Dayton Flood Toll and Aid Fight to Recede
Dayton scenes show up to 200 deaths feared in the flood as life savers reach districts and militia enforce martial law. Cincinnati and Columbus report similar losses, while waters fall on the Hudson and Connecticut rivers threaten damage. Refugees are evacuated to emergency hospitals as supplies move in and bodies are slowly recovered.
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Kein
Dayton
Columbus
Cincinnati
Covington
Hudson
Albany
State Health Department
Conecticut River
Dryton
Dayton Stricken by Flood Lays Death Toll to 200
Dayton Ohio reports 200 dead amid widespread flood damage. City officials estimate losses near 50 million as martial law relief steadies aid. North Dayton and Riverfront areas bear most impact while camps form and tents rise among scorched neighborhoods. Rescue efforts rely on local leaders and outside help.
Flood at Hamilton City Left Few Dead in Residential Areas
Flooding struck Hamilton causing widespread property damage with heavy losses in the business district. Riverdale North Dayton and West Dayton saw many homes swept from foundations while most residents escaped to upper stories or safety. Estimated losses exceed fifty million dollars, including real estate public works streets and utilities.
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Riverdale
North Dayton
West Dayton
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West Darton
Niles
Governor Cox halts rush to Dayton by banning curious travel
Columbus March 28 Governor Cox orders railroads not to be commandeered and directs military authorities to stop curious travelers to flood affected Dayton. Anyone without a legitimate excuse will be arrested. Union Station detail probes visitors. Civil service clerk Urmnacht arrives to aid supply distribution as 300000 rations, tents, hospital tents, stoves, blankets, cots and ranges arrive for the relief effort.
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Cox
Dayton
National Guard
Union Station
George W. Urmnacht
Civil Service
Quartermaster’s Department
United States’ Army
Robbery Thwarted as Diamonds Stolen From Dayton Jewels
A daring robbery in Dayton was foiled when police stopped a suspect fleeing downtown with a satchel containing about 50 900 in diamonds and jewelry. Refugees from outside Dayton are fleeing the city by foot, while the chief deputy reports fatalities far fewer than initial estimates.
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Allaback
Flood Toll Reported Across Dayton Area and Riverdale
Riverdale first hit by levee break causing drownings as waters overturned homes and buried streets. Refugees and residents faced massive losses in West Dayton, Dayton View, Oakwood, and North Dayton where relief efforts and rescue operations continued amid scarce food and water. Sixty Notre Dame sisters and others sought refuge at the academy were found. seventy eight flood prisoners endured hunger while Louisville life savers supplied aid.
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Oakwood
Allaback
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Herous
Academy of the
Sisters of Notre Dame
Louisville
Academy
Dead in Dayton partial list of flood victims
A partial list of flood deaths in Dayton Ohio includes George Morganthaler on Warren and Vine, J N Haverstick Bell Telephone manager, L C Tranpt police operator, Mrs Collins and child, Lillie Fyedman, Mrs Schmidt and daughter, Mrs Bond, a known gig twelve years old Atten Shattle, Mrs Carrie Schuntz, Mrs Tree, unidentified man and woman, twelve unidentified men and two unidentified women, Miss Bohn, Mrs Lucy Abel, Christian Terberle, Mrs Thompson, George Richardson, Smiley Cupp Sr, Jesse Wallace, Ethel Ridermann, Lessie Moseley, John McConnell a negro, Mrs Abel, Mrs Lillian Lingley, two unknown babies, Mrs Schunk, John P F Garber, Arthur Slat Goetschalt, Oliie Seattle, Patrolman Willet, Carl Duer.
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George Morganthaler
Warren and
Vine Streets
J. N. Haverstick
Bell Telephone Company
Lo C. Tlanpt
Collins
Lillie Fyedman
Bolton
Schmidt
Mra Bond
Atiten Shattle
Vine Street
Main
Carrie Schuntz
Tree
Miss Bohn
Lucy Abel
Christian Terberle
Thompson
Turns Street
George Richardson
Wayne and
Heart Streets
Smiley Cupp
Jesse Wallace
Montgomery Street
Ethel Ridermann
Richards
Eagle Streets
Lessie Moseley
John McConnell
Abel
Burns Street
Lillian Lingley
Mra. Schunk
John PF. Garber
Arthur Slat
Goetschalt
Oliie
Seattle
Willet
Carl Duer
Search for Dead as Flood Wrecks Hamilton Area
Survivors plead for word of missing husbands and fathers after the Mian River floods Hamilton Ohio. Williamsdale Otto and Overpeck suburbs lie in ruins while authorities brace for hundreds of deaths. East side devastation blocks bridges and communication as supplies arrive and utilities remain ruined.
