 The flood engulfed the neighborhood of Franklinton with 7-17 feet of water.Police officers in horse-drawn carriages traveled the flooded streets, warning residents to head to the higher ground of the adjacent Hilltop neighborhood.While recording the devastation of the flooding, Robert F. Wolfe, publisher of "The Columbus Evening Dispatch", chartered an interurban train from Columbus to Buckeye Lake and took nine motorboats and 20 rowboats with him to the river's edge.