The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
hIODS AND FIRE N Topeka
eNmR 400 PEOPLE DROWNED.
5000 WITHOUT HOMES.
Ffeterty Losses VIII Amount to More
YAsn Five Million Dollsrs-clty Wa.
~ Works ussIsss-ProvlslonS Are
eanFt--Watsr Was Q TO IS Feet
pA>p Over North Topeka.

NINIA the present condition Of the food
8 III: One hundred and seventy 10
H nsople drowned; 5000 people with
NNI NDmes: $4,000 900 loss Of property
&6fIFpyed; identified dead. i've; foat
INN hOdies seen. 20: people missing.
&0X houses burned. as = result Of IRE
u 1HmbeF yards from stacking lime.
HNNAably 200: banks collapsed, Z;
NEN'Hsale grocery stores flooded. 3:
NiN tnslness blocks almost ready 70
HENMhle. 20: Wholesale commission
haNHAn deserted. 8. Rock Island trains
&3Nkaining $50 passengers held here By
h|HA natsr. city water SoFks plant
uatlsna
NAk known drowned: Carl Rupp.
NrN'I'e Rupp. two Rupp girls. @. H.
nnfRNAt and year old son. 20 unidsn-
lIN04 bodies.
HAfing men have made q careful
eNMMAlnAliOn Of the food and all it
foN4IliDns and IS = result Of their in.
NNNlfNntion they give $50 49, the prob
ahIa nnmbes Of lives iosL A more
eoNHErEAtIVs estimate places the mum.
bNf ia dead Al IT'S. The higher Hum.
heF y D. likely 10 be correct a. the
1NwNN The number Of dead il mere
~ HN estimate. Twenty members Of
FN2eSing parties tell Of hos they sAw
Nnaaa drop from houses 10 be swept
AVIS ~ the food. and Others tell Of
HS4H Who. terrified al the approach Of
kkN ~. dropped iato the saleF. where
fhHF eAns and dld not Feappoar.
XAlE estimated nnmber ot dead docs
M Ifelaac the large numbcF CHASED
n MIRNinE. Who can not otherwise be
ntSd for Neither dogs IL Ia
the nambcs ~bo arc supposed To
NMEA loat their llres In the aFe. In
T4N MlteF class theirs is absolutely no
~ ~ arriving at even an approAi.
4l Nnmber Of victims The waller ls
- tRh and the current 80 strong that
Ml be- done COS il 10 rescue thosc
~ m buildiaEs surrounded BY aAi~f
Ke IL gruuad for hops that Tie
waE has passed.
Waters Rsesdina.
E Engineer Mecahic has issued :
hAIisn Eising out the cheering inlss
that the waters bad subsided
IS W crtant % exactly seven and =
A4s1 nshca Il map bo fee hours DO.
fI4 En0shrr drop utli 30 noticed.
Who iTs OF 700 lives iosg. millions
~ a43aFs worth q property destroy
~ 4ndreds % pistol shoga as signals
az &'HtF~ua. blended With tho AEnniEiuK
t4 81 unwilling Inhabitants In tree
t M roofs 81 houses. aud the "a
lA fe~pihE upward and then slowly
iaE and alternately changing
ffom ADpe Ia despair. the capital city
Al4 E4asrd tho mo~t memorable Sab
N8th ~ % It's rHistohcc. To this un.
caMINsnblo condition q Affairs vas
ndt y cold and dismal rain. The A..
Aof Nf abe rescue work ot the heroic
44Nl4 vas not abated In the least
~ Nv conditions which confronted
sAA
~ bhE drsart hours. knee deep In
WAzN Ind sometimes in water up TO
lANN sscks. thoy worked With might
ara HAin. ToHigh, they can proudly
44IN ~ 500 nr moro rescued ones who
INiss might have been swept away
D. tNN current. Large contributions
NAst already been received for tho
N1HeNt 81 the sufferers The amount
NINNA By Topeka citizens alone will
oesAts 100000. To this IL to 10
~ immense quantity 81 clothing
NtNNIN|ons and general supplies. out,
fI44 ltNns have generously offered aid.
n#nH# which IL Galveston. Tex.
Offers Of Aid.
AMHnE the other messages was one
fItM Do Galveston Tribune reading;
Nc can do anything at all in the
90 your city please feel free to call
uH
t# messages from Kansas towns
HHIN Be the commission here to draw
MH0 Individuals for stated sums, and
N4 &sh a. the mails arrive q great