Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-04

breath he could not suppress smile
the appearance of man who escaped
from the flood near the same place by
selling hold of the limbs of a large tree
on the bank. Fleshy though he was, this
man went up that tree like squirrel, and
did not stop till he was at least thirty feet
above the water.
Mr.. Dunning describes as the most APP
palllng incident of the memorable ride the
heartrending screams and groans of wom-
EN- and children in houses that were swept
down with him and seemed to be beneath
him. He says they will ring in his ears
till the latest day of his life
OTHER INCIDENTS.
Among the many thrilling incidents
given IN the newspaper accounts of this
fearful occasion are the following:
All along the course of the flood there
were narrow escapes and thrilling Incl
dents. Mr.. III. III. Tilton, of Williams
burg, was carrying his aged mother,
Widow Sarah II. Snow, to place of
safety, when the unrelenting waters
seized them; she was carried away, while
he grasped tree, about fifteen feet high,
standing on bank, and was saved,
though the waters reached and swayed
him.
A young French child was found safe
asleep in bed in wrecked house, in at
tempting to escape from which the re-
mainder of the family persisted,
A COW tloated down from Williamsburg
to Florence, and escaped with only
broken horn.
A sad and affecting case was that of
three French children, none Of them over
nine years old, who sat among the living
and dead in Mr.. Warmers house at Leeds,
and told questioners that they had lost
three sisters, "A brother and their mother,
but their father was safe and attending to
some of the dead people. But many who
listened to them knew that the father, as
well rs the brother and sisters, was among
the dead, yet none had the heart to break
the terrible news to the children.
One lucky little boy got safe ride
down the stream in small house. The
dwelling was picked up by the flood
somewhere between Leeds and Florence,
and went over the dam right side up, land
ing some distance below on the flats
There somebody spied this novel convey
ance, and took the boy out safe and
sound.
Mr.. Atkinson, "boss" weaver i'm
James wooden mill, received warning and
ran Immediately to his house. He was
last seen alive by his family passing hur-
riedly by an upper window. His little
boy had seen the water coming while Mt
play, and had warned his mother in time
for her escape to neighboring hill. From
this hill they had seen the husband and
father run to the house at full speed, and
had tried to attract his attention by their
cries and motions, but in vain. The poor
man had evidently been disappointed at
not finding his family down stairs and
was making search for them through
the upper rooms when they saw him pass
the window While they looked the
house was broken in two and carried
away. He never appeared Mt the surface.
His body was found, shockingly bruised
and mangled, a few rods below.
A correspondent of the New York
Graphic says: "Cats were found safe
and sound in the upper stories of several
of the houses, where they had safely out
ridden the flood. DR.. Dennison reported
in Northampton that Solomon Phelps, of
Florence, had found on Sunday wooden
cradle floating round and round in an
eddy below Florence. On drawing it
ashore and looking at ii he found II baby
sleeping and unhurt, though marks of
crying on its face told Of the terrors Of its
perilous voyage. The story seems incred-
ible, and when repeated by Marsh tho
stationer, was regarded by all the by
ISLANDERS as a hoax but when the author
ity mentioned above was quoted general
silence attested their conviction that it
must be true. When Dr. Denniscn
learned Of the case the child had not yet
been recognized"