Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-06-15

Mamma. YOU always told me that the Lore
would care for me: W Il He look aiterme now
I saw him drift away with his loving lace
turned toward me, and wit a prayer on my
Inns for his deliverance he passed from slSht
forever. The next moment the roof craeuou
in and noated outs de to be rescued hltcch
hours later from the root of a house IN herh.
vile. II 1 could only find one OF my earrings
conld bow to the will Of God. But they are Ill
gone" u
Near the center of the city were three
persons pulling apart the DEBRIS as pcSV
they could. They were an elderly woman
Il Young woman, quite pretty, ana Il hVV'o
cirl all dressed in mourning, reporter
stonped to watch them for a monloht,
when suddenly the little girl cried; u,
mamma. here's something Both women
hurried over as the child held up
\ water-stained photograph album.
ayes that's ours" cried the younger
of the women as she fevcrlshly
seized it and began to turn the dirty ana
w~ater-swollen leaves. All three sat uoWh
on an uprooted tree near by, ana uuey
went through the album, utterly re-
rardIess of the crowd that gatholeu,
The Younger one turned to the hfs'
picture IN the album and careluiiy
,yiped the dirt away with her Il
chief. She looked at it long and earnestly
while the other two looked over her Shoui
der. ~ thought we had lost it, she SAD
Ms the tears tricklcd dow her face.
In tbo cray dusk OF that fatal Trtda,
evening a crowd of people stood upon 'h'
bridge at Bolivar trying to rescue 'no ul
fortunates as they were carried uo"h ~
the flood. Ropes were dangling from INV
h,idre for those in the water to grasp oh'
moor woman's plight was even so llooou
that even strong men wept she w ; sV
| tino hiph and dry on a substantial PIE o
( timber that was bearing her DOW
stream rapidly. On each side oil lie
Inv n little child. They were still an
. made no cutlery as the woman claspe
. them close. As the craft ncared the DrloS
: the spectators saw that the children WEI
n dead They had been drowned. Inc roy
l.. was thrown to the rigid woman, puo 81
would pay no attention to IT, 'urao VI
= ronetn a hundred voices shouted III
unfortunate creature looked at the l"
children and tried to rouse lhoi
but they had dropped into an eVell
slumber Grab the rope the CROW
arain yelled cxcitedly, for the wreckas
ad With its dead and living freight was We
is reorlv under the bridge, The Won't
'ty needed not the advice or the voices n
MS looked indifcrently at the strained eyes
a the men above, and as she passed under I
~ bridge with unconccrn it was seen she "
dy insane, crazed by grief.
he A man, woman and child were seen no
mo down on a lot of drift, The mass
re debris commenced to part, and by oesp'
ate effort the husband euccocdodin got'i
his wife and little one on a floating VI
cir lust then the tree washed under n prlu
mo and n rome was thrown out. 1t fell over
nto mans shoulders. lie saw at a glance u
ter he could not save his dear ones, so he thr
IN the means of safety to one side ana graSl
.ate closer in his arms those who were win II
A moment later and the tree struck n lie
cry inc house. 1t turned over, and In n nom
lelr nil were swept to their fate.
ap Watchers in n railway signal tower Il
Nod Sang Hollow tell many piteouS tales OF "
MY they saw. Men and women in DOZENS
the pairs and singly, children, boys Dig ana
'he lie. and wee babies passed there IN am
logs the awful confusion of water-drownI
g~asping, struggling and fighting desper
per " for life. Two men on n tiny rait