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"ROCK OF AGES"—A Message of Spiritual Consolation VICTIMS OF THE STORM’S VIOLENCE CHAPTER I—DISASTER ON DISASTER CHAPTER II—A NATIONAL CALAMITY First Reports of Disaster Exaggerated by Fear and Horror— What Really Happened—Causes of the Flood—Overflow of Rivers Followed Long Continued Rain. CHAPTER III—A NIGHT OF TERROR Hours of Suffering for Marooned Victims—Dayton Isolated for a Day—Governor Cox Appeals for Aid—Work of Rescue Begins. CHAPTER IV—EXTENT OF THE DISASTER Statement by Governor Cox—Dayton’s Plight Unparalleled— Many Women and Children in Peril—First Measures of Relief. CHAPTER V—AS THE WATERS SUBSIDED Fourth Day of the Flood—Waters Recede and Rescuers are Busy—Martial Law Enforced and the Situation Surveyed. CHAPTER VI—BRIEF DIARY OF THE FLOOD An Account of Flood Conditions in General, Told Day by Day. CHAPTER VII—STORIES OF EYEWITNESSES Exciting Experiences of Many Who Traversed the Flooded Territory During the Deluge. CHAPTER VIII —WHAT A CORRESPONDENT SAW A Concise and Interesting Story by One of the First Visitors to Dayton After the Flood. CHAPTER IX—INCIDENTS OF THE FLOOD Tales of Pathos and of Horror That Will Be Long Remembered in the Flooded Districts. CHAPTER X—THE FLOOD AT COLUMBUS CHAPTER XI—THE FLOOD AT PIQUA CHAPTER XII—THE FLOOD AT TIFFIN CHAPTER XIII—INDIANAPOLIS FLOODED CHAPTER XIV—THE FLOOD AT PERU CHAPTER XV—OTHER CITIES FLOODED Details of the Deluge In Many Towns In Ohio, Indiana and Elsewhere. CHAPTER XVI—MEASURES OF RELIEF Steps Taken by Uncle Sam and the American People Generally to Aid the Homeless Sufferers. CHAPTER XVII—RECENT AMERICAN FLOODS Also Great Floods in History. CHAPTER XVIII — WHAT TO DO AFTER A FLOOD Timely Advice for Stricken Cities and Towns by Dr. W. A. Evans, former Health Officer of the City of Chicago. CHAPTER XIX—COMMENTS OF THE PRESS CHAPTER XX—LESSONS OF THE FLOOD CHAPTER XXI—THE OMAHA TORNADO Graphic Description of the Destructive Storm that Devastated the Nebraska City on Easter Sunday. CHAPTER XXII—IN THE STORM’S PATH CHAPTER XXIII— WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAW CHAPTER XXIV—THE WORK OF RELIEF CHAPTER XXV—HOW THE STORM STARTED CHAPTER XXVI—THE DEAD IN OMAHA CHAPTER XXVII—INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO CHAPTER XXVIII—THE PULPIT ON DISASTERS All Name INDEX Preface Back Back to Legacy © 2001, Lynn Waterman |