The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-06-12
Over Two Thousand Men at Work
Building Dykes Along the River
on the Illinois Side.
DANGER POINTS RAPIDLY APPEAR,
Thousands Of People ConarcEste on
the Missouri shore and watch the
surgInE TIA from n safe Dis-
t~nnr--Caiis for Help Are Multi
plying.

81. Louis, June s.-Oyer two thou
sand men are fighting the flood along
the Illinois shore to-day. All day Sun
day the work was kept up in the hope
Of saving as much property ns posi-
bic. As the waters crcpt up and
spread out workmcn increased Their
fc,crish speed. skiTs nrc unable 10
stem the current, and appeals for aid
from the east side can only be re
spondcd to when steamers are al
hand. Calls for aid are coming from
dozens Of places north and south OF
81. Charles.
Over one thousand men are kept al
work night and day building dykes
Nd Mayor Cook 81 East ST. Louis IL
&iying from place to place In the
threatened district, giving instrue.
tons to forcmcn.
Thousands " people c~ongrcgntcd Al
u safe distance ON the river front
Sunday and watched the surging wa
w HN'fH w. wv NbINN vi Nfffh
nge clurncd about In the great rive
md occasionally roofs Of houses ano
shanty boats came into view.
Two hundred families have left
Granite city for Springfield ana other
towns outside Of the Hood district
Two thousand more stood upon the
depot platform, yninly clamoriug to
bc taken to some safe refuge. Two
railroads are still running trains
north and east from Granite city. bu,
communication by rail with 81. Louis
and East ~. Louis was cut or Sunday
unr woman was drowned In Madison
and one man was seen To fall from the
top of u house and disappear In the
water at the break In the approach to
the Merchants bridge at Venice. No
names were obtainnblc. These were
the only deaths reported during the
day.
Early this morning Russell T.. Care.
n,r, abroad his yacht Annie Russell,
received n telephone message from
Scott blcwctt, secretary of the Amer.
lean Car aud Foundry Co.. saying that
10 Of the compnny's men were drowned
at the Madison works and that ijC
others were In imminent danger.
The use of the Merchants bridge
discontinued on account Of break in
the east approach.
Breaking lcyccs have flooded the
towns Of Venice, Madison. West Madi.
son aud Newport, rendering hundreds
homeless. Houses at Venice were
crushed like egg shells by the swift
torrent when the lcycc broke.
The Tri-Citics are In darkness he.
cause OF the flooding of the electric
light plant.
Granite City IL still u foot above the
food, and hard work on the lcvccs and
railroad embankments may save the
town with its big manufacturing
plants.
The stock yards In East st. Louis
are still three feet above the food, but
no business can he transacted ON &C.
count Of the lack Of railroad service.
Farmers have been prevented from
cutting leyecs south OF Fast st. Louis
by citizens armed with riot guns. In
nnswcr to a call from East. st. Louis
Night Chief-of-rolice Gillaspy Sunday
sent all the available men he could
spare across the river To assist In
guarding property and p~atroling the
%lcyccs. Twenty men were sent over.
The river nj two o'clock this morn.
Ing marked 37,4 feet, the highest point
reached since 1885. The weather bu.
rcau reported III, Missouri still rising
az far up az Hermann, indicating that
the predicted stage Of Is feet at st.
Louis would be reached to-day. The
Mississippi above Alton is reported
stationary.
River men expect that the crest OF
the flood vii! reach st, Louis tonight,
or early tomorrow morning, 10y which
time the worst will he over aud the
decliIe, il is expected, will be rapid.