Flood Toll Rising Across Ohio Indiana and Beyond
Widespread flood devastation in the Midwest now covers central Ohio and most of Indiana with extensive damage in Illinois Missouri and western Pennsylvania. Death tolls run into thousands and homeless into hundreds of thousands as rivers surge, bridges fail, and trains halt. Ohio National Guardsmen guard against looting while aiding rescues amid rising losses and looming fires in disrupted cities.
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Middle West
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Dayton
Hamilton
Piqua
Sydney
Miami
Troy
Peru
Miami Valley
Ohio National Guardsmen
Dying Like Rats in Dayton Message From Indiana Town
A distressed telephone message reports Dayton faces severe flooding with houses submerged and streets flooded 20 to 40 feet deep. Frank Purviance of the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company warns of ongoing tidal-like inundation and no relief in sight.
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Richmond
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Frank Purviance
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Dayton
Frank Purviancé
Des Peres River Flood Drowns Man as St Louis Flood Spreads
In St Louis Missouri heavy rains flood the Des Peres River driving residents from homes. One man William J. Ross drowns while attempting to wade from his residence as levees fail and tracks flood. Forest Park area drives flooded and ten blocks of homes inundated.
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Popping Street
Iron Mountain
Missouri Pacific
San Francisco
Eichelberg
South St. Louis
Lima
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Middle Point
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Laruse
West Liberty
Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Joseph
Maumee
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Marion
Ellwood
Broad Ripple
Youngstown
Omaha Tornado Toll Climbs as Snow Hinders Rescue
Omaha Neb March 25 Crowded morgues and rescues mark the aftermath of Easter Sunday tornadoes. Authorities report at least 230 dead with 500 injured and hundreds missing. Snow and debris hamper search efforts while relatives pour into the city. Hospitals and churches host grieving families as nurses and doctors work long shifts to care for the injured.
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Tornado relief drives mobilize nationwide money and aid
Money offers totaling about a million dollars arrived for city relief as seven branch stations opened across a seven mile tornado zone. Relief workers organized a bureau and distributed material aid to those proved in need while volunteers of all ages assisted with repairs and outreach.
Relief efforts under way after storm devastates city
Volunteers and medical staff provided care as patients showed marked recovery and were sent home or to relatives. Military law curbed looting while health officials toiled to restore sanitation. City crews, wagons, and vans moved goods as authorities identified a body in Bemis Park as Frank Jamison of Chicago.
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Frank Jamison
Chicago
Bemis Park
Illustrated song in Post Magazine features Love's Old Sweet Song
The illustration for next Sunday's Post Magazine accompanies the famous melody Love's Old Sweet Song. The drawing is by Warrant Pryor.
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Post
Warrant Pryor
Vast Property Loss From Raging Rivers
Floods and high winds sweep the Middle West from the Missouri to the Alleghenies. Ohio Indiana and parts of Illinois Missouri endure heavy damage with many deaths and widespread evacuations. Cities from Indianapolis and Lafayette to Columbus and Cincinnati report inundations and factory fires while rail traffic halts.
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Chicago
Middle West
Missouri River
Allegheny Mountains
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Delaware
Dayton
Columbus
Youngstown
Fort Wayne
Kokomo
West Lafayette
Purdue University
Peru
Logansport
Ralston
Connersville
Ind
White River
Flood Catastrophe in Dayton as Lewiston Dam Breaks
Richmond reports say 20 to 40 feet of water flooded Dayton cities after the Lewiston reservoir dam failure. Frank Purviancé of the Terre Haute company describes bodies washing through the streets and a lack of relief as communications with Dayton and Liberty, Ohio, relay pleas for aid to Governor Cox.
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Richmond
Cox
Ohio
Liberty O
Liberty
Matin Street
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