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Survivors Recall Ohio Flood Shelters and Heroic Rescue
Ohio flood vivid in survivors accounts from Rev. E. O. O’Neal and Ohio Wesleyan students. Rescue efforts by college coeds and frat houses saved many as Delaware and Prospect faced widespread destruction. Dozens dead, food shortages, freezing conditions, and dramatic peril described from Delaware to Logansport.
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Chicago
Ohio
E. O. O'Neal
Delaware
Prospect
Wesleyan College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lake Shore
LaSalle Street
Florence Wyman
Sheffield Avenue
Art School
the University
Edith
Esther Quayle
North Harvey Street
Oak Park
Mabel Lees
Elmwood Avenue
Miss Wyman
Phi Kappa Pai
Sigma Chi
Beta Theta Pi
Houseman
Sulliver
Toledo
Frank Melcher
Ralph
Lewis
Silas Smith
Hazel Jones
Hazel Dunlap
Slasgow
William Hessey
William Melding
James Maine