Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-01
sve Deaths Reported
1t of Disaster at
Des Moines
FOUND AT BALLS FORD
pater Is Unidentified, and Sew
sther Reported Fatalities Are
Fully Observation-Disclosures
Olson Light Company Drowned
Rescuins His Family.

L.
: are reported to have occurred
esult of the flood and it's attend
fsasters.
rec persons-Eussell A. Knouf and
IN, who We're killed by the cyclone.
Olaf Johnson, who was drowned
ling off the Sixth avenue bridge.
their death last week; the others
reports of Saturday.
these three are authenticated A
was found at Balls ford. young
named j. A. Snyder was known
have been drowned, and another
n was seen to disappear beneath the
or at the c. s. N. w. round house.
Six other cases of drowning are fairly
I'll AUTHENTICATED. The overturned
at of two missing persons was found
the southeast bottoms Saturday.
equitable witnesses declare that they
NV four men in boat which capsized
sear the East Ninth street bridge,
drown.
One case was that of man who was
athought to be dying at a barn in East
Des Moines Saturday afternoon and
who later was lost sight of.
In the case of twelve persons thought
ksre Snpwned by the overturning of
IN. while escaping the flood,
sof the story Is very doubt
rder, lineman in the en-
1e Edison Light Company,
led Saturday afternoon near
between Third and Fourth,
n street, on the south side.
fulars of the drowning are
nd Saturday night, nothing
fcertained, the south side be-
setely inaccessible and no
snable.
VS. of the mans death was
Jed on this side of the flood
son light plant Saturday
s>ther than that the man was
sfter having rescued his wife
aildren, nothing was known.
has worked for the Edison
IS lineman for more than
land was q trusted employee.
Eevoted to his family, and
S,eiessly of his children to his
S,loyes and the men around
be were notified Saturday af-
rat the body OF a drowned
q oeen, taken from the water at
,rd.s
ing that the living needed their
n first, the authorities postpon-
< after the body, which was at
shtil Sunday.
Soody was unidentified. The in
ion Of the police was that 1t
to have been in the water for
Lime. 1t was thought possible
was the body of Olaf Johnson,
Jas drowned at the Sixth avenue
! at the beginning of the flood.
fioater was taken from the water
noon. Coroner Beck will en-
+ to reach Avon Sunday IT. the
will permit. This is doubtful
is Just beyond Balls ford. where |
,ody was found.
turday afternoon a man aged
/ 3d. dropped into the livery barn
last Fifth street, near Grand ave-
and being in precarious condi-
the proprietors tried to get him
Nv. sending for the police and ply
ans. The latter arrived before the
her and he was taken away for
Stment. His condition later was not
med but Mayor Brenton and the
sches of the Patrick barn, who saw
stated that he was undoubtedly
q.
was said that he had been In the
ID and had gotten thoroughly wet
sen he had taken on too much liquor
= these two things added to the chill
Ere responsible for his condition,
sich was very bad. 1t is the belief
the police station that he Is either
lad or dying They expect to hear
5rther of him. He was stranger at
se barn where he stopped.
sThe first casualty of the flood Is re-
,rted to have occurred Saturday about
s,on when four men are alleged to
We drowned as the result of the over
F,rning of a boat in which they We're
aseu;ng goods on the east side. The
Incident occurred near East Third
Ytreet. south of the Des Moines Union
Hallway tracks. and so far as can be
sascertained was witnessed only by one
-,nan. E. A. Lewis, photographer, re-
1-.ding at 1173 Wiley street. He thinks
that one Of the occupants of the boat
was one Kingland, with whom he had
a sneaking acquaintance, but the others
oo,,,d NOT recognize.