The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-10
FIFTY WOMEN AND
 CHILDREN RESCUED STATE FARM TOTAL LOSS SEVERAL LIVES LOST LOST IN
SEVERAL LIVES LOST LOST IN JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN
 COUNTY FLOOD.
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 Little Rock, Feb. "A rescue party this morning reached the town of Gould, isolated by the flood for several days, and took all white wom- en and children, 50 in number, to places of safety.
 Many negroes were rescued today from trees, to which they had clung In the bitter cold without food. for 48 or more hours. Several of them were half frozen from the exposure and IS IS expected that many deaths will follow.
 Reports of the drowning of a large number of negroes in the flooded area have not been verified, but former County Clerk T. L. Puritus of Lin coin county lost his life yesterday when a rowboat in which he was trv- Ing to reach his farm was overturned.
 Citizens of Warner are still ma rooned by the flood which surrounds the town and covers all except high places.
 The state convict farm in Lincoln county IS almost total loss. All buildings have been destroyed and the loss is estimated at more than I$100.0O0.
 The banks of the river are caving badly at Pine Bluff. Levees across the river from that city were myste- rlously dynamited last night in an evident effort to turn the current away from Pine Bluff, leaving the city several miles away from the river.
 Grady, Feb. 1.-The first known loss of lite in the lower Arkansas river flood occurred yesterday.
 I. l.. Purtius, former county clerk of Lincoln county, drowned near Du- mas, when the swift current in a drainage ditch overturned a rowboat in which he was endeavorinp to reach his farm, two miles from town. The body of Alph Mays, negro, was found in barn on the c. E. Wood farm Cypress creek bottoms It is feared two miles northeast of Grady, in the others who failed to heed flood warn ings sent the lowlands may be lost It is believed that Will Haynes, negro, was drowned in the overflow on the Dave Fergus farm, noth of Pine Bluff, Tuesday night. Members of his family who were taken from a cabin, said he started for the levee Tuesday night to get aid. One hun dred yards from the house he was caught by current and lodged in a tree. He could not be found by res cuers Wednesday.
 With no relief in sight, 200 resi- dents of Gould and refugees IA miles south of here are facing critical situation today. Fifty residents of the town were taken to Star City on relief train. It was learned that although a wrecking crew of the Iron Mountain succeeded in launching the 30-foot launch "Elsah," brought here last night from Pine Bluff on a special relief train, the engine was damaged by a frozen cooling system and the boat was useless. The in- formation came from men sent by T. A. Sheas, superintendent of the Val ley division, to the scene of the launching.
 Attempts are being made to send relief from Dumas, but only small boats are available The water rose five inches at Gould yesterday.
 At Warner the situation is only slightly better. One store there IS out of water and in it are housed most of the residents. Capt. k. R. Rice's residence and store are flood ed and his family have moved from the place.
 More than 50 mules and other live stock are standing on small ridge near Warner, partly covered with water, where they have been for two days without food.
 All buildings on the state farm are reported swept away. A terryman below Cummins reported that he saw the main stockade at Cummlns float ing down the river and had seen other buildings from the state farm drifting by since then.
 No estimate of the loss from the flood can be made. It is feared sev- Feral more lives may be lost. C. C: Price, engineer for the Linwood ana Auburn levee district, and Captain Rice sent messengers through the lowlands, warning the people that the levees were likely to break. Only few needed the warning. Ioao,,,o ;rraU,,1 r