Desperate Dayton Plagued by Flood and Fire
An urgent wire from Dayton, signed by John H. Patterson of National Cash Register, reports the city stranded by flood and fire. Water, food, heat, and communications are gone. Becker Hotel burned. authorities seek motor boats, rowboats, troops, fire engines, trucks, provisions, clothing, and medical supplies to reach and aid the affected areas.
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New York
Dayton
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Becker
Tse
Scenes of Horror as Flood Workers Struggle for Homes
Reports describe scenes of flood survivors swept past by rivers with houses and rafts full of people. Families are separated and victims face freezing conditions as rescue efforts continue.
Miami river floodclaims 600 lives in Piqua dock collapse
J. W. Ball, a freight conductor, described the day’s scenes in and around Piqua Ohio where about 600 people were reported killed by the Miami River flood. He said houses were torn from foundations and swept downstream with occupants crushed under wreckage near a railroad bridge. Rescue work was hampered by disorganization as relief trains operated between Lima and Piqua.
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Sidney
Lima
Dayton
J. W. Ball
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Piqua, O
Ball
Piqua
Eighteen Families Marooned in Port Washington School
Eighteen families are stranded in the Port Washington schoolhouse on the Tuscarawas River ten miles west of Pennison Ohio. Railroad rescuers attempted to reach operator A W Davis in a signal tower but failed due to rising waters. Davis has had no food or fire since Tuesday and is feared lost.
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Pennison
Port Washington
Here
Tuscarawas River
Panhandle Railroad
A. W. Davis
Dayton Flood Tragedies Claim Several Lives
In Dayton and nearby towns flood chaos leaves many dead as parents and others try to escape rising waters. A father shoots his three children and wife then himself to evade the flames and destruction. Mayor Blease of Delaware attempts rescue but loses his two children and is saved by a telegraph pole.
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Dayton
Ohio
Delaware
Blease Rearly
Flood Flood Reaches Scioto Bridge City
Scioto bridge at Portsmouth Ohio washed away by a night flood. Hundreds driven from homes as schools open to shelter the homeless. City merchants move goods to safety amid worsening flood conditions.
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Portsmouth
Scioto
Bears Hotel Fire Relieved 509 People In Phru
In Phru Indiana a small lobby grate fire at the Bears Hotel prompted evacuation of 509 people. A Lake Erie and Western relief train evacuated 200 marooned travelers. About 2000 had already left the city and officials hoped to move 3000 more.
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Phru
Ind
Bears Hotel
Lake Erie & Western
Looters Target Besieged Columbus as Guard Forces Move In
March 27 report says vandals looted the besieged district. Justice of the peace J. W. Gaver swore in several deputies and armed them to shoot looters. Company E of the Fourth Ohio National Guard from Marysville began guarding the stricken area today.
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Columbus
J. W. Gaver
Briggsdale
Fourth
Ohio National Guard
Marysville
Ministers Lead Fight to Save Great Dam
Bellefontaine Ohio March 27 pastors of local churches rallied congregations to raise aid for the Lewiston reservoir. Children and men from nearby villages joined scores of workers who labored through the night to repair threatened breaks in the river banks.
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Great Dam
Bellefontaine
Militiamen Prove Brand of Heroes in Dayton Rescue
Dayton Ohio March 27. Three militia companies have worked without food or sleep in rescue efforts during the flood. Ten men reportedly died saving women on a bridge. George H. Schaeffer and William Riley of the National Cash Register Co. recounted near drowning and heartbreaking scenes as boats ferried to the trapped.
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Dayton
National Cash Register Company
George H. Schaeffer
William Riley
Cash Register Company
Bread 20 Cents a Loaf in Indianapolis
March 27 report from Indianapolis notes bread selling at 20 cents a loaf on the West Side as supplies run out. Meat and fresh edibles are exhausted, shelves bare except for canned goods. The West Side is without government presence, with only a few firemen and two policemen in rescue operations.
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Indianapolis
Flood Leaves Glenwood Avenue Bare After Levee Break
Columbus reports a levee breach near Central Avenue washed away all on Glenwood Avenue. Refugees say most parallel streets are nearly strip of buildings with few houses remaining.
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Columbus
Central Avenue
Glenwood Avenue
Pestilence Feared as Dayton Flood Claims Many Lives
In West Dayton Ohio on March 27 volunteers rescued over 500 people clinging to roofs as floodwaters from the Great Miami River and Wolf Creek receded. Militia patrols, relief stations, and an army of aids mobilized as authorities warned of potential fires and ongoing health risks.
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West Dayton
Great Miami River
Wolf Creek
Dayton
Telephone Operator Sends Last Message in Dayton Fire
John Bell, a Dayton telephone operator, stayed at his post for 26 hours amid flood and blaze. His final transmission told of saving women and children and keeping Governor Cox informed as fire raged. His fate remained uncertain after the line helped Phoneton and other areas.
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Dayton
John Bell
Telephone Board
Cox
Bell
M. D. Stohl
Bryan Returns From Flood Trip to Washington
Secretary Bryan of the State Department arrived in Washington after a 10 day tour that included a look at flooded districts in Lincoln Nebraska and Akron Ohio. He reported passing through most of the flood zone at night.
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Washington
Bryan
State Department
Jdncoln
Neb
Akron
Victims Seen on Rafts Logs and House on Ohio River
Three men floated on a raft a man on a log and a girl on a small house were seen on the Ohio River near Wheeling after being carried away from Wellsburg. They were last sighted past Moundsville as rescue attempts failed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Moundsville
Wellsburg
Here
Thief Shot by Guardsmen During Flood Refuge Robbery
Dayton Ohio March 27 martial law declared after a thief caught looting flood victim refuges was shot dead by state guardsmen on police duty.
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Dayton
Dayton Heroes Risk Life as Fires Rage and Waters Claim
Dayton reports two men are hailed as heroes amid a disaster. Robert Burnham saved a mother and two babies before his skiff overturned and the children died. John Scott is believed lost after aiding women to escape via telegraph wires as a gas explosion and flames swept the area. Mothers and children struggled with skirts snagging on wires and some donned masculine attire to flee.
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Dayton
Ohio
Robert Burnham
Burnham
John Scott
Freezing Weather Claims Victims as Rescue Efforts Continue
In Columbus Ohio a brutal cold wave leaves hundreds clinging to rooftops and tree branches in a desperate bid for help. Rescue teams on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Center avenue report several bodies on a building roof and a man frozen in a tree at Glenwood and Thomas avenues after hours of freezing danger.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Center Avenue
Glenwood
Thomas Avenues
Oil Operator Dies Falling From Window During Flood
D. J. Thayer, a wealthy oil operator, was killed in Pittsburg when he fell from a third story window in his office while watching the Allegheny flood waters.
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Pittsburg
Penn
D. J. Thayer
Allegheny
Don’t Scold An Irritable Child
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to cleanse a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It claims a teaspoonful will move waste without nausea and promises a quick return to a happy child. The copy touts safety, taste, and universal directions on the package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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