The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-05

CYPRESS JUNCTION, Ill, April A.
Latest reports at $50 tonight say that
1t Is feared the entire levee in front OF
Shawneetown will be destroyed by
morning and every frame house In
Shawneetown will be dashed to pieces.
The wind is blowing thirty-fve miles
per hour with rain that cuts 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 a temporary
telephone station on the hill just this
side Of Shawneetown. II the gale
| keeps blowing, the entire town is doom.
| ed.
RIDGEWAY, Ill.,, April 4.-Tonight
| almost two score of bodies Of victims
of the Shawneetown food have been
recovered and hundreds of homeless
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
the most is secured. The food burst
upon these people without warning.
| and owing to the weak construction OF
their shanties, 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 race to the hills to the west Thesa
| are being removed as rapidly as pos.
| eible to places where they can be given
| proper care
No effort has yet been made to search
for bodies, the attention of the relief
parties being directed almost entirely
to providing supplies, and making the
homeless as comfortable as possible.
The relief work is we'll organized and
the tents, blankets and food sent by
the government today, will be prompt
ly distributed.
Those who escaped lost everything
| and their homes are In ruins. The dead
as far as known tonight are:
List of the Dead.
MRS. G. B. GALLOWAY. four children
and two lady visitors.
WASH CALLICUTT and wife.
COL. CALICUTT.
MRS. ED. FLAKE,
MRS. PAUL PHALEN and four children.
ANNA and CHARLES RHEINHoLT.
NARY MACALLrsTER, cOlored.
MRS. G. HEERER.
MRS. MILAN.
WILLIAM THOMPSON and wife and
CHARLES CLAYTON. wife and six chill
| dren.
NOAH WEIGH and wife.
R. B. HOOKER. Western Union telegraph
CHARLEs PATTEN.
CAROLINE SPAULDING, .colored
HENRY. KING AND FOUR CHILDREN,
MISS CORA SHERWOOD.
FRANK A. MORRISON.
PAUL MALLIsTER. .
WILLIAM THOMPSON, wife and TIRES
Nh. Nj J, uoAIsH' aAENHrT'
CHARLES CATION and son.
Late tonight It Is estimated that the loss
OF life IN the negro quarter may reach fifty
besides those accounted for.
Graphic story.
J. T. Hogan, of Omaha, Ill, left the
scene Of the flood half an hour before
the dyke broke. His brother-in-law,
Sheriff Galloway, Of Gallatin county.
whose home was in Shawneetown, had
the same good fortune. The sheriff's
wife and two daughters were swept
away and their bodies have not yet
been recovered. Hogan's story of the
flood shows that the townspeople had
absolutely no warning of the disaster.
about o'clock last evening" he
said. "the levee on the north side OF the
town gave way at the north end Of
Market street near the court house
An opening ten feet wide was at first
made, but it quickly spread to twenty,
and wall Of water ten or fifteen feet
high poured through the main street,
sweeping everything before 1t.
About fifty small frame houses along
the line of the levee t.. the south were
crushed like toys and SEse of the oc-
cupants, most Of whom were poor COL
ored folks, escaped. Those living in
the more substantial houses managed
to climb to second and third stories,
where they chung for hours through the
chilly night. Houses in the western
part of the town did not at once feel
the effect Of the flood and residents
made hasty steps for safety, most Of
them fleeing to the top Of the levee on
the south side of the town. A large
number also reached the little hills
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