Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1898 Page: 3 of 8
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of a
Only Lina Running Through
Coach es and Sleepers to New
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The break in the Iqves occurred r
mil# above th? town and within ten
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and the EAST. L
L. S. THORi lE,
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IIAI.Y.AS, TEXAS.
‘Don’t Let Your
report of >
Facts Tend to Show That Havana
Harbor was Mined.
XiOTrttOn, April 5—Details have been
obtained by the Associated Press of
the manufacture of submarine mines
Tn London for Spain, which was first
brought to th* attention oithe United
SCENES.
windows and roofs to the flat tops of embassy and cabled-to the As-
in a
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FJ-* People Were Swept to Death
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The Raging Ohio Sweeps Away
Shawneetown^ III.
SPOT - CASH
is the only means of obtain-
ing goods at theit:.
E. P. TURNER, < >
General Patt'r k
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"Who reached CypressJ unction, from
.which place he telephoned here for
help. He said that he himself pulled
twelve persods out of the water. "
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pn-hap.syears ifilhdat ul,'L»ox\e
Waggon |
run six m on ths with/m t
■ oil and what have yo/b?
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use of Kitchen Queen Baking Powder to
be highly satisfactory, and regard it
as not excelled by any baking powder
that wp have ever used, and recommend
it to our friends.’'—Extract from reso- , . , —. —.
MBLANR
Superb New PuIIrnan Vestibuled ■ ■ ►
Buffet Sleepers. H a rid so me , »
New Chair Cars. (Seafs Free.) J J
Stories of the Escaped.
Chicago, April 5—A snecial to the attempted to swim to safety,
gfc- Chrorilcl* from Carmi, HL says: Lati^touShaf'cLe rollSg^’nd
F~*" ' The disaster at Shawneetown, Ill., tumbling on the.xurient overwhelmed
came when the great majority of the
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young man of 21, had to climb
up the porch to. rescue him. so quick
was the rise of the water, and’wTen
properties for fifty years. In addi-
tion,. Gibbons asserts that it is abs3-
lutely, impossible for them to explode
accidentally, as the electric currents for
gable“rftd and was''ruUadYroml111*’r -exPlo9’on are formed only by
o 2 prevent accidents: -rnree keys are ‘
the’disaster’ai“told “by’Tohn Grah’am, necessary, which ard alwaysJjept..uj
— ----—— f the possession of different officers. and
. even if an officer obtained possession
of them, it would be impossible to
manipulate the keyboard without in-
— etructions. — ----------
Gibbons further says that the mines
T and their connection cable! are num..
I bered, and he asserts .that he would
I. be able to identify ally portion of
I them
Ohio Southwestern akd the Louisville
and Nashville.
The first ruth of the current did not
do all the damage. When the water
had slackgpe4.j|pmewhat many houses
were still standing, bnt it was quickly
seen that the frame.ones would not last
in the steady crush of the flood.
By means of rafts and swimming in
the cold water seventy or eighty peo-
ple were transferred from their garret
SOLID TRAINS OF
WAGHER BUFFET SLEEPERS
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FREE RECLINING
KATYJHAIILCARS
ST. LOUIS,
CHICAGO,
KANSAS CITY
EAST, NOBTHMWEST.J
First Class Mi
V- AT OUR OWN
DINING STATU
60 CENTfll
Tom’s
is the. place to have “r -
your tonsprial work
done if you wish
the latest- style
and best Wp'rk. Easy
Il _ sb*™8- and Dice ha^ ___
cuts tor sale. Call and
see me. ,...
T. C- SADLER.
Wills Point, Texas.
Shop at rear of Wills Point Bank. '
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C. MACHOTKA
Msksr af
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Rewpglflag jiaaily dons an<
satisfaction g isarnfeed.
ia-3hoV next door to Renfroe’s meat
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L T. WALTERS
■ Kprirs oy ifcinD a. ~. .
aple and Fancy
Groceries.
