The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
MISSISSIPPI STILL RISING.
TIMELY WARNING PREVENTS
LOSS OF LIFE AT ST. LOUIS.
House, in the Bottoms Abandoned-Rive
Goes Up Two Feet in Twenty.four
H0urs-Expecte to Reach Thirty.
eight Feet-Enslne Tumbles Init Flood.


ST.. Louis, Mo-, June 5.-The Mississippi
rose two feet in twenty-four hours and
this evening registered 344 feet. A stage
Of Ss feet Is predicted. Should this predic-
ton be realized it means extensive dam
age on both sides OF the river
The river front for miles northward is
under water back to the bluffs. The homes
Of jewellers in the bottoms are inundated to
their caves. Timely warnings prevented
loss of life, the inhabitants fleeing to the
high lands, leaving their household effects
behind
To the south water ia sti further en-
reaching upon Carondelet From Broad
way westward Ia a sharp rise, which II
is not thought possible the waters can
submerged, closing manufacturing plants
OF all kinds and compelling the abandon
ment Of the Iron Mountains river route.
A switch engine Of the Keokuk and North
ern went over into five feet OF water to-da y
at Bssell's Point. above the Merchants
Bridge A crew Of five men was aboard,
and all had to swim for safety The
engine was hauling cars out Of danger on
tho Burlington track when the roadbed
gave way
lington tracks are under water. The side
walk on the west side of the levee is sub
merged and Easements of stores, ware
houses and boarding houses are filed with
water Wagons hub deep in water are
hauling the contents of stores up the hi Ill
and away from the flood.
The tri-cities on the east side Of the
Mississippi are in precanous condition
tonight, the water steadily encroaching
upon them. The embankments of three
railroads have been washed away. and the
old levee In front Of the Madison dixie has
Eoo ial If
working tonight in an endeavor to hold
the main dixie.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, June 5-Many blocks
of business and residence property and
the railroad yards, Of the, Burlington, st.
Louis and Hannibal Wabash, and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railways are under
water in Hannibal, and the vast low lands
north and south Of the city are entirely
submerged. The present reading Of the
gauge is 81 feet 4 inches, feet above the
danger line
Gregory has almost been wiped OF the
map. The Mississippi River is fifteen miles
wide at that point. Alexandria,, Moody,
Helton and West Quincy have been aban
doned, and at Canton and Lagrange people
have been compelled to vacate many of
their homes and seek higher places OF
safety.
GUY LBvKE BREAKS.
LOUISIANA, Mo-. June 5.--Guy levee
opposite this city broke at 1890 O'Clock
this morning. The levee is forty-f1ve
miles in length beginning at the bluffs a
short distance below Quincy III. in Adams
d DOWN in a1o cahoun ' oounfy where S ths
bluff again strikes the river Fully one
hundred thousand acres of rich farming
land were protected by it. and the thou
sands Of acres of growing wheat are now
one dreary sea Of water
KANSAS CITY CLEANING HOUSE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 5.-Kansas City
began its house cleaning to-day in earnest
with the Kaw and Missouri rivers falling
rapidly, the city will clean up the debris and
the mud as the waters recede Every
householder in the city, whether in the
flooded districts or not, has been ordered
to clean his premises, and POO city employees
will serve as sanitary sergeants to see that
this is done. The Council has passed an
ordinance 80 that the derelict ones may be
heavily fined and the Mayor Is pressing into
service all idle teams and men.
The Sanitary Commission is confronted
With a very serious condition hero. Large
numbers Of dead cattle, horses, sheep,
hogs and other animals have foated away
from the stock yards and have lodged
among the wreckage in the west bottoms.
With little warm weather they will be-
come a menace to public health.
Fifty men were at work to-day in the
Union Depot. They wore rubber boots
and waded into the food with shovels.
Workmen washed the walls and benches.
The platforms in the east end OF the yards
were scrubbed and hauled back into their
former places.
One noticeable feature in the yards is
the condition OF the railroad tracks. These
are bent and twisted as If hurricane had
struck them. They have been under
mined and the ties. having a tendency to
float. have kept the tracks in the current
OF the water. The force has been sufficient
to bend the rails.
The construction Of temporary bridge
to bring water in pipes from Quindaro.
across the Kansas River began this
morning.