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14 i fHE INDIANAPOLIS NEWg, i FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1913. EE Continued from Pag One. houses as rf.any as twenty fire and thirty were crowded. almost all in abject despair, as fit Is probable that nearly all of them win" find their possessions lost when the waher recedes sufficient for them to Investigate. Of the several hundred houses in South Peru, many were wrecked, others were pushed, from their foundations by the terrific current.

To thl army of aufferers was added another srran army, even in worse dis tress nun and women wbo were looking lor an opportunity to get across the Wt bash dren toacertain if tbelr wives and chil were alive. Life has been the forfeit in aereral cafes where desperate men took too great chances In getting across. Tester day afternoon a crowd of men walked to a point opposite the lower part of the city, where! skiff' was obtained. The craft was rkrried across a half mOe of bridge and trestle work to a point with in three Ifcndred Tarda of the north bank. hIw Two Perished.

Between tie end of the trestle and the bank, however, was a strong current and a counclf wka held to determine which should rftakt lhe first attempt. About but I. Kellogg, a railroad lian of Peru Insisted be had first claim the boat. Accompanying him was a railroad man named Friend, from Denvtf. Ind.

The men obtained a strong rope cable and It was their Intention to carry the cable and pay it out until II reaped from the trestle to the shore. The ilea was to establish a ferry "line. i They had hardly started before the pressure the Current against the floating made Iteir boat unmanageable and before theycnuld cut loose the craft was oar Mzed and the men were drowned In the daunted, the other men aearched for (hours and obtained another 'boat and af.tr a Jew hours of hard row ins: several them were landed on the north side. Many haaardous trips were necessary. These men had loved ones in the city and they proved their daring.

Ampf Applies en South Side. Opposite ti upper part of the city several skiffs mile the trip across the river during the ty. Provisions of all kinds hsve been pouring into South Peru by the wagon load, aid there is ample food there. When I reached the south side of the river and atj.nl how many lives were lost, a man shouted across the space: "A doien or ro," Others here had aald the death toll would be two hundred to four hundred, and there were all kinds of conflicting reports. The view Peru from the south aide of the river almost baffled description.

Everything seemed to be under water. The fiood la fcnusually bad at Peru, because of the (conjunction of the Wabash and insslafclnl wa rivers. The latter emp ties into the1; Wabaah Just above be and In Its swollen condition tears tU'nr across td the north shore and down on Feru. Oakdale, ore of the best residence ds Jrws. was in the way of the Current.

are three steam roads through ivru, the I 1Z. A the C. A O. and the Wabash, and all of them lost hun dieds of box rare. The shops and freight elf pots In lr lands were almost sub ne ged.

As te water recedes hundreds tt ox cars can seen sucking their rocfs above t.io surface. i Ettlr iitet cf the Dead. There aemj to he no doubt that the Ions of Feru was greatly exaggerated. Co.jty facials here are of the rplnion "that there Is not to exceed a total of twentf victims. Sheriff HoMettler 1 of the inion that not more than twelve or wefe drowned In the food.

This emi remarkable Inasmuch as Peru la lorated In a. valley that was entirely covered with water by the flood. fheriff Wagx.tr also gave an estimate the dead at akout fifteen. lie aald, however, that maty more bodies may be revealed when the Cood recedes. From the present lndifAtlons, he says, there will irrt t.M (now I that mim Ki The waters today are receding rapidly and at 1 It was estimated that the faJl had een more than six feet In the last ter.

four hours. All the bust ea tureen ti I eru and moat of the real tit nc streets (re now dry. LUtIe ound Escaped Flood. In this city of fifteen thousand people ne re waa a section with, the ex ception of a' small itretch of land about one and one half block, square. In Eajst pfth atreet, that waa not covered by water.

The even covered the en tire heart the city, surrounded the courthouse ajr.i crept Into the very doofs of the Eearss hotel. In the courthouse, FheriS Hostfttler estimated that there were two thousand people who sought refuge when the food was at Its fclrht, the waters facing to reach the first floor cause or elevation from the street l.very business house had water on the r.r i noor ana tn t.asements were full. This was ene flood In which the rich und 'poor treated alike. All of the re i a re atreets. Second.

