The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-06

aver Notwithstanding those the doomed
city are being well cared 70 r, there is
much anxiety on the part of Il lie many who
have friends in the flood. tt le levee is in
a precarious condition, as it is being I'M
dermined in several places. I Is Thought
by conservative people that tn loss OF HE
will reach one hundred. ina NUMBER Is
missing and unaccounted rot while 1t is
known that forty-fve OF mfg y have per-
ished The property loss, To say nothing
of the damage to the levee an crops, Will
reach over $4,000. Property tn two blocks
on both sides of Mill street Is utterly
ruined, and the damage to- goods is
enormous.
RELIEF WORK.
CYPRESS JUNCTION, ILL.,, April BIT is
reported that by 10 o'clock this morning,
twelve bodies had been recovet ed at Shaw
neetown. The telegraph con imunicatfon
between this place and Shawl ieetown has
not vet been re-established an d the rtmor
cannot be substantiated.
The rescuers are having theV greatest diff
ficulty in persuading the ped pie to leave
their flooded homes The seq md floors in
the majority of the houses q re occupied,
the tenants declaring they vi II remain to
protect their belongings. Tie buildings
are without fire and their tena nts are suf-
fering with the cold, and the, rescuers are
turned away after leaving food. In ex-
IRENE cases the rescuers havs used force
in taking them out.
The rescuers have found Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhineholt and their daughter Lucy, who
was reported among the mis- ing yester-
day. Two more daughters of the Rhine
holt family are, however, kno wn to have
persisted. The parents were rescued by
one party of boatmen and Lucy was taken
out by another. She therefore was under
the Impression that she was the sole sur
vivor of the family and her frantic grief
was terrible.
Up to noon today no new names have
been added to the list already published
A refugee stated today that during the
excitement Sunday afternoon just after
the dyke broke, he saw farmer with his
wife and two children in a wagon furiously
driving through the street in front of the
court house. The farmer evidently be-
came confused, for he dashed his horses
squarely into the current from the crevasse
and the next moment the vehicle was over
turned and the family disappeared. The
witness does not know the occupants of
the wagon and their names cannot be
learned.
Noah Welch, proprietor of brick fac
tory at Shawneetown, has gathered sew
enty-five people at his factory and thirty
five at his house, both buildings being sit
uated above the water line OH the hill.
These people have absolutely nothing but
the clothing they wore. They were with
out food all day yesterday, Mr.. Welch hav-
ing exhausted all that he had at home The
relief committee hurried food to them to-
day as fast as it was received.
Sheriff Galloway, who lost his family.
consisting of his wife and two daughters,
Dora and Mary. is frantic from grief.
Everything possible is being done by
friends to soothe him, but it Is feared he
will perma nently lose his mind. He con-
stautly asserts that it was his fault that
their lives were lost. He was at home with
his family when the alarm was given. He