Show piERCE piERCEY t Y DAYTON BUSINESS DISTRICT I BECKEL HOUS r 1 r Dayton Marton 0 March 7 1 26 G b 11 HoO 0 1 p. p 1 m. m m. That i a fierce fi I i 1 1 fire Tiro which ap led appeared 1 x to lo be he s through sweeping r w iii g th the half subI submerged sub sub- I merged immerged business ss s district t of Dayton late nh tonight had hud deft doI de do- ft I j I the Beckel house where there wc were were were- e Supposed to 1 be he more than two hundred flood refugees was as i s sus u s of opinion of scores cores of or watchers on lop p of the National National i Register building t nearly lle lly two miles s from ri J the t scene s enc of of he the thell het ll t flanges flames s. s I I If f 1 hl Investigation J of the fire firc at clo close range was wa hll tin in I l' l t r More I l' l than thaua aI a mile rolle of flood Wa water intervened bet be be- between I I I t tween tl 1 point where the s t hoots boats dared 1 to yenI yen von I t hn inre e and anti he the 1 1 ca ea f flames t o I. I t Traced Trace l hr by t fid 0 r Oi It appeared if the e c house c Ht at some tinge time af after l 10 0 dock o'clock rh Whether th- th ther I 1 1 1 er the of ri refugees supposed ed edlo to have to-have have tried 1 to escape cap wa was only a matter mailer of conjecture t 1 I A A midnight t residents watching the course of the l lama flames from across the thc stretch of flood waters ers believed the thel l a I r fu fire e b got its new start this afternoon in the store stoke of the Patterson Tatt Tat Pat t t terson telson Tool 1001 t ec Supply ly company I II on Third street just cast east I I I I of Jefferson whence hence it ate its ils waS way ya r west apparently aided i 1 by escaping I gas and exploding chemicals in ill two wholesale I dr establishments 1 drug g e 4 I 1 t i i D Dayton atoll March 27 Soon Soon after midnight it a ap- ap 1 I l 1 the Hames s were here el wavering wavering- While many pcr- pcr er- er 1 ons conversant Ill nY c with ith the time district t and 1111 who Tho watched hatched a distance did not 1111 agree upon the possibility t that t the h UlI ll house had succumbed to the fire firc yet Nett ct all watchers IHs expressed S. S cd Id gear fear that stony many of the ma- ma la 1 had perished in ill the flames that appeared to tI have worked Oll 1 from east t to o west vest a 1 distance of nearly 1 I 0 1 blocks 1 I 1 Continued Continual on Pago Iva c S. S I I i FIRE G DA DAYTON nON BUSINESS I DISTRICT Ibl DECKEL BECKEL HOUSE DESTROYED J At a. a 02 ui state guardsmen g n shot and aid Killed a attempting to loot t. t the honl homes s of Hood flood victims on oi Fifth street At a. a m. m the fire C in iii the lie business section was as burning fiercely It seems scents to have changed its general direction from froni northeast to s straight r west Efforts to ascertain if buildings housing refugees kave been burned were rere unavailable It is impossible to approach closer than a i mile IUne mileto to the blaze D DAYTON nies Fla March 26 Pinnies that thit destroyed des dest roved royed eight I buildings hi Dayton's submerged l business usines sections sec see sec to tonight east a a. red weird glow glo over the j lood I city city that flint added io to the thousands o of I I i l' l refugees aI and l marooned persons and arni led leI 10 to apprehension bension hension that there may have been many nUl-HY of ol the waters water's s i in 1 burned ed huil clip prisoners p ii ii ru buildings gs Soon oon afterward ara notice lotice vas ft posted in headquarters head head- I qua qun quarters of the emergency committee announcing tb that t the city eity was as un under martial nu law Iny and several co companies of soldiers a arrived from i neighboring ei g Ohio Ohio- Oh cities The soldiers were vere employed to patrol edges of the burned district and prevent her further looting looting- of homes freed from froni the floods flood's grasp gras lip Vp to a late hour hOltI tonight ig lt there had bad been no material disorder ugh High Water D Delays tJ'S Rescue r Work orI Rescue Roscue squads worked frantically today to throw back the veil vail that hides the true stor of story the Dayton disaster the disaster the number num mim- her ber of dead Late tonight the arrival of motorboats gave gaYe hope that tha by tomorrow the northern section of the city now llor cut off