The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-29

hive travcrscd much of the downtown
section Tonight nyc of one opinion
that the Ioss of life hns been greatly
ovcr-cstimnted Ia tho carly reports,
and may not exceed 100.
From sl5,000.oOO TO $4,000. 900 prop
erty loss has been sustained in dam
age to business blocks, factories and
dwellings,.
The property loss by fire will not
exceed Si,500.00o.
Tho waters arc receding even more
rapidly than they rose. and the stua-
ton tonight is full Of hope and good
cheer.
Food and clothing are plentiful.
Water is being distilled by engineers,
and telephone connections are being cs-
tablished.
Few Dead Arc Found.
Comparatively few dead were found
when the Louisville life saving crew
penetrated North Dayton to-day. 1t
was thought tho heaviest loss of life
had occurred there.
sixty bodies had been recovered at
nightfall. Only half a dozen OF these
were found In the business district.
The remainder were picked up in Riv-
erdnle and West Dayton. Five were
found In the South Side residence dis
trict.
Water is still from ten TO fifteen feet
deep in certain districts OF tho West
Side. 4 mile OF dwellings, on Linwood
Avenue has been swept clean and
nothing remains to indicate that tho
street had existed
All of the public buildings have with
stood the flood and are safe.
The larger Office buildings. in which
1000 persons were marooncd, escaped
with comparatively small damage
Among them are the Arcade, Kuhns
Building, Callahan Bank Building.
Conorer Building. Schwaind Building.
two Capped Buildings. NIendenhali
building. Commercial Building, Herbold
building. Rice-Kenler Building and
United Brethren Publishing Company
Building. The flood had rccadcd SUM-
GENTLY TO allow people TO walk from
these buildings to-day.
The fire. which broke out during the
flood. was centred OH both sides OF
Ihird Street from jefferson Street to
ST CLAIR Avenue. sweeping n row ~
! two and three-story buildings.
The Maylon Gas, Light and Coke
company plant the Troy Pea ri
Laundry plant and two apartment
houses on the West Side were also
destroyed No other serious domaye
by fire was done.
me 'hrce newspapers, the Herald
1oufhai and News. have suffered no
o'hc' damage than the inundation of
'hcif- machinery. The buildings arc
sale. None is yet able to issue papers
len thousand dollars worth of lew
cry washed away by the flood. w,a
roun" hy nllitiamcn and restored to =
layton Jewelry store this afternoon
Ever! section of Dayton Is now
uhuef military patrol Looters will be
shot at sight "''' "e
stEhfseers Haired.
Sightseers are being barred from the
noodbound districts. Only those en-
saeeo IN rescue work are allowed 10
pass the military lines.
several relief trains have raacbed >, i.
CITY With supplies The trains Mad 80
: DC netoured several times en- routn Ia
7 cause or loss of bridges and that 49,,
ress in reaching here was slow 80
/ uncertain. 81" anu
nc ieeiinE tonight ie one OF omit
''ils'h- III Is believed that the CITY viii
emerge from this catastronba e,roa.nu
and Erander than ever before Geo. ,'el
are responding molly in the worI- -,
ieiief' and the spirit OF human hrntho -
hood prevails.
ruDiic institutions and private hornos
anke nave thrown open their doors ="
the homeless Faces of thn s,,r,,i, "
hnt ..
suffered. Perhaps 10000 pcrsona 'ar W
homeless. are
women. hollow-cyed and frantic wifi,
sllet, are searching for their husbands
ana loved ones Men with drawn fao-
lures. careworn and suffering from tho
horrible experiences through which
'hey had passed. are in many Instances
az helpless as babes. Many have loo,
her reason and are unable to com.
prehend that the food had passed and
they are safe. r.
The weather Is bitter cold, hut tho
ram has ceased to fall. Thousands of
survivors who have spent two nights
narooned In buildings. without light
heat or. food, Will tonight sleen &,
warm beds.
Secretary OF War Garrison and his
SIAN VIII reach here tomorrow and
take complete charge OF the situation
Sanitary engineers and doctors of the
State Board of Health are already out