The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-06

that the list may reach thirty, 500 pco-
pic in actual need OF the necessaries OF
life, 200 people homeless and damageto
the amount OF 100000, is the net result
OF the flood which swept through Shaw,
neeton late Sunday afternoon. Follow
Ing are the dead: n
Mary McAllister, colored; Ellen Me-;
Aillster. mother-in-iaw OF Mary Mcl.t-
lister: Mrs. Nora Flake. Charles Rein.
holt, IL years OF age; Annie ReinhoH,
~ years OF age: Ella Reinhot. s years
OF age; Charles Clayton, ST.: Charles
Clayton, jr.; Gertrude Clayton, years
years OF age: Jesse Clayton. 3 years OF
age: Myrtle Clayton 10 years OF age:
Grant Clayton, 8 years OF age; Noah
Wclch. Mrs. Charlotte Holly, Washing
ton Calicott, Mrs. Washington Calli-
cott. John a. CaMicott. brother OF Wash
ington Calllcott, Mrs. Rfey Galloway.
Miss Dora Galloway. Miss Marion Gall
Pheian. L
There is n possibility that the num-
ber Of dead may exceed the list by q
small margin. but there Is much uncer-.
tainty regarding the number OF people
drowned, with the exception OF those
mentioned above. and there Is no
ground for believing that others were
lost save the statement OF several ma
tives Of Shawreetown that they saw
people I'VE did not know. and we saw
them drowning" s..
There Is no danger OF further damage
to the town unless more storms should
set In. and even then It Is difficult to
see how matters can be made worse
than they now are. The entire town is
buried under ten to fifteen feet OF wa
ter with the exception OF the houses on
the embankment Immediately fronting
the Ohio river. All OF these have water
in the cellar and most OF them are flood
ed to the second story. The water be-
gan TO fall to-day and By . O'Clock this
afternoon had receded eight feet from
the highest mark on Wednesday. A
high north wind was driving the waves
before 1t and II no more rains come ie
Is probable that the town will be dry
within ten days or two weeks Not
single body has been recovered as yet
and there Is no probability that any
will be found until after the waters
have entirely subsIded.
suddrnne,s OF tho FIood.
The levee broke on the north side of
the town, sweeping what is known as
the First, Second and Third wards.
clean OF all buildings. All OF the ped
pie who were drowned met their fate
in the First and northern part OF the
Second ward, which was nearest to the
break ut first, bordering on the diks !
which gave way. There Is a large
semi-circular. dixie to the south OF the
town, enclosing 1t on that side as the
broken dixie enclosed it on the north.
Down the edge Of this dixie and in the
town proper Is a tangled mass OF trees,
shrubs and brush wood. Into the curve
fnrt,,nd hN- ho cnNtharr rItl,o hodta,
were carried by the flood and all OF
them are supposed TO be scattered along
the southern dixie, which Is nearly
mile In extent from the western end of
the curve to the eastern end. No at
tempt will be made to find the bodies
unless they should come to the surface
until the waters have entirely subsided.
The flood which broke the dixie war
not at the time the damage was caused
and people were drowned over four feet
in depth. It rushed In with such vio-
lence, however. that all people who were
caught waist deep In the stream were
hurled together and smothered before
they could rise.
The flood was so quick and so thor
ough in its work that not 4 merchant,
q butcher. a baker, dry goods man
or any dealer in any OF the other neces-
Saries Of life, was able to save any por-
ton OF his stock The consequence is
that to-day In Shawneetown there is
not loaf Of bread, a pound OF meat or
an ounce OF drugs that can be bought
with money. There Is absolutely MOTH
ing In the town for sale.
Pressing Nee,is OF SuHsrcrs.
Charles Carroll. the chairman OF the
relief committee, and the richest man in
Gallatin county. said this afternoon:
II cannot buy anything with which to
feed or clothe my family. AS soon as
am finished with my work right here
In this room, shall so 10 the wharf,
boat, where provisions are stored, taxa
my place in line and draw rations for
my family, who have absolutely moth
Ing to eat ard can get nothing to eat
but what ] procure for them in thia
way. In addition to the pressing ne
cessity for food to sustain life, seven
hundred people have been driven from
their homes with no clothing but what
they wore on their backs at the time
they were overtaken by the flood.
Every available room in town is taken,
every family Is living In the second
story OF its house and of those whose
homes were wrecked, hundred or
more are camping in the court house,
100 in the school house, seventy-lve In s
the loft OF a small elevator. fifty are
quartered In q Touring mill, and the
ferryboat Jessie Wilson has furnished
refuge for 100. These people are hud-
died in those places with 10 beds, no
bed clothing, and such was the demand
for room IN the town last night that
full 100 people remained on the open
levee In q cold and driving rain driven
by gale Of sixty miles an hour. There
Is no probability that they will be
on l1od' tlpnrr IN rrpnnf, this ernnrianna
as many OF them have been taken 10
Mt. Vernon, Cypress Junction and
other places. The facilities for leaving
the place are so meagrc, however, and
the necessity for relief so urgent, that
unless the most prompt measures are
taken great suffering will crsue.
The entire country. north, south and \
west OF Sbawneetown is covered with
water and locomotion In nil directions
Is most difficult and almost impossible
!, In the township Immediately north OF
Shawneetown. there was not sutIic!ent
dry ground to-day for a single polling
place, and there was. therefore. no elec-&
lion, and the other officers will hold over
for another term.
The DreAk NVitlems. III 4 I
The break In the dam widered to-day
TO gap OF $50 yards. IT Is said by
those who witnessed Ms flrs. giving
away that the disaster was caused by
quicksand upon which Its foundations q
rested. The first sign Of the disaster
was n sudden whirlpool about fifteen
feet north OF the dam rs though the
bottom had fallen out OF the river. The
water rushing into this hole proved TOO
much for the Quiclisund under the dam,
and II sank downward. AL witnesses
ngree that the dam sunk toward ths
bottom OF the river and was not car-