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FLOODS IN DAYTON PRIOR TO 1913

 

Curwen, M. E. O’Dell’s Dayton Directory and Business Advertiser.  Dayton, OH. 1850

Van Cleve, John.  Settlement and Progress of Dayton.  Dayton, OH. 1833.

 

 THE WARNING

 

Alvord, John W. Report to National Cash Register Company, Dayton, OH, on protection from floods of the Great Miami River. Chicago, IL.  1905

 

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER

 

Unknown writer.  Untitled notes.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. Dayton, OH. 

 

IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING TO SEE

 

Bell Telephone News. Chicago Telephone Co. Vol. 2, no. 10,  May 1913

Boston Herald.  Boston, MA.  April 20, 1913 

Chambersburg Pennsylvania Record.  Chambersburg, PA. May 9, 1913

Detroit Journal.  Detroit, MI.  March 29, 1913

Drinker, Frederick E.  Horrors of tornado, flood and fire. The Minter Co., Harrisburg, PA.  1913

Everett, Marshall.  Tragic story of America’s greatest disaster.  J. S. Ziegler Company, Chicago, IL. 1913

Funk, Nellis R.  A Pictorial History of the Great Dayton Flood.  1913

Morgan, Arthur E.  Miami Valley and the 1913 flood. Miami Conservancy District,  Dayton, OH. 1917

McClure Magazine.  July Issue.  1913

Muncie Morning Star, The.  Muncie, IN.  April 1, 1913

New York Herald.  New York, NY.  March 31, 1913

New York Times, The.  New York, NY.  March 28, 1913

Register & Leader.  Des Moines, IA.  April 5, 1913

Rochester Herald, The.  Rochester, NY.  May 11, 1913

Staudt, Clemens Leo.  Observations and experiences during the Dayton, Ohio Flood of 1913.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

 

EVERYONE IS PRAYING

 

Auschutz, Mary.  Unpublished letters.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Brown, Katherine Kennedy.  Unpublished diary. Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Drinker, Frederick E.  Horrors of tornado, flood and fire. The Minter Co., Harrisburg, PA.  1913

Russell, Thomas H.  Story of  the great flood and cyclone disasters.  Robert O. Law Co., Chicago, IL.  1913

Unnamed reporter.  Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society.  n.d.

 

I AM POSITIVE THEY ARE DEAD

 

Aring, Fred F.  Unpublished diary.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Grimes, Emma.  Unpublished letters.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Kilpatrick, Lillie H.  Untitled written account.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Long, Allan.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Morgan, Arthur E.  Miami Valley and the 1913 flood. Miami Conservancy District,  Dayton, OH. 1917

 

I WADED IN WATER UP TO MY NECK

Beirlein, Franklin.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Bennett, E. C.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Morrison, W. G.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Toht, Magalena.  Untitled written account.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

 

WE FEARED SHE WOULD DIE

 

Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH.  April 19, 1913. 

Drinker, Frederick E.  Horrors of tornado, flood and fire. The Minter Co., Harrisburg, PA.  1913

Everett, Marshall.  Tragic story of America’s greatest disaster.  J. S. Ziegler Co., Chicago, IL. 1913

Herald.  SC.  March 30, 1913

 

MR. PATTERSON, LONG MAY YOU LIVE

 

Daily Local News. West Chester, PA.  March 11, 1913

Hedderich, Grace D.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Hoskins, Theodosia.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Humbert, Herbert S.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Large, Charles H.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Lebenshuger, L. M. Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Liscomb, George E.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

 Logan, James B.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

New York Times.  NY.  March 27, 1913

Swinner, Fred.  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Times Star.  City unknown.  March 27, 1913

Toledo Blade.  Toledo, OH.  May 3, 1913

 

DAYTON IS A MASS OF RUINS

 

Aring, Fred F.  Unpublished diary.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Chicago Journal. Chicago, IL.  March 29, 1913

The Outlook.  n.d.

Fletcher, Daisy W. Unpublished letters. Flood ephemera collection of the Dayton-Montgomery County Public Library. 

Grimes, Emma.  Unpublished letters.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Leah (last name unknown).  Unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

New York Evening Post.  New York, NY.  May 30, 1913

Staudt, Clemens Leo.  Observations and experiences during the Dayton, Ohio Flood of 1913.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society.

Wright, Orville.  Copy of unpublished letter.  Flood ephemera collection of the NCR Archive at the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

 

REPORT OF GENERAL GEORGE W. WOOD

 

Wood, George W. (General).  Annual report to Commander-in-Chief, Governor of Ohio. 1914

 

PROMISES MADE IN THE ATTIC


Smith, George B.  Unpublished speech.  Flood ephemera collection of the Montgomery County Historical Society.  n.d.

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