Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 118, 28 March 1913 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AXD SUX-TELEG It AM, FltlDAY.MAKCII 28, 1913.

HELLER TELLS CO f 1 D IT I Of I OF FLOODED CITY (Continued from Page One)

ies visited by calamities in late years for the reason that there was practically no property insurance against loss by water. In some ways property owners whose buildings burned are better off than without the fire. The buildings were already ruined by the flood, and the fire making complete the destruction, gave to the owner some insurance mo ney with which to rebuild. It was reported that some had fired their buildings when they saw they were to be ruined by the flood. UTILITIES BROKEN DOWN. Every public service corporation is completely disabled. Not a street car has moved since the flood set it, not a telephone has been used, no electric lights have been turned on, and gas has been cut off since Wednesday night. The equipment of all these companies has been wrecked and it will be a long time before Dayton will have anything like adequate service from its public utilities. The great power plant of the Ohio Electric Traction company, which operates electric interurban cars on all lines out of Dayton except one, is under water, its fine machinery and dynamos water soaked beyond use. If Dayton recovers sufficiently to think of amusement next summer even in this the city will be handicapped. White City, the big amusement park, which bordered on the river, has been entirely destroyed. Many are no doubt asking the question how could it all happen in a modern city like Dayton. Not only, how did the water spread as never in the city's history, but how did so many fall victims before it. An abnormal rainfall almost a cloudburst of hours duration, coupled with the breaking of the levee along the Miami river accounts for the volume of water. The topography of the city's business and residence district, the same being a low level river valley, accounts for the breadth of the water. pW NOT HEED WARNING . While the loss of life is the same old story of all such disasters people would not heed the Warning given. A general alarm was sounded by proclamation, bells and whistles of the danger ahead, but those endangered put off moving until the last minute, and thousands when it was too late. Thousands, however, were affected by the water who had never been threatened befbre and this made them feel safe in places which later were devastated by boiling currents. Street cars stranded on the Third street bridge for two days without fuel or provisions. They caught such driftwood as they could, and used it for fire, while their onry food was snch as could be tossed them from boats. This jwas a hazardous feat as, the whirling' of the muddy water about the abutments and girders of the bridge drove the waves hatowbtte cope, and the currents threatened to draw down these who ventured on rescue Mnxa that-there-rawer is a ifeSD&y but that it might have worse, and Dayton is thank. that the rush of waters came in the morning; and after XL This made it rmnsihln famlSes ta most jnatw to V for all to be axtA with rrf Hod B aa occurred late in the D&bL attended br tha dMtmo. iliijsx c!f the cSscttxs fighting syspca taaJOBs of usb would have bessz vsisSf- t2uMUrtliift ft is now. p3r lauay ana daad Jt J aafe to pay 'Cat when tha fist Js cjuronicto m . m. a - fcoeozne in ntorlwato ehrenm(tfiecss.4B3d acewof the rich rei idants; hot due to -radons eirenzoatanoes the dead will in the majority be of the very bumble. In the Polish Bettfemgoft the less wiH be frightful. North Dayton. also known as Texas," lays be-

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to the city from the North and Mad river which flows in from the east. These two rivers meet and between them were the homes of hundreds of day laborers. Nearly all these houses were frame and of but one and two stories. The river levee is high er than the roofs of most of them and when the levee broke naturally they were completely sub merged. The inhabitants drown ed like rats in trapse . Those who lived in apartment houses with several stories, or were caught in down town business houses had a chance to climb above the water's level, but there was no such opportunity for the unfortunate residents of North Dayton. Many substantial and wealthy citizens live in Dayton View, a part of the city not submerged, and they are doing valiant service toward relieving the distressed. No attempt is being made by any one to attend to his own personal business. Automobiles and vehicles of every kind are hauling people from danger to places of safety, and carrying clothing and food. These rich people have thrown open their homes to any one unhoused, while every church and school building not under water is being used as a relief station. Men, who have made successes of their own business, are giving their time and training to the work of relief, and this feature is moving systematically and with telling results. GOOD WORK OF SOLDIERS Thanks to the soldiers there has been little looting and disorder up to date. Now that bridges across the river are in use, people living in the Northwest and Western portions of the city and those who have taken refuge there, would like to rush across into the city's stricken business district, but the militiamen stand guard at every bridgeway. Only relief automobiles go through. These machines carry food and coffee into the business section and bring sufferers out of it. Those on the outside of Day ton should not think because the streams have taken to their banks, and the water has left Main street, the principal thor oughfare, that Dayton can now take care of itself. Imagine what Richmond would be if threefourths the entire city had been under water of an average depth of twenty-five feet for two whole days, if it had no light, heat, drinking water, street cars, or telephones, if several squares of its business district were char red ruins, and hundreds of its citizens were dead. If you would want help from Dayton for Rich mond under such conditions, then Richmond should lend every assistance possible to Dayton now. CLOTHING BADLY NEEDED. Not only is Davton needinc help now, but her citizens will need clothing and food for months to come. Those who had nothing but clothes and house hold goods have been pauperized. Added to this is death and sickness with its attendant expense

