The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-01

may be among those on the tops of the
buildings. but this is hardly the case, as
their house was in direct path of last
nights fire. Isaac Stanton succeeded in
reaching the B-street Baptist Church with
500 pounds of provisions He was two hours
in making the trip Of not much more than
a mile. Half dozen persons are In an
abandoned street car just north of the
bridge and have been there for thirty hours,
but will be rescued. Eighteen people were
rescued late this afternoon from house
at l20S North Monroe street A man who
has just returned from the scene of the
flood says he could see as many as ten
dou-ayenue bridge at the foot OF Morse
street. Ed Lang and Charles Waldon,
santa Fe employees, started out in boat
early to-day to rescue Russian whom they
saw on the roof OF house not far from
the south bank of the river. They got
the Russian in the boat, which immediate
~ capsized. The three found resting places
in trees, where they remain at this time.
Another party Is trying to rescue the trio.
At $3.50 the water had53eceded exactly sew
en- and one-half inches in an hour. Before
this rise Of an inch had been reported.
The gauge went up and down all after
noon until at o'clock a fall set in. At
o'clock the water had left the first floor of
the Rock Island general offices, but was
yet six feet deep just outside the building.
1t was then that gang of telegraph line
men succeeded in getting heavy wire cable
stretched across the top of the pontoon
bridge. A large sand dipper was attached
of provisions to those who were not yet
rescued. The first flood victim to be res
cued by means of the cable was the Rev
A. n. Pearson, pastor of the North Topeka
English Church. Mr.. Pearson said:
I'VE spent three days on the top of our
mouse. We were fairly warmly dressed but
ly of four during that time All day Satur-
day and to-day we had nothing to eat. Our
situation was desperate and extremely un-
comfortable, but we at no time lost faith
friends
rescue us. Yesterday my wife and children
were rescued to-day my turn came and
l cannot begin to tell how thankful l am.
w. N. Keppard and wife, aged persons,
were rescued at 4 o'clock. They were so
numb that they could not feel and had to
be knocked down into the water before
standing close together In the attic of q
house and so severe had been their expert
ence that their minds gave way under the
strain. They cannot recover.
MOTHERS BRAVE FIGHT.
A Mrs. Anderson and her year-old baby
had been for three days In tree In
plain sight of people who were powerless to
rescue them. The mother clasped her child
close In her arms and managed to brace
herself against a tree in reasonably Sc
cure position. For three days she kept UP
the battle for life. AT o'clock her rescue
was very near, but she lost consciousness.
Both mother and child fell into twelve feet
of water and drowned, being Immediately
drawn under by the current.
Harvey Parsons, a local newspaper man.
had thrilling experience. He took boat
Friday night and made his way to a house
in the hope Of making some rescues.
woman and her baby, names unknown,
were in the house and Parsons took them
into the boat. They had proceeded only a
short distance when the boat capsized.
Parsons contrived to get himself and the
others up into tree, and there they re-
mained until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when
they were rescued. They were brought to
place Of safety. but probably will not sur
vive
Two small steamboats, were put into serv-
ice at 4:30, one from Ottawa and the other
from st. Joseph. By these work Of rescue
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