Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-03-27

Inns prODdDly VIII De the last mes
sage you will get from Peru" said
the man. Two hundred or more are
drowned and the remainder of the
residents are grouped on a hill wait
ing for daylight"
indianapolis, Ind, March 26.-Fif-
teen hundred families in Indianapolis
have been forced to leave their
homes by the high waters. caused by
1ncesSant rains. White river Eagle
creek and Pleasant run are rising at
the rate of six inches an hour. Only
one OF the thirteen interurban lines
is running and traffic on the steam
roads is at . standstill.
The water company has warned its
patrons to draw emergency supplies
of water as the company expects to
be put out of business by the food
The plant of the Indianapolis Gas
company is under water, and the
pressure has gone out of the mains.
Keep People Off Bridges.
Governor Ralston. at the request of
Mayor Shank, called out one of the
local militia companies to assist the
police in patrolling the districts about
the bridges and prevent people from
getting on the bridges
Reports from nearly every section
of Indiana show the entire state is in
the grip Of the worst food in years,
and in many places the high waters
of 1888 have been surpassed
Thousands of acres of land in every
river valley are flooded. Thousands
of homes are surrounded and owners
have fled to higher land.
Rescuers carried out the residents
in boats, and it is feared that when
the more remote districts are heard
from the death list will be increased
Five Thousand Are Homeless.
Flood conditions throughout the
state are the worst in thirty wears,
and it is estimated more than 5000
families have been forced to leave
their homes. So far four deaths by
drowning have been reported and sew
eral are said to be missing and may
have been swept away with their
homes.
A levee along White river, in Broad
Ripple, suburb of indianapolis, went
out, driving 800 families from their
homes and washing out a mile of rail
road tracks. Only the roofs of some
of the houses in the suburb are visi-
BILE.
Fort Wayne in Darkness.
Fort Wayne, at the junction of the
st. Mary, st. Joseph and Maumee
rivers was flooded. The electric
light plant was submerged and the
town is without light. The three
pumping stations there were put out
of commission. and the town is with
out fire protection and the water sup
ply is threatened The rivers have
reached stages higher than in twenty
years.
At Kokomo. Wildcat creek has over
flowed the southern part of the town
and a company of Indiana National
Guardsmen patrolled the submerged
section in boats. There the electric
light plant was flooded and the town
is without lights.
Loss of Life at ConnersvIIe.
Governor Ralston received a frantic
appeal for aid from ConnersVille, Ind,
where it was said that the White Wa
ter river had broken over its banks
with a great loss of life. The rail.
road station has been carried away
and the citizens are in great distress
Bridge CoIapses at Lafayette.
Lafayette. Ind, March 26. - AT :
p. m. two spans of the river bridge
went out with a roar, carrying sever
al persons with them. Boats below
the bridge succeeded in rescuing all
but two unidentified men.
One of the unidentified men has
been identified as L. p. Woolery of In
dianapolis, who is a student at Pur
due university. His body was recov
cred
West Lafayette, where Purdue uni
versity is, is cut off from this side by
the breaking of one of the levees and
the submerging Of the other leyee
which is expected 10 break at any mo
ment.
Alton Industry Closes Down.
Alton. H.. March 81. The Woo
river here is flooded aud the Equita
bla pov-dnr works which emuI0ye 5Gf