The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-08
MORE. STORIES OF DISASTER
The Water Costs the Railroads $4,000, 900
Towns EIooded

Towns Flooded.
st. Louis, June s.-According to the
local weather bureau, relief seems in sight
for the flooded districts in the vicinity Of
st. Louis. This morning the stage re-
corded by the government gage is 375
feet, a rise during the past twenty-fo nr
hours of 1.3 feet This breaks all rec
ords but that of 1874. Eigh thou
sand persons were driven from their
homes. It is expected that the
river will rise very slowly from now
on until tonight or tomorrow morning
and that the predicted stage of 3S feet, II
at all, will be barely attained. Then,
after remaining stationary for a short
time, the government officials say the
river will begin falling.
Inability to secure communication with
Madison and Granite City, ILL.,, lying few
miles north of st. Louis, where a. num-
Der of people were late last night re-
ported in danger Of losing their lives from
the encroaching flood, caused anxiety
here.
At Madison nine persons are reported
drowned, and Others, either on a crum-
bling leyee or in unsafe buildings, are in
peril.
Situation at Venice Critical.
:, From Ferdinand Cole, president of the
board Of levee commissioners of Madison
county, living at Venice comes a report
Of lives lost thru the collapse of brick
hotel at North Venice or Newport. Com
municationi between Granite City and
| Venice is impossible. Two men are said
to have braved the flood by swimming
from Venice to Madison, being forced by
| water from the roof of the house they
We're living iii. Six feet of water is re-
ported sweeping, thru the offices of the
| Hedges hotel, Madison, with guests Inn
prlsoned in the upper stories.5
| Residents of Granite City are in great
peril from several breaks in the levees
protecting that manufa curing town. Per-
| sons living about the manufacturing
plants in which they are employed are
/ reported fleeing from the flood that comes
from the north and a fresh break in the
abuttment to the west. Adjacent farm
lands are being flooded and the residents
of the low land are seeking safety with
those Of the city. Efforts are being made
hin various ways to reach these places by
water and land and afford help.
Eighteen Are Marooned.
John Buenrar, who lives on Chouteau
island, twelve miles north of ST.. Louis,
reports that eighteen people on the island
cannot get away, He wanted assistance
but was unable to secure aid, as all the
boats are at presens busy and cannot
reach the island.
AT 3 o'clock Monday morning the COM
bined forces of the Missouri river and
sCahokia creek broke the barriers at the
i:relay depot, East st. Louis. The relay
depot was surrounded with water, but the
embankment Of clay and sand bags made
by the workers Sunday saved the city
from the rush of water. Trains contin-
ued to pass on the tracks around the de-
pot, but at S:45 the east bound Southern
train was stopped on the bridge incline.
Traffic at a StandstilI.
+ With all East Side terminal points be-
tween Alton and st. Louis in the embra ca
OF the flood and the Merchants and Eads
bridges accessible to only few lines. st.
Louis passenger and freight traffic, both
Incoming and outbound is temporarily
paralyzed.
1t Is estimated that the flood disaster
has already cost the railroads 1000. 600.