The evening world. Newspaper, March 26, 1913, Page 3

THE EVENI NG WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAROH 26, 1918. Miles of Oil From Broken Pipe Lines Spreads New T. error FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING FATAL SWEEP OF TORNADO AT OMAHA WRECK OF THE SacRE PR Heart CONVENT: OMAHA CITY OF MOURNING WHILE FUNERALS ARE HELD OF ThE TORNADO VICTIMS Over One Hundred of the Dead Borne Past Ruins to Places of Burial— Search On for Many Still Missing. OMAH. b., March %.—Burying tre lead and work of reconstruction occu- pied tornado-stricken Omahe to-day. Paying last rites, occupied the time of thousands of persons during the day. Funei were held in all parts of the city. Many of the bodies recovered from Sunday's storm were cared for at und taking establishments, and the greater number of the funerals were held from those places. Whenever possible friends of atricken familles took care of bodies and had them prepared for burial. In many instances churches were de- molished in the districts covered by the m and others were so badly recked as to prevent them being used for burial services, Nearly 100 funerals st were held, Many bodies have deen sent to out-of-town relatives. During the night the work of rescue con- tinued. Only one body was reported discovered, that of another negro >ur- 1e@ in the Idlowlld pool ball debris. The authorities are taking steps to uncover all of the wreckage at once in order to remove any bodies that may be buried. The Real Estate Exchange has taken steps to prevent the raising of rents. Already cases of alleged attempted ex- tortion hi been reported, some by m@ .vers of the exchange itself. Ex- ef Uves of that body decided to deal ‘arshly with any owners found taking sdvantage of those forced to secure FLOODS UP-STATE SPREAD WIDE RUIN, «TWO LIVES LOST One ‘hound Meme Persons Home- less at Olean and Much Suf- fering at Other Points, -_ ROCHESTER, N. Y., March %.—The Genesee River ts higher than at any time eince 192, and is rising at @ rapid rate. Many Roohester industries de- pendent upon waterpower have been foreed to close and fear te expressed this morning as to consequences of a further ree. Reports trom the valley towns south) of thie city eay that thousands of acres ere under water and thet the loss to “property and ive stock is high. Rail- roads ere suffering. The city of Hor- nell te reported ee suffering greatly from the overflow of the Canieteo River, while at Olean 1,000 perwons have forsaken their homes. John Cook was @rowned at Olean while attempting to rescue others. Four ofl anke are floating about the chy of Olean and the coating of oil on the water is making the danger from fire serious. BUFWULO, March %.—Hornet, Steuben County, was the principal flood centre in Western New York to-day, siffering an inundation which was probably the worst in the city's his tory. It ie impossible to estimate the property loss, but {t will be enormous. Eugene Porter, a farmer, was swept into the torrent near his home and his| ody car inti, Sap MN eae new homes on account of the tornado, Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country unable to hear from relatives have come to the city seek- ing news. MANY STILL MISSING IN RUINED SECTION. Many persons known to have been in the vicinity of that portion of the city ridden by the storm have been reported missing and everything possible is being done to locate them. Plans for the immediate rebuilding of the wrecked district are being worked out by a big company of Omaha busl- ness men. A corporation ts being formed to handle the matter in a systematic j manner and assist the unfortunates who lost their homes and personal effects, j This institution will begin at once the task of at least partially reconstructing many homes, & public appeal sent out by the Commercial Club says that 648 homes were totally wrecked, 1,069 were dam- aged and 3,179 persons made home- less. An unusual incident in connection with the storm was the receipt by Mayor Dahiman of a sympathetic tele- gram from the Mayor of Dayton, 0, To-day Mayor Dahimi telegraphed the Dayton executive a similar mes- sage in connection with the flood in the Ohio town. ue to breaks and overflows in the Erle Canal at erloo, Seneca Falls, Port Byran and elsewhere near here have caused thousands of dollars’ loss. The Seneca River is over its banks, but the ceseation of rain to-day promises relief. ‘The Lehigh Valley Railroad along ‘Cayuga Lake between Aubum and Ith- aca is under water for @ distance of nine miles south of King Ferry, No trains are running on that branch. ——o—— FLOOD RECEDING; FAMINE THREATENED AT MIDDLETOWN, OHIO. MIDDLEOWN, ©., March %.—After a night of peril, day broke with a cold, cloudy dawn and a hopeful feeling among the residents of the city. The river abut 6 o'clock this morniag began to fall slowly. The altuation early to- day was still dangerous and unless prompt rescue work is done the toll of life will run into high figures, There was no way of estimating what toll had already been claimed oy the raging waters. Just how many lost their Hves will not be known un- ti) the waters recede and the m marooned houses are examined, | work of relief, for the homeless was started to-day, However, supplies are rapidly running out and unless trains can be gotten into the city witsin twenty-four hours a food famine will add to the misery of the flood suffer- ers. ped, FIFTEEN DROWNED AT ZANESVILLE; RIVER RISES FORTY FEET. ZANBSVILLE, 0., March %.