The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-23

tirely destroyed, and many of the occu-
pants were drowned or saved only by
ciinging to branches of trees. In camps,
IN the bottoms, were 10 or l5 emigrant
wagons tled with families, and not half
OF these persons have yet been found.
North OF here entife families we're
urowned; others made their escapes.
All last night streams were so high no
communication could be mad with the
east and to daythe first despatched were |
sent out. The stores in town were
closed yesterday and every citizen en- |
gagged In the work ofrescuing people by |
boats and RATS from their perilous POSI- |
tons in trees or on house tops. This
work was extremely. hazardous
were still some isolated prisoners.
A relief party was out all night picking
up those unfortunates. The people in
Medicine river bottom had earlier
warning and all of them escaped with
their lives, though hunreds OF cattle
were drowned and great fields OF crops
ruined. Hundreds of dead animals
also line the banks of Elm creek.
The rise started at dark on Monday
night and the rain poured steadily for
six hours, which was followed by a
cloud.burst north oftown.
LIST OF THE LOST.
Among those known TO be lost are the
following:
G. w. Paddock, wife and four chill
! dren. The bodies of the wife and three
OF the children were recovered.
> jerry Gibbs and daughter.
Mrs. Harris aud daughter. The bod
los OF the latter two were recovered.
7 The wife and four children of Samue
0 Maddox. The bodies of the woman anC
Two of the children were recovered.
!, -Four wagons containing movers have
VI not been heard froA and II is though
}, all the occupants have perished. N
Y news has yet been received from til
u country below here, but It is feare
thero has been serious loss oi lie
The town council speedily organize
relief measures, and several thousan
ID dollars has already been subscribe,
IL The bodies thus far recovered will /
! buried this afternoon. District cou
N' has adjourned and the court room h,
ne been turned into morgue.
I'd Sun City and Lake City, situated we
OF this place, were inundated, but I'll
N damage is not serious.
~ The village Of Elm Mills was ali
81 Hooded, but with no loss of life.
ns ANOTHER DETAILED ACCOUNT.
eS WICHITA, KAs, April "a special
the Daily Eagle, dated yesterday,
Medicine Lodge, recites the fearful !
,in the residents of tfe Medicine river vi
ny Icy, which seems to have been the SAT
ne that filled the Ninnescat
;tne evertlowing. The special says I
'rs water rolled down over the lowlan
aS ~ cast OF Medicine Lodge City, TO II fe
bia perpendicular, carrying death in
p,o ',, wake. Several whole families
n ,nn known to have been drowned. Vest
le nea day morning parties who went out
oo ,'s give relief found men, women and cl
3 3nrs dren cllnging to trees, with nothing
@ We their night-clOthes to prot
i' them, and some without any cloth
,As, whatever, but still alive. Their OF
eIu could DO heard as early as O'clock
ny the morning, above the roaring wat
thhs Three attempts were made to res
thie parties beyonk the river, but each /
a.'I In turn was Swamped,
~, the occupants only saved III
b selves by swimming to the tr
80 70 Five bodiea have been recovered nj
,"u oniI tho hour OF the writing of tho despa
% ,ha which was sent over to the first
'no road point by mail, when another /
WAS In sight, but could not be reac
an. There were eight movers wagons In
s bottoms and one old man has recogn
nas rns the bodies of three of his fan
Uas vara his wife and two children, boys res
roao n lively five and seven years of age.
olco JAS. Gibbs and his daughter and n
.hoo .I were washed away with their home
S,ps Mrs. Harris and her little girl, elt
u a years old, were found drowned.
ns,o II VIZ g. w. Paddock and family, consis
. oo ~ ofa wife and four children, are thoI
oVn- V to bo all drowned.
ma nv, tha roos o,d ,,.t NV AZ, T..
,lu,o ,n Ho was knocked of by a project
,on 'en', limb and swan ashore several N
, any below, but of the fate of his wife
child nothing was known.