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A total of 62 homes had been destroyed, and 58 had actually been moved from their foundations, but were considered salvageable.
Schools were closed, and the Post office was temporarily moved to Greendale.
It was months before all the destroyed railroad bridges and tracks between Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati could be repaired, and a special schedule of riverboat transportation between the two cities was set up. Westbound passengers could then board trains at Lawrenceburg for the remainder of their journeys.
Forty people were given shelter in the A.D. Cook home in Greendale and an additional twenty at the home of Frederick Cook.
The James Ewbank family had fled to the home of Mrs. Mae Curtis Ewbank on Ebenezer Ridge, and there their first son, William Curtis Ewbank was born.
(Army Lt. W.C. Ewbank was assigned to an Air Force base in England during War II, but requested battle duty in 1944. In July, he was killed by sniper fire in France. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.)
Mayor Axby had appointed a group of prominent businessmen to serve as a Relief Committee and coordinate efforts to help those who were in need.
Victor O’Shaugnessy, president of the Rossville Distillery, served as chairman, assisted by W.H. O’Brien, Auditor
of the state of Indiana and president of People’s National Bank; A.D. Cook, owner of the Cook pump works; J.M. Bauer, P.C. Braun, cashier of Peoples’ National Bank; George H. Lewis, manager of the Lawrenceburg Roller Mills;
Professor James Riddle, superintendent of schools; H.S. Miller, Archibald Shaw, Postmaster Ezra P. Hayes, Victor Oberting, and Jacob Spanagel.
The Committee later reported that it had repaired 175 houses, purchased 15 homes and built three new ones to replace those totally destroyed.
More than 300 families had been provided with furniture, bedding and stoves.
The American Red Cross had donated more than $23,000, and a like amount had come from individuals and organizations.
Donations had been received from all over the United States.
The lengthy listing of donors included schools, businesses, banks, churches and individuals.
Some of the names on the list were those of former residents who had moved away, donations ranged from as small as one dollar, to $500.
The State of Indiana sent $5,000. Every penny was accounted for.
The dollar cost of damages to homes, businesses and manufacturing interested was estimated at $500,000.
City Council immediately began strengthening the levee by facing parts of it with concrete, and by early 1914 they had reached agreements with railroads to replace easily washed away fill with clay, at no cost to the city.
Top: View from courthouse roof, looking northwest. Above right: Boating above East High Street. Right: High Street looking west.