—Fifteen Persons ‘were drowned here !ast night in @ flood which awept on the city from the Muskingum River. The authorities are caring for 2,000 homeless, To-day the river is forty feet above low water mark and still rising. Most | of the business section ts under water |No raiiroad t: rurban trol- ley cars can @ the city, | The Muskingum River te rising at the FLOODS SPREAD TO PENNSYLVANIA; SEVEN DROWNED Waters Rushing Through Many Towns in Western Section of the State. PITTSBURGH, March 26.—A wom- an and her five children were drowned to-day in the Shenango River at Sha- ron. The father was rescued, uncon- sctous, All business houses, the West- ern Union and the ‘phone offices are under four feet of water, the flood be- ing the highest since the record flood of 1893. One man was drowned to-day at Franklin, Pa, In both cities electric light and water service is out of com- mission and all industries are at @ standstill. No trains are running. AM streams in Western Pennayl- vania were at flood height to- day, following twenty-four hours of almost continuous rainfall and many towns are being swept by the rush of waters. At Oll City a number of big tanks were washed away and 16,000 barrels of oll and gasoline flowed into the Allegheny River. Oper- ations on the Allegheny River diviston of the Pennsylvania Railroad were at once discontinued for fear sparks, drop- Ping from engines as they passed over bridges spanning the stream, would fire the oll. The division will practically be tled up until the ofl runs out. Rafiroad traMe west and south of Pittsburgh 1s being carried on with the Greatest diMculty and only a few trains are moving. Whole schedules have been annulled and miles of trains are tried up between washouts on lines in Eastern quantities of gasclene and of] that cov- ered the surface of the creek and river. The oll was about 4,000 barrels washed away from the Germania Refinery Com- pany’e plant. As the oil flowed down the eurface of the waters ft wae feared that there would be a repetition of the Gisaster of June 5, 182, when during a similar flood the entire surface of the rivers were ablase with oil that hed ignited. A iarge number of ves were lost at this ¢ime, When residents were notified of the henagd oil they rushed to the river 4 the local company of the Notianel Guard was called out to drive them back, roping off the entire section Mning the rivers. ie FLOOD THREATENS KENTUCKY TOWNS. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 26.—With a rain all yesterday and last night of 6.13 inches the Ohio River rose 11 feet here in twenty-four hours. The gauge this morning was 22.6 as compared with 11.4 at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. ‘This forenoon the gauge registered % feet even, —— BLIZZARD RAGING IN OKLAHOMA. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March 2%,— A storm of the bilz: been raging in Oklahoma since midnight, and there 1s no indication of cessation. Street car service is partly blocked and train service is slow, ———____ HARTIGAN GETS STAY ON REASONABLE DOUBT. Convicted Sweeney's Aide Takes First Step in Legal Battle to Dodge Prison. ‘The first step in what promises to be @ strong legal battle to wet a new : al for John J. Hartigan, the young police-' man convicted of perjury, who was sen- tenced to Sing Sing by Justice Seabur was begun in the Supreme Court t. Ohio, The Pennsylvania lines west are accepting no passengers west of Den- nixon, ©., one hundred miles from | Pittsburgh, the ‘bridge spanning the | Muskingum River at Franklin, O., hav. | ing gone out during the night, Other less important bridges were washed away, and it will be days before through traffic can be resumed, Conditions in Western are little better, landslides blocking ny roads. TraMc to the Kast has not yet been interrupted | ‘The Allegheny River is at flood helent and the Ohio River here at # o'clo had passed twenty feet and was ris six fnchea an hour, The « flood {# not expec here until to-mor- | row. No loss of life has been reported, but the property damage is heavy. At Bradford and Corry, Pa., the # been heavy, railroads being ly handicapped by washouta, ‘Tw hundred passengers were marooned Corry last night un sity In either direction “OIL CITY, Pa, Maret’ %—On city and the entire Allegheny Valley is stricken with the most serious flood in the history of the olty, and Ol Creek which flows into the Allegheny Riv to ring at the vate of three Inches an hour. The river gauge this morning regtetered twenty feet, the highest ove known, Normally there is but a foot or two of water here, and for neveral monthe of the year the river bed ts dry, Business t# at n standattll, ax the entire businers nection ix under Consideranle anxiety Pennsylvania loss to leave tt tor was exporienced day, when a certificate of reasonabie doubt was asked from Justice Platzek EOF THEA DBATHOP Many PpRRson?d PASSENGERS TELL OF CHICAGO FLYER'S RUN ANID FLOOD Saw Big Chia tia Inundated and Torrents Rising Through Three States, Passengers reaching New York to-day | ang west as well are tied up, There on the Twenticth Century train ma rush for newspapers to discover if the | ment Lake Shore line, over whtch they passed | be ope! last night, was still intact. “If they