The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-05

I TO cypress Junction. Hence the create.
part OF them are camped tonight. with
| very little to eat and exposed 10 the driy
ing rain and piercing wind. Cyprsss
Junction Is almost surrounded by water
which has overf,owed the banks a, ,,a
wabash and Is covering the entire coun.
try.
Homeless Crowd Remaining Ho..e..
The overflow from the broken dixie at
shawneetown has backed two miles in
land. but Is tonight slowly recesllpr II wnl
Dc impossible 10 recover any bodies until
the waters receda very materially. In
iact' the rescusrs are making very little
enort In that direction, but are working
to save those who escaped alive. The
Rive'side hotel and court house and the
hiogeway bank are intact and were used
by the fleeing Inhabitants for shelter. The
upper stories were crowded.
Last night the Catholic academy m.
schooi house. city hall and the Riverside
hotel, all situated on high ground above
the water. were crowded with homeless
peop.e. Hundreds are tonight Sleeping on
the water banks on such rude shelter az
they can construct from the floating de-
DIS Absolutely nothing has been saved
In the city. The stores and other bust
ness houses are flooded to the second
noor. All the streets are under water
from ten to thirty feet.
provisions are constantly arriving from
all the neighboring towns A relief train
arrived here tonight, but owing 10 the
high winds and roughness of the water n,
tho ferry crosdng all attempts TO trans
Ter the provisions across have been absn-
doned. They have been taken to the WA
ser's edge and at the break Of day will h.
ferried across.
Tents and blankets sent.
Gov. Tanner this afternoon started from,
Springfield 100 tents. Blankets enough for
500 people and sufficient amount OF pre-
pared food for the immediate relief Of
loo people. He also wired Attorney W.
s. Phillips. president of the Gallatin
County bank here. TO draw on him for
s.op as an immediate relief fund A.
last "a relief supplies are received they
are taken by special train TO the waters
edge. fertied across in skifs to Cypress
Junction and from there taken by wagon
within two miles Of Shawneetown. Al
the CARPENTERS in Ridsewsy fell TO max,
Ing rat~bottom boats this morning for
the transportation OF supplies across the
inundated territory. and an impromp,u
ferry has been established. The inhsbi-
'ants of Riageway have organized into a
relief committee with Dent Reid, ]. O.
Brooks and C. NJ. Kinb at is head.
Houses have been thrown open. and as
sooa rs q refugee reaches here he j.
promptly taken care Of The heavy rain
stiu continues
a; II O'Clock tonight telephone message
VAS received from shawReesown saving
that the south levee was cracking ana
threatening IL so at any minute. II s
about rae taa, it will break before snorn-
!ng. This VIII create cslrreas through
tina streets shat VIII prove dangerous 10
rescaeTs In skis
The situation Appalling
MOUNT VERNON Ind. April 4-The
tug Isabella whlcA went 20 the relief Of
the ShawaeetowR sufferers last night re-
turned here today for provisions. city Mar
shat T. VI. Holensa returned on the tag
and repsr;s tia situation as appalling He
said:
People Who have net visited the sresse
cannot picture III imagination the axf0i
suffering and desssttgili5ssl that exists In
the Riverside Nos laS, nixhi taere were
at least Jss women afA children htsddled
together. their clothing wet and nothing
with which 10 agild fires. Women were
wFsnsiag their hands AID crying search
ing for members ~ their faniilss no were
missing and many alen were weeping
TX - impossible al the present tire 20
give A coTrecs estimate 81 the loSS Of Afe.
bat Il Will probably exceed lea SGeriG
Galloway lost nis en;sge family. consisting
Of hts Wife and foar children. Two women
who were visiting TIE family were a.s0
drowned. Mr.. Galloway saved himself by
clisnaing a tree where re vas subsequent
" rescued lie il -rossratea and fears a-e
expressed that he may lose bis mind
The lsysf brake 5ove the cay. ana The
@ater & me with sueh rush 10 sweep
al the one-story buildings And many osh-
ers te.are IL. THE area covered bs TIRE
water is asaas ore rnsle square. and III less