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March 26, 1913

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, March 26, 1913 

* The great Dayton flood 
* Great Miami River
* Ohio River Valley 

This 18 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "OHIO FLOOD BURIES DAYTON" "CITY UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER" "HUNDREDS REPORTED DROWNED IN DELUGE" and more. (see)

Other news of the day. Light browning, otherwise good.

wikipedia notes: The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miami River, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. In response, Ohio passed the Vonderheide Act to allow the Ohio state government to form the Miami Conservancy District, one of the first major flood control districts in Ohio and the United States.This also inflicted a domino series of events, resulting in a further disruption. The flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March 1913. Within three days, 8-11 inches of rain fell throughout the Great Miami River watershed on frozen ground, resulting in more than 90% runoff that caused the river and its tributaries to overflow. The existing series of levees failed, and downtown Dayton experienced flooding up to 20 feet (6.1 m) deep. This flood is still the flood of record for the Great Miami River watershed, and the amount of water that passed through the river channel during this storm equals the flow over Niagara Falls each month.

The Miami River watershed covers nearly 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) and 115 miles (185 km) of channel that feeds into the Ohio River.  Other cities across Ohio experienced flooding from these storms, but not as extensive as the cities of Dayton, Piqua, Troy, and Hamilton along the Great Miami River.

Category: The 20th Century