Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-03-27
FLOODS BRING DEATHS

Rivers Rise to Unprecedented Heiuhts
Carrying Away Bridges, Breaking
Reservoirs and Bringing Death and
Destruction to Many Thriving Towns
OF Busy Industrial section-Fires
Follow lnrushing of Waters.
Late reports from the flood districts
are appalling ana growing worse as
the information becomes obtainable
AT Dayton, Ohio, thousands are re-
ported drowned. The city itself Tues
day night was seething river three
miles wide. Gloom reigns supreme.
A school building known to have
housed not less than 400 school child
rem shortly before the water rushed in
that direction, is entirely submerged
and as FAR as can be ascertained all of
those little ones met a watery grave.
Those willing to risk their lives in
the attempt to rescue found themselves
helpless in the face of the water.
Seventy thousand of Dayton's popu-
lation, it is reported, are homeless.
The National Cash Register plant on
a high hill offers the only haven in
tle southiend. There women became
mothers in the halls of it's office build
ing last night. Gov. James M. Cox
issued an appeal to the world for aid.
The property loss will reach far into
the millions.
AT Hamilton, o., 1000 persons are
said to have been drowned.
AT Piqua, o., 500, lives are lost.
At Peru, Indiana, thousands are
homeless and several hundred became
victims of the rush of waters.
Cincinnati, o., March 26. - Broken
leyees and tremendous foods have
drowned hundreds in Dayton. Middle
town, Hamilton and other cities that
are cut off from communication with
the world. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down or dismantled, but
alarming news comes from villages
and towns near the flood swept cities.
Scores Dead in Dayton.
In Dayton alone, the dead number
scpres-One estimate places the loss
of life at more than 100. While the
people crowd the upper stories and
roofs, the dead float in the streets.
Buildings are burning. Three
quarters of the city is under water
from the caving of the levee of the
Big Miami river. In many streets
the water is fifteen feet deep.
A large section of the city seems
to have been inundated From the
three rivers that meet in the heart of
the city mighty sweep of water
poured when the levees broke, follow
ing the collapse of the walls of a
reservoir. The last report said the
waters were rushing irrestibly through
the streets, wrecking buildings every
where. "Only the strongest build
ings are able to withstand the tide"
it was said
Information Is Meager.
Every telegraph wire, every phone
connection of the most modern sys-
TENS are being utilized, yet the ex-
tent of the devastation in this city of
more than 100000 people can not be
reliably determined.
Floods on all sides have leveled
wires, relief trains are unable to run
on account of washouts, autos and
other vehicles have been found use
less in communicating with the food
swept city.
Twelve Dead at Delaware.
Delaware, O., March &c. - Twelve
persons are dead and fifteen are
missing as a result of cloudburst
and flood in the Olentangy river here.
Eight blocks along the Olentangy
river are flooded, city hall corner be-
ing submerged under eight feet of wa
ter, and other sections of the city are
suffering more or less.
Mayor B. V. Leas was reported
drowned but is alive. He is ma
rooned in the second floor of build
ing on the water front and efforts
are being made to rescue him.
Miss Esther Jones, one of the food
victims, was the siXteen-year-old
daughter of Sam Jones, the evangelist.
With her mother and two others she
was being conveyed in boat when
ale craft upset. All EXCEPT the girl
we're rescued.
Looters Shoot Down People.
Indianapolis, March 26.-The West
ern Union operator at Dodson, o.,
says the Office is filed with foreign
ers who have fed from Dayton, O.
Looters are shooting people down in
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