March 25, 1913: Days' worth of heavy rain brings terrible flooding to the Northeastern United States. It is believed that about 650 people were killed between March 23 and 26. It ranks 2nd to the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania in 1889 as the deadliest flood in American history.
Particularly hard-hit are communities along the Ohio River in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. About 470 deaths are attributed to Ohio, and another 200 to Indiana. Hit hardest of all is Dayton, Ohio, where the Miami River flows toward the Ohio River. About 360 people are said to have died there, alone.
The existing levees failed, and downtown Dayton was flooded up to 20 feet deep. This flood is still the flood of record for the Great Miami River watershed. The volume of water that passed through the river channel during this storm equaled the monthly flow over Niagara Falls.
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March 25, 1913 was a Tuesday. Baseball was in Spring Training. Football was out of season. Professional basketball barely existed. The Stanley Cup Finals were in progress, but this was an off-day. The Quebec Bulldogs would repeat as Cup winners, beating the Victoria Senators of Victoria, British Columbia. No Quebec City team has won the Cup since.
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