by bt the Big Miami Miami's s 's impassable barrier may be penetrated and be learned the fate of hundreds imprisoned by the torrent torrent tor tor- rent that poured down dO from froni the broken reservoir d i 1 It t was was reported late tonight that a H number bel of dead clead had b been eu found in houses at Fifth and Eagle Ensle streets tl ets but hut when rescuers res res- res- res c cuers eis ei's worked Yo ked their way ay into the tile partly submerged ged d dwellings they l y found a number of the floods flood's prisoners eak weak from frou fright I Il arid aiRl l l hunger kunger I i Already overburdened er yi victims t of the waters water's wrath were I compelled to suffer again today in a cold smarting rain Tain If Fire Confined to One Block v Fire Five that appeared to threaten the business Jle S section tonight was confined i f he h block bounded by Second and Third streets and Jefferson and St. St I ti-r ti tur i street street-s. In the block are the Fourth National bank batik Dro Drug tj Evans Bans Wholesale Drug company compan and several commission houses 1 k t. t w was s imp impossible to within get gret t two o miles mile o of the fire and from that distance J appeared Ij that e explosions probably of drugs made the fire seem of lar larger Cl than it was It appeared to have ha about burned itself out ont anti and it 1 not believed it 11 would woul spread pread to other blocks Ta It S l. l f to u l I. I on eVen I in tn th rue uio ss Dusine-ss section s s said aId child children re n 1 a u l on eVen approximately the tue numb number r or of per persons ons who ho might have hae been marooned maroon d In this Jl section and acad who Iw died after Er being belner trapped b by load Hood and ind fire Nevertheless Xe rescue work w vent steadily on and about 1000 persons wera ower housed ed h in iti places pI of ot refuge tonight to- to night tho night tho majority of or them theft m In build build- Rg o or of th tho National Cash Register company t At least t OO l persons are Imprisoned in homes lomes and In business busness b buildings It js Ja feared th their lr iwo two wo da day Imprisonment with will accompanying hunger an and 1 fright have caused tr tro- tro h r suffering nh 11 n. 1 TIme The flood cane came with such suddenness sudden sudden- ness S that food toad supplies In homes w were wro ro away b by the the torrent In Jn aImo al- al mo flash flah of oC an an cj eye ep Skiffs I skIrted d the tho edge of fC tp flooded district dis djs djs- f lct attempting S l to furnish food tood to those whom It was Impossible to rescue rescue res res- res- res cue e. e but the fierce current retarded the th w work rk Dayton Dayton- on practically was as cut off ott from communication catton until late lato this afternoon Th Then Thep 11 two wires Into Cincinnati were wert obtained and operators opera opera- tot tors plunged Into cr great rent at piles plies 01 of or tele- tele rim from Dayton Daton citizens almost frantic In their thel- desire to assure friends of ot their safety Operators at opposite ends enda of ot the tho wires 8 reported th that t thousands of ot telegrams grams were were piled pIed up at relay oUi oti offices eli es were from persons anxious over ocr time tIle fate of ot pa Dayton on kinsmen Marooned d He Bee E For Two oarsmen who wh the current current current cur cur- rent that swirled through the this 1 business busi busi- usi- usi neB ness section torla today reported that t the water Crater at the Algonquin ln hat hotel at the corner of or Il Third and anal Ludlow Ludlo streets was fifteen feet fed led deep 1 windows In n the hotel hotels and business Buildings hundreds or ur th the marooned hogged pit for tor rosette rescue and und food rood 1 5 The rue rhe oarsmen said tl they c saw a no bodies Jodl I coating on the tho flood tide nut that ihal ha t lian persons must have perished pe In Inthe 1 the wa waters water's SUd sudden tl 1 rush ish through h n the c 4 Oarsmen who v worked in n thc the I outskirts of ot the business section to to- audit t T reported porte that O 0 persons persons sma- sma ma- ma to-I to mooned In th the l h gs and anal 2 H 2 S. S fn In the the heY 1 Ml M C C. A. A building were bo beg beg- I j Jn for tor water ater I I. I n Relief lI t l rala hu il tJ I j V shortage o of 01 provi provisions lolls was vaz threat