ThlKi. ounn, irti and Sufh. were under ater, the ftod generally striking Just OPLE FEIN MHO ES OF MUD ic in to by on be Boat. Now Cross The firet cimunicaUon between Peru and the section south of the riyer wa. chtahlished toJay, the river having re ceded enougU to permit people te pea in boats.

i jj Wallace, tie circu. man. Is the greatest loser In," Peru. Juat above the city tie at the Junction of the Miaslssinewa and Wabash; rivers owns a valuable farm on which he Quartered all his circus menajrerle. lit is understood that orjy lo'ir elephants out of his entire mena.

en were Wallace's loss. It is satd, wul be tu. 's. Supplies by the Wagonload. Tlie rr'S avt been coming la frora the north by; the wagon load, and Sheriff llortettler iy.

he. has ample quantity for resent tse. The relief bureau was established khen the flood waa at Ha hh.L, and tke Lberal contribution, kept the from suffering. Relief stations were established in the poatoffice, I cit rl bulli.rg and several other buikd lnvv and a of people arc still :r.g lor Is od nd bianketa. Ti county S.cUla gave It aa their that iubout one out of every three 'of lru would lose hi.

entire i ions. I This bfing the case, five pftpie would be abaoluteiy In the valW surrounding Peru all the farms are devastated, ami most of the rni bouses are wreck d. The Mlai sir.cwa Is and this re ves the muatlon here greatly aa It is th fo of that river that swept e.ro the bash striking Peru. Wrecks In Wake ef Flood. Ov er a vat farming section extending 'from ln 'Ur tpolls to this prt of Uie siie there Ifc little left by the recedaif ai r.

On tie way here I saw rulaed hAt croj snd the wreckage of hon tire's of bridses and washed out radwat. It i mauv rnonths tfor rnii.n can be ajid i i innl to rr eftat.Ush even a 1 lrr.ier lduior.s In the rural tri'tc. and tie farmers generally rinjr the outcome wil b'el river eterday efTenual ly tl state into two sections ajid evn tenia re are hardlv half a doacn ri ijres aiorc the river above Indiana for a that could be i 'T i uniNrr to or three ril i tt nirhan ln ict and a tw .4. l.i.' Kri. i.ned li tact and li.e ilirr rc JtU 'Curing the night ciently to gaarantee reasonable sate pas sage." thousands of Imprisoned refugees lost no time in moving back and forth.

Hundred Mile Drive. The Inspection of the conditions from IndianapoCs north. Was, made possible by Harry Mnurtin. a National company race driver. f.O drove bis big stripped test car.

wjtb your correspondent, through a hundred arnile of mud and water. The only bridge open above Indianapolis was at Anderson. This structure was guarded by the reCitla yesterday and a limited number or vehiciea were allowed to pass. Farming sections, even miles away from White rt er and Fall creek were found devastated by the smaller streams, and the continuous downpour of rain. A white mantle cc snow, several Inches In denth.

covered nearly all the upper part of the state, and while It temporarily checked the flood there remains a fear that a sudden thaw will cause more trouble. A drop in the temperature also added to the misery oT the people who were caue ht In im Hoocaea especially nere. INCIDENTS OF THE Fleeing Elephants From Flood Man gerle Frighten IFVom a Etaff Correspondent InL, March 28. After obtaining opinions from both sides of the Wabash river, where Korth and South Pern are separated by that stream. It may be said that any accurate estimate of the dead is impossible.

There to some reason to suppose that the death list In South Peru, where The Wallace circus has its winter Quarters, or had them. Is greater than In Peru proper. i In South Peru all who have escaped from Ciousea are now out of reach of want Dot three or four days. A few are still Imprisoned in their homes and In need orf rescue if they are alive, but this will likely be accomplished today. Circus Employe Missing.

The circus, had many employes in the stricken South Peru district, and only balf of them have reported. Some. it was( lt their Uvea In attempting to eave animals to which thev were deon ly attached. The conditions there are so terriMe tnat.majiy are on the verge of lnsanuy. One.

man. name unknown, who had a family on the north side of the river Is thought to have thrown himself into the' flood. He was found muttering In. coherently. Wednesday, and declared that he hud wings which would bear hlro acroan the raging flood.

Later he disappeared. AS'eaimiy as tnougn they were dis using the slaughter of rata In a ham. some of those surviving talk of witness in crownings, or one. they will say. 'Hej didn't struggle much." of another "Ehrt was prepared to die.

but we felt terotbly sorry for her Many Saved by an Indian. The events of recent days have numbed the senses of those who witnessed the an? fhJ.nhf Jr JT 1 r.ttaUVthoeienaSf, d.whoircrlted with siVln, pf fifty or more in South Peru, employ inr an anuquatea natDoat ana a alnrlal V.i 1 5TeV He reius'ed toVoet a doub oSed preferring the method. of hi. an festers. Women and children were his I I w.i i uujiu i.uu ju site i uim windows, dui nnaiiy.

railing to rain aa he risked his Ufa In the swift eurrtntLitt.nr. nn. i tn rKr v.rd. while he took flood vie Urns from roofs! ana upper winaows. TIaw tnr a aa sa 4 A wshws near South Peru, who was Tjrd duty last "night, waa I I I yo.H I Y10 .0 those I2.60 for the flood sufferers, and the cltycie and Union City thirty minutes after buildings?" he replied.

