Evening star., 1897-04-30
Searching for Dead for Miles Around
Guthrie.
FARMERS RECOVERING LIVE STOCK
Thieves and PiIIagers Looting the
Wreckage.
IN THE FLOODED DISTRICT

GUTHRIE, Okla. April 30.-The Cotton
wood and Cimarron rivers are not We.
within their banks and searching parties
have gone out in boats and RATS to coast
both banks for sixty miles from Guthrie,
or farther If necessary. to search for the
dead bodies known to have been carried
down stream. ..
Thieves and pillagers looted the wreck
age last night. entering many of the dis
mantled houses in the absence of their
owners. Guards were placed everywhere
possible and there were threats Of lynch
ing of any of the guilty ones, but none
were caught.
No additional bodies have been recovered
since last evening in the vicinity of Guth-
rie A man was reported floating down the
Cimarron last night on a log, and a party
has gone ont to intercept him If possible.
Farmers along the bank recovered
large amount Of live stock and furniture
and are gradually bringing order out of
chaos. The destitute are being cared for
in good shape and their sufferings have
been materially ameliorated.
THE SOUTHWESTERN FLOODS.
Waters Recedins In Oklahoma and
Farmers Returning Home.
Ell RENO, Okla, April 3O.-The flood Of
the North Canadian river is falling almost
as rapidly as it rose. and this morning the
water has SO far receded from the bottoms
that the farmers are returning to their
homes. All bridges have been swept away,
however. and. as the highways are prac-
tically impossible, 1t will be some days
before ordinary business can be resumed
There has been no railroad traffic in or
out of this city since the flood. 1t is be-
lieved that general wheat has not been
injured by the excessive rains. but corn
will mostly have to be replanted. Oats
and potatoes are unhurt, except in places
where the floods washed away the soil.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. April 30
Owing to washouts and destruction Of
bridges by foods. neither the Santa Fe nor
the Choctaw railroad has run any mail
trains into or out of the city during the
past sixty hours. Both roads promise to
resume traffic on Sunday next.
On the Lower Mississippi.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 3O.-The
river is 1914. but the highest wafer is still
far of. and the engineers predict that from
20 to q feet will be reached. There was a
third break in the Buras levee near the
gulf. but all are being leisurely closed. Up
at Bayou Des Glares. in the Atchafalaya
district. there were two small breaks but
they were closed with wonderful rapidity
These were the only real openings in the
levee line. But there were other events
moro serious.
at Goudsboro, tine Texas and Pacific ter
minal across the river, sloughed and
cracked and looked like 1t did not have an
other days existence. The railroad forces
went to work at once. built wooden
breakwater in front and filled in behind,
ard by night it was comparatively safe.
But the place is not solid and work will
be resumed today.
A crevasse there would inundate the three
towns of Gretna, Goudsboro and Algiers:
the residents not only helped YESTERDAY
but arranged for an alarm signal, which
would send the whole population to the
rescue. There are number of ether low
and weak spots on the La Fourche board
side and the levee and railroad officials
and Capt. Derby of the United States en-
gineers made a tour of the line and decided
to raise the entire system three feet the
government forces going to work today.
On this side of the river the Pontchar-
train supply train has been going from )
in the morning until o'clock at night.
answering the many calls for help The
planters are more than awake and work
Is going on in every direction. The situa-
tier on Bayou La Fourche has once more
become serious.
Upper Missouri and Mississippi.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 3O-The river
gauge registered 29.9 feet today. just one
teEth below the danger line, a rise of 1.2
feet during tine twenty-four hours
Points above here. on both the Missis-
sfrpi and Missouri rivers. show a decline.
but Local Forecaster Frankenfield saws
that tne rise Will continue here until to-
morrow morning, when the gauge will
Stow 3O5 feet of water. For day or two
the river here will remain stationary
The Missouri will fall slowly. and the
upper Mississippi will fall, except at
Ciarksv1lle. south to where a further slight
rise will occur today.
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