The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-30
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a"S ''iiiSSlib people, supposed 3ySSsS
lerday to have been drowned. have Been
found clinging to busllets or drift ,yff5,d9s
Gown the stream Of the west bluffs ( &ic1rss
scattered IN farm houses for miles, t DacY,,aS
ilgnt round dozens OF people still clinEiTlR
10 trees, overturned houses, or tirnberaE e
in ptrilous positions. which they hadfs
sustained all during the night IS 5ITssssgRs
For miles along the scene or d eva sta ss ss
llon, l,3oO people homeless, half iii, frui1i@
exposure ana hunger. passed a miserab1a55 q
night, and morning found mos t OF t hem
700 weak 10 give much assistance either.
10 themselves or others. The scene YiflS
the Hooded district this morning SYasS
one or desolation. The river fellrapidIyS
during the night, and when the sn & irnsaS3 49,
the extent OF the damage done to urousss
erty could be seen i{ As 5 80 siSSsg5 n Ss3
There was confused mass of DEBRIS
ana overturned and demolished houses
sea ttered over the valley where laats;
night was sea Of water. The ankHss 4
were Uttered with the carcasses% OF farm
animals. Whole blocks, where yesterday
stood a home In nearly every lot, were /
stripped. and huge trees torn up by, fiairS
roofs were scattered everywhere.
RESCUE AND :RELaHF,.
With the first ray Of da sl.gh / I'll e sDTsssas
or r&sculng md relief WaSAia HsnISIIiss
with tireless energy. IL ftfig iss i t'nfa ~
,nem rd. mac aon heen II
day Witnessed q dozen craft darting oiiSss
from all directions to the rescus Of fhes
lnfortunntes. The work Of the raftss}
men proved most effective, ana one y bya
one the people were transported from8
their perlous positions to places OF }sa fesSal
ty on land. Every house, drift Pile afnSIa
tree was closely examined in search $ofss
the dead 5s33% 9355EE.@ 5sIsslFsS
The family Of. Wesley Gill, areport rep eds
yesterday as drowned was found safe.s
Inc only bodies found during the day
were those OF Mrs Fannie Ruffin II Z 81 al az
FIVE children, all lodged IN pile Of 5driftsI
wood. These, with George Owen, tRaI
butcher. drowned vile rescuing otters.s
frank Meyers, Mrs. Jane Watt 81 81
francis Moore, Mrs. Drummond 81 sAI fasas
Dennie and child, and AIRS. Wa tson, are
the only identified dead, though many
are still missing. "a, 3sG 3Ss
During the day ferries piled cross the
river, carrying provisions and clothinfas
everywhere, and returning withsinjurad,s
Such was carefully cared for in private
homes IN Guthrie. BY nightfall ample
arrangements had been made for the im-ss
mediate care Of the homeless and there
was an assurance Of no further suffaElnEF
| at least for the time being s jes 3S ss2
FIVE HUNDRED HOMES. asis: sgsfs
Five hundred homes were swept away:f ,a,isi
100 houses were wrecked, and twenty
stores devastated, leaving 1000 people
| homeless and half as many destitute:S
| The work of supplying shelter and food
! for all these was by no means a small
| undertaking. But the Gutherites were
equal to the task and tonight thousands
or dollars have been subscribed to aiiS
| the afflicted. y; siss
TIE damage along the Cimarron riVers
| east is very extensive and IlundredsSof
| farms have been devastated along Deep
Fork In Lincoln count. Hundr eds 2of5
men worked all day rebuilding houHes5
| along the stream. ~ $s issssss isssss
The damage to property will be IN the;
neighborhood Of 100000, while that aIs.i
tained In crops may equal or perhaps
double that amount. ;57$ii if3 sssSs;iE