Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-01
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certainty was added to their other mis-
cry and not one Of them had any hopes
of escaping,
Patrick Beline. his wife and three
small children were taken from the at
tic Of their small dwelling The parents
were obliged to hold the two younger
children constantly in order to Keep
their heads above water They were
nearly starved and probably cannot re-
cover
Miss Annie Noble, operator at the
Union Pacific railroad headquarters In
North Topeka, was forced to leave the
building when the water covered the
floor with her mother and young SIS
ter, the plucky young woman took up
housekeeping quarters In an abandoned
horse car This was good enough shell
ter until the water rose foot above
the floor Of the car but there they had
to stay until today when they were in
cluded among the rescued
Al o'clock this evening people were
quartered IN North Topeka as follows:
In b street church ...,....n..,..5O 800
In Topeka wooden mills "."."....10O
In Cases flour mill ....,..,,.,.,,.. ~
80 'ii fAN hNNl - - wv
In the fire station ,,.,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,, "a
A boat was sent to the wooden mil
with 1000 feet of half-inch rope, which
was to have been used In making
lifeline,
FLOATING BODIES SEEN,
At o'clock the first sight Of floating
bodies was seen, and Ia bodies We're seen
passing by the North Topeka fire sta.
ton. Soon after this 1t was definitely
ascertalned that the following were
drowned
Karl Rupp.
Oryille Rupp,
Two nlpp girls.
Il, l. Jarrett,
This represents only a fractional
part Of the heavy loss Of life. At a con-
seryatiye estimate 200 are dead, Where
these bodies are nobody can tell When
the waters recede the bodies will
doubtless be found at different places
miles down the stream
BUILDINGS CoLLAPsING.
Topeka, Kan. May Sl.--A representa-
tive Of the Associated Press walked out
on the pontoon bride to the Melan arch
bridge, where a satisfactory view of the
flood situation was obtained Looking
to the north as far as the eye could
reach was one eXpanse Of water. dotted
here ana there by badly wrecked on
crumbling buildings. The half mile from
Second street to the Melan bridge was
covered with water six to ~ feet deep.
through which "a mad current was flow
ing.
ON either side Of the pontoon bridge
were brick business buildings, 63 in
numberWhich are completely ruined by
high water, Two nave collapsed, while
the foundations Of others are crumb-
ling The loss in this respect in money
viii aggregate half a million dollars.
This is the district in which all the
wholesale commission houses were To-
Gated and immense amounts have been
lost by the commission men All this,
II must be remembered, is on the south
side Of the river, where the damage
has been comparatively Insignificant
The reporter ventured out into the
stream In a boat as far as the raging
current would allow, and there II was
ascertained that last nights reports re-
gardlng the burning buildings were
somewhat oyerdrawn. Last night the
whole northern part OF the city seemed
TO be ahame. Closer investigation this
afternoon revealed the fact that only
about One-third Of the buildings on the
north side We're destroyed by lire.
Notwithstanding their precarious
condition, many Of the sufferers held
religious services today in the buildings
where they were cooped. Tonight fifty
or more Of the flood sufferers are living
in passenger coaches on the Rock Is
land tracks. Water surrounds the cars
but there is no danger
At II p. m, the lumber yard In North
Topeka was again burning.
Two women and baby were
drowned tonight by the capsizng Of a
boat.
All the people yet remaining in North
Topeka In places Of refuge have a sup
ply OF food sufficient to last for three
days, with the possible exception of
the people in the wooden mills.
Thousands Of dead horses, cattle and
smaller animals are floating down the
stream tonight
One man who worked with the life
savers all night was r.. +. Hayden the
probate judge OF Shawnee county
Early this morning he entered his
boat 20 return to the north side. The
strong current mastered him, and he
was swept down the river He has
hot been seen since
The Associated Press has reports
from Manhattan Abilene and other
points TO the effect that the water Is
falling slowly There is no probability
that the river In Topeka will go any
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