threat- I j bed this afternoon wien 7 It H was re- re re-I re re 1 j I many n relief lr h lIo hound to tc a I Dayton latOn front from neighboring g cities cities' had 1 I j lI icon en stopped t 1 by high ate 1 livery f j In the city had been teen Void old ol out I l e noon o n. n It was il belio that out'S this tho s j lIe trains ml might itt cr creep t In luring during ti th j r Encouragement nt was wa In x L I from t m the maYor mayor of Springfield i iI I mt ht who fain taHl Ii ho hI was fix sh c r rig pig trucks loaded with provisions tUat t reach Da Dayton On farl early VI h the arrival o of motor bOlt boats tn to- to lidit It It was 31 hop hoped d to h at day day- M distributing pi ion o Ion from tile the ilond tlora's s lr I in tn th rue uio ss Dusine-ss section s s said aId child children re n I M wore crying crying- for milk while their older elders I J j suffered from thirst that grew 16 hourI hourly i e I Volunteers were Yore called for fot tonight ht to toI toman toman I I i man boats PORts that will brace the tho dangerous danger er I ous currents tomorrow In an attempt I to set get rood food to the suffering i j i i A r report port that the dam dum above aboc Dayton Daton threatened to break added to th the cit city's terror tonight If Ie the dam br breaks aln It i will ill m pour in a a. volume volume- o of water that I II I will t rp-t retard rd rescue uc work for or days I j Reports that Fire Firo Chief lost j his life while attempting to rc roach reach a a. floating house have c not been confirmed A A. gang Jang of ot roughs went ent through the southern part of the thc city late tonight instructing f the people to extinguish all an Ugh lights ts for fear of or a a. gas explosion and then began ra raiding IdIn University students stu stu- stu dents from Cincinnati ant and the traffic officers rs dispersed them SOur I S Our greatest n need d i ix is a a dozen motorboats motor- motor boats and men to run them a a. sentence In an appeal al seim sent out h by J. J II IT Patterson Patter Patter- son president of or tho the National Cash Register company an and 1 chairman o of tho the relief committee e. e gives a good insight Into the flood lood situation Skiffs and I rowboats c cannot live Jive in torrents torrent rushing rush rush- ing ing- h through the city's principal streets The he big plant of the tiac National Cash Register company compan In the southwestern part of the city a portion not affected has been made relief headquarters until untila a 15 system ase assuring a quick luick and aud accurate Identification of refugees ees has been es es- es As persons are arc rescued l the they are taken to one ono of ot several sub- sub relief relict stations where their names are arc recorded and 1 dlan 1 the they receive fir first t aid ald At frequent intervals these lists were sent to 10 relief r headquarters and 1 announced to crowds crowd who waited In the rain for Ii hours ours Thousands s of pC persons S. S are marooned in ill their homes without foo food water or heat Dawn c cam j with a i cold coM wind that became more penetrating noon when rain lain began beJan to fall taU and continued con con- continued I. I throughout the thc day lay Two expert oarsmen lr Fred Patterson I and in Nelson Talbott conquered the time current curI cur cur- I rent for it a Jt on Main Iain I late laic tills this afternoon We Y t penetrated rj to almost almo t the center II of oC the luo city city city- Patterson on said ald al lery Ivery where per persons persona on real cried out omit to UM us to Ito rescue res res- cue Cite them but hut It was wag Impossible for fOl i w ve barely able to k keep p afloat Lar Larn sums Rums n of mOlle money were mYers offered us I to tu take persons from Crom positions o The windows of the thel Algonquin l hotel seemed filled with t Luce antI ami time the same ame I I c conditions n at mo most t of or the I huH buildings we pa passed d. d Wo Yo dial not se see I I any bodies I Ii i- i It t is 11 eared tho thi loss of ot life on the I I north side sido of oC the the- Great Miami r rIver or will wilt he ha I large Slowly oWl rl rising ing o overflow I water stood feet foet net deep In lim a 3 lar large o oI ct c of th the city ly lying across that I lh r when wheat th the tue rush CI from from om the break in in the levee came caine I r a I |