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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
7
Fearful fire in Dayton drives residents to roofs while Lewiston Reservoir collapses with immense loss of life. Blizzard rages as scenes beggar description. Babies born in schoolhouses and rescue boats. Hotel crowded with people collapses and buries victims.
Columbus and Dayton face the Great Flood with heavy loss of life and massive property damage. Reports from Gov. Cox's secretary warn of widespread destruction across Ohio, with Dayton hardest hit and rescuers rushing aid by boat as reservoirs break and fires rage.
Secretary Garrison of the War Department will leave Washington late today for the flood district to take personal charge of relief measures and to represent President Wilson.
Dayton March 27. Governor Cox’s secretary reported the death list tops 1000 and warns real suffering will worsen for days as 10000 homeless face hunger. Cox issued a statewide holiday to shield negotiable paper amid ongoing floods, with districts urged to conserve resources and authorities brace for more damage.
Governor Ralston declares west Indianapolis under martial law as vandals pillage and troops patrol. Food price hikes alarm officials while disease from unsanitary flood conditions threatens refugees, with pneumonia and other illnesses among the rescued. A physician battles addiction amid hospital strain and a troubled rescue effort unfolds.
Weather reports from Louisville Cairo and Helena indicate rising Ohio and Mississippi rivers due to rain and snow. Stage at Louisville 43.6 feet, up 11 feet in 24 hours, rising four inches per hour. Cairo river at 45.6 feet after passing flood stage. Memphis gauge at 32.5 feet, up 0.8 feet in 24 hours. Other towns report swelling rivers and preparations to move livestock as flood levels climb. Frankfort Kentucky reports 21 feet as highest in twenty years with rapid two inch per hour rises.
In Omaha Nebraska on March 27 two more victims of the Easter Sunday tornado died overnight from injuries. Identified in the city were Mrs Pearl Adams a newlywed of three weeks and Mrs B S Snyder. City workers resumed searches of the ruined attacked district for additional bodies as the death toll nears 112 in Omaha.
Jury in the Gast Beklares murder case remained out at 2:40 PM with no verdict, likely to be discharged by Judge Ransier later that afternoon. Crowds gathered at the courthouse as local and out of town interest surged, with Turkish witnesses tied to the case amid wartime tensions. If retrial moves, it could push to next September. authorities planned to preserve witness records for future proceedings.
Dayton suffers through widespread flooding with 150,000 residents cut off. The National Cash Register plant becomes a large hospital and shelter as hundreds are rescued. Medical staff from nearby towns arrive. boats from Cleveland and Cincinnati aid operations. A mother saved after her son drowned and a husband keeps his wife from leaping into floodwaters as their home sinks.
Chicago dispatch reports no improvement in train service through flood districts of Indiana and Ohio. Major lines including Monon Big Four Erie and others halted or delayed. Lakeshore Michigan Southern and Michigan Central kept schedule to New York while Wabash and Grand Trunk ran a few late trains. Pennsylvania and Baltimore Ohio used Lakeshore and Michigan Central tracks to reach New York.
Duluth faces a call for line workers as Dayton and other Ohio and Indiana flood cities seek telegraph crews. Western Union urged men who can climb poles and twist wire. Over seventy five Duluth men volunteered, with more from surrounding towns. Duluthians organize relief for Ohio and Indiana flood victims. many former residents live in Dayton.
Reports from Columbus indicate the flood devastated the west side, with 1000s feared dead. Refugees crowd hilltop hospitals. homes crushed like eggs, waters sweeping through debris filled streets. Babes born in a schoolhouse. fire chief recalls submerged storefronts and people clinging to porches.
Six yawls with provisions and water for a week, 52 recruits, and two surgeons from the U S naval recruiting station at North Chicago, led by Lieut John J London, left for Logansport Indiana by special train to aid Nooi flood victims. Capt Carlin and five men from Chicago prepared a power search boat to rescue children marooned in an orphan asylum. Funds for flood relief were being collected, with Chicago expected to contribute London thousand dollars.
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