– September 30, 1911 Heavy rains filling the Bayless reservoir cracked the concrete dam, sending an estimated 450,000,000 gallons downstream, and destroying most of the boroughs of Austin and Costello. A total of 78 people from Austin and 2 from Costello died during the inundation. Great Flood – March 1913 Significant flooding occurred between March 23 and 26 after major rivers in the central and eastern United States flooded from runoff and several days of record-breaking rain. In Ohio nearly of rain during a series of three winter storms led to this flood event, which affected southwest, central, and eastern Ohio, especially cities and towns along the Great Miami River and Olentangy River valleys. It remains Ohio's "largest weather disaster" and Indiana's worst flood on record. Fires and tornadoes also wrought destruction. Storm-related flooding affected more than a dozen states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. Dayton area Dayton was totally devastated, being inundated for three days in late March 1913. The floods ended operations on the Ohio and Erie Canal, as they destroyed most of the locks and many miles of embankments. The death toll from this flood was 361, with total damages of US$100 million. Columbus area On the Olentangy River, this flood broke the previous record for river stage by over . In the city of Delaware, 50–75 persons died after a break in the levee allowed a wall of water to sweep through downtown. Five of the city's bridges washed away. The state capital, Columbus, suffered its worst ever flooding from the Olentangy and Scioto rivers. The Franklinton area on the west side was inundated after a levee broke on March 25. Four thousand houses were damaged or destroyed, between 90 and 100 lives were lost, and three of four Scioto River bridges downtown were destroyed (only the Rich Street bridge survived – Town, State and Broad street bridges were destroyed). The owner of The Columbus Dispatch, Robert F. Wolfe, chartered interurban trains to Buckeye Lake some east of Columbus to retrieve boats to rescue survivors. Flooding also occurred along Alum Creek on the city's east side. Southern Ohio In Chillicothe, Scioto River flooding carved out a deep channel on Hickory Street. 18 lost their lives in the city. The Ohio River reached a level of near