The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-27

bodies of a man and woman in en-
brace floating down Second street
Alexander Clevenger carried his wife
and three children on his back through
water waist deep to the Miami county
courthouse. Then he secured a row.
boat and rescued a neighbor and her
the boat was crushed by telephone
pole: the woman srasped some wires
and kept afoat until Clevenger reached
her. THE child was lost.
NINE HOURS ON HOUSE LEDGE.
A boat which was carrying a man
from his inundated house TO safety
sprung leak and the man took refuge
on the ledge of building. where he re-
manned for nine hours before relief
came Three women who climbed down
a fire-escape capsized boat and fell
into four feet OF water. They were
again rescued and taken to the court
house. A man was taken half frozen
from a tree where he had perched dur
ing most of Monday night.
Supplies of food and clothing and
necessary stores for temporary aid for
5000 people were sent from nearby
towns. and arrived during the day at
points within two Or three miles of
the business district. Here the boats
were compelled to moor until day
light. Al dawn the currents running
between the buildings in the business
district were seen to be so swift that
navigation by small craft was out of
the question.
Three motor boats had to be brought
IN on interurban trains from Winona
lake. fifty miles away. Also some came
from Culver Military academy With
these larger boats rescue work pro-
ceeded
The rescuers in some instances
found entire families lying float on
the roofs of their houses. where they
had crawled the night before. wait
ing for daylight TO bring relief Hun
dreds of others. were damned in the
courthouse and lodge hall buildings
which are located in the only district
not under water.
RESCUE WORK Is BEGUN.
The first thought of the rescue par
ties when daylight came was to send
into the city boats TO carry to safety
those who were in immediate danger
of drowning. The rescuers learned
that many people. including womer
with children in arms, had been or
housetops all night. exposed to a freez
ing temperature. Their suffering wa:
intense. One man told the rescuers
he had seen several people slip from
the roofs from exhaustion and droI
into the swirling water.
Among the marooned was John J
Krutzer, mayor of Peru. He was i'll II
bed when the flood rushed in and wa.
| unable to escape before the water sur
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| the functions of mayor to Thoma.
| Kruger, superintendent of the lightins
plant
! SOUTH BEND SENDS AID.
relief train from South Bend ar
rived with 1000 loaves of bread, repre-
senting output of all the South Ben,
| bakeries and hotels. The train ais
carried barrels of salt meat. condense,
| milk, eggs of all the grocery stores,
carload of apples. gasoline stoves, Ian
terms candles, clothing and medicine.
Another South Bend relief trail
| reached Peru late last night. wit
Lieutenant Governor O'Hara in charg.
Besides food and clothing it carrie
| 1900 gallons of water, 1S5 gallons G
oil. and 200 lanterns.
Relief forces from Warsaw are o
the way. They include seventy-fiv
men with forty rowboats and sevsrs
launches. A rescue party from Sout
Bend consisted Of squad of detective
sents by the police authorities and
! squad of twenty-five volunteers. 1
spite of the numerous relief partie
already in the vicinity there was ne
a sufficient number of boats to carr
them toepoints where they could be {
service Snow is falling heavily an
suffering is intense from lack of hea
| ing facilities. There is no light say
i from the lanterns
MUDDY WATER CAUSES ILLNES
Many of those taken from here
the hospital at Plymouth have becort
sick through drinking muddy water, I
. preYent this by SIInnlying fresh wa