The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, April 02, 1913, Image 6
DEATH TALL
? OVER 3,000 SOULS AND 0
IN PROPERTY
L1IEB FLAMES LENBI
The Heavens Opened and tl
Death ani Destruction in
t
Flood?Real Extent of the ]
Hot Yet Known?Figures ]
Points in the Sricken Distric
Placed at Two Thousand.
Chicago, March 26 ?Three thous- j
and may iiave pensnea in me ueiu^c j
which swept the northern hair of the
Ohio River Valley yesterday and. today.
Probably half a million were
made homeless by the flood in Indiana
* and Ohio and property damaged in
both States will be at least ?100,000,'
- 000.
An additional horror Was reported |
^ this evening from Dayton. Fire there j
which was wide spread and uncon- i
trollable in view of the paralyzatioa
the water plant, brought death to
many who sought to escape drowning
by climbing to upper floors of buildings.
Railroad officials are authority for j
the statement that lines converging ;
into Indianapolis would have to stand |
a loss of $25,000,000 in that city and j
* vicinity alone.
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DAYTON UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Dayton, Ohio, March 26.?Flames
that destroyed eight buildings in Day.
ton's submerged business section tonight
cast a jed, weird glow pver the
flood stricken city that added to the
fears of thousands of refugees and I
maroonied persons and led to the apprehension
that there may have been
many of the water's prisoners in, the
burned buildings. ? , ?
Soon after notice was posted inheadnnarf^ra
of the emergency committee
announcing that the city was under
martial law and several companies of
- soldiers arrived from neighboring Ohio
cities. The soldiers were employed to
patrol edges of the submerged district
and prevent further looting of homes
freed from the flood's grasp. Up to a
late hour tonight there had been no
material disorder.
FATE OF HUNDREDS IN DOUBT.
Rescue squads worked frantically to/
day to throw back the veil that hides
the trne story of the Dayton disaster?
the number of dead. Late tonight the
arrival of motor boats gave the hope
that by tomorrow the northern section
of the city now cat .off by the big
Miamia's impassable barrier, may be
penetrated, and then may be. learned
the fate of hundreds imprisoned hy
the torrent that poured down from the
broken Tarleton resevoir.
The list of six known dead was added
to thi9 afternoon by the death of a
refugee: It was reported late tonight
< that a number of dead had been found
in houses in och and Eagle streets, but
when rescuers' worked their way into
the partially suome ged dwellings they .
found a number of the flood's prisoners
were weak from fright and hunger.
* COLD INCREASES SUFFERING.
./ *
Already overburdened victim's of
the water*S wrath were compelled to
suffer again today in a cold, smarting
: rain. Fire
that appeared to threaten the
business section tonight was confined
to the block bounded by 2nd and 3rd
streets and Jefferson and St. Clair
streets. It was impossible to get within
two miles of tte fire and from that
distance what appeared to be explosions,
probably of drags, made the
fire seem of larger proportions than it
was. It appeared to have about burned
itself out and was not believed it
would spread to other blocks.
> ; It was impossible to ascertain even
Vf i approximately the nnmber of persons
who might have been marooned in
this section and who died after beiDg
"i% trapped by flood and fire. Ne vert-helesst
rescue work went steadily on, and
about 3,000 persons were housed in
pliees of refuge tonight.
At least '>o,000#per>ons are imprisoned
in homes and ia business buildings.
It is feared that their two days' imprisonment
with accompanying hunger
and fright has caused tremendous
suffering.
The flood came with such suddenness
that food supplies in homes were whisked
away by the torrent that reached to
second floors in almost the flc3h of an
fivp. Skiff* skirted the edge of the
flooded district, attempting to take
food to those wbcm it wa9 impossible
to carry off, but the fierce current discouragingly
retarded this work.
. BEGGED TO BE RESCUED.
r
Two oarsmea who braved the current
that swirled through the business
section of the city today reported that J
the water at the Algonquin Hotel, at
thesontinVe^t oon or cf Third ard Ludow
street.-. wu3iifU feet avep From
FROM FLOOR
!YER ?103,009,000 WQRTH
DESTROYED.
iiOR TO TOE SCENE!
ie Rains Descended Carrying
Their Wake?Another Noah's
Disaster in Ohio and Indiana
Based on Reports irom Many
it -Casualties in Dayton Alone
1 windows in ike hotels and business
blocks, hundreds of the marooned betr
ged pitily for rescue and food. Toe
oarmen said they saw do bodies floating
on the flood tide, but declared that
many persons must have perished in
the water's sudden rush through the
streets.
A shortage of provisions was threatened
this afternoon when it was reported
many relief trains, bound to Dayton
from neighboring cities had been stopped
by high water. Every grocer in the
city had been "sold out" before noon.
It was believed that the relief trains
might creep in during the night.
LEAPING FROM ROOF TO ROOF."
The Dayton informant confirmed the
information that refugees, driven from
the places where they had sought safety
from the floods, were leaping from
roof to roof to escape the new terror.
W.ITKOUT FOOD AND WATER.
The Dayton man said that the water
was ploughing through the streets in a
mad 1 ,yh and that he had had nothing
to eat id very little water to drink for
48 hou . ^ ,
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
West Dayton, Ohio, March 27.?At
the rescue stations, the scenes enacted
today were heartrending, and the
most pitiful scenes occurred at the
temporary morgues.
