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Martial law established at Dayton as a precaution against looting

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Description

Martial law established at Dayton as a precaution against looting. As seen in: Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, andTornado by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher.These floods caused 527 deaths, the U.S. record for the 20th Century.

Photographer

Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas

Display Date

1913, Late March

Location

Ohio, Dayton

Collection

Weather Service

Meteorological Monsters

Floods

NOAA Affiliation

NOS

Keywords

Monsters

Floods