Efyou need anything „
Lue.’dlWore buying.
Wills-Point;Texas
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Observation Pullman Buffet —-d
Sleeping Care
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GALVESTON. HOUSTON, ST.
LOUIS, MO.
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TAKE THE
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.BEST ROUTE
Via Purls ond Fifato Liue to u ¥.
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Eureka Sg»r i 11gw, Arlt., --—-.
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tonio, Anst-iiL Waco and
Points Sbufh,
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# 'j-SwW'-Baily ‘PassergtT’^Tvice*
- Fxec Chair Cnrs, Ii,'umi;;aUd by _
_ EV Licit.;’, Hented -by“ 9te-ani;~r
■ - ' in, i, » Seventy Pound Steel R'isi«,
Far maps, time t-ibh^i or other luAirmatSw
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IL. Louis, April 4.--A special to the ; • '■ ’
Issj^l vu • •» MVM Vl*Xi 0111^'1X7 LUUHC1 w llkf
Bepublie frouL Girard, IL- «a.v*- uwdfr for-help to Cypress-J-atiction left
~A telephone message fia§ T>een re-
. ceived here- from Shawneetown, 111.-,
. saying that at 4:30 last evening the
— levee ab-jve 11.e city broKe and the
. city Ja_lnundated. The water has
backed up for five miles and rushed
-’"’tfown upOb tlie Tike a iidkl wave.
After the message was received tele-
., witb' Shawneetown was suddenly cut
■ off, which tends to-ebnfirm the rejxirt:
' -Nothing more has been learned.
It is rumored that over two hundred
lives were lost, although it is thought
thurMtimate is loo high.
• Evanayillejdnd., April 4.—The levee
at Shawneetown, Ill., broke yesterday
;< ,' »n3 the entire town is flooded from
• .ten to twenty feet. Tile' levee.is ,iu
ftottt of the fbwn and the hills are tn
the rear. • , ,
It is repotted that more than twof^.1*’ ijs v?ry
buhdred liyes are lost. All wires are J De^scene in tae stre*
dowuapd nppajHcuIar?L<an beJiad.
Evansville has sent two steamboats
vntKfdod-and~bTahkefsjt2. t},!y .scene,.
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Shawneetown. Ill. has a population
of about 2000 inhabitants., arid is situ-
ated on, the west bank of the Ohio
Hver. The streets were parallel with
the river, the principal business street
being two-blocks distant from the
water. The level of the river is about
fifteen feet above the city, and the
levee bank is about twenty feet thick.
Ky|^_.fiiUtated an this bank, and leveLjvrth-
®F-. the river, is the Riverside hotel, a large
/ four-story. building, built by Henry
t*“ Pocher. This hotjl.js_jxeneraily occu
pieif fully all the year around, being
tot.only a transient hostelry, but fam-
... - iliee also reside there. It is feared
7“ that the hotel has been washed away,
feai-k. i .Whan U»o river is at its normal
gttge it fi lOOO feet wide at this point,
GU . ■ A. tremendous pressu re is broiiglrLlo
t/' bear dn the levee during freshets.
‘ > during.....thft ffixidr-
- - . -. ^nto--flioweil ever the devec qand
"-1- the streets were under two feet of
B„; ,. .. water. The lovettjaas t
and built up afterward, and the town
B''? has since consiqeied klisl lhere- was
7**" no danger.
half swimming, half floatipg
kuu.ruiuui tumour iroiii nomes mat 1
bad gone floating down "the river'.7
many struggling in vain and sinking!
in the roaring waters, was one that will
live in the memory of every beholder.
■ At one place 4 mother had reached
a safe spot and tlirhed to helplier bus
band, who followed with their child.
As she reached dowh from a window
for his hand he was thrown from his
footing and. he and the child were
swept teway iii the seelie eg- -current.
