The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 01, 1913, Page THREE, Image 4
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y The Dead JIay Not Xumber as }Iany
As First Though?The Flood
| " Story.
' Revised estimates of the losses of
life in Dayton, Ohio, give ground for
fhope that the dead in all sections affected
by the flood will not exceed |
2,000 and may go below that figure.
Daring investigators who penetrat-1
ed the flooded section revealed hun-!
dreds safe whom it was feared were'
lost. Unless swelled by a death list in'
the foreign settlement on the north
side, as yet unreached, there may not
be more than 200 dead in the whole
W From other points than Dayton the
V death list grew rapidly.
There was far heavier loss of life in!
the west side of Columbus, Ohio, than
V was thought. One estimate placed the I
^ number of dead at more than six hun-j
W dred.
Apparently authentic reports from
Piqua indicated that twenty were dead
I there.
At Peru, Ind, the authorities -estimate
the death list will reach at least
150.
From Hamilton fifty persons were!
r renorted drowned in the collapse of a
W hotel where they had sought refuge.
||> Twenty-five deaths were reported
from Troy, Ohio, thirty in Middletown
and five at Masillon.
frrvm thp flood in Chillieothe I
I twill not exceed 25, according to latest
advices. Earlier reports were that
from 200 to 500 lives had been lost.
A report from Linton, Ind., gave
sixteen persons drowned at Howesville,
25 miles south ?f Terre Haute.
There were ten deaths at Sharon,!
Estimates are that 70,000 persons i
?*> TVo T'fAri fl
<11 t? Hid I UUI1CU 111 UCLJ LUII O uwuvu Ui?J
trict, where 15,000 homes have been |
submerged. Rescue stations are pro-.
Tiding for 5,000 homeless. The pro-j
perty damage in the city is figured at j
$25,000,000.
Alarmist reports were frequent dur- j
ring the day. In most cases these were j
quickly contradicted. Rumors that the'
-> Grand reservoir near St. Mary's, Ohio, j
tad broken proved . unfounded. Simi-;
lar reports about the Lewiston reservoir
likewise ore found to be untrue.
Threatened breaks in both were repaired
and reports to Governor Cox, at!
Columbus last night indicated that;
the danger from this source was pass-j
A I
w Later reports from Zanesville are |
that fifteen lives are believed to have j
been lost there. About 15,000 are
homeless. A score of buildings col-;
lapsed. Fire broke out at one point,
but it was not believed it would
spread.
Twenty were found dead among
refugees in the court house at Peru,
Ind., the victims of exposure, according
to a telephone message. Contagion
has broken out among the refua
gees, the report stated:
, ? I
The police and militia report that:
^ looters are working in the central i
_ district All persons not able to give j
j a satisfactory explanation of their:
actions are arrested. Persistent, but;
unconfirmed rumors, tell of looters |
being shot. Excitement is running'
riot. The wildest rumors were in circulation
and serious trouble is expected.
Many Marooned Found Safe.
Dayton, 0., March 27.?All but a few
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of those hundreds of persons who have
been marooned in the down-town section
of flooded Dayton since Tuesday
morning are safe. This was the news
"brought out late today by an asso
ciated press man. the first to succeed
in the perilous task of penetrating as
far north as the big Miami river.
r Chief of Police J. N. Allaback himself
marooned, who has been directing the
thermo watIt mvp thp first informa
tion as to the situation in what has
V heretofore been the waterbound disW
trict. %
Except for possible los of life on the
I north side of the river there will not
be more than 200 d-ead in Dayton, acI
cording to Allaback's estimate after
he had been given information as to
r the situation on the south side.
jta > r itfiii liiucu;.
^ The work house where sixty primf
soners hav-e not had a drop of water
f nor a bite of food since Tuesday. The
-I rn.. ^ J J ,T/n
iiieii ie\unea iuesuay uigui auu uemandea
their liberty and a chance
to fight for their lives. Since then the
vrork house has been a mad house,
according to Superintendent Johnson.
fThe prisoners repeatedly fought wich
Johnson and threatened to kill both
liim and his family.
Johnson asked that a detachment of
the National Guard be assigned to
"help him handle the men. He declared
that the men would have to be
shot if they escaped from their cells.
Xo word has been heard from Mayor
Philips. The chief of police had been
unable to get near the Philips lioiise.
and did not know whether the mayor
would be found dead or alive.
f
North of Burns avenue as far as
( Fourth street, the water was found to
j be from three to six fet deep.
Beyond Fourth street the water has
| receded to make it possible in many
r Oil rill SLietfl. tu tilt; uig .maim
relief work was taken up by a committee
headed by Chief Allaback. All
of the grocery stores were commandered,
and although in many cases, the
goods were covered with water, sufficient
supplies were found to prevent
great suffering among those in the in?
tenor ury snip.
Probably no Actual Starvation.
While there may be many deaths in
individual homes which have been
without food or drink t ^ was no
place but the work house ..here any
considerable number of people were
held without food. Xo one had had
pnnnsrh hut no case aDDroachins: act
ual starvation was found.
Knowledge that the death list is
t likely to prove so low in the downtown
section tonight gave rise to hope
that even in North Dayton, about
which nearly all hope had been aban
cloned, there might be comparatively
few deaths.
