HORRIBLE DISASTER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 March 1913, Page 5

HORRIBLE DISASTER.

FM)ODS AND FIRES IN AMERICAN' TOWNS'. BLIZZARD ADDS TO THE HORRORS. (Received March 28, 12.30 p.m.) DAYTON, March 27. A renewed blizzard is adding to the horrors of the iitorm. The fearful lire which destroyed a large section of Dayton is still raging. beveral scores of people have perished in the flames. , 'The disaster is assuming the proportions of that after the San Francisco earthquake. ,Water is still in the streets 20 feet deep, and it is impossible to render aid to the people. Boats are unable to live in the raging torrents. The Lewiston reservoir is reported to have burst, and the flood therefrom is certain to increase the loss (.f life greatly. Driving snow is hiding the fiamelit town.

A hundred, relief workers at Dayton are 'helpless in face of the new disasters every hour. (The estimates of the death roll are fifteen hundred. The Grand Reservoir, situated at Colina, is weakening. Further floods are feared. Canadian' towns are sending relief. COLUMBUS. March 27. The dead number six hundred. The town of Franklin (Oihio) is •burning. Floods prevent assistance being sent. DEAD -BODIES THREE DEEP. HYSTERICAL REFUGEES IN A WORKHOUSE. ■(Received March 28, 12.50 .pm.) .DAYTON, March 27. Dead bodies are stacked three deep on river banks, wher: they weire recovered. The tire destroyed twenty-one city buildings. A hundred persons who took refuge in a workhouse became semi-hysteri-cal when the t'aines threatened the building. Their peril 'however, wns not immediate. Prisoners in the gaols are half frantic, and are appealing for release. LATER DETAILS.

FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDING. THE WORK OF HELP AND RESCUE. (Received Last Night, 9.13 o'clock.) NEW YORK, March 28. Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Great Miami River. Five'hundred persons were rescued from tree-tops, and from wrecked houses. Hundreds are still marooned on the iu;u-H ! tops, beyond the reach of succour. The tire in the bu.-inoss section has been extinguished. The blizzard .prevented its spread. The flood waters are falling, hut rescue work. is proceeding slowly. Temporary morgues have been established. 'There, are scenes of frantic grief when the :bcdies arrivee. 'Relief trains are relieving the hunger. I iThe sanitary authorities are organ-1 :si::g health squads, to prevent pestilence. Numerous outlying points have ;been cut off by the inundations throughout the State. The loss cf life is unknown, but it :;- .believed to exceed fifty. APPEAL FOR FUNDS. BY .S.A. PRESIDENT. A REPORT CONTIUDrCTED. ('Received Last Xiirlit. 9.40 o'clock.) WASHINGTON. March .28. Air H. L. Stinison, Secretary cf War. has organised widespread relief measures. Tents, food, and ambulances have been despatched to the striekear centres. The President has appealed to the nation for funds to relieve the distress. It is now stated that the Joss of like at Hamilton is less than a hundred. It was previously given at a thousand.

FURTHFR LOSS OF LIFE. FJMEKN THOUSAND HOMELESS. (■Received Last Night, 9.40 o'clock.) INDIANAPOLIS. March 28. '■Continuous reports of further disasters are arriving. Sixteen people were drowned at Hiowesyille. Thirty were marooned on the house-tops. ';>;; Twenty-five were drowned at Chillicrjtlic, of which six bodies have been recovered. LATEST REPORTS. .Latest reports from Dayton state that the iflood waters are within control, and further loss of life is unlikely. ZancNville is submerged 30 feet. THE DEATH ROLL. The death roll is definitely stated at 1.00,- while 15,000 are homeless.