Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-05 | Page 1 | Thirty Thousand Flood Sufferers Calling for Help

THIRTY TH SAND FLOOD SUFfERERS CAL CALLING ING FOR HELP m lo Supplies St Yet Furnished M Marooned I Farmers Along Wabash River vanS Ind April 4 Thirty Thirty thousand tho person within in a a. a radius of or ninety miles around 1 Mount Vernon Ind md arc are calling calling- for help according to GU Guy D B. B Green rl ver er cr forecaster nt at that point who was vas reached cd 1 by t telephone afternoon Ho lie said th that lt with forty boats in tile the Ie rescue cuc service re relief rc- rc lie hot had been een confined to taking perI perSons persons persons per per- I sons from endangered cre 1 homes to Mount Vernon lIe He said mid no effort cHort was being made to supply uJ the maroone marooned farmers with foo food The greatest is on time tho Illinois itlo hlo of the Wabash accor according according ac ac- ac- ac cor cording to the tho forecaster In addition to th thu thousands of or perSons persons persons per per- sons in want Mr Ml Green said ald that i 75 7 head of ot live c stock would perish unless s immediate measures ace aro iro taken Capt AV W l K Taylor U. U S. S A A. In charge c of time the relief work bere went to Mount Vernon this artern afternoon on A government c boat oat with rations expected from Louisville probably will willbo be bo ordered to proceed to Mount Vernon rIme Tho oll levee leveo protecting protecting- 00 OO families fam- fam in I Ingleside between g itil antI l o gave ave way war to today a Silt and side district Is now inundated six st to ten feet men h hid had d been posted all nil along long time the dangerous dyke and h when hen n tho tile water beg began n ll to pour over tho the top tOI i the alarm was sounded and bells were rung in iii n Howell to 0 warn tho tue people people peo pee pIe in Ingleside to flee There was no loss of oC life liCe