From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters"  Ed. by Thomas H.
Russell; 1913
Chapter IX
pg 139-40

        C.H. Pfeffer, treasurer, and C.D. Gutlip, division superintendent of
a Detroit automobile company, who hurried as best they could through the
flooded districts from the Michigan metropolis to Dayton to rescue Pfeffer's
sister, found her Friday.  She and another woman, both with babies in arms,
were discovered on the roof of the former's home in riverdale, their feet
resting on the eaves-trough.
        There was seven feet of water in Riverdale, Mr. Pfeffer said, and
300 or 400 persons were marooned in second stories.  He offered to take a
boat load from one house, but as as there was not room for every one none
would leave their perches.