Show 1 000oooo0uooooo00000000000000000000 > 0 0 4 0 NUMBER OF DEAD MATTER Of ESTIMATE 0 0 0 o 0 0 Topeka Kan May 31Thc number of dead is merely a matter of estimate 0 o esti-mate Twenty members of rescuing parties tell of how they saw people 0 o drop from houses only to be swept away by the flood and others tell of 0 o men who terrified at the approach of the fire dropped into the water 0 o where they sank and did not reappear The estimated number of dead 0 o does not Include the large number classed as missing who cannot otherwise 0 o other-wise be accounted for Neither docs it Include the number who arc supposed 0 5 0 sup-posed to have lost their lives in the fire In the latter class there is ab 0 0 rolutely no means of arriving at even an approximate number of victims 0 o The water is to high and the current so strong that all that can be done Is 0 0 to rescue those In the buildings surrounded by water It will be at least 0 I 0 three days before the correct number of dead will be decided upon 0 0000000000000 00000000000000000000 r I |