"Occasionally a council appropriated $1,000 mora. Marion LK i famlly got out of one of them. There are I society people kept warm last night danc ach ven hur Connections were being iota more nouses soma wnere down the river." A 1I. 4 t. peake A Ohio railroad brldare that spans tne river between North and South Feru; spent a night of terror when the river waa "nearly at Its hlght, becaum ele phants escaplrg from the Wallac winter quarters, driven franUo all nifht long.

hurled themselves against the trail cot feeversi have been drom ned In an at tempt to cross the rlv Only a fei names are given tn tee list of dead. John Polpert, former sheriff of Miami county, waa the first to croea the stream. Dr. Hough, of North Peru, probably was sec ond, lie was seeking nis mother, who lived on tne south side. An "entire family named Lowre, which lived In South Peru, near the railroad bridge.

Is said to have been wiped out. Rescuer Drowned. Red Maya, after rescuing a hundred or more persons, was drowned, a. were two women and two children In his large boat, Adnadav. it la rTvrA.

A 44, v44, rivu ujf the boat. Another unknown man. aald be a resident of Converse, also was drowned when he tried to cross the current Relief trains from Marlon and Muncle uf ouuuiv; 4 uuo i puurmitv. inu ioai vne Xriuncie train, with a surplusage of supplies, is nn4 Il wV (Mucuimi iiui 4.44 4C1U. ite ..1 .1..

Ding operations on the south side. Survivors armed themselved and. aided men from the Muncle and Marion re uif trains, narrolied th atHrke Ti tH last nlrfht. White reports conflict aa to the fate of the Wallace circus. It Is said that four of the twenty one elephants were saved.

The cat animals either were drowned or shot to prevent their escape, bevtrai norses were saved, lavonte I trick horse is aald to be quartered in the I parlor of one of the principal residences I the Wallace TROOPS NEEDED AT PERU? Governor's Infortuants Disagree as to Needs of Soldiers In Stricken City. A telephone message from Peru, through I South Bend, to Governor Ralston, today, I contained an urgent request for troops to sent to that city at once to aid la the protection of life and property. The mes sage said that the troops were needed and asked that they be sent before night, The Governor undertook td et in closer toucn witn feru to ascertain the true I condiUona. and plans were set on "foot to snd either the Plymouth or Koiomo company of the Indiana national uard tVm 1 .11. 9 I I I I I I 0.rural McCov ad1utant renral rt thbut there Is no suffering except among N.

G. got l7telSeco1S who were actually stricken by the in tne captain ot we voKomo company. I who sa: a he couia start lor with forty men on an hour's noUce, However, the Governor talked over the long distance telephone with some one at ivru. who told him that the aitua.tion not one that would Justify the sending of I soiniers. ana tne uovernor decided not to send them, 1 LIFE SAVERS VOLUNTEER.

Michigan City Men Take Boats to Peru. Tpeclai te The Indianapolis Newtj" MICHIGAN. CITT. Ind March 51 Captain Michael Egle, of the United States life saving station re re, volunteered his services yesterday to aid the city of Peru in rescue work. He and a volunteer crew of nine men left the city last night on a Lake Erie Western traln for the stricken city, taking with them the big surf boat, together with otner lire aaTDC equipments at the sta tion ana lour 111 boats from the steam ship Roosevelt, lent by the Indiana Transportation Company.

With the train also went a store of precisions given by peopie or this city. The city council today appropriated t00 and citizens here "have thus far raised besides a store of provisions, cots. m.i. AVI 4.44 F( A4J 4 1 victima. ne prison sent one thousand loaves of bread.

SUPPLIES TO PERU. Chicago Tribune Offers Aid to diana Cities. The Chicago Tribune haa notified the Indiana state coara or health that it Aiil.t rv. 1 rtsl 9 enn. I 4 4 44 .1 ji 4 4JUM AW If.

1UI ITilCl of flood sufferera A telegram received from the Tribune, addressed to Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary ef the board, said: The Tribune nda supplies to Indi ana tomorrow.

Telegraph suggestions what ts needed and what we shall bring. How about milk and chloride of lime, hret ald disinfe tant? Will you ruccrest ht re mwst needed? I will be with the train. DI EVAN'S." The srnder of the. telKrfini lr. W.

A Kv.iif, ts a health authorit of Chicago. Dr. W. F. King, assistant sec I In I 1 7 i.

if it r. retary of the state board of said he would Instruct (Dr. Evans to take the trainload of supplies to Peru. WISH TO BE NEAR HOMES. South Peru Refugees Refuse to Board Marion Relief Train.

