The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-01
FUNERALS HEE1
IN HAMIl s0N
SERVICES OVER BODIES y VIC.
TINS OF FLOOD IN d AZ
STRICKEN CITY.
BODIES PLACED IN tAulTs
Federal Army In commsnd--Hresenee
Of Soldiers Has Desired teet Ia
Preventing Disorder and ~tina--
Relief Work Progressing.

Preventing Disorder ana v ~tinu-
Relief Work Progressing.
western Newspaper Union Newf Service
Hamilton. O.-The end OF the storm
and the receding OF the watefs of the
Miami has transformed Hamilton from
bedlam of excitement and chaos into
quiet city mournfully searching for
her dead and giving all relief possible
TO those suffering for the want OF
food. drink and clothing.
All day long bodies, those of the
victims Of the food, have been hauled
through the streets of Hamilton in I'M
dertakers' wagons, automobiles, carts,
and wheelbarrows, to be laid In long
rows in the temporary morgue In the
court house. Here thousands OF the
| morbidly curious gathered and press
ed SO close to the workers that 1t was
necessary to summon soldiers to drive
them back to allow the undertakers
TO work.
Public funeral services were held
over the bodies In the court house
yard, and the long funeral procession
wended It's way 20 Greenwood seme-
terry, where the bodies were So TN
vaults. Rev. Mr.. Allwart, II
Bell and Father McNary offc -. A
Thanksgiving meeting was he'll } the
court house, where thanks were Offer
ed to the Almighty for sparing taeir
souls and allowing them toylive
through the disasters that have ken
hundreds OF their dear ones. ~
Relief Work Progressing.
The relief work Is progressing rap
idly. A federal train from Washing
ton reached here loaded with pro-
visions, and thus relieved the food
conditions considerably.
Nineteen noncommissioned officers
of the regular United States army, be-
longing 10 the companies of i1"ntry
stationed at TT. Thomas, Ky, u ID
at Hamilton under charge OF ,SSut.
Buckner and will remain for belod
of seven days.
Fifty students OF Miami ui4vfsity
patrolled the streets of West lIaNil-
ton and aided the militia in hing
order. The crack of severe' rih as
,Asard ara Sd. evn.2---, res
Lltsed 6y~it in--.79 south end1u ,the
city, but upon investigation it n rote,
merely to be militiamen signal( ag y
each other. w..
The long line of food suffeIS'rs in
front of the Methodist church wan sup
piled as rapidly as the workers( aould
do so.
Countrymen from the west c1 Ham
ilton have formed long lines i'm front
OF relief stations with supplies OF
bread. poultry and other farm prod
ucts to aid in the relief.
Cullen a Hard Worker.
James X. Cullen, Hamllton's 'jhiei
citizen" has been working night and
day and Is greatly responsible foa the
condition in West Hamilton. That sec.
ton OF the city elected John Ni{lan
district mayor, and Officer Which
chief OF police.
The city is still in utter darkness at
night and no one, except the sold iers
and police, is allowed on the stHeets
after o'clock. The reports of loot
ing, which have been circulated, are
greatly exaggerated" said Maj. ILlend'
ley, of the First regiment.
Thousands of men, both rich and
poor, have begun work on cleaning up
the city. And at the end of this v eek
the work OF rejuvcnating Hamilton
will be well under way.
Found in Tree Tops.
Their bodies, stiff from the Jold,
after SO hours spent in the top1 OF
trees, eight miles below HamiltoJ V.
Saffran, a 17-year-old girl. and a har-
ried woman was rescued by H9nry
sherring and Brown McCurley,
Taken from the tree tops and pIess-
ed with questions as to their flight,
the three we're unable TO talk. They
could remember nothing from the lime
they started on their wild trip dbwn
the angry waters. when their hoh es
washed of their foundations. For
three days and three nights Sh per-
ing and McCurley could hear Heir
calls for help. Several times theytat.
tempted to cross the whirling wa ers
TO reach the three. but were car ed
many miles below the tree. where hey
were marooned.
Thursday night the voices OF he
men and women died out. and the d en-
thought they had persisted from he
cold and hunger. AT dawn Friday he