The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-04-04
Captain Garland and Men From
Chicago Do Fine Work at
Fort Wayne.
LEADERS, STORY is GRAPHIC
Five Boatloads of Children Taken
Safely Across Mile of Rushing
Water-lncidents of the Flood
at Peru.

Charles Garland and his crew from Il
the Chicago life saving station. Cap Il
tain Garland and six life savers re- C
turned to Chicago from Fort Wayne Q
with their surf boat, but Immediately h
departed for Terre Haute to continue c
their rescue work.
Captain Cariand's story was graphic. S
He told how he and his men arrived
at the asylum just after four children
had met death when an attempt was
made to rescue them. Five trips to F,
the asylum were made by Captain
Garland and each time boatload was
taken safely across half a mile OF
swiftly flowing water, Besides tRe
children four matrons and six men
we're rescued from the building
Garland Tells Story.
1--WE arrived at Fort Wayne when
the water was highest said Captain
Garland. "No sooner had we arrived
when a report reached us that the
children were marooned in the Orphan
ASYLUM. One attempt had been made
to rescue them which ended disas-
trously for four of the children and
two brave men. The small rowboat
in which the wouldbe resouers hao
reached the building overturned after
four of the children had been taken
from a second-story window. All were
drowned.
Conditions in the asylum were aw'
full when six men and myself nnaily
reached the building. In one small
room. huddled together half frozen
and hungry, were the little girls ana
bows with their attendants.
"Many were crying, few were
asleep from exhaustion. One OF the
women had tainted.
Afraid to Trust Boats.
"At first they refused to trust theii
lives to our boats. They had witnessed
: the fate of the first boat and were
!. afraid. We finally carried twelve OF
: the little ones out of the second-story
h window and then our fight back start
8 cd # needed the combined strength
: of every man on the boat to
:; fight the current and prevent the
T. boat from overturning. Then we
were hampered by the cries OF the
Y children and at times the one matroI
y we took with us would become panic
stricken After getting to shore Int
IS children were placed in the care o
- merchants of the town, and Wen
IS back for another load.
on 1--WE received different reception o.
o ss our second arrival at the asylum.
ks shout of 10y went up when they near
= that the first load had been lande
e safely A little confusion resulte
G from the natural anxiety of the tots
get into the boat. No one was nur
~, ~ however and after FIVE trips we SUI
- caeded in removing all the childre
and their attendants to safety.
of Children Go Hungry.
der aThe merchants thanked us Il
what we had done. One OF the IN
- irons told us the children had not ha
K full meal for 4S hours. They had r.
~ out of coal and were breaking UP u
on. furniture in the place for fire woo
rec The. fire they kindled in the middle
the room. Drawing the danger OF u
r. entire building burning up.
- Brings 200 Peru Children.
n charles H. Thacher and his WI
- who live at 1850 Groveland avenl
~ arrived here from Peru, Ind, with
: PERU children, many Of them NJ
. orphans. -.
g man in Peru, having boat
Sea- manded $50 from Thacher to take
EMS two away. There was another We
an in the marooned house, ana
: boatman refused to take her.
D, "a shot was fired and the man
nut of the boat, Dead said Mr.. Ina
Il or MIR. Thatcher escaped with MS y
H ond the other woman in the Doat'
" second man, DR.. Hupp, offered o.
man 500 to take his wife TO hospl
ana there being imminent a Visit from
dry stork The man refused and the
Use. tor knocked him out of the boat y
. brick. A Winona college stuo
evy rowed the doctors wife to the !
y pital, where baby was born MOI
Ac and child being saved. !,
'fAO Trio in Stolen Boat Drowned
- Three unknown men were GROW
Of peru when leaky boat, which
S had stolen, sank. The boat was
cd by Oliver, Wilson, farmer /
az lives near the water line OF the i
ID ufban tracks. Wilson discovered.
theft when the three men were
w n. Yards from shore When they
take gone q half mile, they appeare'
distress. The Wilson family Wat
the men struggle in the water
h high q disappear. No. effort has been
pay to recover the bodies.
s sbe1 At Logansport heroic Work
syhe, done by the crew sent from j,
inea Bluff and by the cadets from =
nball Military academy in saving i've
g eony Many pathetic incidents markeS
wire work of rescue.
ction. / :, 49, < mn nersons3