The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-06-12
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| laSeS that early this rn0rn1no- ji5 na+
snow sign of life. There Is grave faar
| that many bodies of the 5aa5 u-i1I ba
1ound III the flooded cottages and i'm
practically impossible TO learn NJ an
| thentlc deaths but from the mos -
| liable sources it is believed eleven mar
sons We're drowned last night. fouT, of
| whom perished on the north sid, aarJv
| in the evening. follows
| The dead:
JOHN kOOLISH and three children
| drowned IN nOrthSide.
UNKNOWN BABY
| f. H. SHERWOOD.
| LAWRENCE DAY
| TWO UNKNOWN WOMEN
| ONE UNKNOWN MAN
| ONE unknown colored laborer.
II was currently reported today that
| seven negroes. caught in the act of
| lootlng hOuseSe last night were shot
| TO death While this is not confirmed.
| 1t Is known that there was heavy firing
on the north side early last night.
| Where these negroes are said to have
| been killed.
The deaths of John koolish. a polish
| carpenter and his three children. two
boys. aged five and seven respectively.
| ana a girl of twelve years We're caused
nE trying to save three kegs of beer
Inc podles We're recovered today
| CONFISCATED BOATS
| AS 1aSt as scOwS could be secured
| tney We're launched and volunteers
| started on rescue missions a company
| OF naval reserves from Alton, which
iIdu n roWed 70 the city yesterday. rem
| dered splendid service in rescue DUTY.
ReScuers began work as soon as it was
| lSht enough to see and continued their
work far into the night. Word was sent
| out generally for more boats and the
| government responded through Tinted
|
| Louis. who issued an order to coDfiS-
| cate temporarily, all the boats seen in
| and around st. Louis, regardless of
ownership and rush them to East St.
| Louis. The st. Louis fire department
| at once rendered It's hose and coal
wagons and the boats were brOught to
| the deSOlated CITY
NoIunfeer oarsmen promptly manned
| every boat and soon scores of craft
| We're reScuing flood sufferers.
The first boat loads contained re
fugeeS and furniture
Inns order was issued peremptoriy:
II any more furniture is brought ir
VIII be thrown INTO the water If 4
man thinks more of his furniture than
he does of his neighbours life he ,nuSr
lose the furniture''
Nhen boats We're rOwed along side
holneS Where the occupants We're ma
rooned, in second stories, and on roofs
IN the great majority of cases, the oc-
Ihey said that to leave meant that their
belongings would be left to the mercy
VI river thieves, and they would re-
main and stand guard. Strangely the
women We're those most unwilling to ha
rescued although some of them wept in
terror: Ihey We're assured that a thor
ough boat patrol would be established
with orders to kill river thieves on
sight, and finally the unwilling house,
nolders We're persuaded to go to land.
AS wives entered boats that We're too
1ulI to carry husbands or children ana
were sent ahead. they wept and clasne
each other in abject fear. that som.
Iurther calamity might separate the.,,
forever
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
AT the landings weeping women vars.
assisted from the boats and throughout
the day scores of boats rescued hun
dreds Of refugees.
In the eastern extremity of the citv.
al washington place and Rockroad on
vacant area on his ground two hum
urea tents were utilized in erecting
lamp Retugee, and q commissary was
esldpilsheo. from the Broadway land
lngs to Camp Refugee, the flood suf
Ierers were transported in wagons
Edch family was given a tent The city
nan, churches. school buildings and 9TH
er structures were thrown open and
temporarily turned into relief stations.
charge of Camp Refugee, said tonight:
we must have food. East St. Louis
Is cut Off from sources of supply. and
what she had has been largely drawn
upon durlng the past week. Large
amounts of food was DESTROYED bv th-
water last night and we are in need of
aooltlonal food, to care for the suffer-
ing people. The viaduct is unsafe. ana
wagons cannot reach ST. Louis. Rail-
road traihc is cut off. and the situation
con1rontlng US is growing grave. Food
must De secured in some manner or peo-
pie already in distress will suffer more
AS night drew on another fear con-
Ironted the inhabitants. The water that
had steadily been pouring through the
Broadway embankment was believed to
be undermining that bulwark and it is
declared that the street could not with
stand the pressure without giving way
before long.
RIVER STILL RISING.
The belief that the river was rising
was confirmed by the ST. Louis govern
ment gauge tonight. The gauge regis
tered 1896. rise of Is of q foot in "a
hours. No attempt is made to explain
this rise except that the wind is forcing
water from lOWlands into the channels
OF the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
and swelling the torrents which passes
st. Louis.
Denver Side, a suburb Of East st.
Louis, was completely inundated and
today Alta Sta, farther to the east. is
half flooded If the river should rise
even a little more the water must
swamp Alta Sta.
News Of the inundatiOn excited the
people Of st. Louis early today Ru-
mOrS OF many deaths started thousands
OF slghtseerS across E-aGs bridge But
the authorities prepared to turn back
an influx of curious people At both
ends Of the bridge ropes were stretched.
an ,,nli
to allow no ingreSS into the CITY of
spectators who would only hinder the
work of rescue.
SHUT OFF FROM THE WORLD,
East st. Louis was practically shut
off from the world Even refugees who
want to go to st. Louis were stopped,
and unless they could show that they