hold that line open it will be & triumph," declared C, L. Cramer, a “I never saw such| according to All across Indiana, yesterday afternoon, we saw the coun- try flooded on one or both sides of us, and it ecomed as if at every fow feat there was a man working, with plok Chicago mercham. ® fight in my life, and shovel to hold the roadbed. “Outside of Toledo we saw many tele- @raph poles uprooted by the rush of|bers were reinforced by shippers anx- the waters and many broken and tangled wires around them. Everybody in the care was wondering how the rein could be operated.” “I don't thin many pawsenge! Btate, other Chicagoan. prehensive.” SAW FLOOD THREATENING TO ENGULF TOLEDO. None of the passengers interviewed reporter was aware of any one on the train from the more seriously flooded aectiona of ty an Evening Warld Indiana and Ohio. “I don’t think they could get up to waid Henry Al- man of Toledo. “When I left Toledo yesterday after- noon the situation certainly was se- The river at Toledo was out of its banks, the lower sections of the | town Toledo or Cleveland,” berts, a business rious. were already inundated, | everybody is most apprehensive, “I understand Toledo was on thelthem to detour their trains around train did any sleeping before we passed| washouts. Buffalo and knew wo were in New York pte te 44 Arthur W. Watkins, an-/ TRAINS STALLED AT DENISON “Before we left Chi- cago we heard of many washouts through the 6tates over which we had to travel, and I, for one, was very ap- and entirely | cut off from Central Indiana and Cen- OHIO RISING FAST; SOUTHERN INDIANA GETS TIMELY WARNING. EVANSVILLE, Ind, March %—~The Ohio River has not yet been seriously affected by the foods north of here. The river is elowly rising and when the flood waters reach it the atage may #0 higher than ever before, | At Evansville and other points aton: the river the people have had ample warning, and precautions are already being taken to contend with unpre cedented high waters. _——>—— FLOOD DROWNS FOUR IN WEST VIRGINIA. WHEELING W. Va., March 26.—Four were drowned and many persons nar- fowly escaped death when a@ freshet swept down Wheeling Creek through Barton, O., near here, this morning. The Ohio River and ite tributaries are rising Smart Diagonals New Vigereaux Mannish Serges $25 & $30 Values foot of the way in the threatened die- trict will be kept under close scrutiny, no tleup in expected.” tailoring Reed the early part of the day Mr. 8 office was unable to learn any- a of conditions west of Buffalo, but low Price. A triumph of tailored later was able to get the Cleveland of- erate price. hee of the railroad sommpany by pee ly, ts cut off entirely from the rest of the State. BIG FOUR LINE CUT OUT OF COLUMBUS. Mr. Daly's office during the day got & wire working into Columbus, Nows from there, as the railroads got it, was discouraging. “The Big Four lines, another New York Central property, are,at a still Mm that eeotion,” it was said. “The lines running north and south and cast | a} will to be a considerable improve- SALE n conditions before trains can AT ed." It was reported earlier that Southern ALL TMinois was suffering almost ae badly FOUR Ohio and Indiana, The wasn't rain out of Peoria, Il, last night, STORES railroad advices, and Pekin, 111, close to the Indiana line, Was reported cut off from the world, Mr, Daly'a office and other depart- ments of the Central were bestoged with information seekers, Many per- sons wanted to know when friend: relatives would able to get out ot the flooded district, and thelr aum- lous to learn when freight service would be restored, I¢ was reported the Lake Shore was taking care of moat of the other linew through the flooded district, enabling Southwestern Service Suspended Over Pennayly At the off of the Pennsylvania Rallroad here it was maid that the floods in the Middle West had not stopped the operation of thelr Chicago-New York service, though Train No. 2, due hero from Chicago at half paat nine, was three hours and a half litte, and the Hroadway Limited was four and a half houts wrecked bridges had 1 Wayne and South Be After-Easter Presentation of Elaborate Suit Models To-Morrow, Thursday We present to-morrow the most remarkable exhibit and sale of high class Spring models in Suits the season has yet produced. 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Wheeling and towns of the entire Onio River Valley are preparing for streams began pouring into the Ohio early to-day, In the course of a few hours the river had risen within two feet of the danger mark. —~— TENNESSEE PEOPLE Emery, Weather Bureau, to-day. “I cannot say just what the stage fe going to be," he continued. “It will a big river, and I believe the flood stage will be reached at Memphis Thursday morning, if not before. 517% magnificence at a rian Models with many dis- Mail Orders Promptly Filled. G 500 Domestic _Axminster Rugs Of Standard Grade, in designs and colors adapted to allrequirements, at the following very special prices : hours behind its schedule 4.6x 7.6 Regularly $9.00. . Now 7.25 ‘Tho Southwestern service was sus- pended west of Dennison, O, Whethe 6x 9 Regularly $15.00........ Now 12.50 persons in the flooded district had any 18. 75 means of getting to Chicago the officials ee means of getting to Chicago t 8.3x10.6 Regularly $22.00. 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