The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-07

mot q house was wrerkei nor = life
lost IN IN Consmsugh Valley until the
lake rolled down upnn us. The flood
WAS receding." said Abraham Gilmore
to-day. His brother. w. j. Gilmore.
was also present. Behind them. waiting
10 DO cofined. lay w. j. 0ilm0re's
family. The DO " OF biz wife. with her
head burned oil, the trunk Of his oldest
boy. the body Of his daughter, the feet
OF his two youngest children and part OF
the legs OF his niece, the daughter OF
Samuel Fails. who hsd been visiting Al
his house. and the body Of his mother
in-lsw. Mira. David Prosser.
TIE sanitary question IL becoming q
serious one to the cities down stream -
well - here. The wstrr that washes
among these decsying bodies goes down
10 the influcent through which the peo.
pie Of Pittshurg aud Allegheny get their
drinking water. lie horrible 10 think
lof."
Tie force 81 The flood can be estimat-
led BY the fact that II carried three cars .
mile aud y half. and the tender OF All en-.
CINE. weighing twelve tons, was carried
fourteen miles down the river. A team
OF horses which were standing on Main
IT,. just before the food. were found =
mile and . quarter below the town yes.
terday.
James r. McCanagh had . terrible ex-
perience in the water. lie saw his wife
was safe on the land, and thought his on
liy daughter, aged tw~enty-One. was saved,
hut Just as he was making for the shore,
he saw her aud went to rescue her. tie
succeeded in getting within about ten
feet OF land, when the girl said "GOod.
bye. father" and expired In his arms BE-
fore he reached the shore.
A pretty. pale, little woman told part
OF her sad story to-day. as she nervousls
c!aspcd and unclssped her hands and
cried in . qniet heart.breaking way.
Years z in the Virginia valley. acme.
whore near Winchester, she met and
loved q hard working, intelligent 81.
gineer, named Fem. They were mar
ried some eight years ago. and came TO
Johnstown, where they had . neat com
Portable home. Fem made good wages
their several children were always we'll
clad, and their mother lived with her life
concentrated upon them. On the after.
noon flood Fem went TO the butchers.
and psssed Out Of this short history into
the waters. When the food came into
the Fem house the mother gathered her
children in the parlor and told them mol
TO be afraid. IS God was there and would
guard them. Up came the torrent, and
they went TO the second floor, and again
the little mother talked OF hope and babe
them be OF good cheer, for papa would
come soon in . boat and take them away.
Up, up and up rose the water. and now
the family were forced to the top st0ry.
The rooms were very low. aud the heads
OF the mother and children were beat
ing against the ceiling.
"Msmma,' said the eldest child, . girl.
"would not it be better to 60 outside ana
die in the open air?
Yes, DEAR" said the mother "weTl
make q raft and all 60 down together"
She fought her own and her chiidren's
way 10 the window and opened Il. She
caught 4 piece Of plank and on II put the
eldest child. with = heavy kiss and =
l"God bless you" Then she let Il float
away III the darkness and the roar OF the
waves. six times was these trail bsrka
~freighted with precious cargoes and ar
gosies OF pious trust. The children we're
frightened, but obedience was part Of
their creed, aud they made but little pro-
test. Now came the turn Of the last
child. Bessie. thu t~our-year-old. One
can fancy what Il meant. The last and
dearest. There was scarcely . breathing
space in the o 10 now, and II haste was
not used death would come there a.
once. To . broad plank Bessie was
fastened securely aud was blessed ss had
been the others.
Il loved them all. Oh. | loved them
ali,' said the mother, 'hut had two
kisses ron Bessie. for she was Toms
favorite and was such = good child. She
put her arms about my neck and said
You know You said God would tske
care Of mi always, mamma Will Tie
take care OF me nov r. told her liz
would and she need not fear, and then
she was carried away. 4 Ann not afraid.
mamma. she called out and | heard her
slthough | could not see her, and that'l
al, except that the roof was torn of and
II f1osted of on II. and some ttalian'
saved me at Kernville, sixteen miles from
here"
And the children, did they al escape 2
1--WE have found w Of them, dead
Bessie aud George, and there is not
mark on Bessie's face. and. oh, am g
tired. They're all gone, every one. ant
eight OF them. and ! am going home Z
Virgins after ell these years 10 rest an'
try to think"
This IL only one mother OF the hun
dreds, only one Of the multitude.
In all thiA desolation some Villains u
human form are found who robbed ID
dead, and try to despoil the living Q
what little the rush OF waite. left them
Several lynchings have taken place, bu
now that II IL thought order 10 restored
liz IL said there will be no further out
RACES.
The generosity OF the people OF III
United States Il being shown ~ the sui
~ferers, aud clothing, food and money Or
being sent ~ fast as Il can be collected
A great deal will be needed, ~ mauv o
the men were At work and bad no chanc
10 escape the flood. while MANY Wome,