The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado

A journalistic chronicle of a catastrophic regional disaster in March 1913, recounting widespread tornadoes, floods, fires and blizzards that devastated towns across Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and neighboring states; it documents destruction in cities such as Dayton, Omaha, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, the human toll and heroic rescues, the spread of fire and disease, the disruption of transport and communications, communal relief efforts and national sympathy, illustrated with photographs, historical comparisons to prior floods, and concluding with lessons and precautionary measures for future calamities.