The Forrest City times., 1897-04-16
On the Hardin in the Overflow

Monday forenoon General TAYLOR
chairman of the County Relief com
mittee, received telegram from Col.
Sanger, L. 5. y. at Marianma, stating
that he wished to meet the committee
at Madison in the afternoon.
Colonel Sanger came up the river on
an inspection trip TO ascertain the needs
of flood sufferers, establish relief stat
tons and gather statistics Of losses,
etc. occasioned by the overflow.
The committee, consisting Of Gen.
q. L. Taylor. Capt. james Fussel, l..
Rollwage, r. l.. Pettus, j. d. Baugh.
John NJ. Nichols and NJ n. Gaines,
met the colonel, who came up on the
j. n. Uarbin, around from Memphis.
The conference resulted III establish
lug relief station at Madison from
which other points III the county are
to be supplied.
The colonel requested that "A state
ment of the number of needy persons
and stock should he given him, to be
forwarded to ashington, which was
done by secretary Gaines.
RawlinsoE Mound place on Fifteen
Mile bayou WAS selected as relief sta
ton, and the committees secretary,
Nj. n. Gaines, was chosen to pilot the
boat to that place. The boat left at
$3.50 p. M, bound for Helena, and to
run up Blackish and Fifteen Mile
bayous TO view the proposed relief
station.
The Harbin is "A small, but neat, low
water boat, built by Captain Rowland
for the Arkansas river trade, and has
lately been employed by the Memphis
Relief committee in succoring the des-
tltute flood sufferers. The steamer
was manned by the following crew and
passengers: Ed Nowland. captain;
Captain II. ii. McNett, pilot; l.. II.
Conley, clerk; john Johnson. mate:
Arthur Phillips, first engineer; VIM
Wood. second engineer; Colonel Saw
yer, Inspector general u. ). A.; First
Lieutenant Earl &. Canadian, Fifth L.
). infantry; Colonel ii. L. Rodgers.
president ST. Francis leyee board, aud
NJ. y. Gaines
The famous little rescue steamer
ploughed her way through the big river
in the face of stiff breeze which at
times almost stopped her course and
turned her into the brush and timber
which line the banks. The first place
noted after leaving Madison MAS that
of
CAPT. j. G. STERN
This is AN excellent farm of some I25
acres in cultivation and well improved.
Water on 1t seemed 10 be from five to
fifteen feet deep. The houses We're
standing intact but the floors were
more or less covered with water; The
fencing was somewhat washed but not
iloated away.
Next came the Mallory, Williams.
Taylor and Nash places. all were deeD
in the water, in some instances the
doors aud windows being completely
covered and no fencing IN sight.
TIE CAsTEEL PLACE
with some 200 acres in cultivation WAS
not in such u bad way. The front is
naturally high and in addition has sev-
eral Indian mounds which afford
standing room for stock The floors of
most of the tenant houses on this place
were above water and matters looked
ve"y comfortable around it.
At this point the water had reached
the mark OF 1882, and from there to
Helena the little rcscuing craft sped
through the deepest water ever re.
corded
The kngloy and Shepherd places
presented sad spectacles. water up to
the ewes of most of the houses. with
not sign of life of any description
aud fences all gone, OF out of sight.
Mrs. Johnson's and the Apple places