Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-20
LOST In THE FLOODS


- azsassion Daily Grows More Serious
N Ilinais. Missouri. Louisiana
and Other States.
~ Lours. May 1s.-Ths sky u clear
horo bus tbs Mississippi river has risen
- - fact and il slowly rising The con-
tfnnad rise has greatly increased the
1snaes dous in North St. Louis Inn
mnans quan6ifies Of lumbar from the
yaN1s of the Druhs Hardwood Lumber
compony and the Smith q Little Hard
wood Lnmbsr Company. situated 1t the
- g Moth Market stssss Seated
owU. P1ssssgsrs for The venies snd
11m11nnn 1.uyeoat - ths foot 1t North
1890 veEo able - reach II oAly by
n osWeso ere pouring out psrfsct
1Dson1s ef ws4ss from nearly every
- ooGfn. which. with the ssepsge. 10
mnG1nR . epnatant rise In the back
UnooR. 1ho city water works ere 10
ou1o1 - tAst section The water h
- - vi1hin . few feet Of the
01nAovs and has almost COM
Dao1s1y surrounded the settling
1879 hut nothing less than =
- adAitional rise can do any
Amags - the plant The current
q 1unning - the rate Of II miles an
now cd h slowly but surely cutting
nWny he smbsnkments of the Chicago,
Burlington 4 Quincy and St Louis. Ke-
o1uk 4 Northwestern tracks II these
onbankments give way the Hood viii
1nnndste al that portion of the city.
(: shss Down.
1hs East St Louis Packing Company
- shut down. The loss 20 the COM
pnuy Win be several millions Of dol
1nsa, a its cellars are filed with pork
which could not be gotten out The
eazs ON the East ST. Louis Elec-
tEic road cannot reach their
Aormiuus on account Of the water be-
~ over the tracks Tho waters have
ssashsd . point beyond the food of
ia and ere still on the rise. In
plasos throughout the city whore no
Wa1or VS. standing Tuesday II 10 now
1ul1y 1eot deep. Business Is suspend
-
= suyrounded with water and all the
lnctcgies In the vicinity of the national
p1nck yards have been closed down.
Wi,a nslus 70 Destroy.
Wednesday the wind lent It's force to
"a - .vaters in their work of isola-
-. a perfect s.le prevailed over the
us-~r. lashino the wxtarn I'm angry
-. .r,inst the crumbling levees
- n-.hsnh,ents and thu submerred
Se-see- c.nein1 the former 10 rive way
- 49, pl,ces and making the latter
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csu.pssa-
A o,,loek Wedne.dav morninv thu
Ueaa.rhuA warehouse n TAI 70 TAO
S~-e1 10, $3.50 f.rI Z, v,th . tia
-eh Pc, some tine past the water
~ - eati.~ .wav the Foundation
~ -. hu,Id;ns' which d three .torie.
- A the cine the vnrehouse caved
a 90 - stored inside thousands nj
Arllev., vorth Of propertv. consisting
- huuAr.ds AZ barrel. Of cement I.rue
suenfitirs of tobacco. hundred. Of
-. az sur>r. malt and barley. An OF
49, ,,-cv,.r<v sv;Il \. . tot.I ,o.. =.
overythinR was buried in the waters,
lhnt had accumulated TO the depth of 4
e.et in the cellars of the building.
Tive. Lost.
A report came that R. r. Chamber.
onin. wife and two children, living be-
tween East St Louis and CAhokia, H.,
IN : flooded district. were drowned.
while not verified. II Is feared they and
sthevs are drowned or isolated and
saovvinQ.
AZ Alton two men were seen 70 sink
= the river frpm q cspsixinQ skin. but