New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
DAY OF TERROR BRINGS
NO RELIEF TO OHIO
Waters Reported Falling. but
Suffering Continues In.
tense in State.
WORST SINCE GALVESTON
One Town Swept Off Map and
Losses in Others Range
from SO to 10000
lumbus Hard Hit.

lumbus Hard Hit.
! columbus. ohio. March .6.--Ohio Is OK
pericncng the worst food in its history.
Many estimate that the damage 10 prop
erty IS the greatest since Galveston was
literally swept off the map.
Gathering darkness tonight brought no
relief To the scores Of inundated cities
and town. but instead practically thwart-
ed rescue work Thousands Of persons
{ arc imprisoned 10y the swollen waters.
Although the waters in some places arc
reported 70 be SLOWLY rcccdins there vas
no immediate relief in sight tonight, while
| rain continued To descend at times in a
! drzzic and more frequently in torrents.
/ So appalling and seemingly cXaSsor-
ated were many Of the reports from Hood
! oi cities and towns to-day that they were
disputed. and in many Instances wholly
| dsresardod. Later reports from these
same sections however many times con
/ frmed what seemed 10 he wild rumors.
The greatest damage and lose Of life.
, from All reports, arc At Dayton. The con-
ditions there bc-Gar description. While
]
tically all under water and the estimated
| loss Of life is appalling fires are adding
20 the horror b. increasing the death toll
! Loss Of lfc is estimated % from hundreds
| to thousands.
Handicapped efforts AZ rescue work to-
day failed to CLARITY the pulling stu
! alton regarding. loss of life from the food
| i'm columbus. How many are dead there
il IS not known Many who are consid-
cred conservative place tho loss from 100
10 $50.
~ Delaware. twenty-five miles north o.
Columbus. the inhabitants are still food
bound and details arc unavailable. The
known dead already number thirty-three.
/ From Sidney comes the report that from
! 1r) 20 500 have been drowned. Governor
cox said that he had information that
there was no loss OF life I'm Sidney.
Tifin reported AZ least fifty lives lost
Stratford. town near Delaware. &C.
cording 10 an unconfirmed report from q
farmer who reached Delaware TO-DAY.
was literally swept from the map ana
from l0O tn 2no yer, drowned.
According f. wireless report received
afternoon from Mount Vernon that town
was hit hard by the food and probably
1oo have lost their lives. This report could
not Ice verified tonight
Mcagre reports from Hamilton IN Tho
Miami VALLEY. are that the situation J.
serious and that a half dozen or more
lives were lost Confirmation is lacking
Rerorts from the southern part OF tho
state indicate that tho situation there o.
serious and may result 100 a hcayy death
toll GAINESVILLE. on the swollen Muskin-
gum River. according 10 reports tonight
vas largely under water. and several
buildings arc reported 10 have collapsed
Viro communication was cut Of early to-
night when the Western Union telegraph
office WAS flooded The operator last
words were that the town was under
water
The MuSkinGum River cmpucs into the
OHIO River at Marietta. and the local
United Statcc Weather Bureau to-day
sent out food warnings TO all ro.nts be
low GAINESVILLE 10 prepare for q food. MI
roin,s below Zancs,iile extending cast 30
the Ohio River were cut off from the out
side world tonight
Last available information from these
place was that thcv were partially or
wholly submerged. Marietta and Mc'on-
nellsvilc were reported to bo under Sow
crsI fcet Of water. The Muskingum l.iNcr
was reported to be more than ten feet
higher than ever before.
Chillicothe. Circle,ille. Portsmouth.
Ironton and all points IN the ohio Val
lev south arc cat OF from communica-
ton tonight, and all arc either partly
or wholly under rdt'r
~ Chi'lico,hc the telephone ana tcic-
graph Offices were flooded carly to-day
and all communication cut of.
Reports from Akron late TO-DAY were
that 4, least hve hundred families arc
homeless. and that there undoubtedly
would bo fatalities Massillon. New Phil
adolphis. Mcricn and Lima also were re-
ported 10 ho partly inundated. ana were
wholly cut off from communication.
Resides the actual iras cdies. tho rcoSt
cvc,,irg Incident occurred iat, today AZ
zinc orrorcous announcement that the
storage dam, several mil nortn Of the
! .itv. had broken. Tho scene that iol-
loped Was one OF wild panic In an parts
! Of the .ity. Pa.rolmcn. soldiers and ciii-
! zons in automobiles. footing horns. ring
ing eones and calling through mega
| phones waning 10 every ore To- seek
safety in the highor narts Of the East
Side. sent thousands in fisht. Many
others. stunned by the supposed impend-
| inr disaster. collapsed from fear OF gave
way 10 hysteria
! !, was more than an hour bcforo the
report was officially denied. Response
hiIl,y for is origin has not been f. ed.
| Police officials assert that the report
was made 10 r.cm by person. connected
| with the military end OF the patrol ser
vice
CITY officials said tonight that the stor-
are dam was holding EAST.
| Delaware, Ohio. March 2s-The bodies
Of fourteen pcr-ons have been recovered
and as many more arc missing from their
wrecked homes here tonight.
| Damage to the city Is estimated AT g.
OcD.OT
MAYOR Bleas was rescued to-day from
the top of telephone pole which he had
climbed to rescue others.
| conpanv n, OF the 9Th Regiment Ohio
! National Guard. was in charge Of the city
last night and to-day with orders TO
ohoot those not authorized who attempted
- GO into the food district The students
~ ohio Wesleyan University organized
,.ol,,n,eor rescue troops and worked un-
ceasincly. The homeless have been
/ a lrt.