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People Were At Church

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
April
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Evansville, Ind., April 5.- The Louisville and Nashville railroad accommodation train from southern Illinois arrived here at 10:30 o'clock. It -was expected many people from Shawneetown would be aboard. but it is learned taat tralns on thlg Drancn have lor a weeK proceeded no farther than El Dorado, fifteen miles away. The trainien bring the report that the family of Sheriff Galloway was completely wiped out by the flood. It is reported that the levee broke while people were at church, ar that many were drowned beca use thre was no warning, the flood sweeping over the town like water through %, mili race. The following is a list of those ltnown to be dead: COLONEL COLLICOTT. W. C. COLLICOTT AND WIFB. aiRS. ED FLAKE. THREE CHILDREN OF PAUL PHALEN. MRS. GALLOWAY AND TWO CHILDREN. C. RHYNEHART. MARY M'ALLISTER. ELLEN M'ALLISTER. ANNIE RYHNEHART. GRANDMOTHER HOLLY. MRS. M'LANE. MRS. MATILDA GREER. MRS. ZACH MEIER. CHARLES CLAYTON. PAUL PHALEN'S FAMILY. MRS. M'CLAIN. NOAH WELCH AND FAMILY. R. B. Hooker, Western Union manager, is missing.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat