Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-06
HOMELESS HUNDREDS
at Shawneetown in Need of
Bountiful Aid From
the Outside.
IT is NOW BELIEVED the LOST
VIII Number Not More Than Half Hun.
dred souis-The Crevasse is Gradual
ly widenlng-The Relief Work
is Progressing.

levee at Shawneetown and gradually
widening. Water is from ten to fif-
teen feet deep all over the town. With
the continued cold rains and the loss
of life the suffering and sorrow are
little abated
1t is known that from As to so people
have lost their lives None of the
bodies have been recovered.
The scene in Shawneetown is worse
than in 1887, or in 1854, when there was
much suffering and loss of property,
but no lives were lost. Every store in
town is full of water and no provisions
can be had only as they are sent from
surrounding towns. Relief commit
tees are doing all in their power to
provide for the wants of horror
stricken people. Clothing and pro-
visions are being sent in in every con-
ceivable way on trains, boats and
skiffs, canoes and dugouts.
The provisions are cooked to be serv-
ed on arrival, as there is but little, if
any chance to do any cooking, stoves
and kitchen utensils being practically
all under water, and fuel scarce ar
ticle. The people will not suffer for
food or raiment however. There is
much anxiety on the part of many
who have friends in the flood.
The levee is in precarious condi-
ton, as it is being undermined in sew
eral places The property loss, to say
nothing of the damage to the levee and
crops, will reach over $500, 200. Prop
erty in two blocks on both sides of Mill
80 Il h. 4
age to goods is senormous.
CYPRESS JUNCTION, ILL.,. April 5.-Lat-
est reports at $3.50 Monday night say
it was feared the entire levee in front
of Shawneetown would be destroyed
by morning and every house in Shaw
neetown would he dashed to pieces.
The wind was blowing 35 miles per
hour with rain that cut like glass
Fear is felt for the rescue force now in
Shawneetown, as nothing can stand the
waves which are rolling ten feet high.
The reports come from temporary
telephone station on the hill just this
side of Shawneetown. If the gale
keeps blowing the whole town is
doomed.
RIpGwAY, ILL.,, April 5.-Monday
night almost two score bodies of VIC
Tins of the Shawneetown food have
been recovered and hundreds of home
less people are dependent upon charity
for food and shelter. The death list is
likely to be largely increased when
definite information from the Negro
quarter, which suffered most, is Sc
cured. The food burst upon these
people without warning and owing to
the weak construction of their shan
ties they toppled over in the rush of
water, leaving their inmates no means
of getting out of danger. Hundreds of
people who lived farther from the river
front sought safety on roofs and in
upper stories, or made a retreat to the
hills at the west. These are being re-
moved as rapidly as possible to places
where they can be given proper care.
The following is a partial list that
has been gathered up to midnight
Monday night of those who are miss
ing and possibly dead:
Col. Callicott, Wash Callicott, Mrs.
Callicott, Mrs. Galloway, Dora Gallo
way, Mary Galloway, Mrs. Holly, Mrs.
Greer, Mrs. Ed Flake, Charles Clay
ton, Mrs. Clayton, four Clayton chill
dren, Annie Rineholt, Clarence Rine-
holt, Mrs Paul Phalen, three
Phalen children, nephew Of the
Phalens. Mrs McClain, Florence
Evans, Ellen McAllister (colored),
Mary McAllister (colored), r. B.
Hooker, telegraph operator at Louis
Vile and Nashville. Ed Flake, whose
wife was drowned came to Cypress
Junction Monday and said that there
were Is people in his house when the
food struck the building. Only him
self and one other succeeding in es-
Gaping before the building toppled
over. Mr.. Flake was hysterical from
grief and could not give the names of
the 13 who were lost. Marsh Callicott,
the son of Wash Callicott and wife,
who perished, made heroic effort to
save his parents. He secured row.
boat and got within 40 feet of the home
where his mother and father were i'm.
prisoned. The swift aren't prevented
him from coming nearer, The pa
rents stood in the yard in water tc
their armpits awaiting the arrival
of the boat Suddenly a wave swept
Lnem luIO IlG anu LQty
were drowned before their sons eyes
George Harrelson, merchant, seized
his little granddaughter when ths
water struck his store and, holding hel
above his head, waded armpit deep
toward higher ground. A boat picket
them both out of the water DaviC
Rookendoffer and his wife were il
their home, directly in the path of tn,
huge wave that swept through tn,
broken dixie. Their little sol
| in the yard saw the wave coming AM
hurriediy climbed a tree. The fathe
, and mother had time to rush up stair
when the house was swept from it
foundations. They climbed on tn
. roof as the house foated off and hear
their little son in the tree cryin
GOOD by, papa and mamma" TIL
agonized parents were powerless TO ge
to his assistance and in few moment
the house had, been carried beyond tn
8 reach of the boys voice, They foar
ed from the north levee to tn
south levee, the distance of a mil
I and were taken off in safety. The Ii