THE AMERICAN CALAMITY
DAMAGED ESTIMATED AT £'ooo,ooo.
RELIEF WORK EFFECTIVE.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright,
New York, March 28. Reports from Dayton state that the floods are subsiding. A thousand militiamen control the relief situation quietly. Numbers of looters have been arrested. The fires have been'extinguished.
The property loss in Dayton is estimated at £2,000,00(1.
Fifteen thousand persons are homeless in Zanesville. but relief is forthcoming. The other areas affected 'nave been relieved.
THE FLOODS RECEDED,
RESCUE AND RELIEF WORK.
Received HO, 5.5 p.m.
Colmnbus, March 29.
The floods on the Ohio river have receded. Official reports state that the number of dead docs not exceed 000 throughout the entire flood area. The relief situation "is satisfactory. Motor-boats, skimming the submerged streets, effected hundreds of rescues. Troy (New York), 'March 20.
The floods destroyed thirty buildings. No lives were lost. The military are patrolling the streets. Fires considerably damaged the "business section.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 284, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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150THE AMERICAN CALAMITY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 284, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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