The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-27
EYE WITNESSES
TELL OF FLOOD

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Inundated Districts De-
scribe Scenes.
Chicago, March 27.-Eye witnesses
Of the flooded districts Of Ohio, who
reached Chicago yesterday. told stO-
ries Of devastation wrought by the
swollen streams throughout the de.
luged section.
From windows Of the Baltimore 4
miles. w. H. Chown of England saw
men. women and children fleeing from
their homes as the raging waters UNI
dermined foundations and carried on
house after house.
Bridge Cracked Under Train.
h train was eleven hours late, be-
fore it reached Chicago Tuesday night.
This side OF Youngstown the train
stopped five hours before its crew
summoned courage to attempt the
passage of a treacherous looking
over h passengers could feel the
structure swaying and hear 1t crack
under the trains weight and the force
of the water against the piling.
Nothing But Water for Miles.
FOR miles n miles we saw. moth.
ing but water" said Chown. Farm
houses, almost submerged. could be
seen on every hand, and from their
windows people. carrying what few
articles they could crawled into boats
and hastily rowed away.
Every stream we crossed seemed to
be a raging torrent, its murky waters
racing at top speed far beyond its
natural boundaries"
Darkness Rcigncd.
Absolute darkness seemed to reign
in the districts through which the
train passed according to Alfred Grit
fin. another Englishman, who was q
passenger. -,
The farther We got the :. worse
seemed to become conditions" he
said. There were no lights along
gloomy and awe-inspiring.
w could hear the swish Of the
waters through the darkness and ev-
cry now and then hear the cries of
people in distress. 1t was a horrible
experience"
Another Confirms Reports.
James S~earfoss. electrician of Wa
bash, Ind. arrived in Chicago from
The flood scene. bringing confirmation
of the report Of loss Of life at Roch-
ester, Peru. Marion and Wabash.
AT least fifty persons were Killed
in each of these towns" said .seafs4
floss. II left my home in Wabash
Tuesday and arrived in La Porte that
night. Rumors from the food trouble
down around my part of the country
caused me to call up my fasaer. who
lives in Rochester. -.
HE told me the Wabash river had
surged over its banks and was rapidly
eating Its way to the Pennsylvania
tracks. He said the water swirled
through the streets of Rochester and
poured into houses.
People were floating by every pos
sible MEANS boats and RATS, doors
Of 10000 population and h1ndrsds
He'd to the railroad station as the va.
ter was about to cut off their scape
al! OF the towns were under wa
ter. Human bodies were seen float
Ing down the streets with those of
horses, cattle and the like"
Passengers Relate Experiences.
Experiences of and sights observed
by passengers on Pennsylvania rail-
road trains were told when they ar
rived on a combination train made
up OF three of the fastest on that sys-
tenn. n train. which was composed
OF parts OF the twenty.hour New
York-Chicago special, the eastern fly
er and the fast mail trains. came into,
the Union station at 1O:46 .. M,
hours and hours behind schedule. =
Ferry HOLSTER and Roy Taylor Of
Ravenna. Ohio, saw more Of the food
ed conditions than the majority of the
others upon the train.
When we boarded the train at RAJ
VIENNA, Ohio. the rain was coming
down In torrents" said HOLSTER. 1T
has been raining hat way for hours.
but that town had not suffered to n
great extent. We proceeded to To-
ledo without encountering any DIM
Guilty. However. all along the line
TO Toledo. We saw great expanses Of
water.
When we 1eared Toledo. though,
" the heEa aood e. 81 THAT sha ai Msk .he g s1 ,snt
city there was nothing but water.
Barns had been swept from their
original sites and were being washed
about aimlessly. 1t was hard to tell
the depths because everything was
water. '~o
Taken Aboard Train.
MANY OF the men had built crude
ra1ts and they We're polling these
ABOUT through what I supposed were
oI1eS asteeeS. come OF them appealed
70 the engineer Of u train as it was
passing to stop and take them aboard
and he complied. These people were
brought to Toledo. All, they did was
moan and weep about their losses.
me wind was raw, too. and some of
them were nearly frozen when we
took them aboard.
Toledo was struck badly. The low
er part Of the city was under water"
Mrs Mary Martin Of Atlantic CITY.
~. j.. bewaiied her misfortune in not
reaching Chicago Tuesday.
my husband. Adolph Martin. was
coming through Omaha when the CIV
cione nit that place." she exclaimed.
he was fortunate enough to be
annong those who were not injured.
ne teiegraphed me to come on and
meet him here. I started, Of course.
ana STRUCK q flood. Il. should have
been he!.sts4TTtatssaay maofffnE.:sf
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