Wild night flood claims six railroad men near Washington Indiana
The White River flood wrecked a B&O Southwestern work train at the Blue Hole trestle killing four crew members and leaving two rescued men with lengthy river rescues as searchers battled darkness and strong currents. Otto McClellan survived the plunge from a flat car while Stevens and Tucker endured hours in freezing water before rescue.
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Washington
Ind
The
Democrat
White River
C. G. Stevens
Dan Shaffer
Theodore ‘Gharst
Ro Jackson
Dan Tucker
Cliff McLemore
B. & O. Southwestern
Stevens
Tucker
Tom Cook
Maysville
Otto MccCellan
Charles Hamer
Tiose Nash
Sturgeon
Tey
Hawkins Creek
Hose
T. F. Spink
Uptown
John Jackman
Cook Horse
Stales
Otto McClellan
Tom's Hill
Charles Denson
Charles Laws
Charles Knight
Tom’s Hill
Irvin Padgett
Engine -401
Blue Hole
Prairie Creek Bridge
C.g. Stevens
Illinois Division
Cr. G. Stevens
Shaffer
Herron Street
Dana Tucker
Record of Flood Horrors From Wolf Creek and City Wide
A letter from Mrs. George Saul details the March 1913 flood in Dayton Ohio. She describes the levee breaks on Wolf Creek, water inundating homes and churches, people ferried by boat, and fires downtown. Militia rule, relief trains, and theft amid chaos are noted, with observations on survival and loss. The writer conveys urgent, vivid impressions from the disaster and its impact on residents.
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Dayton, O
Wolf Creek
West Virginia
Miami River
Davis
Edgemont
George Saul
Conductor Roma May Dies Heroic in Flood Rescue
Roma May, a Monroe county man and Co. O conductor, died saving others during a river flood. The Peru Morning Journal notes he saved over 200 people before drowning with Mrs. James Hossman after their boat capsized. May’s body was recovered near the rescue site. his family in Stanford survives.
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Peru
Roma May
Monroe County
May
South Union
Stanford
Peru Morning Journal
Conductor May
James Hossman
Circuit Court Adjourns Trowbridge v Burton
The circuit court case of Trowbridge versus Burton was continued Friday because one attorney did not appear.
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Trowbridge
Marriages and household moves listed in local licenses
Marriage licenses show John Walter Cassada to Sulla Kinn James Pente of Oolitic to Josephine Germano Luther Margers to Armilda J Casada George Alexander to Truley Owens Mr and Mrs Fred Wood have moved to a cottage east of their Leesville road home Miss Jane Whitaker leaves for Indianapolis to tend her ill mother Mrs Cora Whitaker Mrs Atcheson to depart early Sunday morning
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John Walter Cassada
Sulla ¥ Kinn
James Pente
Oolitic
Josephine Germano
Luther Margers
Armilda J. Cassada
George Alexander
Truley Owens
Fred Wood
John L. Wood
Leesv Ile
Wood
Jane Whitaker
Mrs. Atcheson
North I Street
Indianapolis
Cora Whitaker
Atcheson
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Ledford
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Percheron Society of America
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Decide
Vieux Pierre
L’ami
Sansonnet
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Roselle
Lawrence Co
John P. Banaman
Bedford R. R
Tonville
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