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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 177 Today's Topics: #1 1913 Flood - Mumford [Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20010929220858.018812e4@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: 1913 Flood - Mumford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters" Ed. by Thomas H. Russell; 1913 Chapter IX pg 96-7 After being marooned two days on the roof of the Union station at Dayton, Ohio, living the first day on a bit of milk chocolat and later on food he seized as it floated near his perch, Professor H.W. Mumford of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, reached his home in Champaign, Ill., March 29. "It was an experience I shall never forget," said Professor Mumford. "I left home last Sunday for Springfield, Ohio, and expected to returnn Tuesday morning. When I got to Dayton I changed cars, took the first train and went to bed. When I woke up in the morning I was still in Dayton, my train had not left the station. "The flood had come up suddenly and there was no chance for escape." ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_061F_01C152C2.1C437300 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="1913 flood - Dutton & Martin.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="1913 flood - Dutton & Martin.eml" X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:11:50 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20010929221150.0188ca88@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: 1913 flood - Dutton & Martin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters" Ed. by Thomas H. Russell; 1913 Chapter IX pg 97 Samuel F. Dutton, of Denver, president of the Albany Hotel Company, came to Chicago directly from Youngstown, Ohio, having left that city on the B. & O. just before tthe flood tide swept through it. He and a brakeman narrowly escaped with their lives while attempting to get food for a score of women and children after their train had stood motionless over night only seventeen miles north of Youngstown. The two arrived safely at a farm house half a mile away through torrents of rain. The water rose so rapidly that it was waist deep in low places before they started to return. The trainman, whose name was Martin, was swept from his feet. A wire fence saved life. ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_061F_01C152C2.1C437300 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="1913 flood.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="1913 flood.eml" X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:58:09 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20010930015809.006ae044@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: 1913 flood Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters" Ed. by Thomas H. Russell; 1913 Chapter IX pg 91-2 First eyewitnesses of the flooded region reached Chicago at 7:45 a.m., via the Baltimore & Ohio railroad eleven hours late. They had seen residents driven from their homes, swept along the flood in boats and other craft, and houses, barns and bridges demolished. "We reached the flooded district late yesterday afternoon," said W.H. Chown of South Wales on his way to San Francisco. " We passed Youngstown, which was full of water, and then brought up suddenly in front of a trecherous bridge spanning a river which had raced from its banks and covered the surrounding the country for miles. There we stuck for five hours. The supports at the end of the bridge appeared very shaky and ther was a debate as to whether to attempt a crossing. When we did so we went slowly and could feel the bridge swaying and creaking beneath us. "For miles and miles in many places we saw nothing but water. Farm houses stood partly submerged and in many places we saw people crawling out of windows into boats, carrying clothing and bundles with them. Every stream seemed to be racing at top speed and most of them had left their channels completely." ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_061F_01C152C2.1C437300 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="1913 flood - city of Toledo.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="1913 flood - city of Toledo.eml" X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:18:06 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20010930021806.0188cd70@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: 1913 flood - city of Toledo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters" Ed. by Thomas H. Russell; 1913 Chapter IX pg 92-3 Perry Hollister and Roy Taylor of Ravenna, O., saw more of the flooded conditions than the majority of the others upon the train. "When we boarded the train at Ravenna, O., the rain was coming down in torrents," said Mr. Hollister. "It had been raining that way for hours, but that town had not suffered to any great extent. We proceeded to Toledo withouth encountering any difficulty. However, all alone the line to Toledo we saw great expanses of water. "When we neared Toledo, though, we began to see what was the extent of the flood. On the outskirts of the city there was nothing but water. Barns had been swept from their original sites and were being washed about aimlessly. It was hard to tell the depth because everything was water. POLE ABOUT IN CRUDE RAFTS "Many of the men had built crude rafts and they were poling these about through what I suppose were once streets. Some of them appealed to the engineer of our train as it was passing to stop and take themaboard and he complied. These people were brought to Toledo. All they did was moan and weep about their losses. The wind was raw, too, and some of them were nearly frozen when we took them aboard. "Toledo was struck bably. The lower part of the city was under water." ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_061F_01C152C2.1C437300 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="1913 flood - Sullivan.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="1913 flood - Sullivan.eml" X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:20:58 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20010930162058.01885a10@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: 1913 flood - Sullivan Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters" Ed. by Thomas H. Russell; 1913 pg 95-6 W.R. Sullivan, a Dayton business man on his way to Denver, heard of the flood while at Grand Island, Neb. He returned to Lincoln, Neb., where the difficulties of travel began. He darted to Kansas City, where delay confronted him; back to St. Joseph, Mo.; but here, too, no railroad would promise to deliver him to Dayton. Finally he went to St. Louis, caught a train to Guthrie, Ky.; worked back through Louisville to Cincinnati, and from the last city arried home in an automobile. He found that the relief committee had commandeered his own motor car and that his wife had given away most of her bbedding, clothing and food, but that she and the children were safe. Satisfied, Mr. Sullivan offered his services to the city. His story is a sample of hundreds. Stone managed to paddle his boat with the shovel to a place of safety. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #177 *******************************************