This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACI/1643 Message Board Post: OHIO FLOOD TOLL OVER 500 LIVES While 100,00 People are Homeless and in Need of Assistance Columbus, O., April 12.--- The Ohio floods cost nearly 500 lives, caused incalculable property loss and rendered approximately 1000,000 homeless. From reports of field agents who have been making surveys in the various stricken communities of the state, the officials of the American Red Cross on duty at Columbus have prepared a summary of the havoc of the floods in this state showing the number of lives lost and the number rendered homeless and destitute in the cities and towns hit by the high waters. Columbus and Dayton were the greatest sufferers. Some 30,000 were made homeless in Columbus and some 22,5000 in Dayton. The Columbus dead is 89, while Dayton is put down as losing 150 persons. The estimates for the Gem City includes many reported missing. Next to Columbus and Dayton the loss of life was heaviest in these cities: Hamilton, 72 dead; Piqua, 45; Tiffin, 30; Chillicothe, 17; Delaware, 18 dead, 21 missing; Middletown 8; Franklin, 7; Troy, 6; Coschocton, 3; Miamisburg, Portsmouth, and Zanesville 2 each. The summary is herewith given: BELPRE---15 houses destroyed, 30 families homeless. ATHALIA---10 homes destroyed. BEVERLY---15 or 20 houses damaged CHESAPEAKE---200 persons destitute. CHILLICOTHE---17 dead, 500 homeless, 200 houses destroyed. COLUMBUS---89 lives lost, 4474 families containing 20,000 homeless, 245 houses destroyed. DAYTON---150 dead; 22,500 homeless. DEFIANCE---400 homeless, 265 houses damaged. DELAWARE---18 dead, 21 missing, 115 families homeless; totaling 882 persons EAGLESPORT---20 houses destroyed. 135 people affected. FRANKLIN---7 dead, 75 homeless. FREMONT---1 dead, 50 houses destroyed; 1000 people need aid in rehabilitation. HAMILTON---72 dead, 2500 houses destroyed or wrecked; 1000 families need continuous help: 12500 need aid in rehabilitation. HANGING ROCK---Was under water. IRONTON---5600 families homeless. LARUE---62 houses damaged, 30 families stripped of everything. LOWELL---20 houses destroyed. MALTA---200 families homeless. MANCHESTER---380 families homeless. McCONNELSVILLE---250 families homeless. MARIETTA---115 houses destroyed, 500 families homeless. MIAMISBURG---2 dead, 2000 homeless. MIDDLETOWN---8 dead, 150 homeless; 1000 need aid. MIDDLEPORT---15000 homeless. OAKWOOD---150 families homeless. OTTAWA---12 families homeless; 25 families need help. PIQUA---45 dead, 1100 homeless; 14000 need help in rehabilitation. POMEROY---75 families homeless PORTSMOUTH---2 dead; 3500 homeless. PROCTORVILLE---100 houses damaged. SIDNEY---25 families homeless. PROSPECT---60 families homeless. TIFFIN---39 dead, 46 houses destroyed, 600 families homeless; 2000 need help in getting rehabilitated. TROY---6 dead, 3 or 4 missing, 1000 homeless ZANESVILLE---2 dead, 450 houses destroyed, 8131 homeless; 1329, will need help in rehabilitation. WARREN---150 families affected; 4 or 5 houses destroyed. COSHOCTON---3 dead, 15 houses destroyed; 35 families homeless. The Newark Weekly Advocats (Newark, Ohio) - Thursday, April 17, 1913 - pg. 6 col. 1 Transcribed on October 28, 2003 By: Debbie (Noland) Nitsche ([email protected]) for historical and genealogy purposes only. To see photos of the 1913 Flood Damage in Washington County, Ohio, visit my photo website at: http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html