(Special to The Indianapolis News MARION, March 28 The theaa neake A Ohio relief train, which returned to this city Ute last night from South Pent brought no flood sufferers, for the reason that men and women who e. raned from their homes in South Pru to lave. desiring to be near property and return to it as soon as their as DOI slble, Food and clothing were distributed farm buildings on the hills in South 2' iJ LothYr dav i w.n.. Zll ISL animal, trying tcT gain access to the house for shelter. The elephants broke all the No elephant trainers being on hand to looa arter tnem, tne people aid not know W.

a. 4 k.liiu 4 la will die of eiooaure. i Marlon business men yesterday raised I ma ana at tne aame time raised 3o rorimaae at jvnaerson witn aiarion. I the flood sufferers by giving a charity ball I 1 1 WABASH FALLS SEVEN FEET. tieuainit at LafaveHe Rm i Rafter Lafayette Grows Better Damage Is Revealed.

1 isp cuu xo me uouupwi rtewsj I LAFAYETTE, 28. The flood situation at Lafayette today Is growing better every hour. The riyer has fallen at least seven feet and aa the water recedes the extent of the damage done la revealed. The only danger now la from the scarcity of water. The city supply was exhausted early, today, and.

although the pumps were started It will be some time before sufficient water can be pumped to the reservoir to give the clltv fire nrotectlon. I Extensive charity work Is being done In (the lower sections of the city, and hun areas or aouars nave neen suDscnoea ror I the relief of the sufferers, rive hundred! ptopi, are nomeiess. Tne cnarity so 1 I rtetles will not only supply fuel, grocer es at)d clothing, but will attempt to fur nish the flooded homes as soon as they can be re occupied. F. P.

Indianapolis, father no wv uiv ucu, xuwujx wiciuwn, while attempting to rescue two men on Ilk. mt. 1 4tivnn aunt iuiiivu 11.1., Umr ni i Ttm a Dhiir Lf Indlanapolla. A report circulated that the body of young Woolery had. been recovered, but this proved to be un true, The Lake Erie Western has estab 1 Ushed train service for the benefit of the west aide people, who were eut off by the flood.

The big railroad bridge baa been pronounced safe. The Main street bridge is aamagea. ana a ierry win dc put into operation as soon as a boat can be completed. The Brown street bridge, which was partially destroyed, will not I be rebuilt, It was estimated that the! damage in xaiayette ana west Larayette will aggregate close to half a million dol lars, I The asphalt boulevard connecting the city and the west side was washed away. In the levee districts between the city other and the west side several factories and large buildings have all been washed away, only one building remain ln on "If out gas, but the gas plant probably will resume operation Saturday.

Hundreds of men are being rushed into the city by th telegraph and railroad companies to repair the wires, Hundreds of people are 'n3n to et to their homes In the rV5 The. railroads are all endeavoring to I "tart trains. There is a scareny 01 mar ket Puce in the city ana west favette because train service is cut off. iT17 V. BOC7 ZJ Samuel Murdock.

the Lafayette Elks. JJeuwcne verein ana ratner eyrne have contributed general funds to start charity work. WEATHER INDICATIONS. rXITED STATES WEATHIJR BUKEAtT. Indianapolis, March 38.

X31J. Temperature March 3. "1912. 7 a. m.

m. 2 p. m. i March 23. 1313.

7 am. a 12 m. S3 3 P. m. S7 BarVm a as.

S0.M 30.U 12 BX 2 P. Locai Forecast sLocal forecast for Indiana polls and vl I kntty for the twenty foui. boors endihg '7 p. March 29: Fair and wanner nlrnt and Saturday. Forecast for Indiana: Generally (air tonight and Saturday; rising temperature.

utliM OittM The fojlowing table' shows the state ef 'iie weather1 to other cities at I a. m. Ear. Temp. WwUi.

Bismarck. N. D. Ho ton. Ifaaa.

4.4M4. r.M Z2 louilT so.io S3 Cleturi 30 Cloudy a Ptcidy Clear 42 Cloudy 42 PtCidy Cincinnati. O. Denver, Colo. Ulr City.

Kas. Helena. Moot. 5s) luuie Rock. Ark.

Wm 30 44 13 Cleari Los Anrelea, it, New Orleans, LA. 0 30.40 30.11 29.W Clear 1 Clear I Is Clear Clear Pittsburg. Pa. :4 cir Pm tbind Ore. 2S Rain 1st Paul.

Mian. 4 48 CI .4 Clear Wa shin (ton. D. 10.3 tZ Clar V. H.

CHL'RCH. Section Director. Hourly Temperature. a. m.

a. a. a. m. a.

1ft mv 11 a. du 14 iu. 1 p. m. 2 p.

m. 24 26 37 a so a 9i 17 I i I I 1 I i 1 A RELIEF AUTO STRANDED a 7 i 5T MwW! OLIVER AVENUE, i TRACTION AND STEAM RAILWAY SERVICE GRADUALLY RESUMING It Is not likely that the tracks will be cleared on the fihelbyville and Greens bur divisions of the Indianapolis A Cin clnnan un or ten days or two weeKs. I0, I Henry, president of the company, retUrned frora lnBPection tour of the un on wn'c naa xonna many waan out" nd general unfavorable conditions. I The Terra tiaute, Indianapolis A cast i 4M1rr a wa 'TTotifm clear today, but no car. could be run until the Indianapolis power pjant The Indianapolis.

