The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-19

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~as received hes~ to-day fro0 Frsssr.
6reer county. cf aessrscsioo IN life snd
property esased BY . terrible water
spOst seco@pssi~d By . wisdssorn
which Visited that ,o~a and vscisisy
Tuesday sieht The rain had heea
falling several day~ and Tuesday sixhs
~ II o'clock . waterproof barsi and In
Q lev miautes The ssr~ess wers fcus
feet deep IN water. pr~>ensins the sp
rearascc 1t . raging. angry river AL
the buAtDeas houses we're Aoui~l Men
secured haeEsc~ and With errss din
Guilty succeeded In haalisg the women
and ehildren 20 places Of safety. Tur
key and salt ereekA too streams 10
that locality. o~vesaowed their banks
and carried death and destruction In
the wake of the food Three per~ens
were drowned In Turkey erreh-
fomp r~oind~xier . yoang farmer.
his sister and . young man named Al
bright The family ct Capt Phillips
were in their dwelling. . very large
house. when II VIVA struck by . large
wave, which lifted 10 from iss icssdsp
ton IL WAS carried onward by tn.
waters nearly . milo. when 10 WAS
hurled against . tire and wrecked
Phillip. and one 81 his daughters cssehs
on to some floating debris and WIRE
washed ashore half . mile from where
the house was demolished Mr Phil
lips and her hate caught on ~ . plank
and were washed into the branches of
. large ,ree. where they caught and ~
manned till the next day. when they
were rcscsed by parties r~aching them
In q boat A large numbrr Of hos>es
were blown down and many others
washed away. Due-oats were hllcd
with water and hundreds of people rcn-
dercd homeless. and all their live
stock, crops and other property
swept away. The damage lone by
the overflow of Red river In b
bottoms along the north line 1t
this Cooke, county N much greater
than first supposed In warrrn's and
Sivcl's Bcnds 10. go acres of hne crvps
cultivated by some nifty families, were
destroyed. houses swept away. Work
stock, cattle. hogS aud chickens
drowned. and the families barely es-
capped with their lives Ayoung farmer
named Burdone. while trying to reach
the shore In . fcrryboat tool fright NJ
an approaching high wavc leaPed from
the boat and was drowned
FAMILY oy THREE
G~AiAEsviLLE Tex. June IL Parties
In the city from Leon l. r.. near Red
river. thirty miles northwest r~purt
the finding II the dead bodies 81 = man.
woman and babe In the bottoms NIL OF
whom had been drowned The baby's
body was mbrae-d in the arms Of It's
dead mother when found The bodies
have not been identified. and are sup
posed to have t-cn washed down sev-
eral miles from above during the high
water In Red river last Saturday and
Sunday.
w. w. Lynn. . farmer residing TWEEN
~ miles north Of here. while cndcavor-
Ing To cross Hickory creek was dro~ ned
The creek Was very high. wing to
heavy rains and Lynn undertook to
ford the strram on the back 10 q mule.
hut lost his life in the attempt The
animal swan TAI the shore.
THE RID MvER psIraK
BONnAn. Tex, June ia-Red rivrrin
the northern part Of Thu county u
higher than ID has b~cn known "a hc
since 1876. The plantation Of Col.
Oliphant comprising i.soo acres, is un.
der six fcct Of water. Large Numbers
Of cattle and other animals have been
drowned 80 far "a known no human
lives have been sacrificed to the food.
all dwellen on the lowlands having CO
capped u the hills Untold damage has
resulted tn crops