The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-08

! IL, usre clinping to the branches OF
. ou''e anS that houses, bridges aud cattle,
Nos beIus swept away by the resistless tor
,oat Byl2 o'clock every man in town was
ant in some direction. Boats were swept
away. and ropes were the only means OF as
| sistauce left. -,
TIL. news startled our citizens, and they
spread in every direction to render assist.
ance. Superintendent Marshall, who had
run up the road rs far rs Chapman's creek
| in the interests Of the railroad, brought the
sad lews of the destruction OF lie ana prop |
erty IN that locality. Ga account OF the |
le,rness of the hour We can give but par |
tisl dptsis No person can describe mo
suffering Of some Of THESE poor moTta''' 90
We could only gather the incidents from
small portion of the country, and there ~
no telling what has happened up the ks
publican, Smoky Hill and Saline On
; Chspmau's creek the following persons are
lost, having been swept away with houses
e and property .,.
James Kelly and wife; Kat Quirh ana
{ her little brother Willie, and MoIIe Aarti'
Il gan. a child four years old, al from the
8 family Of Mr. HartigaD. Mr.. aud Mrs;
40 Hartigan were saved MIS-. Cooke and
- daug6ter--a Young lady, and =, W. CoweI'
hs ona of the Oldest and most prominent ctr
a, zeps of this county, who was stopping at
n. Mrs. Cookies, are reported carried away by
,ba Aood At about o'clock in the even
- mo The reporl came that Mira. Pickett living
re about twelve miles from ChaPmans creek
is orossino with her two children, had been
&C. drowned. -.
ia The most appalling Of all was the case Of
Nc Rrimbaugh and family, consisting o.
100 beraelf and four children--a girl Of II, two
'ss bows of and Il respectively, and an inian,
re- abont six months old They were carried
,;r awav house and all, and were all clngnl
IN norton of the building, which served
III AZ n raft. When they reached the crossinI
n the raft parted, one part carrying MIS-
of Rr;mbauph infant and eldest daughter; tn
ii. other carving the two boys. Their raj
:. stuck fast in some tree tops, within few
Pr Gee, from the shore A raft was then hast
'ut " constructed by the citizens, and Mrs
20. Brimbaugh and little son were saved. Nj
nm. samuel Bostlck made q desperate effort
save Miss Jennie Brimbaugh, who with tt
nP lad and infant mad been on the other raj
me- lint in doing 40 lost the girl aud boy. Il
,rty saved the infant by taking his shirt and I
isa. ING il to the limb of tree, Swimmin
ho ashore alone. The current was so RAPID
=, this point that it was by the most superb
"e man efforts he succeeded in reaching u
3 at shore. Tied to the tree the poor little !
n to fan, remained for five hours, screaming i
wav dear life when Mr. Bostick again determl
:: ed to rescue it, and, assisted by some CT
10 10 zens on shore, who held a rope which
ould carried. plunged in again. lle made t
8 he ATTEMPTS. and finally reached tho little s
He frrer. lie then tied him to HI. back
,,so means Of rope md swam ashore
'o7' rand WAS the current at this point, til
him Notwithstanding the aid Of those ashore "
udes held the rope attached TO Mr. I'ostick,
with was carried down stream a distance Of o
20. of one hundred feet, nearly to the rapids
lust above this point was Mr.. Eisermf
Hnu who, in attempting to save Mira Bnm bhuL
mes had little skitr capsized, and he 7av
IT, himself by being carried by the current t
4 tree, where he made fast.
Near by was Mr. Horner who was c@i
u W cd from the mill, chnFng to tree. i,
mau- these parties remained in this per''o"" Q,
,s on a,iouIwith but the branch OF a tree
3 tho tween them and eternity-trom an ca
?. Lr~r in the morning until O'Clock IN
afternoon, when nu.ber OF c'ul'us ir
laker Junction with boat aud Messrs, >. > t
spect we'll and John Mead made the penious
elves dertaking and saved both parties III
..,a. gentlemen also took their skill to the no
Of Mr. Michael Hogan, who, with his IA
nH'"' ", were in the Parret, the water hay
cuon, reached TO within eighteen inches OF,
', and roof, aud brought them safely to shore,