Columbus A Southerta Mn nmni I Franklin thirty minute, after each hour, connecting the Shelby street car at the city limits. i The, Honey Bee line was running car. to Newcastle each hour, connecting, with i the local Brookside cars. I I Indlna Union Traction Company I was sending out cars to Anderson. Mun I mnA uiMMmrn.

Th or iff th tv I limits, and were reached by the College avenue line. Two hour service was being given by the Indiana Union Traction Company from Muncle to Bluffton, with a transfer at Montpelier; from Anderson to Wabash, the cars atopplng on the south side of the Wabash river; from Alexandria to Tipton, and from Cicero, a town north of Noblesville. through Knkorao to Peru, the cars stopping on the smith side of the river at Peru. Peru could be reached by traction frora Indianapolis by way of Anderson. Alexandria and Tipton.

The company expected to establish, communication between Indianapolis and the south side of Noblesvllle by Saturday. There waa service between Kokomo and Galveston. Flood conditions have not Interfered seriously with the Beech Grove Traction Company, and regular trips to Beech Grove were made during the high ter period. The Beech Grove cars were leaving at Shelby street and' LaGrande avenue. The Ben Hur line was running cars to Crawfordsville on its schedule, The cars left from Holmee avenue.

Greenfield and Kntghtstown were being reached by Terre Haute. Indianapolis Eastern care, running from Audubon road thirty minutes after each even hour. The xrvingxon cars ran to augudoii roau. Steam Railway Schedules. A The Big Four opened up its line from Indianapolis to' Chicago, and was attempting to make the regular schedule between, the points.

A morning train left at 11:90. and another was to leave at 3 p. tn. There will be only one night train to Chicago' for the present. It leaves at 2.35 a.

m. The Cleveland division of the Big Four has been opened as far as Bellefontaine, O. The trains go throusrh Muncle and Anderson. The following schedule will he carried out. If possible, for trains leaving Indianapolis: 7:30 and 10.35 a.

and 8:05. 6:15 and 11 p. m. Big Four trains are to leave for Benton WEST LIBEBTY, TRAINMAN RESCUED, MILE AWAY I 1 A i ia Mr: Special to The IndlanapoUs Newt) BELLEFONTAINE. March 3.

The Pernsylvania train, which went through a bridge at West, Liberty Tuesday night while being detoured over the Big Four railway, iino jaaa nver. ine locomo live is in the watr, out of sight. JamVs Howell, brakeman. of Columbus, was the only one who lost his life. The engine i A V.

I I NEAR ARBOR AVENUE. Harbor at 7 and 11:30 a. and 6:30 p. m. I The E.

division of the Big Four is sending trains' as far west as Covington, leaving at 7:50. 11:40 a. m. and 4: p.m. There is 1 nothings moving.

on the H. division least. Big Four trains are going a far south as Fairland at 7. 30 a. m.

and 3:30 p. m. The Pennsylvania railroad sent a train eat tb Richmond at 7:80 a. and. at 3 p.

m. Pennsylvania are running south to Franklin at a. and 3:40 p. i m. Pennsylvania officials expected trains to be in I Operation from Indianapolis! to Louisvlale by Saturday.

The L. E. W. railway Is running trains io Noblesville on Its regular schedule. I H.

D. railway Is sending a train to Montezuma at 3:30 p. and to Fountalntowrt at p. m. The Monon railway is not sending anything but suburban trains out of Indiana polls.

Its lines are now In operation from Carmel to i Delphi. Montlcello, Battle Ground and Michigan City to Chicago. .1 Stie Railway Suburban Service. Steant railways announced suburban trajns as follows; I Pennsylvania, to Irvlngton, 6 and 6:30 o'clock p. m.

returning Saturday morning from Irvlngton at 7 and o'clock. Train ops at State and LaSalle streets. Hawthorne lane and Audubon road. to. Thirty fourth street 8 and 9 a 12 noon, and J.

2, 5 and 6:15 p. 'turning from Thirty fourth street at 7:30. and 11:30 a. and 12:30. 1:30.

and 5:30 p. Hl D. to Tlbbs avenue, near Haughvtoe, 6:30, 7:30, 10:10 and 11 a. 12 and 5 and 6 p. and returning immediately.

'The fare Is 5 centa Big Four to Brightwood, 5 and 6:20 p. and. leaving Brightwood at. 6:30 and 7:30 a. m.