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and sorrow. There will be an abundance of deserving charity. Little towns surrounding will be greatly handicapped by Dayton's loss. Dayton with its wholesale houses had been the source of supply for these small places, and for several months to come they will have to order elsewhere. Already these small places have sent to establish a new supply from other large cities. One grocer in Brookville, Ohio, west of Dayton, told the Palladium correspondent that he had entirely sold out, and he had been trying all Thursday afternoon to get telephone connection with one of the wholesale groceries of Richmond so that he could re-stock his store. Those on the outside of Dayton have worried a great deal because of inability to learn of the fate of their friends and relatives inside the city, but this situation is nearly as bad within the city's borders. The city has been divided by reason of the water and with no phone service, news

has been of the most fragment-, ary kind. There has been no newspapers published inside the city since the flood and none sent in from the outside. MANY TRAGIC SCENES. There have been a great many tragic scenes and heroic acts since Tuesday morning. Wednesday a man with a baby was being carried down the river in a canoe. He saw that he was to be crushed to death against a huge cement bridge and suicided instead by using a revolver. The baby was drowned. An avaricious fellow in a boat refused to rescue a man and woman because they did not have the five dollars he demanded, whereupon two men in an adjoining house offered him the money asked for. When the boatmen reached them they dumped him into the water and took possession of his boat, saving themselves and a number of others. Mr. Thompson, of the Bell Telephone company, of Dayton, told how a relative of his had saved himself, wife and baby. The water rose so sigh in their second story that no longer could they avoid it by standing on their bed stacked high with furniture. The man took a chair and broke through the plastering into the attic. Through this small hole, he pulled his wife, who weighed two hundred pounds, and also his baby. Thursday when the water receded they were saved, but they were nearly dead for want of sustenance and from the cold. One man with a boat saved one hundred and sixty persons. It was reported that twentyseven militiamen were patroll-i ing the levee when it gave way j and all but two were drowned. There will be a very heavy! loss of horse flesh. Practically all horses in the district badly Hooded have been drowned. Animal life was abandoned where there was only a chance to save human beings. One place A house with a porch attached had lodged in a tree. Two horses swimming in the water attempted to get onto the porch but their BEDS '.V1

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weight submerged the structure and the animals were carried on down the river. GROCERYMAN PUNISHED. A groceryman Wednesday attempted to double his prices. That night enraged neighbors broke into his place and carried away everything that was in shape for immediate consumption. Another groceryman nearby dispensed what groceries he had without charge. There is practically none of the former, and nrarly all of the latter spirit in Dayton at this time. The supplies from Richmond sert Thursday reached Dayton in good shape. At the relief stations they expressed deepest thanks for the interest Richmond is showing, and those in relief cars spread the news of what Richmond is doing and hopes to do. Citizens in Dayton speaking of the relief in sight always mention Richmond, and the work of this city is being generally heralded. As pointed out by the

Palladium correspondent yesterday, Dayton needs supplies not sight-seers, and no one should go to the flood stricken city without earring some provisions to it ready for immediate use. The best route by automobile for reaching Dayton from Richmond at this time is over the New Paris pike to New Paris, then through Gettysburg, then to Lewisburg, then to Brookville, then to Salem, and through Fort McKinley, into Dayton over Salem avenue. On Salem avenue, the large school house on the left hand side has been turned into a relief station where supplies can be left. The road from here to Brookville will be found very good, but from that point on the pike is in bad shape, but passable at all places. The heavy travel is tending to dry the road and it will improve rapidly unless there is another rain. It is apparent to the traveler in an automobile that Ohio from Lewisburg on to Dayton had much heavier rains than those in Wayne county during the past week. 2D PERSONS RESCUED DIE (National Newi Association) LAFAYETTE. Ind., 1:30 A. M. An official of the Northern Traction company telegraphed his company last night that among the rescued in the court house twenty have died of exposure. There is no way of estimating the dead at the present and many more are dying from exposure. The number of missing at this time is 500. The water is receding and the survivors are working night and day to relieve the Buffering of the less fortunate of that city. RESCUE WORK PROCEEDS. DAYTON, O., (1:80 A. M.) It is thought that the dead in the business section will not exceed 300 but It is possible that the victims in the residence districts will swell the total to 3,000. The rescue work is going on in a systematic manner. HT

