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Show PEOPLE NOW VISIT CITY! Orders Given to Allow Citizens of Dayton in the Business District Food Arriving in Car Loads Dayton. O.. March 29 Citizens of Dayton Bwarmed over the central part of the city today for the first time since Tuesday morning, when the flood rushed oer the city. The military announced that those j who would daro the mud and occa-s.onal occa-s.onal patches of flood In the hol-Iowb hol-Iowb might cross the brides from other parts of the city without official offi-cial permission The fire loss in the center of 'he city covers only four blocks. I ing v ii Inn the dlstricl bounded by Jef-rerson, Jef-rerson, St Clair, Fourth and Second streets. The Western Union succeeded today in establishing a telegraph office in. the Bet kel house in the center ot the tiiy and was i in mediately swamped j with telegrams trom persons desiring to assure friends and relatives of their I safety. The sun was out; nre engines were busy pumping water from basemetH ol (Tie principal building?, and a mor optimistic spirit prevailed than at any previous time since the torrent of ih. Miami river rushed over the n. Food poured in rrom every quarter 1, wagon, tram and automobile. Mm Were everywhere busy with shovel i and axe and pick clearing away the debris It was hoped to have one pumping station working within 43 hours, which would provide the hydrants hy-drants with water In case of fire. Garrison Reaches Dayton. In the Becfcel house, which was at first supposed to have burned with j heavy loss ot life, the water never reached the second floor. The lobby, however, like every other building In the flooded district, was inches deep with mud Nine Western Union operators were marooned in their office for 4J hours They subsisted on a barrel of cabbage cab-bage which floated down the alley at the side of the building Another refugee in this place was fl horse. Which stood in the water for 24 hours ! and partook liberally of the cabbage Then suddenly It boiled into the street and was drowned. Secretary of War Garrison arrlv-I arrlv-I cd at Dayton this afternoon, and af- ter a conference with lohn II Patterson, Pat-terson, chairman of the committee I of 16, decided to order federal sani- tary experts here Absolute curfew regulations are maintained and no i one can be out after 6 o'clock. Announcement was made by the relief committee today, until condl tlons become normal, no private mes ! sages to persons here w 111 be delivered deliver-ed or answered, as the wire capac-, capac-, Ity is taxed to the Utmost to carry official and public business The committee expressed the wish that people throughout the country refrain from sending messages of In-QUiry In-QUiry concerning the safety of rela-, rela-, lives and friends here, as such are futile. |