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Title	Fremont Flood Historical Souvenir
Subject	Climate and Weather Floods Rescues
Place	Fremont (Ohio) Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description	This souvenir of the 1913 flood contains photographs, personal narratives, and firsthand descriptions of the rescue efforts in Fremont, Ohio. The flooding of 1913 caused severe damage throughout the Ohio Valley. In Fremont, after 7.2 inches of rain fell in four days, 550 homes were flooded and 50 were completely destroyed. Three people died in the flood, one of them after rescuing hundreds of other people. The booklet is 48 pages long and measures 7.5" x 11" (20 x 28 cm). The city police and fire departments monitored river conditions, warned residents to evacuate the area, and rescued people from homes and businesses. Help came from the local Company K, 6th O.V.I. of the Ohio National Guard, and after several days, further assistance was requested and received from Battery B of Toledo and from Cleveland's Troop A. Chambers of commerce in several Ohio cities and even Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sent aid. The New York Central Railroad assisted with communications after long distance telephones went out. Fremont also received relief from the state of Ohio and the Red Cross. Churches and other organizations, such as the Elks, provided food and shelter. School rooms became temporary shelter for the sick when the hospital reached capacity.
Creator	Finch Studio
Date of Original	March, 1913
Source	Published material F499 F9F48
Submitting Institution	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Type	Text

Title	Om1786_1982567_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1786_1982567_001.tif
Image Height	6402
Image Width	4535
File Size	8557.079 KB
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