Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-23
WATER SPOUT.
~, Town of Medicine Lodge
IN Inundated by the Bursting OF
o Cloud.
"a. I,Ost--Inestimable Damage
.a al Greeks Turned into
Roaring Rivers
, WATER SPOUT.

to the residents oi 'la'
hitch seems to have been the
,nat filed the Ninnescah TO
ting. The special says;
,sster rolled down over
low lands east OF
,os Lodge City five to twelve
'r - by carrying death
rske. Several whole families are
4 to be drowned. i
|..rdsv morning parties who had
n, 20 rive relief found men, wo-
Ia children clinging to the trees
4 thing but their night clothes
IN them and some without any
IN whatever, but still
\ Tbsjr cries could be heard as
Il 1 o'clock in the morning above
bring waters. Three attempts
bsde to rescue the parties be-
1.-THE river, but each boat in
'wss swamped and the occu'
only saved themselves by
hing to the trees. Five bodies
lem recovered up to the hour OF
3Itlng of the dispatch, which was
.ker TO the first railroad point by
4 Other bodies were in sight but
mot be reached. There were
"movers' wagons" camping
. notions and one old man has
Med the bodies OF three OF his
i his wife and two children,
Rspectively five and seven years
Rrs GIBBS and his daughter and
Mere washed away with their
XRs. HARRIS and her little girl
i years old were found drowned.
IN. PADDOCK and his family,
Hing ola wife and four children,
Sught to be all drowned.
tx SHEPPLER put his wife and
h the roof and his house went
4 He was knocked off by pro-
limb and swan ashore several
below, but of the fate Of his wife
LID nothing is known.
r RECOVERING THE DEAD.
sAs CITY, Mo-, April GA
ne Lodge special gives the fol-
lk additional particulars OF q dis
III food there:
IN Tuesday morning the flood
down, the stream quickly over
hHg the bottom lands to the depth
ItHlt ten feet. In the Elm creek bot
hast OF town a dozen housei
destroyed and many occupants
drowned or saved only by cling
thetrees. In the lower bottomI
were ten or fifteen emigran
40 filed with families ant
slf Of these persons have yet beef
th Of here entire families wer
led. Others made miraculou
All of yesterday and las
fhe streams were 30 high tina
Pronunciation could be ha
the East, and to.da
fret dispatches wer
lt The stores in town wer
Yesterday and every citizen er
In the WORK. Of rescuing tn
by boats and RATS from the
the trees or on the house-top
prk was very hazardous and b
Pill there were some isolated vi
illin danger.
flief party was out all nigl
! rs up these unfortunates.
people in the Medicine riv,
% had earlier warning and q
\ with their lives, though hui
'' OF cattle were drowned, al
eldsofcrops were ruined. Hu
pt dead animals also line Il
OF Elm creek. The rise start
p on Monday night, and
( Tor ak hours, which was 4
= by aterritic cloud-burst north
Ping those known to be lost
lowing:
', PADDOCK, wife and four oil
me bodies OF the wife and thu
en have been recovered.
} ~ GIBBS and daughter.
HARRIS and daughter. I
Of THE two latter have been
td.
y eEL MADDOX, wife and Il
CD, The bodies of the won
70 children have been recover
wagons containing "move
o1 been heard from, and II
d u' That all the occupants |
news has been received yet Fl
I 'untry below here, and it
. That large losses occurred.
y town council speedily org
relief measures
3 thousand dollars h
J Y been subscribed. The DO,
I recovered were buried
4 ION. District court adiour