New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-06
THE FLOOD AT SHA WNEETOWN
LOSS OF LIFE NOT AS GREAT AS FEARED'
IT IS NOW THOUGHT IT WILL. NOT EXCEED
THIRTY-THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ESTi-
MATED AT 500 Ooo-NO NECEssARIEs
OF LIFE LEFT IN THE PIAcE-THE
FLOOD PREVENTS AN ELECTION

MATED AT ,:oo.Ooo-No NECEssARIEs
OF LIFE LEFT IN THE PIAcE-THE
FLOOD PREVENTS AN ELECTION.
shawnce:own. H.. April b-Twenty-three known
10 be dead-a possibility that the list may reaV"
thirty fifteen hundred people in actual need OF INC
noccssarles Of life. seven hundred people ho'ne''SS
and damage TO the amount OF s2@."0 Is the he'
result OF the food which swept through shawnee
town late Sunday afternoon. Not one or the ponie9
have been recovered and It IS not likely that 'hoE
will DO until the waters subsidc. which VIII be III
ten days fortnight
There IS no danger OF further damage 10 ,"e
town unless more storms should set in. and even
then II f. dlfcult how matters can be mace
worse than they now are The entire town -
buried under ton to nfteen feet or wafer VIII" inc
exception OF the houses the emhanNment I'M
mcdiaiey fronting the Ohio River. All OF these
lave water In the cellars aud the most OF them
are flooded to tho second story. The water began
to fan today and by o'clock this afternoon h"d
reccdcd eight feet from the highest mark OF last
Wednesday,
Tho levec brox. on the north eide OF tho town.
sweeping tho First Second ard Third wards clean
~ all buildings All OF tho people who were
drowned met their fate ir the First and northern
part OF the Second ward nearest to the break
Tho food at the timo the damage was caused
and the people were drowned was not over t''"
fcet N Depth. The water rushed in with such
caught waist deep In the stream were hurled down
/ and smotherod before they could rise. AS an eX-
ample OF the spced with which the hood cam" II
may bc mentioned that Mrs. Charles Pillow had
Just taken on her dress FOR the purpose OF put'lag
on a new one when the alarm WAS given Before
she could don the new ono the was six Inches
deep ON the paror floor Warned by the shouts Oh
her husband. she Frasped her baby and ran Tor the
unbrokon portion OF tho dyke. distant but Few
feet before she could roach Il the water WIS
tI.,t Il an
would have been drowned but for her husband
who succeeded in getting her upon tho embank-
men,.
The food vas so quick and thorough IN ia
work that not merchant. 4 butcher. D1Kcr 4
Grygoods mal any dealer in any o, the other
10 'cssarcs o, III" able 20 save any portion ~
his stock. Tho consequence is THAI today IN shaw
ucctoen thcre IL not u LOAF o. bread. pound OF
meat ounce OF drugs that ctn be bought with
money. There is absolutely nothing in the town
,or sale. Chrrics Carol, the chairman Of the
Relic, Committee and The riches, man in Galla'in
County. said to-day: i cannot buy anything win
which 10 iced cl0thc my family. As soon as
Am finished w.,h ms work right here IN this room
shall 30 10 the wharf boar. where provisions ate
stored. iakc my place in line and DRAW rations .or
my iafnl :. VINO have absolutely nothing to eat and
can ct nothing to eat but what procure 'or 'hen
In ;his way"
In addition TO tho pressing necessity 'or food 20
sustain use. hundred peopi" have been driven
from their homes Nith no clothing save what they
wor" ON thc.r backs at the tim thy w're oyer
t@krh ~ tne ioon Every aNAi.aDr room j., ihKei',
house. and % those whose homes We're wrecked
aandr'd or NOR" ar" caiw'ns IN ths courthousc.
ior ot small elevator. MY are Guartcred IN
Houf'ns MN. and the f"rryho"t Jessi" wilson mas
irr,hed i~,nss .or ore nr1 r., ,,,,- .,,, ~
h"d~ and 10 bcdc .ofhing. and such was the demand
for room .n ne town last night that fully ono
cold AMI driving rain and a gaie Of sixty miles an
hour There is no probability however. that they
many %, thcm have been iakcn 10 Mount vernon
cypress Junction and oth'r places
Shawu,eiown is covered with water and lo-omo-
tion ln an directions - almost Impossible" In lhe
"+, not s"l'or"' HiE sT"".r ,|,'y H., sr1s
and thr present Officers vii hold over ios another
Many acts Of hcrolsm wcHo performed by
The fownspcOpic In r"scuing ttE.r fellow riizcns
io,I N"wan who Vim =, KIN saved ,hlrty-four
.r-on. Marshal 's.lcor and william Vaughn al
o., whom "a hero,c work with skins 'aulcoit IL
thirty '""f 81 "is father and mother won i",y
roach thcfn bu' ih,y were borne doHn 10y The hood
and ga not rise AGAIN.
cypress Junction. III. April 5-Up TO noon to-day
no new name, have been added 20 The list o., those
Jos, nlr~ndy published. \ refugee stated to-day
that during the excitement sunday Afternoon. just
n,ter TO d.Ae broke be farmer win hts
VIE and t~o children In a wagon. firouslj driving
through the street IN front OF tho courthouse The
farmer evidently became confused. FOR h" drove
his horses the current from the cr"v1Ss". and
the uc,i moment ihe vehicle was overturned and
The family disappeared. The names If The occH-
pants % -" wagon cannot Dee ie'inc1
%oah Weirh ~. proprietor ~ brick factory n
Shawureiown has gathered seventy nv" people ~
his factory and thlrty-hv a. his home both build
hil Tnrs, To- people saved absolutely nothing blt
ilc clothing they wore They were without 1921 .4
That he mad Al home The Relief committee
secured food for them to-day
sus.lng tho people to l'arc their Hooded homes.
The second doors go the majority ~ ne ho"s'S are
occupied he tenants declaring they VIII noi I""'e
thom o1t viii rcin4sn g.. tlot' USt i rDpr';
The huildnss are "l."oH, ~, @I,a ~, ,e' nI
auproachcs TIC rcscu"rs are turned away after
used force IN taking pcopl" oHt ana p.arinI mem
where they VII De cared Tor ia" i"scuerS h1fe
iurv who were reported among the missing yestcr-
a. Two other daughters OF the Rhiuehold fam
ily however. known 20 have persisted
shrfin g. r. Galloway who lost his family. con.
-s,ing OF nj: wife ana TWO diughtefs Edna am
Is beins done by friends 70 soot1e him bat it Is
,ra, II wa. mis- fault hat their liycs were lost. He
vas ~ home with MS family when IN" alarm wa
given thar the lcvse had broken II" Immediately
ing them 10 the ,OOt OF the hlli mile away. Nher"
he tied them % a tree" We then ran back to his
The nood and ais family had pcrlshci
Tlcrc were ,hrcc carloads ~ rel"t supplies At
tAc waters edge to-lny. and ne work ~ trans
porting them across the NIL" Of oackwaier bayoi
,i,.c mas gathered up all the teams and wagons in
this ,cini,y ana 9rs"1,i wagon 'r"n 10 Sm9w
ore received by boat they are loaded into the
taken TO ShawLcetown by BOAT heavy current.
however near Shawncetown. together with the
Consequently the water course has been abandoned.
Washington. April Senator Cullom sent mos
t,nt H., re- from the hood and n, re- civci h
,..Ft- IA hag tl