Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-26
MANY WERE DROWN
THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS AT SIOUX
CITY NOT YET KNOWN.
a Mother is Rescued at the Last Moment,
But Her Child Sinks in tho Angry
Flood Gloomy Reports From Many
Other sections OF the Middle West
immense Damage Reported.

Sforx CITY, Ia, May 10. According to
tho latest reports tho flood has been moro
disastrous in its results than was at first an
tcipated. The estimates to the loss of
life vary from 50 to 100. No list cau be
given OF the dead. In fact the terrorizsd
people have sought rolugo in so many quar-
tors that it is impossible to exactly figure
what tho number on the death roll will be-
Some herioc scenes were witnessed in the
attempts to save the unhappy victims. Mrs.
West and her little five-year-o daughter
were unable TO get away from the flood in
time The father and two children had
been saved, and the rescuing party was re-
turning for Mrs. West and her child when
the waves swept the house away. Inc
flcated DOWN with tho roaring current until
the Omaha bridge was reached. An en-
gineer succee led in saving the woman, but
her strength failed her aud she was COM
PEELED to relinGuish her hold on her chilh.
With a despairins cry OF 'mamma' the
child disappeared beneath the waves.
At the manufacturing suburb of Leeds
nine persons are known to have been
drowned. Four were drowned at Spring
dale. Observers on the high br idges counted
1G bodies that swept under 1t. Matt Roe,
an old sailor, saved % lives. A woman who
to child there, ana two hours later she
was rescued. A woman named Hinton and
three children wore drowned in their own
house. Two Swedish families were swept
away.
The city council has subscribed 50, 600
for the relief OF the sufferers and tho citi-
zens are making large donations.
Alexandria, Mo-, Submerged.
NEoKuK, Ia, May 19.--The Egyptian
levee, which protects vast area OF bottom
lands, five miles below here, broke to-day.
The waters OF the Des Dlones river flooded
the entire district. The high wind pre-
vailing will cause inestimable damage. The
whole town Of alexandria, Mo, is sub
merged. All trains on the Keokuk and
Western and the ST. Louis, Keokuk and
Northwestern railroads south of this point
have been abandoned.
The situation at St. Louis.
ST. Louis, Mo, May 10--At p. m. +,
the river passed the sc foot mark and is
still slowly rising East st. Louis proper
| is still protected by numerous railroad en-
baukments but should any of them give
WAY the whole town viii be flooded to q
depth OF ct least four or five feet.
Along tho Red River Bottoms.
PARIS, Texas, May 10-Eecent rains
have raised the BED river to GWage of ~
| fect, with more promised. The water has
spread out over the bottom lands for dis
lance of one to three miles, running crops
on thousands of acres Of farming lands.
| In many places the river is changing its
bed, which means the utter annihilation OF
Thousands of acres moro OF laud. Much
stock has been lost and human life is in dan
ger in many places. More than 500, 0OC
worth of logs baYe been lost already In the
froshet.
Many Driven to tho Second stories.
LINCOLN Ncb., May 19.-Lncon is ex-
periencing another food Of mammoth pro.
portions, and hundreds have been driven
from their homes The suddenness of thC
rise caught many who were obliged to seeS
| the second storiea and roof tops until boat
| couid reach them The Union Pacific de-
! pot, Burlington and Missouri round house
and Rock Island depot are surrounded by
water Traffic on the Union Pacific anC
Rock Island roads IS abandoned.
Communication shut on.
PLATTsMOUTH, Neo., May l0--For th'
past "a hours This city has been practically
cut off from railroad communication witt
Omaha and the East The creeks through
out are swollen to al enormous extent. TIT
Burlington bridge has been swept away, to
gether with mile Of track. kog creek
south Of the Junction, is badly swollen, TIL
whole country resembling an immense lake
Cloud-nurst in Aebra.ka.
PAETINGToN, Neb May ia cloud
burst in this section yesterday did grea
damage. Over three inches of water fell il
less than 80 minutes. Many bridges along
the country roads were swept away, en-
the lower part of the town was Hooded t
such an extent that houses were floating
and families We're compelled to seek nishe
grounds,
A BAD TRAIN WRECK.