Show A RESERVOIR BREAKS an immense flood of water sweeps through central ohio no loss of life Is reported ant the damage za to property cannot now bo be estimated URBANA 0 may 3 tho the greatest calamity that over ever came to the people of logan and hardin counties occurred last night when the Lowi lewiston wiston Lo reservoir broko broke and turned an immense flood of water upon the residences along alon 0 the couro cour o A break feet wide occurred and the water came rushing down in a flood ton feet deep and throe miles wide completely submerging the country around and carrying 0 everything in its wa way y in the course of the flood stood the houses of jack smith and william devault and adargo abarge number of tenement houses and squatters and bachelors homes all those these were submerged though fortunately everybody managed to escape from danger the people fled in in terror from their homes while the swift and rushing flood amae on down through the valley taking overy everything thing before it A portion of tile the town of port jefferson was badly floo flooded dod quincy logansville Logans ville degraff piqua liqua troy and dayton were alao in the course of the flood and suffered considerable hundreds of fa families loft left then homes bomes and fled out of the roach reach of the coming torrent so farno loss of life is reported but when the floods subside it will lively likely reveal that more than one unfortunate has perished it is impossible to give an est estimate imato of the loss as many farmers aro are financially ruined rained latest reports tonight to night from the seen scene 0 of the flood are reassuring it is believed such progress is made as will prevent further breaking of the reservoir but the entire lower banks are saturated and in a very dangerous condition should further rains fall no human power can stay an awful catastrophe Tolo telegrams grami wore sent to oto tile the authorities at all threatened points to prepare for the worst as well as they hastily can and hope for the best S L herald |