Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-04-15

THE FLOOD At ST. HELENA.
$50" the Missouri Broke up in That I.o

"" 'he missouri Broke uu in That Joc,,.
ity.
CEDAR County Nonpariel, March 90
On Sunday evening between tho bours
OF OF seven and eight, the heavy ice in a tha
MISSOURI broke up and in few m;nntas in toe
tho banks were overfiowed. cover;nn ,I y Il
Ine bottom lands ut Green Island ond vi
Dakota with several feet of wafer ond ,'
heavy cakes of ice. People ware oan, @
PEELED to move into the unnor % stor;o oon.r &c
,n 1nelr houses to keep ont Of tho .ysoto, ~.
Inc river run from that time nnti, No,
any evening about eight O'clock who,, ,I"m
the ice gorged and OF this writ;no ] "aiI at;Ii
remains. On Tuesday afternoon r ''Ii1 n
davenport and w. II. Buttners snccaadai az, a.
IN crossing to the Dakota shore with
new skiff mado especially for that NM
pose, and to relieve the sufrerino and re- u.
move them to places of safety "Hm WLa,; -
visited several houses that afternoon na a,,a
m the morning were ioincd hv i"h,,
Conley, Fritz Sc6oll ana WilburF JSn Rrn
ant, who crossed with n fiot hoot ~
continued in their noble work. All The thn
houses in sight were visited md - t,,a;u .:o
occupahts' with but very. few exceptions,
sasns ootlsehted 70 be taken away to places Of \
- NtuCIS refused 10 lnlva
claiming that tho danger was over a,.1
preferred to romain and look after r. +ha;. na,;.
stock. at about 3o'clock in the after
u i9oil, 'le water commenced to raise, and
= 1a oua, fumbhng noise something simi-
ial i.a. 70 ~ thunder, was heard along the Da-
ho.h '.;aa pluns, beyond Gayville, it was the
iiiRn "ater and ice that has swept our
neiEhDorlng town of Green Island out of
1Sistehce; * renee, The flood struck that place at
-, ociock, ana took every imaginable |
.i,iihg IN Its course. The Congregational
ehurcii u was the first building to go, then
Tue 9hllding OF n. ID. Mines, and SO on
ohtl every building was carried away,
wen women and children were seen on |
holse tops, ciinging to trees, and on float.
l,;s sakes o. ice where they remained al
nnnght battling with the watery clements.
Inc residence OF Uncle Henry Morton,
was ''as g seen coming with the flood, aud his
son henry offered $1,000 to any man
VINO would save his aged father and sis
.er 4 M VINO were IN the building. A. Van
alien and his brother "Vene" started
%ith skifi, and fought their way
,inrough to the floating building where
,ney found MIR. Morton and his daughter
H;iiinging to the roof and crying for help,
Inc o0Vs got them into their skiff and
ook them ashore. Miss Matte Mix and
Emma Mallory were lodged in trees
Ehere they remained till next morning.
Mrs. Mallory got into Capt. Mix's barn,
Vhere she remained till morning; Others
Ve presume served the same fate but We
laVe not learned the names. Some six
y 'r seven buildings are lodged on Dave
Nelson's farm, and others are scattered |
over the bottom and IN
he timber. Ten men were seen on the
louse OF John Nelson, the only one left
Q survive the once quiet and comforta-
DO little village. The store of James
Marsh is still visable, but moved CON
siderable distance from it's foundation,
md partly carried away. Those people
whose lives were saved are distributed
.round in the families of John Nelson,
John Smith, Henry Morton and Mr.. |,
aoyt, where they are properly cared for. |!
As we go to press to-day,our citizens are
preparing to receive the sufferers, and |
10 every thing possible 70 make them