29 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1913
Page
1
Amid Dayton flood chaos reporters find eight hundred dead as undertakers dispute the figure with 82 bodies recovered. Morgue set in a garage as others seek unidentified remains. Louisville rescuers report no bodies found despite river area fears. Covington reports rising floodwaters with cellar inundation and streetcar lines abandoned.
Chicago receives analysis by E A Reed of flood conditions in Ohio. Newark Circleville and Circleville show relief progress. Chillicothe suffers with five thousand displaced and five hundred needing aid. Piqua requests militia to deter looting. Fremont reports loss and relief by locals. Ottawa and Defiance coordinate regional aid.
Bulgaria today accepted mediation from European powers but attached provisos that effectively negate their proposals. The move comes as London reports on the negotiation stance and the powers’ efforts to facilitate a settlement.
New York March 28 Justice Henry Bischoff of the New York Supreme Court fell eleven stories to his death in the Immigrant Savings Bank Building where he had offices. The tragedy occurred today as investigators began to examine the shaft and building safety.
The News urges Amarillo and Panhandle residents to donate to a relief fund for flood victims in Ohio and Indiana. Contributions, collected by W. N. Sadler at First State Bank, will be forwarded to the Red Cross Society. Give today to help those homeless in the disaster.
Severe flood conditions terrorize Cincinnati with historic inundation. Flooding devastates streets, disrupting transport and utilities while residents seek higher ground and aid agencies mobilize quickly. The scene highlights urgent emergency response and community resilience.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati swells as tributaries add flood waters, threatening the 1884 record. Gauge hits sixty four feet with a forecast to reach seventy, and possibly rising five to ten more feet inland over the next days. Low lands and business fronts along the river are submerged.
Houston banks report strong demand from out of state for Texas securities. Eastern money markets channel about 50 million dollars annually through private sources, with a large volume passing through Houston banks.
In Chicago on March 2 19xx Miss Jane Fairman ends a forty three year service with the Illinois Central Railroad. She joined in 1870 as the railroad had no women on its payroll and worked in the accounting department. She will receive a pension and an annual pass over the railroad lines.
A two story masonry building worth 420000 is planned in Weatherford Texas. The ground floor will house a local mercantile concern while the upper floor will be used for a lodge hall. The Masonic fraternity is arranging details and construction will begin at once.
Readers praise the free Cooking Session led by Miss Cliff at the Grand Opera House. Young women express hope the one week course in Scientific Cooking will prepare them for self sufficient housekeeping and wholesome meals.
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A Auld files for divorce from the University in a joint resolution concerning constitutional amendment.
The House advances a joint resolution to fund A and M and the University of Texas, for tax support of these institutions. It sends a bill to the Senate while rejecting an initiative referendum feature. Concurrent resolutions create a convict investigation commission. Jim Hogg County formation and county clerk increases pass. An anti hazing bill dies. Senate and House approve bank and trust company reforms and drainage funding.
Floyd Allen and his son Claude Swanson Allen were executed at the state penitentiary after a six hour delay. The deadly Carroll County Court House shooting left Judge Massie, Commonwealth Attorney Foster, Sheriff Webb, and several others dead or wounded.
The flood death toll remains unchanged with a conservative loss estimate as panic spreads in the White and Wabash river valleys and along the Ohio. West Indianapolis and Peru have strict quarantines. four deaths at the courthouse and refugee sickness raise fears of further losses. Brookville reports sixteen dead, several missing, and widespread property, livestock loss with famine risk and exposure fears for rescued individuals.
March 28 report from Zanesville Indiana says four deaths confirmed as flood waters recede. Thirteen lives were saved by five men crossing to Putnam Thursday. Property loss estimated at six to eight million dollars with several railroad bridges gone and two hundred homes floated away. National guardsmen arrive with provisions. Governor seeks fifty thousand dollars to aid distress efforts. Wireless and telegraph link from high ground enables communication.
The New Jersey Housing Aspiration held a Newark conference with delegates from major cities to review housing conditions and plan improvements in New Jersey towns. The event focused on addressing widespread substandard housing and methods to advance living conditions for residents.
In Seattle on March 23 the Tri-State debating event features teams from the University of Washington University of Oregon and Leland Stanford University. Each university fields two teams with one debating at home and one abroad as they tackle this year’s topic on reform.
Fragmentary report notes a low temperature around 29 degrees with a time reference near 7 p m. The text is incomplete but suggests a cold window for the day.
The Thursday morning record presents four aldermanic candidates to the voters with three questions about reporting on city business. Prolinger answers yes to all three, Umphrel answers yes to the first two and omits the third.
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