Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-02
FATAL Fi.00DS KANSAS.
dc ,t!, and. Ei~:,stcr Caused Dy
Glou.i hurst.

Medicine T.pd1c, rccouts the fear
ful results Of the Watrr-p"u' "rcl"ud
hurst - the rcSid ntS of the Ird!-
cine river, wi ich seem, To- lave boon
the same that fled the Minnesota T."
OVERLOOKING. The special SAYS t!a'
tho water rolled down over the low
lands cas-, Of tie Medicine Lodge
CITY five To- twelve feet rorr'ndicuiar
CARVING death IN lis wake. Several
whole families are known 70 I've
drowned.
Yesterday morning parties who
Lad gone ont To- givo rclI't t'u3d
men. women ami children rhn%'nE i'
trees with nothing but :hc'r night
c'othcS to protect them, and some
without any clothing whatever. h"t
still alive. Their cries could I've h'ard
ms early rs / o'clock in the morning +.
III owe the moving waters.
Three attempts were made To res
cue parties behind the river bnt
each boat III turn was swamped ana /
the occupants only saved themselves |
bv swimming to trees. Five bodies /
had been recovered up to the hour !.
of the writing of the dispatch, which !
WAS sent over to Tie first railroad /
point by mail, when another BODY
was in sight hut could not be reached
There were eight movers wagons
camping in the bottom, and one old
man has recognized the bodies ii
three of his family, his wife and two
children, boys respectively i've ana
seven years ofaCe. james Gibbs and
his dauater and niece were washed
away with their home. \ Mrs. liar
ris and her little girl of eleven years
old .were found drowned; q. ".
Paddock and family, consisting Of
wife and four children,are thought to
he all drowned. Frank Shirplernu
his wife and child on the root ana MS
house went down; he was knocked oil
by a projecting limb and SWAIN ashore
several miles below. lint of the late OF
his wife and child nothing WAS known
ASoTHES ACCOUNT OF THE CALA9-All Al
MEDICINE LODGE.
K,xsps CRY, Mo, April 22.-The
Times Medicine Lodge (kan.) spe-
cial Gives the following additional
particulars of the disastrous flood
there: The town is situated between
the Medicine river and Elm creek.
Early Tuesday morning the flood
came down tie stream, quickly over
H,wiuc Their bottom lands to depth
of about ten feet.
In the Elm Creek bottoms, east OF
town. n dozen houses were entirely
destroyed, and many oftlie occupants
were drowned or saved only by ching
inc to the branches of trees. Ii
camps in the bottoms We're ten %. OF
fifteen emigrant wagons hiied VIII
families. and not half of these per
Sons have vet been found. North %
here entire families were drowned
Others made miraculous escapes
All Yesterday and last night the
streams were so high that 10 commn
nication could be had with the East
and to-day the first dispatches were
sent out.
The stores in town were closc'
Yesterday, and every citizen engage
in The work of rescuinG people l.
boats and RATS from perllouS posi-
tions in trees and on house tops
This work was extremely hazardous
and by niyhtfal there were still som
isolated prisoners. a relief part
was out all night picking up thes
unfortunates.
The people i'll Medicine river DO
toms had received warning, and q
escaped with their lives, though hui
,reds of cattle were drowned al
great fields of crops ruiued HUI
dreds of dead animals also line II
banks of Elm Greek.
The rise started at dark on Mondf
night and rain poured steadily +
six hours. which was followed by
great cloud burst north of the tow
Among them known to be lost Is t
following: G.. w. Paddock, wife al
four children; the bodies of the WI
and three of the children have be-
recovered. Jerry Gibbs and dauG
ter, Mrs. Harris and daughter, t
bodies of the latter two were recov'
ed. The wife and four children
Samuel Maddox; the bodies of t
woman and two of the children la
been recoved.
Four wagons containing move
have not yet been heard from, and
is thought all the occupants ha
persisted. No news has yet be
received from the country below he
but it is feared there has been ve