DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) – The 112th anniversary of the greatest natural disaster in Ohio’s history will be Thursday, March 26.
The Great Dayton Flood caused over 360 deaths, displaced 65,000 people and left a trail of a devastating $100 million (approximately $2.3 billion today) in damage. Over 1,400 horses and 2,000 domestic animals died in the flood.
It took over a year to rebuild and over a decade for Dayton to recover economically from the flood…