The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-09-11

'oS' inc rcscuing party OBJ.
ser'eo III one yard bodies. and IN
one room III another place. while a.
many as 20 bodies were to be sean
'ying singiy and in groups in the snace
OF one block. \ majority Of the be dies
however, that have not been roco,a,.,,
are under the ruined houses and it will
'uAe several days hard work Ia %,
M OF them out. The report from s,
MARY $ infirnary shows % persons cs.
capped from that hospital. The nunh.r
o' patients aud nurses could not h
ascertained but the number Of Inmates
Was seldom Under "a Hundred
Rosenberg schoolhouse, which va.
chosen as place Of refuge by the peo.
PIE oi that locality, collapsed Some Of
those who had taken refuge ther. e,.
capped how many cannot be told but
many were crushed to death in the
| ruins.
As Sunday morning dawnci the
streets were lined with wounded and
hal.c.ad people seeking medical atten.
non Tor themselves and aid for friends
and relatives who could not move.
Police Officer John Bowie was found
, III pitable condition, the toes on both
OF his feet and two ribs were broken
aud his head bruised He reported
that his house. with wife and children,
hah been swept into the gulf.
The residences which have escaped
destruction have been turned into hos.
Wtals. rs have the leading hotels
There Is scarcely one Of the hou SOS
which are left standing which does not
Contain One or More Of the Dead.
rs We'll as many injured. The rain he.
gan To pour down III torrents ani the
rcscuin. party went back down Ire.
mont street toward, the city. The rain
added greatly 10 the general distress.
stopping at d small grocery store I'll,
party found IT packed with injurcd
clamoring for food. but the provision
III the stock had been ruined. Further
down tn. street restaurant. " which bad
been submerged ty water. was serving
out soegy crackers and cheese 20 Tn,
hungry crowd. On returning 10 the
fremont hotel the Houston correspond.
eni found the death list 10 bc swelling {
rapidly. the accounts coming from
every portion o' the city. Information
| from both the extreme eastern und cX.
ir.ue western portions Of the cl;y Were
Il 81. /.
which were received indicated tAe,
| ;nos. two Scc,lun, had suffered fully Il.
| much as the r.st d. the city. Fifteen
men. constituting AL THAI remained oi
company II 50 soldiers stationed a
| ii. beach barracks. were marched down
Markc, street. The
| In.. Of Life Among the soldier.
in the barracks. which were destroyed,
mus. have been fully "A hundred. Al
/ 80 Sunday morning the water bad
receicd from the higher portions OK tn,
city but the streets near the bay front
still contained about three feet o'
water.
On the water front the destruction o'
property was nlmos, as great as on III,
beach, though the loss Of life was nj
| nearly 70 large The wharvcs OF III,
+ Mallory company were completely DC
s,roycd. The big steamship Alamo l.
lying among the ruins D! the piers. lht
Norwegian steamship Gi!a. engaged II
the Cuban trade, was stranded up IN,
hay beyond whcr- the railroad hfldr,
/, oncq stood. The British steamship
Taunton Is lying on Pelican island hard
| aground. The Mexican. IA big buasi
steamer, was driven up the lay ana l.
| fas, III the mud. The kendau 1a>t!,
was driven as far UP ns Texas Sity
where she is now stranded. Oi the
small shipping
only Few boat. Ar" Left.
| Many Of the little schooners were hited
, bodily out of the water and lung up oil
| the island The Pensacola was III port
| when the storm began. but Master
simmons put 10 sen aud II Is feared the
boat and her crew ot 81 men are lost.
The three grain elevators and Kcl'
| merschoiYcr's mill are wrecks. Their
| roofs and the top stories have gone ana
| grain stored therein mas P'oo"'''
| ruined by the rain.
In the business portion OF the city
the damage cannot be even approx
ima,ely estimated. The wholesale
houses along the Strand had about
| seven feet Of water on their ground
floors and all window panes ana glass
projectors OF all kinds were demolished.
Tho ton OF the Moody bank building
| was blown away and the fixtures o'
every house on this long business
thoroughfare were destroyed.
On Mechanic street the wafer "as
almost us deep ns Oh the strand AL
provisions III the wholesale groceries
we're saturated and rendered vaiuei'ss'
.ppEaIS For ASSISTANCE.