The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-25

eral Wood has received information
from Dayton Officials that the flood
had submerged a large part of city.
An appeal is made for help. Tents and
hospital supplies are being packed
preparatory to being sent by special
train.
An appeal for help also came from
LaRue, Marion county, which is prac-
tically inundated.
Columbus, o., March 25.-With a
great roar, the levee at the foot of
Broad street let go shortly before IL
o'clock today, sending a deluge OF
water that swelled the Scioto river,
covering a great area. Several small
buildings collapsed.
The police at 10:40 ordered all per-
sons in the lowlands to leave their
homes quickly and flee for the high
lands. All fire and police officials as
sisted in the work. The citizens We're
told not to stop for clothes or valu-
ables.
No loss of life has been reported.
The washing out of several bridges
Colum bus resulted in almost total
paralysis of railraod traffic out of
Columbus today.
The west side levee has overflowed
a large area in the western part of the
city and hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes.
Bridges connecting the west side with
the eastern portion of Columbus were
swept away at State and Broad streets
shortly after noon. Dozens of smaller
bridges have gone out. Hundreds of
men are marooned in factories on the
west side and police and troops are
making rescues in boats where pos
sible. All street car traffic has been
abandoned
Fifteen hundred homes have been
flooded.
ed out the national guard to patrol
the flooded districts of this city. Flood
conditions are the worst in the his
tory of Columns.
Governor Cox received a telegram
this mroning from a town near Della
ware, asking for aid for Delaware,
Ohio, flood sufferers. The dispatch
said that state troops probably would
be necessary. The number of casual
ties was not given.
Lima, Ohio, March 25.-Ten solid
miles of trains, including the Twen-
tieth Century flyer on the Pennsyl-
vania, extended from here to Lafay-
out at Middle Point. This city is
flooded by the Ottawa river.
Springfield Under Water.
Springfield. Ohio, March 25.-This
city is in the midst of the worst flood
in its history. Both Buck creek and
Mad river have broken from their
banks and the lowlands are under
water. several hundred houses in the
eastern section of the city have been
flooded. These contain families who
refused to abandon their homes. Many
factories have closed.
Houses Under Water.
Middleton, Ohio. March 25.-At IL
O'Clock 200 houses were under water
and their occupants were seeking
shelter in the school houses, churches
and city buildings
AT that time the Great Miami river
was one mile wide at this point and
it was reported that a wall of water
six feet high was on it's way from
Dayton.
Reservoir Bursts.
Akron, Ohio. March 25.-Word has
just reached here that the big state
reservoir south of Akron has broken
The residents of the nearby section
are fleeing for their lives.
The water from the reservoir is
pouring into Long lake. If it's banks
burst, Akron's business section will be
flooded.
Danger at Youngstown.
Youngstown, March 25.-The Ma
honing river and Crab creek rose to
an extraordinary height today and
nearly all the big Industries of this
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