At the Wost Dayton morgue frantic
crowds watched everybody brought in
hoping against hope that it wss not
some loved one. Men and women became
hysterical at times, while searching
for members of their families. In
addition to the refugee homes, the authorities
in each section are maintaining
an identification bureau, where all
persons cared for are registered.
Militia at Dayton shot down four
men for looting on March 28.
A-Systematic work of relief has begun
as the waters recede.
THE STROM AT OTHER PLACES.
Louisville, Ky., March 28.?A large
number of bodies are floating down
the river from flooded sections above.
With water already sweeping over the
lower section of the city and the
Ohio river steadily rising, Louisville
today faces the second flood of the
year. %
Profiting by the experiences in January
when many persons were caught
in the rapid rise of the river, the board
rv f rv n Kl " o oft f 1?*a 1 Jam
vi yuuiiu octiClJ lillC IdSl' UI'UCI"
ed a special detail of policemen into
the flood threatened section with orfl
ders/ to forcibly remove thqse who
would not leave. Early today the
water began to sweep over what is
locally known as "the cut off,'' but it
found only deserted homes.
Chicago, March 28.?Captain Henderson
in charge of the government
life-saving -service in Chicago and
vicinity, today prepared to send fifty
power boats and yawls with crews to
the flood zone.
Lynchburg, Va., March 28?The
James river this morning registered
23.3 feet, the highest stage since the
record was established in 1892. Hal*
a dozen plants employing upwards of
a thousand people are flooded. The
flood is confined to the manufacturing
district.
Pittsburg, March 28.?The Ohio
river reached 30 5 feet at 8 o'clock
this morning and is now stationary.
Information from up-river points on
the Allegheny river, from which the
flood came is that the river has begun
to fall.
. Albany, N. Y., March 2S.?Scores of
cities and towns throughout the Mohawk
and Hug on valleys are partially
inundated as the result of the worst
flood in years. The waters of the Mohawk
river were reported as receding
this morning but the Hudson river
continues to rise' and already has
shattered the high water mark of
1887. At 8 o'clock the Hudson had
passed the 22 foot mark in Albany and
was still rising.
Middletown, Ohio, March 28.?Miamisbufg
was reached last night and
reported that the death list there *ill
not exceed 25. Miamisburg is still
under 8 feet of water. The river is
receding rapidly. In Middletown the
dead is estimated at 50. An epidemic
of measles developed in the hospital
here last nigbt.
Powder doesn't necessarily blast a
woman's reputation.
It takes a shrewd mac to get rich iu
spite of his wife.
the members group themselves about j
the cabinet table the Secretary ,of j
Commerce looms up, to use a jaded |
figure, like Mars at rerihelion.
Thirty-two States have ratified the j
direct-election-of Senators' Amend- ;
ment to the Constitution, ohly four ;
more States being needed to make it [
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a part of the historic document. 1
Supporters of the amendment are |
hopeful that it will be ratified this
spring, in which event it would put a
stop to the fruitlass balloting now
going on for two Senators in Illinois.
Should its ratification come early, the
people of Illinois would be called upon
immediately to express their choice at
the polls in order that the State may !
have its proper representation in the
upper branch of the national legislature.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
An interesting Budget c-f News from !
the Seat of Government.
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Washington, D. C. March?(Special) j
"Fifty millions a year for waterways5',
the slogan of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, will be realized for |
this year at least. Besides contract'*
authorizations of $8,795,SCO the River
and Harbor bill of 1913 made cash appropriations
amounting to ?41.073.,094;
the Sundry Civil bill for the fiscal year
ending June 3d., 1914, which failed of
passage during the closing hours of
the 62nd Congress, but which will be
passed early in the extra session of the
63d., will carry ?10,045,795, making
upwards of fifty-two millions of dollars
available for rivers and harbors?a tidy I
sum to-be expended in the interest of
1 commerce.
In a general review of tl?e river and
harbor bill, the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress says:
''But this is the time, not for the
relaxation, but rather for the redoubling
of effort. Much has been accomplished
but much remains to be dene.
The waterway cause has enemies as
well as frieuds and our very successes
are bringing increased opposition, both
open and secret. The Congress of the
United States is responsive to public
opinion, and the work of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, which
is that of creating an intelligent and
forceful public opinion regarding tbe
benefits of improved waterways, must
be continued until a great natioua)
system of improved waterways has
become an accomplished fact."
While the new Democratic Administration
proposes to be economical, it is
* well understood that economy is not
| to be practiced at the expense of great j
public interests. The Panama Canal |
i9 to be completed and maintained \
with a proper garrison of troops; river j
and harbor works are to continue un- 1
der the present advantageous program; j
an adequate Navy will be provided and i
efforts will be made to establish a ;
military policy which will improve j
the present mobile Army of infantry (
and field artillery. Owing to the de- |
pletion of the infantry to garrison |
Hawaii and the Canal Zone there is a j
demand for an increase of that arm of j
the National defense.
The present day fashion in facial .
adornment for men is reflected in the
Cabinet of President Wilson in a most
impressive manner. All are smoothshaven
with the exceptions of Attorney
General McReynolds and Secretary of
Commerce Redfield. The former has J
a perfectly good black moustache, i
while Mr. Redfield displays a hirsute j
adornment not unlike the youth of |
Piccadilly sported in the days ot Wil- 1
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Church Women in Election Fight.
Elkhart, Jp^d , March 28.?This city
will hold a local optica election Monday,
and it will be one of the most
bitterly fought contests in the history
of the city. The women of the
various ch.ircjbes of Elkhart are behind
the light.
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