Train stop at Massachusetts avenue, Ne cman and Rural streets and Brightwood station. Continued from Page One. reach, a place of safety. When Thoma reached his home. In Minkner street, the home waa under jaix feet of water.j i Efforts were made by relatives to; find John JohnsOn.

340 Mlley avenue, who. ac cording to his family, made a desperate effort to cross the fiood over the D. bridge and (right of way. His wife reported to "the Belmont headquarters that he had not reached i. Twenty two persons took refuge In the WRECK AND v.

i i'S, A 4 iV. r7 men, James Cook "and C. C. Tilton. were slightly hurt.

i'bitip Henn. Big Four conductor, of Springfield, who was piloting the train, was washed one mile down Mad liver, wihere he caughtf on a bridge, clinging twelve hours to the frame work. Vhen taken down he jtvas unconscious. The rlcture shows rescuers taking hlm to.the shore on a rope litter. Hf nn l.

surfring fijom exposure, but will recover. Twenty passengers in tne 1'ullman eloper escaped unhurt. 11 DISTR SSOVER MANY MISSING PEOPLE 4 jti .1 home of Mrs. C. A.

Logan, ICO Wilmot street, and lived In two rooms on the second floor for three day a Among the refugees was a six weeks bid the little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Robinson.

The father had carried his baby In his arms above the flood, while he waded more than a square through water often up to his shoulders. He had returned to his home and had carried Mrs. Robinson on his shoulders. She is ill and had "not been out of the house sincethe birth of the baby. 'At the Logan home at one time, the refugees were driven to the roof by the rising waters, and lived in the two upper rooms, when it' became apparent the(ood had reached its Food was taken to the house by Captain Coffin's force af men, and the women and children spent the time in fitfur slumber, while the men watched the menacing waters all aroumj fyl em; The refugees in the house welcomed the bright" sunshine with Joy.

Women and children reached the outside for the first time, and the dozen families in the house prepared to return to water soaked hornet as the water line receded, toward the river. New Revelation of The first authentic report from Belmont avenue and the district to the north received since Captain George Coffin got a message to Superintendent Hyland yesterday from the west side of the river revealed that there was as much distress to the north of West Indianapolis as in the section below West Washington street. where the most of the rescue work had. been directed. This north district is the section in which Captain Coffin had been working since Tuesday.

Rescue work there' was retarded this morning by Ice, which formed to a thick ness of about a half inch. Canoes could not be' used, as only stanch rowboats could be driven through the ice. There waa much territory to the north that had not been explored, and the people near Belmont avenue and the Belt road "be lieved that many were marooned to the north of them. The water was 'not deep In the vicinity of Belmont avenue ana the Belt road, and parties of rescuers were wading through it, going from house to house in search ot bodies. At a late hour today they bad not found any.

Request Sent for Automobiles. An automobile used by The Indianapolis News was the first to penetrate the dis trict. It opened Michigan street by pull lng out of the way a barn which' had drifted into the roadway. A steel cable was found in the. vicinity and attached to the barn.

The motor car pulled the barn aside enough to make a passageway. The same, auto returned to the city shortly afterward, brining a request from Captain Coffin that auto trucks be rushed to him In order that he might transport food and provisions to the needy and send in the suffering refugees wbo had not been taken In by boat. 4 The river was receding and almost to its channel, but backwater was cutting off a great deal of territory, and It was apparent that It would be days before all the water is out of Strlngfbwn Bend, the territory to the north. Superintendent Hyland arranged at once to go to the assistance of Captain Coffin and provide him with whatever waa needed. Bridge Better Than Its Reputation.

The flood district north of Michigan street and" west of the river revealed a series of surprises when receding waters gave opportunity for exploration. The old Iron bridge over the river in West Tenth street, a bridge that was con demned as defective two days after it was built, years stood the, rush of waters and had only two boards missing from its driveway. The north side of the. bridge was massed with logs and debris, but this was easily removable. The Tenth street road between Indiana avenue and the river had been badly washed, and was a series of gullies.

The heavy cable poles of the T. K. electric railways, connecting with the big power house at Tenth street and the river. were toppled by the heavy current, and are a' tangled mass. 1 Pumps were set operation In the Tenth street house of the traction company to remove 3,500,000 gallons of water from the turbine room.

But for the sudden and unexpected rise of the river it is probable the water never would have succeeded in flooding the power house. Why Povyer House Was Flooded. A large opening in the east wall of the power house had been left open to hew machinery and other equipment. When the river, began rising an effort was made to close this opening and the masons succeeded in sealing the wall with the exception of about eighteen inches. The rapidly rising waters drove them back and the flood rushed in.

doing thousands of dollars of damage to the machinery. It was expected that the water could be removed in three days and It will require possibly a week to dry out the The company may be able to run some of Its dyna moes within a week, but it will be five or six weeks, before full operation can be expected. The Belt tracks from the power bouse north to the speedway road were topsy turvy, but it was expected that repairs could soon be made. The Belt bridge tood Intact. One of the bad wrecks of the river front was the equipment of the Brown.

