The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
Ct LOUIS SWEPT BY A STORM.
nozrN OR MORE LIVES LOST BY
DROWNING.

pain Comes Down in Torrents
the wind Blows 40 Miles an
1,.ur-SmaII Streams i'm the SUBJ
Lem out of Their Banks.
uon Drowned with His Daugh-
ir His Arms-A Dozen WOrl<men
,,,-.i,o-Occupants of Fifty Houses
poscued with Difficulty.
- 7oufs April Last nights rain
Wv, was one of the heaviest in this
..,i,itv in the past year, and the wind
~ times reached a velocity of over 40 miles
an hour.
rho rainfall In the suburbs caused the
,on streams TO rise at an alarming rate,
aa5 in some places they overfowed their
,,,nLs and flooded the adjoining territory
80 dentb of several feet. The suburban
..,.,s of the Frisco railroad were flooded
80 the depth of two feet, and trains were
t,,,norarilv abandoned. Through traffic is
being operated over the tracks of other
roads
The river Desperees in the western sub
rrbs ordinarily small stream, overflow
od ite banks and submerged several houses
in the lowland.
George w. Tate, aged 20, living at Brent
3 wood. was awakened by the flood, and
found that his house was succumbing to
4 the waters He seized his daughter, Nell
q pa aged + in his arms, and jumped from
q second story window. He was carried
& irto the swift current of the river and both
B were drowned.
a The river Desperees rose to the hight
b of fifteen feet in the southwestern portion
of the city and overfiowed the adjoining
property to the depth of from two to six
feet. The brick works at Cheltenham,
seven miles southwest of st. Louis, are
flooded TO the depth of three feet and the
4 fires in the furnaces have been drawn.
About forty men employed in grading su-
burban property were camped in the low
land, near the suburb of Brentwood, and
were awakened by the rushing waters as
they flooded their tents. The men made
a rush for skiffs and reached the adjoining
high ground About a dozen of them,
however are missing this morning, and
il is feared that they were drowned. The
mounted police are making a search of the
district, but state that they are unable to
locate the missing men.
The locality was occupied by about fifty
4 small houses, and the inhabitants were
/. rescued with great difficulty. 1t is feared
that their homes will be swept away, as
the food is still rising, and the water is
Il already four feet deep.
The Mississippi river rose over a foot
. here last night, and is now within three
feet of the danger line. From reports re-
celved from upper Mississippi places it
II is predicted that the danger point at this
4 city viii be reached by Saturday. The
i occupants of stores along the levees, on
both sides of the river, are moving their
property to safe places.
Reports received this morning show that
a severe storm of rain, hail and wind pre-
vailed throughout Missouri yesterday af-
ternoon and last night.
At Mount Vernon, Mo. hailstones weigh
Ing 10 and u ounces fell with such force
ana rapidity that not a house in the COM
munlJy escaped without broken window
CLASS Stock of all kinds suffered intense
lE Immediately following the Hail came
me heaviest rain storm witnessed at that
i place In score of years.
Al Dexter, Mo, a hailstorm struck the
own yesterday evening and thousands of
window glasses were destroyed.
AZ Bonneville, Mo, rain fell to a depth
OF TWO inches in less than an hour. The
i4in was preceded by a hail storm and
heavy wind which is reported to have
caused great damage in the surrounding
country.
Al DE Soto, Mo, the rains were so severe
Wlt all trains on the Iron Mountain rail-
ioad were ordered tied up to avoid acci-
dents.
reports received from Southeastern Mis-
souri, state that the deluge Of water was
el'al to a cloud burst and every stream is
lnning bank fun. So far no loss of life is
npOrted.