Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-06
Committee.

river is falling at the rate OF half an
inch an hour. From Manhattan, up
the river, comes the report that the
water there is slowly falling. AT
Wamego the same condition prevails,
and it is now reasonably certain that
the waters will steadily recede. At
this time there are "a known dead.
The list of dead follow:
Jordan, Henry, colored.
Ward, old soldier.
Garrett, fve-year-old son Of Fire
man G. H. Garrett.
Kutz, Forest, teacher.
Kutz, Mrs. Forest.
Seahaven, Louise.
Story, infant of Geo. M. Story.
jackson, Mrs., widow, probably
dead.
Adams, John L.
Montgomery, Mrs. Ida, probably
dead.
Unidentified dead:
Unknown family of seven, seen by
Rescuer Smith in westside house.
Unknown woman and child, drowned
while crossing to Oakland.
Four seen to fall from trees by
watchers at Sardou bridge, east ap-
proach.
Mrs. jackson, widow who lived at
Thirteenth and Van Buren,, was
caught in her home without means OF
leaving and is thought to have been
drowned.
Henry Ludington, who lives in Oak
land, was last seen hanging to the
branches of a tree in the eastern
portion of North Topeka Saturday
morning. It is thought that he has
been drowned, as he is no longer In
the tree where he was seen.
Husband and Father Left Behind.
John L. Adams, who lived on Madi-
son street near the wooden mill, is
thought to have persisted. With his
family he had taken refuge on the
roof of his home. Rescuers took the
family out early, but the boat was
not large enough to accommodate
him. When the party returned for
him he had vanished.
Mrs. Ida Montgomery, who lived
back of the Citizens bank, on Kansas
avenue, is reported drowned. She was
In her room Saturday morning, but
the parties were unable to rescue her.
There is no one there now.
Andrew Pretzel, a market gardener,
living east of Oakland, is among the
missing, and his friends think he is
drowned.
A man named Smith, who manned
one of the rescue boat to the north
side, reported seeing seven dead
bodies floating in the water on the
second floor of house in North To-
peka. He did not know who had
lived in the house.
The Munsey family, who were
caught on the roof of their house
Saturday, report that they saw two
bodies float by Monday morning.
Baby Swept Into Flames.
Carl Koff, Jr., son of the chief OF
police, saw a woman and baby fan
from a house roof just west OF the
Gabriel lumber yards while that
structure was burning. The current
swept them directly into the flames.
A reporter saw two men plunge
Just south of the burning yards about
the same time Saturday afternoon.
They were swept out into current,
and died in the muddy water.
An unknown man was taking
woman and baby across the river to
Oakland in sliff, when it capsized.
The woman and child were drowned.
The man saved himself by hanging to
the boat.
Watchers on the east approach OF
the Old Sardou avenue bridge, who
were using field glasses, reported see
ing four people fall from the trees on
the other side and drop into the wa
ter.
An unknown girl was taken from q
house near Kansas avenue and Cor
don street. She was chilled and
numbed from exposure, and died
shortly after being taken into the
Union Pacific hotel.
Milton Holt, of the Continental
Creamery Co., saw q woman swept
down the river and drowned Saturday
morning.
Emergency Health Board Formed.
An emergency board of health has
been appointed by the mayor to Co
operate with the city physician in
quelling the disease which viii result
from the food. The board organized,
electing DR.. L. Y. Grubbs president.
DR.. Grubbs says that the sanitary con-
dition Of North Topeka when the wa
ter goes down win be in such con-
ditioh that the place win not be fit to
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