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Williamsdale
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Overpeck
100 Dead in Columbus Flood Toll Rises
Ohio officials report 101 known dead after the Columbus flood. Rescue teams worked in Glenwood avenue and other devastated areas as one story buildings collapsed into Monon Indiana. Governor Cox ordered restrictions on sightseers and urged authorities to prevent looting while aiding refugees in relief stations and private homes.
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Byron L. Barger
Public Safety
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Monon
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Cox
Dayton
OD. H. Hughes
Ohio
Marietta Flood Reaches Devastating Scale
Report from Marietta describes widespread flooding with water up to twenty feet. Railroads mobilize to aid victims while search crews recover bodies at the United Brethren church where about 200 women and children perished. Coffin shortage prompts urgent burials to prevent disease.
Cincinnati Flood Toll Rises Across Flooded Districts
Meager reports from Venice in Butler County and other flood areas show a rising death toll with 42 new deaths in the vicinity. Venice losses include 32 dead, eight at Conshocton, two at Ellis Station, while Boston and Peninsula near Cleveland report 250 drowned. Over 10,000 cut off as Tuscarawas and Washonding rivers surge. Venice houses submerged. Venice families Fernbach Griffith Wiltse Pope Crawford lose twenty children. Gas and electric plants down in Conshocton, supplies blocked. relief funds open. Marietta area washed: Baltimore and Ohio bridge on the Muskingum carried away. Malta wiped out. Beverly under water with a dozen dead.
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Beverly
Militia Forming to Bar Sightseers in Downtown Relief Plan
Reports describe militiamen and deputies being ordered to shoot offenders as officials plan to secure downtown districts. Aimed at relief work, the measure seeks to station patrols and prevent nonessential presence while rescue operations proceed.
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Payton
Cox Gives Assistance in Flood Summary from Ohio
Governor Cox reports to the legislature that a sleet storm north of Manafield cut wire communications and halted supplies. He says Piqua life losses are overestimated, railroads are under state control aiding relief, and Ohio can send unlimited supplies. The Ohio river pace is easing and Day,ton jewelry stock was recovered from flood gutters.
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Cox
Ohio
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Zanesville
Piqua
National Guard
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Fourth
Dayton
Seventy Five Orphans Rescued By Chicago Crew
A delayed telegram from the Chicago life saving service to the treasury department announced the saving of seventy five inmates of the Orphans home at Fort Wayne Indiana by a keeper and five men in a power boat. Secretary McAdoo issued a general order to life saving stations to devote utmost efforts and use funds and supplies without stint in the flooded regions.
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Chicago Life Saving Service
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Orphan's Home
Militia Guard in Dayton Flood Relief Effort
New York reports from Dayton describe a citizens committee overseeing relief work with militia and about ten thousand special deputies backing efforts. Cleanup advances rapidly as flood conditions ease and residents freed from downtown penned areas move toward safety and shelter.
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Dayton
National Gash Register Company
Citizens’ Committee
Hood
Bryan Tells of Flood at Wilson Conference
Secretary of State Bryan, troubled by fears in the Ohio flood district, conferred with President Wilson and gave a first hand account of conditions at the edge of the flooded area. He then proceeded to Trenton New Jersey to address the chamber of commerce on The Signs of the Times.
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Trenton
Allens Electrocution Ends Last Chance to Spare Hillsville Killers
Floyd Allen and his son Claude, two Hillsville gunmen, were electrocuted at the Virginia state penitentiary after Governor Mann halted a suspected commutation. The elder Allen, once feared across the Blue Ridge, died at 1.28 am and Claude at 1.45 am, ten minutes apart.
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