Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 21—Here are 14 things to know about the Great Dayton Flood, which happened 110 years ago this month: Disaster of epic ...

Books, destroyed in 1913 flood waters, were shoveled out of the Dayton Library. DAYTON METRO LIBRARY »»RELATED: The Great Dayton Flood of 1913: 15 things to know about broken levees, rescue boats and ...

This week Dayton will observe the centennial of the Great Flood of 1913. It was a terrible weeklong disaster that occurred just after Easter. Downpours fell for five days and the rivers that converge ...

“Drenched Uniforms and Battered Badges — How Dayton Police Emerged from the 1913 Flood” by Stephen C. Grismer (Dayton Police History Foundation, 113 pages, $19.95) One century ago the Dayton area was ...

Twenty feet of water. That’s what people in parts of Dayton faced during the 1913 flood. WHIO Stormcenter 7 Chief Meteorologist Jamie Simpson said, “Statistically, (it) is considered a thousand year ...

DAYTON — The Miami Valley Conservancy is an engineering marvel that is in our backyard. It’s been protecting our region from flooding for more than 100 years. The Great Flood of 1913 caused ...

What: The next 1913 Flood commemoration event will be the lecture "Hamilton in Crisis: Who Came to City's Rescue after March 1913 Flood?" with Hamilton Historian Jim Blount. When: 2 p.m. March 12 ...

Previous 1913 flood coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – As the 113th anniversary of the Great Dayton Flood, the greatest natural disaster in Ohio’s history, begins this Saturday and will end on ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Miami Conservancy District (MDC) will host an exclusive free look at its century-old headquarters in downtown Dayton soon. The MDC was formed after the historic Great Flood ...