Sand Company, near the pwwtr house. This company has never used Its equipment, and much ot It had floated away or was lying, in a mass on the river bank. The new rock highway built between Indiana avenue the Emrichsville bridge has been damaged In several places, but can be repaired at small cost. The Rlv erslde park dam apparently bad stood the test, much to the. surprise of all who knew of its weakened condition.

It waa expected that the dam would go out. Instead the water broke around the ends and diverted the force of the" fiood. The Emrichsville bridge seertied io be in good condition. A large section! of the Riverside, drive had been washed away. Residence property' north of Michigan street had not been greatly damaged.

Many of "the dwellers moved back home and used the warm aunshine to dry out their effects. It was a common thing to tee upholstered furniture out In the yard imbibing the rays of the sun. Bed clothing, rugs and carpets also came In for a Bunnlng. The citizens not affected byH the flood lent helping hands to less fortunate neighbors, and things were moving along cheerfully. No Bodies South of Morris Street.

Under the direction of C. C. Hanch. president of the Chamber of Commerce, a search was made today of all the houses south of Mortis street in West Indianapolis which could be approached, but no human bodies were the Investigation, Mr. Hanch said he was positive there are no bodies south of Morris street The conditions were bad.

he but not as bad as he had antici pated. He drove an automobile across the levee and through water which came to the pipes In his machine, directing the search. A mail station at the west end of Morris street bridge, haa been opened by. the assistant superintendent of malls and two carriers alaced in charge. These carriers will deliver mall to he houses they can reach and give mall to those who call for it.

A parcel post wagon took a large' assortment of mail, the accumulation since Tuesday, to the station. The bodies of the two horses with which 'William Oeyer tried to make his escape were found in Morris street near where Mr. Geyer had to abandon them. Saw No' Bodies or Looters. illeutenant Barmfuhrer and Sergeant Hett, of the city police force, made an Inspection trip over the flooded district from the Oliver avenue bridge.

They took one hundred loaves of bread to the refugees under the care of Father Joseph F. Weber at his church. They said that they found no bodies on their trip and saw no looters People began going to the.Ir abandoned horryes from the Oliver Avenue station. While there was still water in some of the houses and places of business, the meri wanted to begin1 cleaning up as soon as possible. John Cralgle waa one of the early men to go to his home.

He found two Inches of mud at his house at 13 9 Oliver avenue. Clearing of Michigan Street The city had a large force of men at work clearing away the debris In West Michigan street on the west side of the river and It was made possible to reach the end of the street by auto, although the street still had a layer of mud on it White river had receded and was within Its banks and almost in normal condition, although on each side of the river the backwater waa nearly up to the first floor of houses In the lowland for at least a square on each side of the riyer. The workmen found the trees, shrubbery and telephone poles covered with a quantity of straw which had lodged there oat of I a straw stack which had floated down the river. Straw war found In the guy wires Qn telephone and telegraph poles ten to twelve feet above the street level. Mora Troops for West Indianapolis.

There were not enough soldiers and policemen on duty properly to protect West Indianapolis against looters, according to Charles A. Garrard, quartermaster general of the Indiana National Guard, who made a report to Governor Ralston, after having spent the night In that district He said many more men were needed. The Governor and his military aids began at once to plan to bring Into the city other, companies of troops. It was decided, also, that the forty soldiers on the east side of the river should be. trans erred and added to the 1 0 on the west sideband that the patroling of the east side be left entirely In the hands of the police department 4 A number of men having homes In West Indianapolis, but to whom permission had been refused to cross the river fiom the east side, called on the Governor and complained.

They asied the Governor to Issue passes to' them tjo they could get through the military lines, but the Gov ernor decided that all such passes must ccme from Superintendent of Police Iiy land. Inasmuch as the district had not been placed under martial law, but wa st ill in the hands of the local authorities, with the soldiers simply aiding in guard duty. Later Superintendent Hyland re moved all restrictions and let every one enter the district at wllL Captain Tyndall. of Battery N. and Sergeant Franklin, of the police force, went to three homes 'in the 1100 block fp Harding street to look for bodies.

1. TT' I The Rev. Joseph F. Weber said he was sure there were bodies in these houses, as cries were heard and the water went up so fast 'the people did not have time to escape. The Water was too high to deter mine whether any bodies were on the bottom of the floors and grab hooks were sent for.

Am soon as these grab hooks arrived an investigation was made. The national guardsmen went to the houses which were in the flood district as fast as 'the water receded and searched for bodies, but. none were reported at a late hour. There are several cases of sickness among the refugees at Blaine avenue and Morris street John Doremus Is sick with pneumonia Harley Reed, police sergeant, sick, waa sent home In. a boat Preparation at Dawn.

