Millard County Chronicle | 1913-04-03 | Page 4 | Death Toll Less than Five Hundred

DEATH TOLL LESS Til FHIIDRED INVESTIGATION SHOWS LOSS OF LIFE IN RECENT FLOODS NOT AS GREAT AS EXPECTED. It la Now Estimated That 424 Lives Were Lost In Ohio, While In Indiana In-diana There Were 40 Victims In , the Submerged District. Dayton Ohio. Investigation tends to confirm the estimates of fewer than COO deatba In the floods that swept over a score of cities In Ohio and Indiana last week. Aa tbe waters receded from Dayton, Columbus and other places, leaving a thick coating of mud, alarm was cf used by a rapid rise of tbe Ohio and tho Mississippi riven. Inundating parts of cities along their bauka. There is not much danger of loss of life In these places, however, aa tbe Inhabitants have hills to flee to and are used to floods. Revised reports Indicate that the number of drowned In Dayton may net exceed ISO, although there are those who say the number will be much greater. The latest estimates thow the following fol-lowing deaths In the tubmerged districts: dis-tricts: Ohio. Dayton. ISO; Columbus, 6; Hamilton, SO; Mlamlsburg, 50; Tiffin, 1; Chllllcothe. IS; Mlddletown. 14; Fremont, 14; Plqua. 13; Harrison. 12; Troy, 9; Valley Junction, I; Zanesvllle, I; MaasUlon. 6; Cleves. S; New Bethlehem, Beth-lehem, S- Total 424. - Indiana. Tern. 20; Drookvllle, 14; Fort Wayne, 4; Terre Haute, 4. Total Indiana, 46; grand total 470.