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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
1
In Dayton Ohio a massive fire and blizzard trap thousands in a flooded city. Refugees plead for doctors while boats race to rescue amid rising deaths and dwindling coffins. Fire and flood threaten hundreds more as brave rescuers struggle against currents and wind.
In Dayton on March 27 the flood and fire disaster leaves hundreds of men stranded while women and children are rescued first. Corpses of victims float among debris and horses in the waters as authorities rush to town chapels for bodies and to salvage survivors amid bitter cold and dwindling boats.
Chas. H. Van Horn, a rescuer who pushed into North Dayton, describes a scene of mass deaths after a disaster. He reports at least 2,500 dead, boats striking bodies, and women and girls rescued from water and windows, with one casualty dying en route to a hospital.
Adj Gen Speaks of the state militia announces a relief train assembled in Columbus Ohio by the Pennsylvania railroad will head to Dayton today. Gov Cox plans to have legislators and others accompany the train. It is known floods killed a score in Columbus and between 100 and 200 are missing.
Oakland March 27 Reports say scores of Dayton residents perished in the Dayton flood. G Withoft former Dayton postmaster collapsed and died at his son W Withoft's home while visiting.
A call for a grand jury to conduct a complete investigation into county graft and mismanagement. Alleged bribery, health department corruption, and illicit contracts are cited, with demands to probe the undertaker payments, Gould courthouse contract, oil graft, Clapp dock site, road wagon purchases, and vague road work records.
Seattle residents and businesses donate to Ohio relief via the Chamber of Commerce, sending amounts from 1 to 150 dollars to Red Cross headquarters in Washington. American Express offers free transport of money and supplies to tornado and flood victims, with autos provided at no charge for pickup.
Dayton Ohio March 27 The first authentic partial list of the dead in Daytons great flood and fire was obtained today. It includes George Morgentha len J N Haverlick manager of the Gell Tel Co L C Haupt and wife and three children Mrs Collins and son Lillie Eichman Mrs Schmidt and daughter Mrs Bond Antonio Schartle Mrs Carrie Schuntz Mrs Thompson.
A historical note describes thousands of Indians scattered through the United States, indicating a broad distribution and presence in multiple regions, reflecting migration and settlement patterns without specific dates or locations.
Fragmentary OCR notes list flood death totals with figures for Pennsylvania and Indiana. The marked totals show 2849 overall, with Pennsylvania and Indiana accounts specified among scattered numbers and partial place names.
Rescue boats searched the flooded West Side district of Columbus Ohio as floodwaters receded. Reports indicated that hundreds may have perished with bodies found in trees debris and submerged buildings, though exact counts remained impossible to determine.
Omaha reports three more cyclone victims dying today, bringing the death toll to 134. Additional troops were dispatched as aftereffects continue.
Gov. Cox suspends John Miller state superintendent after he was found asleep in a Columbus hotel as the Lewiston reservoir fight continued. State Highway Commissioner Jas Marker assumes Miller’s duties and reports to both Grand and Lewiston reservoirs, with both still intact.
The president of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from Gov Cox of Ohio. He warned the coming days would reveal the catastrophe as the worst in American history and urged Spokane to notify Pacific Coast commercial organizations that immediate help was needed.
Gibert Kassler recounts rescue attempts near Peru Ind where floodwaters drove refugees into danger. He describes a woman who leaped from a boat into the torrent saying there is no use and that they would be drowned. The current swept around street corners as onlookers watched in fear.
Blizzards today threaten to destroy all wires connecting Chicago with flood districts of Ohio and Indiana. Telephone poles go down and Indiana lines lie under three to seven feet of water. Wire men call the situation the worst in recent telegraphy history.
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