At dawn today preparations for the first systematic work of searching the flooded districts were being made. Heretofore only conjecture and rumor had told of deaths by drowning. There was no list of the identified dead. It waa expected to end dreadful doubts on this question. The hope of hundreds of the rescued rose high as the waters receded nearer and nearer to the river channel.

Many of the homeless victims, members of whose families were missing, were cling ing to the hope that when all was over the missing would be found re isolated places in attics or on roofs, unharmed. Police and guardsmen told of no discoveries of bodies during the as they advanced steadily into the flooded district Long Line of Guardsmen. Law and order followed the retreating water line last nigntu as Diaca mua holes or stranded wreckage appeared where had been the darker water, lines of silent men stretching from Riverside on the north to the stockyards on the south, ever became longer, it was a funeral guard, made more Impressive by the grimness of it all, the now and then of distracted men and women to penetrate the lines and the appearance here and there; of shabby derelicts, the vultures that follow lathe wake of. ratastrophe, The entire detective force Of the city nd patrolmen In plain clothing were on uty oii the west sTJ of the river with orders froiii Superintendent liylaud to ly no ln by i 1 1 4V mmmmm hold up and examine caref ally all strangers. The signal corps.

Indiana tlor.al guard, was ordered out by ernor Ralston to patrol fhe east Tfanlt of White river north of New York street Deaths North of Washington Street. While the eyes of the city had been turn, to the rnot part on" tVet Indiana rolls with its 6.0OO inhtbirants. it believed by the 'police and gis men that when the roll of the dad was known the greater number of fatalities would be found to have occurred la the wide district north of Washington street A score of rumors of 'drowning in jvVest Indianapolis families had been investigated and found groundlesa' Close pbservation In the section showed that tn only a tew isolated casa were homes' oompletely, or nearly submerged. For tpls reason scores who would otherwise have drowned were able to reach roofs aii attics and wait indefinitely for the. resuce boats.

In the more scattered area of "'String town' ahd the wide district north to Riverside park, however, the flood appeared to i have been deercr and after communicaltlon had been, opened) with this section, in wai appareat that tlm flood came to this soctioa mJre suddenly than to est ipaianapoiis. Why Coffin Felt Certain as to Deaths. Captain iGeorge Coffln; of the police, who, with several assistants, was tha first rescuer in the north and west sev. tlons. was authority for the statement that there were not leas than fifty drowned to his certain, knowledge la "I know they were drowned.

They" were the men we left on roofs when we took women and children ouu When we got back for them they were gona. There. was only one place for them to have gone. Vtnnr circumstances indicated also that morel were rescued from est Indianapolis than from the larger district. More boats and men were working in West Indianapolis than from the larger district and Indianapolis was able to five Hawaii eirecuy to west inaianapous.

wnue on the north the collapse of the West Washington street bridge cut off effectively any attempt to retch the flooded section just beyond and to the north Water North Mor Violent Wreckage and tha conditions oi dwell ings and other structures la Strlngtowo and the section to the north indicated that the flood had been in its moat violet mood there. In West IndiAapoIls dangerous and violent currents "were limited to the, section nearest the river channel, between Kentucky avenue ana tne leveee. There were few collapsed buildings. tn West Indianapolis, while in the section to'' the north clt ared spaces here and there Indicated that entire dwellings had been floated from their (foundations and smashed' into fragments azaln other structures or sent whirling down stream against the concrete of the West Washington street bridge. The pounding of much debris against It Is believed to have been responsible for the wreckage of this bridge, reckoned one of the strongest in the county.

Men who had spent their days on the flood eald also there would be many of the dead who would not be found by searching parties today or at any time. These are they who were caught in dwellings that were dashed to piec and carried away In the current It is balieved that the fate of some of the drowned never will be known by tha indisputable proof of a recovered body. Prevented Serioua Looting. Militiamen and 'police, kept a close watch on the east bank of the river In the night and prevented any serious cases ot looting. Morning came wth little having occurred to disturb the watchers.

They 3 noted a steady fall of the river through out the night and It was estimated that there had been a subaidance of about two feet since nightfall. Watchers at the Morris street Kentucky avenue and Oliver avenue bridges heard several shots fired on the west bank of the river during the night and it was supposed that looters were being arretted. Soldiers at the Morris street brldgi, under command of Captain George Green, of Company succeeded in wading at an early hour to WuITs tall whereabo it a doxen "people had been c.arooaevi al the flood began. A few hours hfore a swift current was raging atout tae na.i, but the water had subsided so it couid easily be reached by wading. It 'waa found that one of the worrwi refugees In the hail was seriously sick and the militiamen offered to asi.

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