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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1913
Page
6
Unclear distress center activity reported with emphasis on Illinois expansion and an urgent message about Saifo and Shawer towing UE in danger of being inend utl ed, signaling potential risk and plea for assistance.
Governor Dunne and Adjutant General Dickson warn of imminent flood danger as Shawneetown Cairo and nearby towns brace for levee breaches. The Seventh Regiment of the Illinois National Guard is deployed toward Cairo while refugees flock to hills and higher ground. Cairo appeals for aid supplies tents boats and relief from King and federal offices as water nears record levels.
Va March 30 Huntington faces total darkness and food and water famine as 4,000 residents endure homelessness and widespread damage. The river reached a record height, flooding up to second floor levels in many blocks, while militia and Gov. Hatfield bring supplies, boats, and rescue efforts. Several towns report similar conditions as rescue work continues and fatalities are feared.
The Ohio river flood crest is expected between Huntington and Maysville and to reach Louisville Tuesday afternoon or night at about 45 feet. Reports from Western Kentucky indicate rapid rise, inundating lowlands, forcing evacuations to higher ground and halting railroad service. Continued on Page Two.
Belgrade March 38. The first train load of wounded Servians arrived from Adrianople. Descriptions of the battle show the fighting preceding Adrianople’s capture was marked by brutal endurance, extreme cold, frozen feet, mud, and heavy Turkish machine gun fire. The Ninth Infantry suffered heavy losses as Turkish defenses and mine explosions reshaped the assault on Papastepe.
Rain threatens flood damage across eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington as rivers rise and snow melts in Blue Mountains. Forest rangers report deep snow in the hills. A man drowned attempting to ford the Walla Walla River. body not recovered.
A New York Central Buffalo Special from Buffalo to New York jumped the track near Fonda N Y at 24 belock this morning. Three sleepers a buffet car and express car and the Gay coach went into the Monash fire and were partially submerged with all passengers escaping. Seven persons were slightly hurt. The accident was caused by track weakness from floods.
The people of Manhattan Montana under the Manhattan Commercial Club wired the American Red Cross in Washington to provide funds for feeding flood districts throughout the area.
Rone March 30 J P Morgan is in a most critical condition the physicians say he has to take nourishment by injections and weakness has raised grave concern Dr M Allen Starr of New York with Prof Giuseppe Bastianelli and Dr George A Dixon attended Morgan three times since Naples visit The bulletin notes loss of weight and strength and inability to nourish him with food stating he is exceedingly weak though no organic trouble developed conservative care continues with injections and limited nursing support while hopes of a reaction fade. Morgan's condition remains perilous.
A convict witness told a state prison inquiry that nitro glycerin is buried in the San Quentin yard. He said the plan was to use it during a riot months ago to aid a wholesale escape, with signals misfiring and a larger stock smuggled in. Warden Hoxie said the witness may be describing a can found earlier and will ask for precise burial location.
President Woodrow Wilson selects Winston Churchill's home in Windsor Vermont area as summer capital source telegram from Churchill in Santa Barbara California. Estate described as two story stone structure on a hill with views of Connecticut River Green Mountains and rolling farmland. Two seven room cottages, tennis court, and pine groves provide seclusion for the president and attendants.
Train dispatcher reports telegram about a blaze in the city business district near a block and a half. Several buildings were dynamited to halt the fire. No loss of life has been reported.
In Paso, Texas, Governor Gonzalez was killed near Mexico City as he was moved between train cars. Witnesses say his hands were bound behind him and a gunshot ended his suffering. The body was found torn by the wheels after the train stopped.
Mexico City reports a formal protest to Washington accusing rebels of receiving war materiel. Officials say crates with machine guns cross the border through regular ports of water and land. They warn the frontier is in rebels hands and Mexico relies on the United States to halt supplies to the Fedela.
Sacramento March 30 Resolutions suppressing sympathy with the flood victims were adopted to lay by the prisoners at Folsom prison. Mecarty, convicted of Gregory, drew up the resolutions at the close of a service held by Captain William Day of the prison commission. Other inmates requested publication to show the outside world that the prisoners are not heartless.
Pittsburg dispatches March 31 report rumors of a fire in Huntington West Virginia, but these claims are believed false. Huntington has been cut off from communications since midnight, and Charleston was in touch with Huntington near midnight reporting no fire.
A car crashed into a street car after racing three miles through Town grade. The vehicle collapsed a one story frame building and lodged in a residence foundation. Motorman suffered a crushed hip bone and minor injuries. One man had a fractured skull and two others were badly cut.
In the wake of the disaster, authorities moved to remove water from basements as telegraph and power services strained. Police and municipal leaders tightened control, with John H Patterson and Adjutant General We Decame directing operations. Dozens of bodies are expected to be identified as morgues handle the overwhelmed scene.
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