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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
2
Flood reports from Fort Wayne and Cincinnati show multi million dollar damage and rapid receding waters. Dayton reports up to 200 deaths and over 60 million dollars in loss with widespread property and infrastructure damage across the city as the Ohio River and tributaries rise toward record levels.
A report states Torta will locate the beds of three inmates who drowned and identify the unknown man crowned at the foot of West Main Street bridge. The incident details remain limited with authorities pursuing avenues to confirm identities and circumstances.
In New Albany Indiana on March 29 hundreds of families are evacuated as the Ohio River rises further. All riverfront factories shut down and only the Louisville and St Louis division of the Southern Railway operates trains into the city.
The new cement bridge over the Wabash River west of Huntington was demolished Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. The structure, erected recently at a cost of about $100,000, was washed away earlier during the weather event.
Reported flood leaves houses submerged across Newport and Covington with public buildings opened to shelter residents. Water stands high throughout the towns and cellars are filling again, as the flood continues to rise near Cincinnati.
First authentic reports confirm 18 dead in Chillicothe Ohio after a wreckage collapse. Eleven bodies have been recovered from east side homes and rail area, while seven more were found on the Kilgore bridge three miles south but could not be recovered.
In Brookville Indiana a destructive flood leaves sixteen dead and six missing. Many rescued face exposure as floodwaters swept homes away and destroyed livestock, with erosion and power plant damage compounding the disaster. A Metamora report says fourteen drowned and one missing nearby, though unverified due to no communication between towns.
A Markle Stone Company shanty holding a ton of dynamite was swept away by flood waters near Markle Indiana and is drifting down the Wabash toward Huntington. Warnings were sent along the river as engineers fear the dynamite may strike a bridge span and explode.
Thirteen carloads of militiamen from Uma Ada Van Wert Senton Bucyrus and Galion eight companies total head to Dayton to aid flood relief but are stranded at Sidney Ohio and will wait till morning for transport to Piqua then march on Dayton. A trainload from Cleveland and Mansfield will reach Lima at midnight via Crestline.
Columbus reports the house approved by suspension of rules a flood relief bill authored by Mr. Lowery. The measure provides a $250 000 appropriation placed with the governor for immediate distribution under an emergency clause. It becomes law at once.
Columbus March 27 warnings issued to all points on the Muskingum river below Zanesville by United States Weather Forecaster Smith. Telegrams relayed strength readings from Zan villa and other points as the river rose early.
Wilson issues a nationwide Red Cross plea from Washington to aid Ohio and Indiana flood victims. West Dayton reports more than 50 bodies recovered and about 500 rescued from rising waters. Indiana authorities order 400 state troops to Logansport to support relief and guard food-supply efforts.
Salamonie river bridge in Warren Huntington Indiana collapsed Wednesday morning as floodwaters swept away half the structure. Residents had hours of warning and efforts to save the bridge were made, but property loss is expected to be heavy.
The Ohio River stood at 42.3 feet and rising as floodwaters advance. In Evansville Indiana on March 29 residents brace for worsening conditions as the White River erodes the Hazelton fill.
As night falls rescue efforts slacken and residents outside the central flood district brace for nightly fires. Thousands remain trapped on upper floors where help cannot reach, heightening terror in an already terrible situation.
Evansville Indiana residents warned by local forecaster Brand to move all stock and movable property before sunset as the river rises to 45 feet tonight. Cincinnati forecasts predict a 65 to 70 foot stage with twenty miles of Kentucky bottoms submerged. Evansville river level at 8 am was 41.8 feet, up from 36.6 feet yesterday.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail road endangered its bridge as flood fears rose in the Ohio valley. A record flood is feared with warnings based on a minimum water height of 48 feet, though no fatalities occurred yesterday after heavy losses in 1907 at the same location.
Lieutenant Governor William P. ONeill of Mishawaka reports from Peru that a claim of twenty deaths among refugees at the courthouse is false. He confirms twelve or thirteen dead and warns the total is likely higher while noting Peru has adequate food blankets and clothing and will request more aid if needed.
Railroad officials warned that lines converging into Indianapolis would face a potential loss of 25 million dollars in the city and surrounding district. The admission underscores large-scale financial strain facing rail operations amid regional conditions.
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