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HEAVY LOSSES AT DAYTON. 



Flood Reports Still Incomplete. 



A member of the Eeeser Plant Co., 

 of Springfield, 0., representing the 

 wholesalers of that city, went to Day- 

 ton April 2 to offer whatever aid was 

 necessary to flood sufferers in the trade. 

 He found that Warren G. Matthews was 

 the largest loser, his greenhouses, with 

 20,000 feet of glass, being entirely 

 washed away. The two downtown stores 

 of Mr. Matthews were ruined and his 

 home was flooded above the second 

 floor. It was thought at first that he 

 would not be able to stand the physical 

 strain, but he is recovering and will 

 get well. His family was saved. Mr. 

 Matthews' property loss is estimated at 

 $35,000. 



The stores of the Heiss Co., M, & L. 

 Johnson, J. F. Young, the Advance 

 Floral Co. in the Arcade and a store in 

 the Arcade conducted by Greeks were 

 ■entirely ruined, and the losses will 

 range from $1,000 to $5,000. 



The Miami Floral Co. had a narrow 

 escape. Its boiler pits were flooded and 

 its fires were extinguished, but the flood 

 found a new channel before getting in 

 any destructive work there and the 

 plant was saved. It is now in opera- 

 tion. 



W. H. Hitter's greenhouses were 

 hooded by backwater. The damage, 

 while heavy, will be repaired soon. 



The greenhouses of Horlacher, John 

 Boehner, Schmidt & Son, the Heiss Co., 

 the Advance Co., S. H. Bitter and J. H. 

 Broxey escaped entirely. 



Under date of April 5, the Dayton 

 correspondent of The Eeview wrote 

 that, owing to the crippled condition of 

 the telegraph and telephone systems 

 and the wrecked state of bridges and 

 tracks, it was impossible then to add 

 further to the details of the flood that 

 have been published in The Eeview. 



Heavy Losses at Hamilton. 



John Lodder & Sons, at Hamilton, O., 



Flood's Highest Point. 



(Reached March 29 at Pnrkerebursr, W. Va., 

 showlDK Dudley & Son's store submerged.) 



Wm, H. Duckham. • 



(member Local aorernln? Oommttteeand Manager Competltlre Section, National Flower Show.) 



with nearly 150,000 feet of glass, lost 

 practically everything, being located 

 near the river, which more than covered 

 the ridge of their greenhouses. Float- 

 ing houses, sheds and wreckage crashed 

 into the glass and there is little remain- 

 ing of their plant. 



Theo. Bock stayed by his greenhouses 

 while the water was rising. Besting on 

 an improvised bed on his potting bench, 

 he watched the water go to within six 

 inches of the top of the bench. The 

 stock of all of his houses but one was 

 covered with water and mud, that one 

 escaping by only a few inches. Mr. 

 Bock writes that his plant is just get- 

 ting dried out, and he makes no esti- 

 mate of his loss. 



The store of W. J. Grey, Jr., was 

 completely wrecked. 



Henry Hesse was above the flood 

 line, but the bridge over which he must 

 cross to reach his market went down, 

 cutting him off for some time. 



Jacob Eaquet's range was not 

 touched and that of Karl W. Heiser es- 

 caped, although his peony field was 

 covered. 



Devastation in Indiana. 



The Eiverside Floral Co., at Muncie, 

 Ind., was flooded, but the damage was 

 confined to the rose houses, where the 

 plants were badly mildewed and prac- 

 tically ruined. The temperature fell to 

 38 degrees in the rose houses and 36 in 

 the carnation houses. The mushroom 

 beds were under twenty-two inches of 

 water, but they are still producing good 

 cuts. 



The Muncie Floral Co. was caught 

 hard, being in direct line of the levee- 



break and the range being covered, but 

 the stock does not appear to have suf- 

 fered to a great extent. 



Simon Humf eld's shrubs and trees 

 were washed out, his range at Muncie 

 being covered by four feet of water, 

 and his residence was damaged. 



The greenhouses, dwelling, barn and 

 hotbeds of Martin Weber, at Brook- 

 ville, Ind., were completely wiped out. 

 The family was rescued from the roof 

 of the dwelling after severe experiences. 

 Not a thing was left. 



Samuel J. McMichael, of Findlay, O., 

 lost about everything he owned, his 

 household goods as well as his stock 

 being ruined. Mr. McMichael 's loss fol- 

 lows a recent illness, which confined him 

 to his bed for five weeks. 



Growers Have Narrow Escapes. 



Although the tornado and flood losses, 

 in Terre Haute, Ind., were enormous, 

 the only loss to the trade reported was 

 two boxes of glass at the new plant of 

 Heinl & Weber. 



John Adgate & Son, of Warren, 0., 

 were affected by the flood, and they 

 were the only ones in the trade who 

 suffered loss in the vicinity of Youngs- 

 town, where all of the growers are 

 located on high land. 



W. C. Scovell, of Malta, O., reports a 

 loss of about $700 in plants. His green- 

 houses were flooded for two days. 



Fischer & Scheick and John Murchie, 

 of Sharon, Pa., sustained losses of about 

 $500 each, the damage being confined 

 to cut flowers and plants in their stores, 

 which were covered with five feet of 

 water. 