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F (National News Association) TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. March 27. One thousand people in West Terre Haute, three miles across the Wabash river are in imminent danger of losing their lives by the flooded waters. The river embankment north of West Terre Haute is giving away rapidly and the people are now on the housetops. The authorities at Paris, 111., have been asked by phone to send boats to rescue the stricken people of West Terre Haute .as the bridges spanning the river here have been condemned and are practically impassable. In response to a fire call the Terre Haute fire department attempted to cross the bridge, but in doing so three firemen were thrown into the river. They were rescued by catch lines of hose thrown to them by their companions. West Terre Haute has a population of 6,000. REPORT ON CELINA RESERVOIR CENIED CELINA. O.. (Via Decatur, Ind.. 12 Midnight) The report that the St. Mary's reservoir has given way is denied and it is stated on reliable authority that there Is no danger now from that source. The report was 6tarted from the fact that at 10 o'clock yesterday morning the reservoir started to overflow and by quick work on the part of the watchmen the gates were opened sufficiently to eliminate any further danger. STRANGE I1IIIICS PLAYED BY WATER One of the many strange antics played by the waters was the carrying of a shed, sheltering an automobile and a buggy, belonging to Henry Holzapfei, in South Richmond, to a submerged feld. a mile or two south of the city, and depositing it in a small lake of water. The shed was turned upside down. As it is Impossible to reach the shed, it is not know what damage was done to the machine ond buggy. BAREFOOTED BOYS ARRIVE III CITY Two little barefooted boys with hardly enough clothes on them to keep their little bodies in comfort from the biting cold strolled into the Pennsylvania depot this afternoon having been brought here from Dayton. The boys were unable to speak good English. A collection was started by one of the men present and more than $50 was donated. The names of the little youngsters' were not learned. They will be kept here until word can be received from their parents.

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T IS Logansport. Ind., is in a serious condition. This information came through Harry Stewart, 212 North Eleventh street, a Pennsylvania engineer, who effected his escape from that devastated city yesterday afternoon. Stewart escaped from that city by crossing the railroad bridge spanning the Wabash river and walking through driving rain and snow to the Anoka Junction. After boarding an interurban for this city with several companions he was very nearly hurled to his death by a bridge breaking under the car. The city is under eleven feet of water in many places, he says, aud the anguish of the suffering is horrible. Water is flooding the streets Toledo street is a mass of swirling, gushing water. The Kel and Wabash rivers have risen to such a height as to merge into one. The once strong iron trestle spanning the Wabash is now a swinging bridge, he says. This bridge was crossed by the refugees with great ri6k of life. The destruction of this bridge will bring the loss to the railroad up to many more thousands, 'fho Third Street interurban bridge is alto reported destroyed. The Union Station is completely suhmerged, only the roofs of coaches being above the water line. Water in the yards is to such a height as to cover the engines with the exception of the smoke stacks. There are 150 engines in the Logansport yards. All the churches are being used to shelter the suffering. These places being packed with homeless people. Men, women and children are continually crying for food. Rain and snow continues to fall an- greatly hampers the work of rescue. TRAIN CREW SAFE The work train crew, composed of Richmond railroad employes, who left this city Tuesday morning, was not drowned as has been reported in this city. Chief Clerk Green, of the local Pennsylvania offices, stated this morning that the work train had been "stalled" at Coke-Oddo station in three or four feet of water. The crew managed to get to safety according to Mr. Green. Conductor McFail was la charge of the crew. BROOKVILLE ADDS TO DEATH LIST (National News Association) Connersvllle, Ind., March 27. List of the missing and supposedly dead at Brookville are being slowly increased. Fifteen bodies have been recovered and a few others are in sight but cannot be reached. Three men believed to be Allen Daniels, Joseph Kenworthy and Adam Hermeier, who were marooned in a tree far out in the stream were missing this morning.

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