Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-24
The Bodies Of Fourteen Victims at Medi
icine Lodge Reoovered-still the
Search Goes On.
Immense Losses Of CATTLE and Hogs Re
ported from the Low Lands Crop
Prospects Ruined.
A Freight Goes Crashing Through q
Bridge at Clear Water aud An
other Life is Lost.
RECOVERING THE DEAD.

lal from medicine IOuge gives a0- |
ditional details OF the awful calamity
OF Monday night. The search for
bodies was continued early yesterday
morning among the drift pile, and
along the bottom for miles.
The remaining bodies of the Mad
dox family were found, the mother
and two children, making six recov-
cred. Maddox himself and two
children scaped.
Jenny Gibbs body was also recov-
cred.
The body OF young man by the
name of Smith was also found,
but the campers only knew
him by that name and the survivors do
not know where he was from.
Four OF the Paddock family have
been found, all the children, the father
and mother being still missing. aY
Frank Shepard's wife, and child,
whom he left on the roof of his drift
ing house, have not been found or
heard from.
Ten bodies have been recovered at
the Lodge and seven above the town,
making seventeen in all.
A TERRIBLE TALE.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo, April 23.-Dis-
patches from Southeastern Kansas re-
port the teaviest rainfall since Tues
day that has ever been known In that
part of the state. Over twelve inches
Of water are said to have fallen. All
the lower country Is submerged and is
o vast pool OF water. Traffic on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
for many miles each way from Parsons
is suspended. and the passenger ira in
which left Parsons yesterday on the
Fort Scott & Gulf road was wrecked
not far from town. A large number
Of hogs and cattle In the stock yards
ON the Labette river, one mile from
Parsons, were drowned, and 1t Is said
that hundreds, perhaps thousands, OF
animals have been drowned in the
surrounding country. The storm
arose 30 rapidly and the water poured
down IN such torrents that little, II
anything, could be done In the way OF
securing live stock or other kind OF
property.
Fields are devastated in all direc'
tions and great destruction of crops
and movable property has occurred
A negro settlement near Parsons was
inundated and many people were res
cued only after great difficulty anC
hard labor with improvised boats.
The Marmaton river, which rum
near Fort Scott, overlooked It's bank
with = rush and submerged q settle
, ment OF from 900 to 800 people known
as Moth Fort Scott, the water stand
ing in many houses from three to fiv,
feet deep. All the people were rescued
: however.
The Missouri Pacific railway track /
badly washed out both ways from For
Scott and no trains have moved sine
Tuesday.
The Wichita road Is also badl
q washed. A freight train on the latte
9 road went through a bridge at Clear
: water, and Frank McDaniels wa
: drowned. The fireman and brakema
L also went down with the train, bu
:. they caught on tree and were rel
y cued. At last accounts the water wa
!, subsiding. but 1t was still very hig
and 1t will take several days for IL
@ run off.
: Advices from Kingman confirm tn
:, previous reports of the flood There
70 Great damage was done to bushes
- and property in town, and ten live
u are reported lost. All traffic on tn
- Wichita & Western road betwee
Wichita and Kingman is stopped, an
the brides on this road and on tn
Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe
Cheney, Belle Plains and Cold Watt
are washed away.
10 THE RAILROADS THE SUFFERERS.
a. PARSONS, KAN, April 9th
ct damage from the recent rains In IN
vicinity is confined chiefly to th
m railroads Several washouts occurre
~ on the Missouri Pacific roads, Int
r. rupting trains, but IL is hoped the
fy will be running again by tomorrow
a. The Ft. Scott & Gulf train went OF
this afternoon and got through witt
:. out difficulty. Farmers will be d
" layed In their work and viii suit
=, considerably.
~ THEDAsIAaE AT FORT SCOTT.
~ FORT SCOTT, KAN, April 3.--Ff
~ damage to property In this city an
CT the suburbs by overflow is placed
y from $4,000 to $4,000. An extensi'
IN washcut exists On the Missouri
NJ Kansas Il Texas railroad near her
and no trains have arrived over thI
road since Tuesday night. 3i
On the Wichita road the damage
ed not 80 heavy, and all tratiic Is expect'
er to resume in day or two.