The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-06
SHAWNEETOWN'S WOE.
Survivors Of the DeIuge in Desti-
tute Condition.
DEATHS WILL NUMBER OVER 100.

Hundreds Being Sheltered I'm the Large
Buiidings--Msuy Pathetic Scenes wit
messed In the Flood-Swept Town-Prop-
erty Loss VIII Exceed 100000.
Ridgeway, Ills, April 6.-Hundreds of
destitute survivors of the Shawneetown
flood are suffering for lack Of food and
shelter. They are camped on housetops
and along the waters edge on the hills
back Of the destroyed town. 1t is i'm
possible TO estimate thenumber of dead,
and IT is predicted by conservative per-
sons that the list will number more
than 100 victims.
Following are the names of some of
those who were drowned - killed: Mrs.
c. r. Galloway, Mary Galloway, Dora
Galloway, Mrs. Charles Clayton, Charles
Clayton, Milton Clayton, Jessie Clayton.
Myrtle Clayton, Gertle Clayton,
Brownie Clayton. Mrs. Paul Phelan and
five children; Mary Phelan, Washington
Callcott, Mrs. Washington Callicott,
Colonel John CallicOtt, Mary McCallis-
ter. Ellen McCallster, Noah Welch, Mrs.
Noah Welch, Mrs. Mclean, Tillie Nc
Lean, Frank Morrison and family, Mrs
John Holly, Mrs. Edward Fletck and
adopted daughter, John Fletck, Richard
Fletcher and family, Jane Fletcher (col-
ored), Mrs. Tally. Cora Sherwood, Mrs
Charles Kopf and five children, Mrs
A. A Hathaway. Miss Florence Evans,
Nj. Salnelly and wife. Mrs. Webb, Fred
Rineholt, Mrs. Fred Rineholt and three
children, Henry King and four children,
six colored children, Mrs. Black, Walsh
Calhoun and family Of six. John Flick,
Mrs. Matilda Greer, John HALEY, +.
Reinbill and family of four, c. Spalding
and family of three. William Thompson
and family Of three.
Rescuers at Work.
Rescuers are doing all i'm their power
to relieve the survivors, and many have
already been taken from tree and
housetops to places OF safety on the
mainland A cold rain accompanied by
a heavy wind adds to the discomfort
and peril of those who are homeless and
destitute. Many have found shelter in
the upper stories of Shawneetown's
larger buildings, which have withstood
the flood and are unsubmerged Car
loads of food and provisions and boats
we'll supplied with blankets and meat
are on their way to the ill-fated little
town from numerous neighboring cit
les
The first of the relief excursions
reached the sufferers during the morn
ing, and others arrived before night.
Rowboats are kept busy carrying the
unfortunates from places Of temporary
shelter to buildings. where they are be-
ing cared for by the hundreds. Little
can be accomplished by the rescuers
during the night, as there is no light ex-
cept that furnished by the boat IAN
terms The property loss. to say moth
Ing of the damage to the levees and (
crops, will reach more than $500, 900. |
Property in two blocks on both sides |
of Mill street Is utterly ruined and the |
damage to goods is enormous
Many Pathetic Scenes.
Many pathetic scenes are witnessed |!
In the fiood-swept town. Mothers are
looking for lost children, children for
their parents, and wives for their hus-
bands Few have survived the flood
who did not lose some relative, and
many families were divided, never to
be joined again. In addition to the
many who are known to have pershed. !
are missing, and il is feared
the list of lost will go far above the
present estimate. Systematic work of |
recovering the drowned cannot be COM
until the water has somewhat
subsided. and the bodies of many who
met death when the first rush of water
came will never be recovered.
Shawneetown Is a wilderness of tur- /
oulent water, which lacks but two feet
Of reaching the top of the levee. The
fao vf.,1 III IL /
place sends ten foot waves dashing
against the dixie, and drenchng many
persons who are seeking safety on the
op of 1t. Boats are removing them as
ast as possible, but the work is necess-
lrily slow. as the wind and waves pre-
rent quick trips to the larger buildings
Il the town, where the survivors are be-
ng taken.
Story of q Survivor.
County Treasurer Henry Sanks re-
ated his experience as follows: Il was ,
'itting in my home talking with Mrs.
ioetzman, neighbor, who had called.
lbout 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, ,
when suddenly the bells began ringing.
drs. Goetzman jumped up and cried: | ,
believe the levee is broken rushed !
outdoors and found Mrs. Lee Howell
ying on the sidewalk in front of my
oor, where she had tainted from fright.
carried her home, block away, and q
anne back TO tell my family to move q
Ipstairs ut once. Then 1 ran to the {
ourt house. a block distant, to get
ny county treasurer's records. 1t took I
ne about ten minutes to gather them G
p and rush back home. My home was G
lmost a mile away from the levee, G
ut by the time / got there 1 could G
ee the water coming found my fam 5