Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-08


Of east side cities lying just north Of
East 81. Louis and including Venice,
Madison West Madison Newport,
Brooklyn and Granite city, are under
from 10 to Is feet Of water which Is still
rising and deaths from drowning are
variously estimated at from five to 70,
Eight thousand persons We're driven
from their homes. Very little confrma-
ton Of the reports Of drownings can
be had, as these places are all cut off
from railroad service and telephone
communication is uncertain at best
The weather bureau promises relief
after The river shall have risen to about
IS feet. 1t is now within few inches
Of that mark but rising slowly
The harDor boat Mark TWAIN and
private yacht Annie Russell with sew
eral tugs, have gone 10 Madison and
Granite city where the Hoods have
caused a number Of deaths and where
scores OF families cut OIL from escape
are at the mercy of the rlsing water
Dummy trains OF the terminal assoc
citation, connecting with skliis, com
menenced this morning the work OF
bringing across the river more tnan 100
persons who spent sunday afternoon
and night on the tops OF houses and at
other points OF elevation above the
flood in Madison, Venice, and Newport
-Four dr0wnings were reported by the
refugees, but none knew the names of
the victims. one saic that a father
mother and child had been drowned
while trying TO reach a point Of safety
and another told Of the death Of man
under like circumstances,
In East ST. Louis, on proclamation of
Mayor Cook, business is suspended, the
saloons are closed and everybody Is at
work on the levees IN a desperate effort
10 save the city, which Is from one to
four feet below the level OF the water
that presses up against the embank-
ments A hastily constructed leyee OF
sandbags and mud Is all that stands
between the city and almost complete
submersion II the levee gives way all
the main part OF the city VIII be quickly
Hooded and not a street in the business
section viii be left out Of water
KNOWN CASUALTIES,
So far as known the casualties are as
follows
John Crittenden, aged 10, drowned
near the Merchants bridge In Venice
A woman and seven children, swept
from fence by a ilood IA sight of the
terminal railway operator at Madison
who was attempting to save them.
woman drowned In Madison, near
the American Car works
4 woman and baby. seen clinglng TO
a telegraph pole IN Madison. The pole
turned IN the water and both disap-
pyared
Manager Shipley Of the Madison Car
works reports seeing seven employees
Of the American Car 8 foundry com
pany drown.
Henry Edmunds, farmer, drowned
near Granite City. His wife was res
cued
Others are reported,
According TO the local wealth
er bureau, relief seems In sight
for the flooded districts In the
vicinity Of ST. Louis This morning
the stage recorded BY the government
gauge is Sl5 feet, a rise during the past
"a hours Of l,3 feet This breaks all
records but that Of 1874 Il is expect
ed the river will rise from now on until
tomorrow night, and that the predicted
IS feet, il &C all VIII be barely at
tained. Then after remaining station
ary Tor @ short time the government
ohcials say the water viii begin fall
Ing Tuesday evening or "Wednesday
morning Unofficial reports from ST.
Charles, on the Missouri river. TO the
north Of ST. Louis. are TO the effect that
the river Is rising very little, II any.
NINE LIVES LOST
Inability to secure communication
with Madison and Granite City, ILL.,,
lying a few miles north Of St. Louis
where a number Of people were late
last night reported in danger OF losing
their lives from the encroaching Hood,
caused great anxiety here. At Madi-
son. nine persons are reported drowned
and others either on a crumblng levee
or IN unsafe buildings are I'm perllNoth-
ing different than that can be learned
however From Ferdinand Cole, presl-
dent Of the levee commissioners, living
at Venice comes a report OF lives lost
through the collapse Of a brick hotel
at North Venice or Newport Communi-
cation between Granite city and Ven
ice is impossible. Two men are said 10
have braved the flood by swimming
from Venice 10 Madison, being forced
by the water from the roof OF the house
they were living In, Six feet OF water Is
reported sweeping through the offices
of Hedges hotel, Madison, with guests
imprisoned In the upper stories.
IN GREAT PERIL.
Residents Of Granite city are IN great
peril from several breaks In the levees
protecting that manufacturing town.
Persons living about the manufacture
ing plants IN which they are employed
are reported fleeing from the food that
comes from the north and a fresh break
I'm the abutment TO the west. Adjacent
farm lands are being flooded and the
residents OF the lowlands are seeking
safety with those Of the city. Efforts
are being made In various ways TO
reach these places by water ard land
and afford help, but Il may be several
hours before anything definite can be
learned.
John Behrar. who lives on .Chouteau
island, " miles north Of st. Louis. re-
ports that Is people on the island can
not get away. He wanted assistance
but was unable 10 secure aid, as all the
boats are at present busy and cannot
reach the island
EAST ST. LOUIS SAVED.
At 3 o'clock Monday morning the
combined forces OF the Missouri river
aud Cahokia Creek broke the barriers
al the relay depot East ST Louis The
relay DEPOT was surrounded with water
but the omhankment OF clay and sand
bags made by the workers Sunday,
saved the city from the rush OF water.
Trains continued TO pass on the tracks
around the depot but at S.i5 the East q
bound Southern train was stopped on
the bridge incline. The water had risen
so high that the engine could not pass
through without dying.
An army OF men is working along the
tracks that reach from the northern ex-
tremlty OF the city to the south, and