The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-05-26
FEARFUL FLOODS IN THE WEST
AN IMMENSE WALL OF WATER
Rushes Through Sioux City, Leaving
Death and Ruin in Its Path. Mtny
Lives Sacri noed and MIL
lions of Dollars Lost.

SrouN Cry. IN, May 2l.-Siouv City pre-
sonts scene Of widespread dcsolation after
the terrible Hood of yesterday. The list ot
victims SO flr as known is rs follows: Mel
lie West, Mrs Louise Homer \. Anderson
wife aud child. ~ Henderson, wife aud
child; a. I. McIarrec, William stone VII
liam Rose Mrs Louise IIomers two child
rcn, Mrs. Frank Luther and child, L. Neon
ards l-year old son and 1-ycar-uld daugh-
ter, Gcorgr COX, q child of {, George G.. Mil.
Ter Aaron Johnson. Andrew Anderson, Rob
crt Harncy. Frank Henderson, wife and
child; Mrs u. nckcs. Mrs Peter Rasmun-
sen and two children; Peter Rasmussen,
| Oliver HubIty. Thomas Fitzlcrald. Mrs.
4 Hinton am three children Ia addition to
/ the above are two Swedish families and
eight unknown men. Few bodic, have been
| found am ouly few of the above named
may be fuund Most of them are given up
rs lost, al having been seen ia the Hood
early in ,ln day, and not since,
..ur urAErErNptNr .,rNrs.
At the manufacturing suburb OF Leeds,
I directly r the Floyd valley, nine persons
are know. fY hc drowned -Four pcr.nu.
were dru..o 40 Spruulalc. Observers ON
the high bridge counted ~ bodies that swept
under IL Nur man attempted To- wade out
carrying $50 children, but was struck Toy q
floating timber and su hurt that hc drupVc,
one MAJ ',up. ln old sailor. -tyr'i the lives
of . persons Mrs e. T. West was swept
away au. -uplratcd from her little 'Ncnr
old girl vino was drowned. \ woman wh,
manage .u wade to- box car was thcr
seized with labor pains and gave birth to
child, and tNu hours later was rescued :
woman u.uod Hinton aud three yhildrcl
were drowned in tEOr own house. I've
Swedish families were swept away au'
drowncJ before rrscuers could reach them.
NWNvT uF pI NIlt.
At the culinary stage of water the Fluy
4 river /, $3.50 insignificant stream. way
moving .- 70 solid wall of water swept dow
the marrow va ley ui the stream. one mi
lion dul.tr. will not cover the loss 10y Hoo
to this U.'E.
The r uing parties are hard at work Ia
, day. Nj. kcclcy, aged 6i years wa tuuu
/, up To her chin in water. She had put
. trunk uu O. table and sat ON 1t for - hour
3 She will r.royer Bob Harvey. an old boa
man. went out in "A boat after sowc one oi
, who could not hc reached. The boat dlsa
pcarcd gUl was not seen again.
Boat were plying to-day over the nnoi'
0 tcrritur, .carching the hOu-u, rcmaiuli
Y for sick uud dead people, and bringing
8 shore the yaluablcs of their poor occupant
b. The hlrh wind which swept the valley q
. day made 1t next 90 impossible for rescl
or the uust experienced boatmcn 10 ho
4 out more than two trips. several perso
= have boon found In overturned houses VII,
II they spent night of terror. As the wat
% rccedc. the list of deaths will certainly
Il increased.
Ir HEROIC ErscUrR INSANE.
% Oscar Anderson, who worked all day
ii tcriav like Il l,eru, and who witnessed
drown FL of a little child torn away nom
10 mother when the rescuing party had aim
10 reached her, lost his reason, and is raw
u. to-day about the beautiful baby that sW
undrr thc muddy waves. The water in
II stree, has fallen six feet, and II is hopc'
n large part of the flooded district may
- soon ont Of water.
%. Ools four bodies have ben recover
'a Il "-si,'.,t!!"s recovE Nyas that
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