The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-20

flood camc in the morning instead Of at night
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hogs were drowned at the stock ,s yarass. c..
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tended. by all tho wealthy men Of the city;
81 and mesey 0s subj
soribed to meet immediate necessities. Sleep.
Ing places were found for every refugee last
S SsGSaaiy e SSs t.Sss and Be-
thus served. and after their meal those In.
sufficiently clothed were taken to another hall
all all wers ied clothed. add housed last night.
Its not the intention to ask for any outside
kn Tas s Of oums 4 se SHsN s ely as for
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SaaSh.er of Me"nara George sS ceR chlid
drew dSGsSS Sssls hsns1
dersonN , Wifi 1ad child tive anknown HSst
ani two children. anu six unknown men
Tho damage to railroad companies will BIO
than u. cH,y sf%at Eyery o
p: Paul. MiiwaaESs ard Omaha ge!s on Wiz, II,
tsnses d ihir.s miles: i: sosna ISsss s vas
Es ioa na%fySa n Sorsern 0f Is Almost wSsd
out. so fur as tho Sioux City end OF the track
For n long distance its bridges. and culverts
arc out. and the track carried away. Its
up Sa wEo sh
the circle filled with, mud and d6bris
while TIE walls arc badly injured the n round
with perfect network OF tracks ; an d.. IN m, many
At the Misunderstanding suburb Of Leeds. d.
rcctlv in the, Floyd valley. nine persons are
Tie high ,Ir,sc counted iliteon bodies that
il"a'ins iimber ami 80 hurt that he dropped
1% M"'a "s ST Vest was
swept away am! separated from her little i've
yen,-old girl. who was drowned.
was there seized with labor pains and gave
cue .dI A 4 woman named Hinton ani three chill
dren were drowned in their own house: Two
swedish families were swept away and drown
gas works and electric light plant, ar, under
winter. and the city was in darkness last night;
necessary. to shelter tho homeless multitude:
with water. Several families living in small
water in the night. On the Illinois Central from
here to Sioux CITY not a train moved yesterday
WcSJ VI NllTcliS ShlHlpy SHpS
5000 fcct of track are washed away. Betwoen
Munson. and pomeroy there is ;soO-foot
CouNc!L Brrrrs May 1o.-Tho people at oil
points along the rivor below Sioux, City were
ts Was t1
in in asst FSya nyss n
and many who hnd left their homes returned. |
Nearly all thH 2wsr p1rt Of the soe city is under
OT1uMwA. Ia. May 18.-The severe storm |
reach the highest point since the food OF 1851:
south side. and all that portion Of, the north
under water. and the. south approach Of the
bridge Is slowly ws1hinS away X. Mo,,s.
O'Clock this morning. and the water is six feet |
deer and covers twenty acres and is rapidly |
mammoth proportions, The water from Salt
western part Of tho city. and hundreds Of peo.
ple have been driven from their homes Many
Until boats could take them away. The Tnion
Pncinc and the Rock Island dopots. and the |
s1na Of the by Rfs e nd s
reached the city over. the Burlington and Mis-
s"I1 e G aaa the R Roc Island p as
tSErH!sIA, Cry. Mob. May 1e...The Mis-
the past tWenty.four hours. and Iowa bottom
'A PsT anS l%1aN eb. May 1oFor the past
twenty-four hours this city has been, practi-
ea!Iy cnt of from D. railroad with
Ths MSMa IS s rs m
ante @ p torn IN q
Preparing to ea ave t bs,td
Missouri Pacific bridge. and II is feared that
structure win be swept away. The roadbed OF
are running except those absolutely neces-
81, Louis. May 1o-At 10 O'Clock this morn
Of Madison. three miles north Of East St. Louis.
town In loss than two hours the water WAS was
from two to four feet deep. and the inhabitants
shelter aen aaa
water flowed towar,i tho little hamlet Of
il soon reached a hssht TINT sompeiied ollie the
people to leave their homes to the ravases OF
Al j O'Clock. this afternoon the telegraph op-
city that the water was over n foot deep in his
Ing was in danger Of being swept away. and
the Y Ss his
All through the morning hours every avail
able man that could DO pressed into Service
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which protects East St Louis On the la north
eide. and the Cairo short line road on the |
south side OF the city. Car load after car load
Of rock and SAND ballast were carried along
the banks and dumped into tho places Of i'm
mediate danger. The EN- bankments OF both |
tracks were raised o distance OF two feet to-
day. and men ,nre- constantly at work increas-
and. Cairo short line tracks form a semi.
circle around the western edge OF East st.
give way to tho force Of the heavy waves
which are beating against them the low lands
bankments. would be Hooded to the depth Of
four to six feet in the space Of fifteen minutes.
m reAping fortune conveying the household .
efects OF the frightened inhabitants to places :
of safety on the bluffs at the eastern limits Of
It ii O'Clock. this morning three small !
breaks occurred In tho Ohio and Mississippi !
dyke and 1t was feared that tho entire dyke
would give way. An army OF laborers were !
81 sand and tons OF rock were dropped from
DAT cars into the cIevasses. These were soon
dlled. and for a time at least the danger was
Ryerted.