The progres of the first canoe in the
waterbound district was greeted by
appeals for bread and water. In nearly
every house left standing wistful
faces were seen to be pressed against
window panes. All people were asKed
whether there had been any deaths,
and with only a few exceptions replied
there had not. Although heartened by
news from the flood zone's interior
Governor Cox's secretary, Mr. Burba,
was scarcely able to credit the asser
uon.
From his own investigations of the
Southern district he was unable to believe
that the death list would be under
1,500.
4 "There are 10,000 unaccounted for
on his side of the river," he said,
"and if all but two hundred of these
are found, it will be the greatest
miracle of the time."
It was impossible to approach within
several blocks of the fire zone,
even in the canoe, but there was
every indication that the Beckel
House had not been burned and that
the fire had been confind to the blocks
beyond Jefferson and 3rd streets.
Hotel Guests Safe.
The 300 guests of the Algonquin
Hotel have been k-ept physically comfortable,
though in continuous dread
that the fire would reach them. The
water reached the second floor, but
all supplies had been moved to places
of safety.
A report which had been current in
the water district south of Main street
that Adjt. Gen. Wood had been fatally
injured by falling plate glass, proved
to be untrue. Gen. Wood now is in
full charge of the relief work and although
his arm had been badly cut,
his condition was not serious.
Two hundred women and babies
found refuge in a paint factory in
North Dayton, where, it is believed
they have sufficient food to keep them
from acute suffering. An effort is to
be made at once to rescue them.
The suburb of Riverdale up to Helena
street has been penetrated by the
down-town relief committee and conditions
found similar to those in the
southern suburbs. Every one has been
crowded to the second floors or roofs
of their homes. But few of the more
stable dwellings were washed away.
North of Helena street has not been
reached, but it is believed the conditions
there will prove as bad as had
been feared.
| Nothing is known of the foreign setfl?rnanf
in "NJnrfVi "Huvtrm MoSP tfl the
j *?4. iivA i.u
j Miami river. It was this part of the
! city where the flood first made its way
and where the occupants of the houses
I had ignored warnings to leave. It was
, here also that it was feared most of
i the deaths would occur. The only body
found was that of Charles Parker, a
| liveryman, drowned in the court house
yard.
! South Dayton, Ohio, March 28.?
! Eight hundred dead is the average es,
timate of seven-eighths of Dayton's
undertakers, called together for a con
ference tonight. They reported S2 bodies
had be?n recovered and now are
j at various places in the city.
Individual estimates of the undertakers
were from 500 to 1,000, but the
consensus of opinion was that 800
would be a' conservative figure. ExI
I ploration of several recesses of the
I city today by newspaper men hardly
would iustifv such an estimate.
.
Orders had been issued for all bo|
dies to be brought to a general mor!
gue established in a garage. This had
not been heeded, as less than half the
| number of bodies found, according to
j tbs undertakers, had been brought
there tonight.
There has been keen competition be
tween undertakers for possession of
; unidentified bodies, and many of
them have beee taken to undertaking
establishments not under water.
A general call for all undertakers tc
meet was sent out by John H. Patter;
son, in charge of relief work, in an
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effort to have the work of recovering
bodies organized. Thirty undertakers i
were present and all said they based ]
their estimates of the dead on a gen- ;
eral survey 01 me suucn-ivn. j
Louisville life-savers made a trip
into Riverdale and North Dayton sec-p
tions, where it was found there had <
I been great loss of life. They did not
I find a body and said they believed few j
would be found. An expedition of :
Cleveland Xaval Reserves brought ]
practically an identical report. j
As so large a part of the city had <
been explored and information obtain- ;
| ed failed to bear out earlier estimates i
of great loss of life, the announcement |
of the undertakers came as a surprise i
to those most familiar with the sit- ;
uation.
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I DEATH OK FOl'R A MYSTERY.
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I Farm House Tragedy so Far Baffles ,
>*ew Jersey Coroner.
Glassboro, N. J., March 23.?Lying ^
, in the cellar of their ruined home, the \ .
i bodies of Lee Wharton, 38 years old, ;
i his wife, Mary, 32, and their six-year- J
j old daughter, Lillian, were discovered!
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following a mysterious nre emiy luday
which destroyed the little farmhouse,
about ten miles Jrom here. The ]
j body of Johnson Hemphill, 42 years !
' old, a farm hand on a neighboring 1
farm, was found in a shed behind the |;
house with a load of shot through his ]
. heart. , 1
! Mystery surrounds the four deaths. 1
: What occurred up to the time Hemp- ;
hill was s-hot; how he was shot, tne 1
house set afire, are details which Coroner
Stulz today vainly endeavored to ;
i ascertain. The bodies of the victims
were so badly burned that it was impossible
to determine whether or not :
' they had been shot.
TRAIN STRIKES WAGON.
J. D. Philips Probably Fatally Hnrt
! And His Brother Injured?Baby Has
Almost Miraculous Escape.
Gaffney, March 24.?J. D. Philips,
a well known farmer of this county,
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Riley Phillips had had domestic difficulties
and had decided to separa'.c?
from his wife. Yesterday morning
tie went to the home with the wagon
md loaded up the household goods.
Setting the baby he and his brother
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md Cherokee avenue and the vehicle
was struck by the New York, New
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iumped from the wagon with the
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point of death at the city hospital tonight,
probably fatally injured.
The baby escaped without a scratch.
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