Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

fastened them to trees that WOulu pLOo-
ably resist every strain upon them. mr..
Dempsey succeeded in releasing his lam
lily of six persons from his house on Ihlrd
street above the bridge after the greatest
difficulty. He took only such bedding as
was absolutely necessary to protect the
people from the dampness OF the earth.
He returned yesterday and succeeded IN
securing his house by means OF ropes to
a couple of neighboring friendly trees
Mr.. Mulloney took two or three
skiff loads of limestone out to
his residence, and planted it
on the interior, convinced that it would
hold the building against a foot more OF
water. Mr.. O'Brien followed Ned. Mul-
loney's example, and up to midnight
there were no evidences that either Of
the houses had moved an inch. .
THE BARRACKS.
About dozen families expelled from
the flats found refuge yesterday N the
barracks, making in all fifty-six families
that had secured protection there. The
| Humboldt school and the old town hall
as well as the tents erected at the foot of
A street afforded protection to about
twenty families besides, and though
at nightfall there were some half a
dozen families that persisted in sticking
to their houses, though they were sur
rounded on all sides by water, there were
none who were left up
protected Furthermore all were
provided with an abundance to eat
Billy Bircher kept open house, and so did
Jerry Mccarthy, while Col Allen sent
over plentiful supply of the substan-
tials. There were many other generous
souls who contributed literally of their
means to prevent suffering.
HELPFUL HANDS.
Mr. Hickey, of the Merritt House, de-
serves credit for his open-hearted hospi-
tality He threw his house open to all
comers until it was filled to it's utmost
capacity, and then exerted himself among
his neighbors to secure houseroOm for
others People were packed into all of
his rooms as closely as they could lie, and
all vacant space was filed by furniture
brought from the fiat.
Mrs. Lambert came to visit Nr. McCar-
thy's family, arriving just as the flood
came down. She did not wait for a
request, but went to work cooking
food and preparing beds for the people
driven from their homes. She scarcely
slept night or day, but persisted in work
ing hard for all in need of assistance, with
out regard to their condition. She de-
served the many blessings she received.
THE POLICE FORCE
was vigilant during the day and evening,
and wo rked faithfully both on the water
and the land. They were subjected to
many annoyances, but bore them as well
as could be expected A sample of the
character of the calls made upon them
was the following: About 3 o'clock man
came in apparent agony to the police
boats, and, wringing his hands, said a log
had broken open the door of his house,
and the water was destroying his goods.
a boat was manned and went out, and af-
ter the lapse of half an hour returned,
bringing Shanghai rooster and an old
clothes horse, the only things of value
found about the premises.
THREsHERs IN DANGER.
Capt, John Leyde had ten threshing
machines of his own invention upon his
premises-five in his yard and five in
shed. Yesterday afternoon they were all
nearly covered with water, and were in
danger of being swept away, as they were
directly in the track of one of the strong
est currents on the fiat. The Captain
took the situation philosophically, how
ever, and professed his ability to build a
dozen more as soon as the materials could
be brought to hand He anchored the
machines as securely as possible, and was
willing to abide by the outcome, what
ever it might be.
DANGER BRIDGED.
In the course of the afternoon it be-
came evident that there was danger of
the washing out of the bridge street
causeway by reason Of the setting in of
the current under the sidewalk fronting
Jerry McCarthy's stores, mentioned in
yesterdays GLOBE Teams were called
into requisitien and large quantities of
stone rip-rappiAg thrown into the course
Of the current, and it was decided about
S o'clock that all danger was past, as the
water in that part of the fiat was evident
ly receding and the current losing much
Of its velocity. All the causeways were
thought to be firm when the GLOBE re-
porter left the scene at sundown
Generous Contributions for Relief.