From "Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters"  Ed. by Thomas H.
Russell; 1913
Chapter IX
pg 131

        There is the story of George H. Schaeffer, a rescuer, who went  out
into the flood with a skiff and saved a woman and baby.
        "A house that had been torn from its foundation came floating up
behind us," Schaeffer said.  "The woman was frightened.  I told her there
was no danger.  Suddenly she stood up and jumped over with her baby in her
arms.  She went straight down and never came up again."