The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-01
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was greatly facilitated. One of the boats
brought eighteen people over and LANDED
near the designating plant. They foated
down half a mile and became lost north Of
flood had reached it's height. Fourteen
people had entered a stranded street car,
but soon had to seek the roof. Standing in
fhis UNCERTAIN aSsIr norJ Position m.s for twenty,f -four
they were taken off at 4:45 p. m. with the
aid of the big cable.
B. L: Wise. former city engineer, was
dragged from the haylOft Of a barn. He
was unconscious and numb from cold, but
soon revived. His story of the beginning
of the flood is
By the aid of the small steam and gaso-
line launches forty men in South Garfield
Park were rescued. They had been perched
in trees and had had nothing to eat for
thirty-six hours. These men were in a
fenced grove, where they could not keep a
close watch of the situation. All they could
see was the angry water rushing about
among the trunks of the trees. One of the
men said that they could not hear each
other speak above the roar of the water.
Uncertainty was thus added to their own
misery and not one of them had any hopes
OF escaping.
Patrick Beline, his wife and three small
children were taken from the attic Of their
small dwelling. The parents were obliged
to hold the two younger children constantly
in order to keep their heads above water.
They were nearly starved and probably
cannot recover.
PLUCKY YOUNG WOMAN.
Miss Annie Noble, operator at the Union
Pacific Railroad headquarters in North To-
peka, was forced to leave the building
when the water covered the floor. With
her mother and young sister the plucky
young woman took up housekeeping quar-
ters in an abandoned horse-car. This was
good enough shelter until the water rose
a foot above the floor of the car, but there
they had to stay until to-day, when they
were included among the rescued.
Near the Rock Island depot is a pas
senger train OF seven coaches, stalled by
the Hood: The train came In Friday night.
The Rock Island "Y'' washed out as did
also most of the main ian on which the
be moved out Of here for two weeks or
more after the Hood subsidies. About $50
passengers are on the train. They have
not at any time been in real danger, but
their situation Is anything but pleasant.
They are well cared for by the road and
most of them have remained on the cars.
preferring this arrangement to the uncer-
tainty of securing suitable quarters.
At 5 o'clock this evening people were
quartered in North Topeka as follows: In
B-street Church. 100; in Topeka wooden
mills, 100; in Casey's flour mill, 81; in an
elevator, Sc; in the fire station, "a.
A boat was sent to the wooden mill with
a thousand feet of half-inch rope. which
was to have been used in making a life
line.
At S o'clock the first sight of floating
bodies was seen. Twelve bodies were seen
Soon after this it was definitely ascertained
that the following were drowned:
KARL RUPP.
ORVILLE RUPP.
TWO RUPP GIRLS.
f. H. GARNETT.
This represents only a fractional part of
the heavy loss OF life. AT a conservative
stimate 200 are dead.
Where these bodies are nobody can tell.
When the waters recede the bodies doubt
less will be found at different places miles
down the stream. During the height of the
rescue work this afternoon a man occu-
pied his time in going among the houses
remaining in North Topeka and footing
them. Police officers started after the fell
low with the intimation that 1t would go
hard with him when caught. Instances of
this sort are rare. People give 1T as their
has there been such a minimum of this
order OF crime.
AS the number Of rescued increases the
supplies for their relief grow largely. Of
fers of help from outside towns. as far as
the overburdened condition OF the wire
will allow, have been received.
GALVESTON OFFERS AID.
Among other messages was one from the
Galveston Tribune reading like this:
IF we can do anything at all in the aid
of your city please feel free to call on
Other messages from Kansas towns au-
thorized the committee TO draw on indi-
viduals for stated sums. and as soon as the
mails are opened a great number OF con-
tributions from outside towns are expected
to arrive. 1t will be necessary to raise
a great fund for relief work. Weeks must
elapse before order can be restored.
A representative Of the Associated Press
walked out on the pontoon bridge to the
Melan arch bridge. where a satisfactory
view of the flood situation could be OBJ
tanned. Looking to the north as far as
the eve could reach was one expanse of
water, dotted here and there by wrecked
or crumbling buildings. The half mile
from Second street to the Melan bridge
was covered with water six to twelve feet
deep. through which a mad current was
flowing. On either side OF the pontoon
bridge were brick business buildings, sixty
three in number, which are completely
ruined by high water. Two have collapsed,
while the foundations Of others are crum-
bling. The loss to foundations will aggre-
gate a half million. ~ Is the district In