The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-28
VICTIMS Of FLOOD

NJ Aw
Contained from First rarea
has been just wiped out and prob
abs all the people have veeu killed.
Would Not Relieve 1t.
'sThe worst thine about u is that
the people We're told the river would
overflow, but they wouldn't believe Il
They stayed iu their houses some 81
thefn, and 4a+3ItA Nef" %f@+. t'e4 IN i4St'
] have heard that the loss Of life
in The Putnam section. where all the
nle houses are i"S&'rIt Was tT'F'Htt.
inc peoEse There "@HiHh oeheNe any
river was S15"tA- eAsl%h 10 hh.sA
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SIatn street, "htfe ih4S oulidIhg is 10
"a an p,QIes q e moaning around
on H. ana parts OF houses ana dead
animals ana, on, us a"ioi' a"Iei' a"-
lu.. why oia II nave 10 happen 10
us ~, <.,,.-. ..,
me Rogge hotei is tull or people
VINO nave been oriFeh out OF thelf
houses inc water is up 20 the sec
ono story and they are running out of
1000 ana we can't get to them be
cause the river Is running so fast that
boats can't get across from the hills.
several times Mayor Schoefeid has
tried TO send boats down 10 the Rogge
and the other hotels but they were
turned over. ] was told tonight that
Some men were drowned this after
noon when they tried to row out into
the stream.
The City hall is fun Of water, and
SO are the county buildings Every
things seems to be under water cxCept
up here. where we are. This is the
Greenwood section. at the end Of Main
street, We can see the buildings
burning down town from our windows.
Maybe some poor people are diving
down there now. WE can't ten for We
can't get to them Eut il looks bet
ter To see the flames being carried off
toward the river
Starvation In SL$4
s-Ther tell nc torfet, ,I,a+ ,nc,-
won't f,t, afYF.. n, run trains in hara
for more than a u-aa1. Ifaa,.a,, i,r1r,,,,s.
what W. will do hv fban rbat,s M
only uay they car f,rl,,fr ar,o,,ey1, I'D
and medicine ana 1,e1T3 n, a., ,1s a,,,.
real good Automobiles ,can,t nc ~
anv use
TELL the pennle evert.yvhern n gnra
US food ard water The wells and the
mains have All broken AVID ,Lero iy
onlv a lfTtle water teft "a drinlf We
can't drirk the river water hecat1so
the sewers have h,,rateA ana a,,e,,,-
BODY liz afraid Of disease Rut ven
have 10 before long II we dor,t pet
some holm from oursfda
some Of the taliest buildings IN
town have fa1len ~ q nan tnfd ne
tonight Ana wa,- M in Inc Tons ~
them neonIe had gone hecanee thn0
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