Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-28

ing. Some were content to save their OWE
lives and their families, and to risk their fur
niture in their houses. Others undertook ia
move bag and baggage and seek shelter on the
east side of the river. Life was IN danger at
first, and every energy was bent towards say.
great bustle and activity. Towards noon all
had quieted down, and only the work OF say.
Ing goods was in progress. There was no ex-
element, but all was ceaseless activity. There
were few idle hands save among those attract
| Cd to the spot from motives of curiosity. Men
and women, boys and girls, were alike active,
and hands that for years have not felt the
tions of the day.
On Tuesday evening number of families
deluged on that day took refuge in the river
| school room building. They numbered in all
about sixty persons comprising eleven fama-
lies. 1t was thought for time that their
refuge was secure, but towards 10 o'clock 1t
was a matter of great doubt as to whether or
not the building would be able to stand. It
was completely surrounded with water, and a
strong current had set In east of the building,
| carrying offa portion Of the fence and sap
| ping the foundation Of the structure. The
| police boatsiwere put into requisition at once,
| and by o'clock IN the afternoon all Of the
occupants had been removed to the bluff saue,
| Swede family of clever persons, who persist
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| warnings of danger. For time great trouble
was experienced In finding quarters for these
| people. The janitor of the Humboldt school
| refused to open that building except on an
order from Superintendent Wright. The
police neglected their duty by failing to kick
| In the door and kick the janitor out into the
street, but sent for the order needed. It arriv-
ed towards evening, but in the meantime a
score of people had been put to a great deal of
Inconvenience and discomfort
CAMP KAvANAeE.
The hospitality OF the citizens upon dry
land was taxed to the utmost on Tuesday; yes.
tsrday 1t was simply impossible to accommo-
date the fugitives from the wrathful waves
without en!arglng the limits of the houses.
It was not good day for building, at least IN
that locality, and therefore the next best thing
had to be done. Mr.. P. T. Kavanagh, the
auctioneer, was possessed of considerable
number of tents, and he at once set trusty
men at work erecting them on the bluff west
of the city. By nightfall tents capable of
comfortably accommodating TWO hundred
people had been erected, and many of them
were occupied by refugees from the flooded
will be needed, but # it should be required
Mr.. Kavanagh will respond to the demand. By
unanimous consent the tenting ground was
christened Scamp Kayanagh."
ExToRTIoNATE BoATMEN.
To the disgrace of humanity, be 1t said
there are those whose innate meanness of
character is always bound to manifest itself
ON occasions of geneaal misfortune. Among
those who owned or had charge of a boat yes
terday was man named I. st. Aubin; he was
idly anchored in the water viewing the general
distress; number of parties besought him to
loan or rent the boat, which was desired to
rescue friends; he refused; the police called on
him to deliver up the boat and he still refused.
Officer Cunnif was then detailed to 90 outand
fecth the boat in; he overheard the order and
rowed rapidly away, not having returned at
dark.
NAN THE YAwL.
The GLOBE life boat left her moorings at
Bridge street, and started for cruise about II
o'clock yesterday m ornlng, having on board
the marine reporter of this paper, with Messrs.
Griffin and Gauthier of West st. Paul as cock
swain and oarsman. The trip was prolific of
incident, ranging from the highly Iudicrous
to the most serious bounds OF gravity. The
person who stands on dry land and views the
submerged city can have no proper idea of
the situation.
The sea of apparently placid and .unhroken
water which presents its deceptive front at q
distance, becomes terribly strong and ag-
and broken channels formed by the streets af-
ford dangerous sluice way for the rushing
waters. Powerful eddies are formed in many
of the broken surfaces and, with the strong
and sometimes resistless currents encountered
at the conjunction of two streets, navigation
becomes business of serious difficulty and
not unaccompanled with peril
In many of these currents nothing but a
strong arm and the utmost skill in rowing
can keep the boat from upsetting. This was
illustrated by the dangerous exploit of two
men rescued by the GLOBE commissioners
yesterday morning.
The episode took place on Clay street about
1880 o'clock. Messrs. Martin Mcmahon and
Ed. Somers were proceeding along that street
In a rowboat, when their craft was caught in
q cross current and upset. They managed to
seize hold of the boat and retained their grip
until rescued by the commission.
They had been in the water about one hour
and a-half, and were chilled to the bone. They
were taken to the residence of Mr.. Gauthier
where dry clothing was kindly provided. Sew
eral very amusing incidents occurred, which,
for the time being, relieved the dreadful hor-
ror of the surroundings.
A German woman, who with her children
and household goods, was about putting off
from her residence in boat for terra trma,
and who had been fortunate enough 10 remove
her cow, was heard to bemoan the sad fate of
three geese, as follows:
"Oh, my geese, my dree geese, dot was set.
ting by de barn, und all do leedle goslings, all
losi.n This was counting the chickens be-
fore they were hatched with vengeance.
Another family of French people were about
leaving the house in boat, when one of the
children cried out that the dog was drowning:
the animal aforesaid had missed his footing
and had fell into the water. Upon seeing the
purp struggling for life, the head of the family
forgot wife and children, who were in peril of
being upset, and cried out: "My poor dog,
who will save my jake" The shouts of his
children brought him back to his senses.
\ BIRp's-EYE VIEW.
The bluff bordering the fat was splendid
lookout for those who had no other purpose
than to gaze at the spectacle. A GLOBE re-
porter climbed the eminence and from that
point of vantage obtained a bird 's-eye view of
the scene. FIom the railroad bridge down
below the river bend there was nothing visible
but a vast expanse of water, dotted here and
there with q clump of trees, and within the
city limits by the houses that were, without
exception, surrounded by waite. AS the swirl.
ing currents and eddies toyed with the huge
masses of debris that had come down the
stream, splendid illustration of the force of
the waters was obtained! From that point
of view the Mississippi never looked more
majestic and moro befitting Its name than it