-The woman saw him sinking the sec-
onrl time.afid then threw herself into
the water. '
Another family paddled half way to
safety on a broad -plank that bad but
half of them out of the water A side
curienl- caught^-tifem anti-sent -them,
out-towards the middle of the stream. , , . , « 1
wheDUu vhe trough of ihe water therj^ expL^a.. wanl:fi.. ..wreuKeii ..-Um..
were seen to capsize and sink. Anol3 ‘ "
mtn hameTUriffin, living on high...
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New Mexico
California.
stone building.' and the courthouse,
which ia.of brick.
It was Jigged that these,would-with-
777 bland the pressure and the uoderrnnF
ing, but when the single courier who
Shawneetown only those two buildings
showed above the bread sheet of the
flood in the lower part of the town, and
its fuli-feree was hetng thrown agilnsl
them.
... Xti.was doubtful'if they would not
colffapae and throw the;refugees into
the tivery Besides the 'hundreds or
more-who were oii tbe roofs af tiie
phone and telegraph Soun<1 is known that j
® neaTiy itidv -of the' inhabitants man-
aged iii+me way ot; other to make
■’their way to thahills back of fhe town
or to houses in the higher sections of
’th* village itself. A few of these sur-
vived the sudden burst of the waters.
feet deepig ^gy*«g half of.the current
of the flood -raised Ohi-, descended, on
7U the unsuspecting people.
It came dowp in a great rush like a
J. tidal wave. There was no slow rising
. Of the waters to. give warning. The
.■..^-houses on the outskirts- -were lifted up
rolled over and over." Most- of
‘ them were torn into splinters. ' Their
(;i y 1 iuhaWtaats were, drowned in them.
7 Nearer the center of the town some
brick structures stopped the onrush of
th9 WMer fota few minutes, but about
two-thirds of the dwellings were lifted
g£ from their foundations and floated into
, the current of the river.
After a few minutes the horror of
th* situatton Wisadded to by the catch-
' jng fire'o’f a large house that had
started down stream with therothsrs.
MagL— The. people on the roofs were al-
ready in danger of being thrown off
by collision with other floating houses,
but the appearance of the floating’
brand added horror. As it struck one
■ house after another in its zigzag course
some caught'fire and their unfortunate
people were compelled .to. trust them-
♦er on piece* of wood to av*id a more
■ terrible death by fire. The break in
th* levee flooded, four miles of th*
Baptist Protests.
New York, April 5.—At a meeting
of the New York Baptist ministers
conference a resolution was adapted
which after citing the reported medi-
tion of the pope in the Spanish situa-
tion continues:
“We desire to utter our emphatic “
protest against any present or future
indirect violation of the principles of
separation between the church which
has been thoughtfully adopted by us.
It would be a precedent likely to be
Dictioiiery, • |
Folding Chair I
or a *Watch ||
We +se!l goods as cheap as
any^ house' a'hd- 'give yo'u Ja
present in addition if you buy
S10' worth during the month.
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in London several years ago a !urge
njjmB&r of nunes, eight or ten of
-Which wore placed in Havana harbor.
He said they were made in a special
w*y, had a sper-iaHy constructed cab!?;
which he.cau identify if the smallest
piece is produced, and he added.that
some of the mines were fixe<L_«o that
they could 'b'b fired, from a for't, while
two of them had been so arranged that
they, .would, explode upon a ’vessel
coming into contact with then!. 7 The
man added, "however, that he did not
IxHTeve-the bombs- would lie used in
water as shallow as that of Havana
harbor. Finally the man exhibited
plans of one of these mines, winch, be
"bnt‘ ‘tliehYrst' ‘knd"someU1m7“t'iX
second floors were under water. TlloieK , .
who made-thl-fr way to them went 1 Piosl?n, of ,the Malne'
only in the clothes they-were, wearing
when ThK“rtwl“ eame.7I'XonF'TiaTse-’
cured treasure or ajioth'es. The prop-
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in the streets at the upper
end o£ the Jown. where men and
women were" struggling'"agaTnsdEe
muddy water to’ higher.groumi. some 1 ,
■■*rr?:llnma J’ u^ueiliunauly proves ■
half swimming, half floatipg on odds r—r-- - — • 1
and. ends of lumber from homes that iir‘7 1!!'
