Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-06-03
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ia 70 aarousc TIL people 81 II he loWter5
rnrt the ana nDtify hem 81 that
the 4 leyeeS had brok en, and that TIE dood
waters of the Rio Grand were ruah-
Ing like mad t. through Ii, 81 y.
The levee which broke was On the banks
ct the canal Oh Stanton street. The
river had reached It's highest point since.
lso1..N ii q few minutes u large force#
s. 4 men t'sl were ct work trying Is check
the the angry waters with sacks filed With
sand an but 9 second break above backed
up the waters on the work men, and they:
had TO- retire. The n xas q Pacific
railway 81 realizing that hundred 5sof
q allies were being flooded from their
homes h.n "a e backed IN a large number Of
empty freight cars for the accommoda-
ton Of the homeless. 8S .s3 B s53y
El Paso, Tex, May 27 he Rio III
Glrande continues to rise and an army
OF men are strung out on Sixth street.
working on the new 5leyee that was y
thrown up Monday night when the Old
leyee broke. Wednesday, morning At
ten clock all the bells III Juarez were
rung to call out the people to checlksa.
break in Juarez leyee and the Mexican
troops stationed in Juarez were put to
work to save the Mexican end Of one Of
the international street car bridges.
the approaches to which were being
washed ~ out by the water. The bridge
was saved as was also the Juarez leyee.};
5 III Paso, Tex. May 2s.-Thursdav
3 morning the river showed rise Of six Is
inches over Wednesday night. and the
water W. was sweeping down the river at
9 terrific rate. Early in the morning the
head gate Of the canal, which is above
the levee, began to give way, and 500.
men with logs, sacks Of sand and willow
bales were put to work to prevent the
break at the head gate, while about 900
men were stretched along the impro-
$vised levee at the other side Of the CITY.
where E' the the water ntinued to creep up,
At three o'clock p. m. the, head gate
gave way with a rush and a roar, the
river pouring into the canal. Ii p 4
The fire alarm was sounded to warn
people in the lower districts, and in an
instant the city was in such wild confu-
sion that for half an hour it was i'm
possible Is make any organized effort
to take q stand against the waters,
which were soon over the banks Of the
canal, nundating the territory through
which it passed on both sides. NJ The
levee at the foot Of Ell Paso street
broke. and IN a short time 20 little res
licences is that locaity were flooded.
Az four o'clock the leyee on Sixth
street was aband oned By. the city and
Mayor Magoffn put several hundred
men and teams to8work throwing up
q new leveeS on Fourth street from the
Santa Re across eight blocks to Tago5
street. 5=5S s}5S II, 81. 4
$ At ten o'clock p. m. the flood had
broken through the second levee on
Fourth street, and the waters had adj
vanced to Second street, causing several
hundred more poor families to fee from
their homes. There are about 500 home
less families on the streets Of Ell Paso,I
ind q large number Of them are with
out food as they are laboring people
who have been fighting the food in
stead Of earning bread for the past IS
days.