CONTENTS
Title Page & Poem: The Unleashed Gods
CHAPTER I
THE GREATEST CATACLYSM IN AMERICAN HISTORY 11
CHAPTER II
THE DEATH-BEARING FLOOD AT DAYTON 23
CHAPTER III
DAYTON’S MENACE OF FIRE AND FAMINE 36
CHAPTER IV
DAYTON IN THE THROES OF DISTRESS 55
CHAPTER V
THE RECUPERATION OF DAYTON 74
CHAPTER VI
DAYTON: “THE CITY OF A THOUSAND FACTORIES” 104
CHAPTER VII
THE DEVASTATION OF COLUMBUS 110
CHAPTER VIII
COLUMBUS: THE BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL OF OHIO 138
CHAPTER IX
CINCINNATI: A NEW CENTER OF PERIL 142
CHAPTER X
THE FLOOD IN WESTERN OHIO 152
CHAPTER XI
THE FLOOD IN NORTHERN OHIO 163
CHAPTER XII
THE FLOOD IN EASTERN OHIO 169
CHAPTER XIII
THE FLOOD IN EASTERN INDIANA 179
CHAPTER XIV
THE DESOLATION OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THE VALLEY OF THE WHITE RIVER 184
CHAPTER XV
THE ROARING TORRENT OF THE WABASH 191
CHAPTER XVI
THE PLIGHT OF PERU: A STRICKEN CITY 197
CHAPTER XVII
THE DEATH-DEALING TORNADO AT OMAHA 204
CHAPTER XVIII
STRUGGLES OF STRICKEN OMAHA 212
CHAPTER XIX
OMAHA: “THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST” 217
CHAPTER XX
OTHER DAMAGE FROM THE NEBRASKA TORNADO 220
CHAPTER XXI
THE TORNADO IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS 225
CHAPTER XXII
THE TORNADO IN KANSAS AND ARKANSAS 228
CHAPTER XXIII
THE TORNADO IN INDIANA 231
CHAPTER XXIV
THE TORNADO IN PENNSYLVANIA 239
CHAPTER XXV
THE FREAK TORNADO IN ALABAMA 243
CHAPTER XXVI
THE FLOOD IN NEW YORK 246
CHAPTER XXVII
THE FLOOD IN PENNSYLVANIA 254
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE FLOOD IN THE OHIO VALLEY 263
CHAPTER XXIX
THE FLOOD IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 270
CHAPTER XXX
DAMAGE TO TRANSPORTATION, MAIL AND TELEGRAPH FACILITIES 277
CHAPTER XXXI
THE WORK OF RELIEF 285
CHAPTER XXXII
PREVIOUS GREAT FLOODS AND TORNADOES 294
CHAPTER XXXIIILESSONS OF THE CATACLYSM AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES 308