. 1S&S, tilled a large or<ler for >pa:n for
mines, which were used for fourteen
and a half tons ofgun cotton. The.
wotk was tinder the supervision of
Gen. Fernandez. The latter was then |
the head of the Spanish torpedo schooT
By orders of this officer, the mines
were divided into four consignments,
for Havana, Ferrol. Cadiz and Carta-
gena. The mines were manufactured
under- the direction of 4. H-,7 Gibbons;---id ik'rrch’ ....
I aftef Gibbons' patents were described
in Siemen,'s book of torpedoes and |
mines.
Gibbons, Jrbm whom a report ot j
the infqrmati.on_was_ubtaiiied.. and)
who -furnished to Lieilt. Commander j
Colwell a written statement of the I 7 • ■ 7 ,
above facts end outlined his theory oft 11 11111 ant It 1 edc
■ Maine, was then employed ijv the inm > . i i ■
two leetm m.n uameu-urunn, nvmg on mgn Bupcrintendwt bf the torpedo’de- j 'if rea-^tiaJdcprii^sand ^
and the town his trembling house to secure a hosrd lot “f torpedoes were manufactured I I'titn. .
d. .-there; was of money hidden underthe bed. His to^.-kpain m 1S.U6. . , ... . b
' son. a young man of 21, had to climb 1 manufacturer of the Westmin.
tuck sterjnginderingcompany, which « .Cleaning...
-^■ffie successor of toe atoromenUoned | Main ing
firm, snd with which Gtbbons.is con ; r a
j nected. confirms the latter's statements I a
. as to t<he manufacture of mines for;
j Spain.
' ,- Gibbons, who is a former sergeant
engiueex&tend a government -inspec- .
tor of torpedoes, believes ' the Maine s
first explosion was. caused by what is
technically called a ground mine, con-
' ' 1 cotton, sev-
er*Fe^arhie& wgre . maniifactured for i
ock is Complete j
and new goods arriving
' e^efv few~3ays.......
Z. MILLER,
\\ ills Point.
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the Gallatin County bank, a brick and sociated Freas on March j. A man,
whose card described him as being an
electrical engineer, and whose name
was -forwarded-at Aiie -ti me to Wasfiv ~
t!;e effect described as causing the ex- Clll*
It was num-
bered 2, and Wae'eonstruc'.ed to con-
-tain 500pounds Otgun cotton Lieut-j
Commander Colwell, the United States |
naval attache,. has since investigated
the matter and has made a repprt on
the subject to the United States gov-
ernment.—The facts Jearned stroirgtv
tend to show thatoHavana harbor was |
ki b rf n >1 . A’S " ' zvAI «» .. w I
"purpose. Tlie fidfi-Tof lYttimer.' lihod?s | j”'
tumbling on the.cu.rxent overwhelmed
them. - - “* -■ • ■_
A school teacher, whose name is
supposed to be Josephson, was warned
of the danger in time to get to the
A.high ground, but in turning back tp . . - , -
help her mother she was caiiwht wfin ta‘niDg 500 pounds of gup
.Htetekler woman-in *u eddy and wlfieh’ were manqf--------
YTOHYo saveher'lover byHMrosmg a toteealargey at Mowsmith,-aad <
cloftresYine to from tfier^ of that once laid, they retain their. Olci
her house. Hrs house was swept away
at the moment and hejras thrown into
the wateA He swam to the aid lot the
girl, but she was standing on the side
footiug.
These are some of the incidents of
>*<«—77
Every lady or gentleman buy-
ing
goods hete uie entitle# to a
ington, said he sold to-Spanish officers-vaktable present with a choice
of-three articles^ .....
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Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1898, newspaper, April 7, 1898; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284717/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.