Monday) and by to-
morrow (Tuesday) they expect light.
"Mr. Patterson says, there shall be a
better Dayton come out of this, a safer
Dayton. Engineers say, the only way
is to widen and deepen the streams, that
10 reservoir will make matters safe. One
surmised cause of this flood was the
breaking of a storage reservoir at Troy,
o.. just about IS miles due north of Day.
ton. Never in the history of Dayton was
there such a flood, and never in the
widest dream of any ones imagination
could such a thing be anticipated that
The business heart of Dayton could be
listed with such a calamity.
GAINESVILLE and Chillicothe are badly
ffub1ed and calling for relief. Cincinnati
ia na7v on the list. Ohio is in need and
1he a6ole worlds great heart is beating
qssfls smpathy and organized relief,
a5enes e8snng in by the thousands, heroic
work. personal sacrifice, ard it with al
most as faseh awe we stand uncovered
hefefe tHa worlds goodness and generos-
'ty. a. Ne stood in amazement at the
havee wrought the elements of nature.
efso reports ire only too true they
Hfe eHf sxa#fefs ed, only in rare IN
stance sassa Asou are the only per
soH xhe fAaHsNs ~ me: / am often in
Ba.fhr snd 81 Il lad come on Saturday
i would proaehy have been there. Two
girls xefa found drowned, who had notes
iu fbelf ataekings, giving name and ad-
iffss ara whom to notify. The money
loss $ colossal, but that is not near ones
thoughts while lives are In danger.
They say debris is piled two stories
righ in some places and they are digging
carefully lest they strike body. l sup
pose il will be weeks before the city will
be even ordinarily normal again..