St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-15
REsCUING PARTIES OUT.
Forty-Eight People in Great DAN
ger on an Island.

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ST. LOUIS, May 14.-The police au-
thorities tonight received dispatch
from st. Charles, Mo-, stating that ISL
and No. 9s, in the Missouri river, three
miles east of that city, was i'll imminent
danger of being submerged. The tele-
gram stated that forty-eight people were
stranded Oh the island, and unless assist
ance was speedily rendered it was
feared they would perish in the floods.
Mayor NOOnan has ordered the police
to organize relief corps, charter a tug
and start for the scene of danger as
soon as possible. They expect to reach
the island at 4 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. A search party has also left st.
Charles with small boats to assist IN
the rescue. ,-
The local food in this city continues
to increase at a rapid rate, and at 9
o'clock the gauge registered 33.9 feet.
This is two feet above the danger line.
The river is rising at the rate of one
inch an hour, and it is expected will
continue at this rate until Monday
morning. A heavy thunder storm
passed over the city this evening, and
the rainfall shows no sign of abate-
ment. ...--;
The water is four feet deep in the
stores along the leveeS. and dozens OF
families have been forced to seek other
quarters. On the east side of the river
the towns of Madison, Brooklyn. Venice
and East CarOndelet are in danger of
being submerged. 1t is feared that the
works at East st. Louis will have 10
close down. The railroad yards in and
adjoining East st. Louis are covered
with water, and some roads are refus-
ing freight on account Of Inability to
handle cars. Below this city the reports
show serious condition of affairs, and
the outlook is discouraging.
The situation all along the Mississippi
river is hourly growing worse, and If is
now conceded that the food will exceed
that of any year since the big freShet of
1881. Along the Missouri river, from
Kansas City to Alton, the water is ris
ing at the rate of an inch per hour. At
st. Charles, Mo-, many families are pre-
pairing to vacate the bottom lands. The
water is now even with the dikes, and
it is feared if the pressure continues
much longer the embankments will
give way and thousands of acres of
farm lands will be flooded.
At Jefferson City the Gasconade,
Usage and Moreau rivers are booming
and pouring stream of water into the
Missouri river that causes that stream
to rise at rate that will equal the food
of 1888. At Marshall, Mo-. the river is
over the banks, and the ferry boat was
busy all night removing families to
higher ground. At Louisiana, Mo-, the
leVee is still several feet above the
water, but there is great fear of break.
Should this occur the damage will be
beyond calculation. Farmers have re-
moved their stock and household goods
10 places of safety and are now engaged
in strengthening the levees.
At Alton. twenty-five miles above this
city, the water is so high that many
factories have been compelled to shut
down. Ali the warehouses on the levee
have been abandoned, and freight is to
be handled OIL the river banks. The
water has loosened the trestle of the
Bluff Line railroad to such an extent
that it is not deemed safe to I'm trains
across it, and that road is now using the
Burlington tracks.
BOoNEvILLE. Mo-, May 14.-The river
at this point raised seven inches last
night and about the same today. The
dyke approach to the bridge is still in
danger, but it is being strengthened.
Heavy rains fell all last night and to-
day, and the danger increases.
WASHINGTON, Mo-, May IA. - The
river is rising an inch an hour, a heavy
rain is falling and big rise from
above is coming. The Warren county
bottoms are already flooded, driving all
farmers out. Above here the river is
five miles wide. South of here the big
bottom twelve miles long and eight
broad is inundated, running thousands
of acres of crops.
MARSHALL. Mo-, May 1.-THE Mis-
souri, river rose six inches last night at
Arrow Rock and Miami, this county,
and is rising today. Two ferry boats
were kept busy all night and today at
Arrow Rock rescuing families. live
stock and household effects. Hundreds
of persons visited Arrow Rock and
vicinity today to see the flood.