The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

CYPRESS JUNCTION, Ill, April ct is
reported that by 10 a. IN. l. bodies had
been recovered at Shawneetown. The
Geographic communication between
Cypress Junction and Shawneetown
has not yet been re-established. and the
rumor can not be su~bstantiated. 1t is
said some of them were badly %mangled.
Difficulties Encountered by Rescuers.
The rescuers are having the greatest
difficulty in prevailing upon the people
to leave their flooded homes. The sec
ond floors in the majority of the houses
are occupied, the tenants declaring they
will not leave, but will remain to pro-
tect their belongings. The buildings
are without fire and their tenants are
suffering with the cold, yet when a res
cue boat approaches the rescuers are
turned away, after leaving food. In
extreme cases the rescuers have used
force in taking them out and placing
them where they can be cared for.
Three of the ReinhoIdt Family Found.
The rescuers have found Mr.. and
Mrs. Reinholdt and their daughter,
Lucy, who were reported among the
missing. Two more daughters of the
Reinholdt family are, however, known
to nave 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 survivor of the
family, and her frantic grief was terri
BILE. Standing at the waters edge she
wrung her Shands and cried aloud in
her agony, until kind-hearted strangers,
who, too, were weeping in sympathy,
led her away.
What a Refugee Saw.
Up to noon no new names have been
added to the list already published. A
refugee stated that during the excite.
ment, Sunday afternoon, just after h
dixie broke, he saw a farmer with his
wife and two children in a wagon driv-
ing through the street in front of the
courthouse. The farmer evidently be-
came confused, for he dashed his horses
squarely into the current from the
crevasee, and the next moment h
vehicle was overturned and the family
disappeared. The witness did not know
the occupants of the wagon, and their
names can not be learned.
A Hundred Gathered at a Brick Factory.
Noah Welsh, the proprietor of a
brick factory at Shawneetown, has
gathered rs people at his factory and
IS at his house, both buildings being
situated above the water line on the
hill. These ITO people saved absolute
ly nothing but the clothing they wore.
They were without food all day Mon
day, Mr.. Welsh having exhausted all
that he had at home. The relief com-
mittee hurried food to them as 500 as
received.
County Treasurer Sanks' Experience.
County Urea surer Henry Sanks re-
lated his experience as follows: Twas
sitting in my home talking to Mrs.
Goetzman, a neighbor, who had called
about half-past foLr Sunday afternoon,
when suddenly the bells began ring
ing. Mrs. Goetzman jumped up and
cried: 4 believe the levee is broken
IruShed outdoors and found Mrs. Lee
Howell lying on the sidewalk in front
of my door, where she had tainted from
fright. l carried her home, a block
away, and came back to tell my family
~ lHONC upoIdllo dG OICC- Nv l. al
to the courthouse, a block distant, to
get my
County Treasurer's Records.
1T took me about ten minutes to
gather them up and rush back home.
My house was almost Il mile away from
the levee, but by the time | got there |
could see the water coming. | found
my family upstairs all safe, and in half
an hour the water was up to the second
floor. We were all taken out by boats
Treasurer Sanks and his family are
staying with friends in Cypress juno
ton. He said he also saw the wagon
containing the farmer and his family
overturned and the occupants swept
away. He said that there were three
children in the wagon, instead of two,
as stated by the other witness.
Sheriff Galloway Almost Crazy.
Sheriff c.. Il. Galloway, who lost his
family, consisting of wife and two
daughters, Dora and Mary, is frantic
with grief. Everything possible is
adone by friends to soothe him. but it is
feared he will permanently lose his
mind. He constantly asserts that it
was his fault hat their lives were lost.
He was at home with his family
when the alarm was given that
the levee had broken. He i'm
mediately ran to his barn and
took his two horses, leading them to
the foot of the hill, a mile away, where
he tied them to a tree. He then ran
back to his home, only to find that
1t Had Been Demolished by the Flood
and his family had persisted. He Sc
cured a boat and constantly rowed
about the ruins of his home. crying
aloud for his family and searching
everywhere in frenzy. Later in the
night friends compelled him to go with
them to shelter, where he is now being
cared for.
THE SCENE IN SHAWNEETOWN.
The Deluge Worse than Those of 1884 and
1sST-Some of the Known Dead.
RIDGwAY, Ill, April 6-The scene in
Shawneetown is worse than in 1887, or
in 1884, when there was much suffer