The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-04-09
HUNDREDS SUFFER,
Survivors of the Flood Are With
out Sufficis Mt Food and
Clothing.

ShaWneetown. H., April 5.-rventy-
three known dead, Il possibility that the
list may reach thirty, 1900 people in ac-
tual need of the neceS>aries of life, 100
people homeless and damage to the
amount of 500. .ooO is the net result of the
food which swept through Shawnectowu
late Sunday afternoon.
There is a possibility that the number
of dead may exceed tine list by small
margin. but there is much uncertainty re-
garding the number of people drowned,
with the exception of those mentioned
above, and there is no ground for believ-
ing that others were lost
Cypress Junction, H., April 5-It is
reported that by 10 O'Clock this morning
twelve bodies had Lecn recovered at
Shawneetown. The telegraph communi-
cation between Cypress junction and
ShaWneetovn has not vet been rc-estah-
ilShed and the rumOr cannot be SubStan-
tlated. 1t Is said some of the bodies
were badly mangled.
| he reScuerS are having the greatest
difficulty in p"rsuading the people to leave
their flooded homes. The second floors
IN IN" majority of the houses are occu-
pied, the tenants declaring they will not
leave. but will remain to protect their
belongings. The buildings are without
flrcWo0d and their tenants are suffering
with the cold, yet when a rescue boat ap-
pruachcS the reScuers ar" turned away
after leaving food. IN extreme cases the
rcScuerS have used force i'll taking the
people out and placing them where they
viii be cared for.
A Girls Frantic Grief.
The rc>cuerS found Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhincholt ami their daughter Lucy, who
We're reported among the missing. yes
tcrday. Two more daughters OF the
Rhincholt family are. however, known TO
have periShcd The parents We're res
cucd by one party of boatmen and Lucy
was taken out by another. She. there
fore. was under the impression that she
WAS the sole survivor of the family. and
her frantic grief was terrible to witness.
Standing at the waters edge she wrung
her hands and cried aloud in her agony,
until kind-heartcd strangers, who, too,
were weeping in sympathy. led her away.
Up to noon today no new names have
been added to the list already published.
\ refugee stated today that during the
excitement Sunday. afternoon just after
the dyke broke he saw Il farmer with his
wife and two children in IA wagon furi
Ously driving through the street in front
OF the courthouse. The farmer evident
~ became confused. for he laShed mis-
horses squarely into the current from the
tr"NaSsc and the next moment the We
hicl" was overturned and the family diSap-
pcar"d. The witness does not know the
occupants of the wagon and their names
cannot be learned.
NHah elSh, the proprietor of a brick
factory at Shawneetown has gathered
ScNcnty-ilvc people at his factory and
thirty-fyc at his house. his buildings be-
lng situated above the water line on the
hill. These 10 people saved absolutely
nothing but the clothing they wore. They
al y
Welsh having exhausted all that he had at
home. The relief committee hurried food
10 them today az fast rs it was received.
story of a Survivor.
County Treasurer Henry Sanks related
his experience a> follows: Il was sitting
in my home talking with Mrs Goetz-
man. a ueighhnr who had called, about
half-paSt I o'clock Sunday afternoon,
when suddenly the bells began ringing
Mrs. Goetzman jumped up and cried: Il
helieve the levt" is broken? | rushed ont
doors and found Mrs. Lee Howell lying
on the sidewalk in front of my door.
where she had tainted from fright.
carried her home. a block away. and came
back to tell my family to move up stars at
once. Then | ran to the courthouse. ii
block distant. to get my county treasurer
records. 1t took me about ten minutes to
gather them up and rusn back home. My
house WAS almost a mil" away from the
ieyce. but hy the time | got there | could
see the water coming. | found my family
upstairs all safe and in half an hour the
water was up to the second floor. We
were aIl taken out by boats
Treasurer SAnks and his family are
staying with friends in Cypress Junction
He said he also saw the wagon contain
ing the farmer and his family overturned
and the contents swept away. He said
that there were three children i'll the wag-
on instead of two as stated b. the other
Witnesses.
Nay Loss His Mind.
Sheriff G. X. Galloway, who lost his
family. consisting of his wife ana two
daughters. Dora and Mary is frantic
from grief. Everything possible is being
done by friends to Soothc him, but il is
feared he will permanently lose his mind.
He constantly asserts that it was his
fault that their lives were lost. He was
at home with his family when the alarm
was given that the levee had broken. He
Immediately ran t. the barn and took out
his two horses, leading them to the foot
of the hill. 4 mile away, where he tied
them To 4 tree. He then ran back TO his
home. only 10 find that it had been de
moli~hcd 10y the flood and his family had
persisted. He secured Il boat and con