The Penn's Grove record., 1903-06-12


Volunteers Worked ON the Embank-
ments to Prevent Further Disaster :
River Forty Miles wide at Ope Point
damage to Property Enormous.
st. Louiss The food;h has claimed
everything on the east side Of the Mis-
sissippi here except East st. Louis.
Only a few inches more Of water and
the f1eod would top the row of sand
bags. plastered with mud, that stood
the sole harrier that protected the city
from ruin. I
Every able-bodied man in East st.
Louis at Mayor Cooks command
worked with might and main strength
ening the barriers as much~as he can.
TWAS feared that HastSt. Louis might
suffer the same fate that overlook Ven
ice, Madison and Granite City when
the Madison levee broke. Z
There are at least seventeen dead IN
the tri-cities, and two dead in East st.
Louis If accounts received are reliable,
but there have been no bodies recov-
cred and it is possible that some Of
those supposed to have persisted have
simply been unable to communicate
with their friends. Twenty-Five thou
sand persons are homeless and railroad
traffic IS paralyzed.
Several hundred refugees were
1ebroughts to st. Louis on fiat cars across
the Merchants Bridge. Several hum
dred more were rescued from house
tops and carried to places of safety in
Granites City where come Of the land
is still above the flood level. 8.
Opposite Carondelet and lower down
the river has spread many miles over
the lowlands. In the vicinity OF Cape
Girardeau it is forty miles wide.
tif1atGssand fawf{3ersons have. under
taken the ask. Hut from all accounts
the prc~peff3losses are A. folnsws:,
ST. uharle1. :: $4,000
Alton .......... 100.000
Mitchell 1890. ........ $4,000
Tri-cities ...... .4,0O0,000
East st. Louis. 1,OO0,0 600
st. Louis -. &c. ......... $4,000
The loss to farmers in the bottoms,
where the crops have been completely,
ruined, is at present beyond scOmputa-
ton, but certainly will amount to
many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The damage in st. Louis itself is
slight, because it is confined entirely to
the river front, and thera was ample
time for preparation to remove stocks
from buildings in danger Of flooding.
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Kansas City, Mo.-The loss to the
State Of Kansas and to this city as. the
result Of the recent flood was over ST.
100000. OF this $4,000, 900 is the esti-
mated damage to crops in Kansas, 49,
100000 represents the damage done in
this city and the suburbs and the other
e4,000,00O is distributed among Kansas
towns, as follows:
North Topeka, S250,OOO; Lawrence,
$500. 900; Saline, $780, 1000; Manhattan,
$4,000; Wamego, $4,000; st. Mary's.
! $4,000; Blue Rapids, $4,000; Clay Cen
tire, $4,000; Enterprise, $50, 900; Con-
'cordia, $4,000; Junction City, $780,
600; Solomon. $4,000; Abilene, $780,
BOO; Ellsworth, $4,000; L~indesburg,
100000; Hutchinson, 100000; Mime,
apolis, 100000; Emporia, $65, 900; Flor
-ence, $4,000; Lincoln Centre, $4,000;
Atchison, $4,000; Burlington, $40, 1000;
Hill City, $4,000; Beloit, 3 5000; Ar
gentine, $1,000 900.
No account has been taken of the
smaller towns, although nearly 200 of
those were affected by the floods.
The estimate Of the loss to crops is
considered conservative. Owing to the
lateness of the season and the condi-
ton Of the soil it is very doubtful IL
any profit will be drawn during the re-
mainder Of the year from the farms
which were inundated. AS q conse.
quence there will be a great deal of in.
dividual want and suffering among
farmers upon whom the blow fell
heaviest.
The extent Of the damage to the rails
roads operating in and out Of Kansas
City caused by the flood can scarcely
be estimated. Beside the very consid.
cradle loss of freight in cars and build.
ings, nearly all lines out Of Kansas
City suffered severe losses in washed
out track and destroyed bridges, The
loss in freight flooded, burned or lost
down the river may amount to two or
thIpo million dnlloro