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Show OHIO DEATH TOLL HIGH Reports Pouring in From Remote Villages Continue to Increase the Number of Drowned Sandusky. O . March 26 Seven persons per-sons wero drowned al Fremont, O., today, according lo reliable word received re-ceived here. Wires are down and buildings collapsing col-lapsing in a tn flood An appeal for help has been sent here Fifteen Believed Drcwned Columbus, O.. March 26. Zanesrllle was cut off from the outside world today by the flood in the Muskingum Muskin-gum river An unconfirmed report from there says it is believed that o persous have been drowned. Chlllicothc Isolated. Columbus. O., -March 26. The office of the Central Union T. Icphon,. .om-pany .om-pany at Chlllicothe is flooded out oi commission, cutting off all communication commu-nication with Columbus and with other points SOUth, including Portsmouth Ports-mouth O.. and Huntington. W. Va Rivers at these points are raging. Entire Family Wiped Out. Indianapolis. Ind . March 26. - According Ac-cording to an apparently reliable message mes-sage received last night, 12 persons were drowned in West Indianapolis. One lather, mother and four children are dead In their home There is no chance to bring the bodies out. aa cry means is being made lo rescue the women and children, many of whom are standing In water on the second floors of their homes. Fremont Under Water. Sanduskv. O. March 26 Late reports re-ports todav increased tho list of drowned ai Fremont. O. to 11. Hi-water Hi-water in the main street is 15 feet fiepl' . i . . This city has sent a special train with life boats and crews to Tiffin. where flood conditions are bad. Relief Train for Peru Fort Wnvne, lnd . Marrh L't. Four children inmates of the Allen COUUl orphans' home were drowued today bv the capsizing of the boat while an attempt was being made to transfer trans-fer tbem from the flood bound home tc the county Inftrmarj The rebel train carrying provisions and coffins for Peru left this city at IS 30 o'clock. Fort Wayne's water supply is cut off. Two Towns Destroyed Indianapolis, Intl., March 26 The town of Matamora, north of Brook-! ville. and the towns of Cedar Grove! and New Trenton, south of Brookville, j have been swept off the map by the flood according to informatiou which reached here this afternoon. |