The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-09-25
plan would be 70 get tents from ~
state and establish a tent city on

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entered the city for several days, and
ns large quantities Of groceries were
destroyed in North Topeka there will
not he enough for the people TO eat,
II this situation last much longer.
Two Thieves shot
IL Is reported that n vigilance com
mittce, Sunday night, shot W. thieves
caught in. the act Of looiing flooded
houses.
Henry Cowles, n farmer who lives
west of the city, tells u pitiful story.
While rescuing people with u COW he
found a woman hanging to u tclc-
graph pole, almost ready to lose her
hold. She had lost her baby, but a
few minutes before she was rescued.
Robert Stone. Of the law firm ~
Truman q Stone, worked in n boat all
Saturday and Sunday taking food Ia
the people cooped up In North To.
pcka. lie says: T.. r. Wise. ex.city
engineer Of Topeka. did splcdnid work
In North Topeka. lie had an unfortu.
nate experience with "a woman and
her little child. lie had taken them
out ~ u house and was trying TO get
them 10 The elevator. The boat cap
sized. and the child was swept away.
Wis. tried 10 pull the woman out, but
her dress was torn on. and he was
unable 10 save her. Both mother and
child were drowned. Good work has
been done by Louis French and W. II.
Wilson, who worked In all the homes
near the Rochester scLoolhousc, and
who saved many lives. Arthur Woolan
and Emerson McGruw, with a little
hunting canoe, also saved many lives.
society Girls at Work.
AZ least five hundred refugees slept
NJ the Auditorium Monday night. OF
the hundreds Of pairs Of stockings do
mated many needed darning, and the
society girls Of Topeka have turned
out with needle and thread and done
ycoman service. The public schools
have been dismissed, and the teachers
also ARE aiding In sewing.
Robert lInggnrd and n man named
Hurch rescued W. II. Troutman aud
his daughter. II took them four
hours battling against the current to
reach the house aud take the Trout
mans 10 the Melan bridge. Four girls
named Wilson in the Troutman house
refused "a leave.
Three women floating on u section
Of railroad track, where they had re-
NAMED all night. were rescued.
Charles Wallace. after rrscuing
many persons with u rowboai, fell in.
10 the water. lie managed to swim
10 u tree, where he hung all night In
the cold rain. Near him was n young
boy. Their cries could he heard all
through the night. but II was impos.
siblc to reach them until morning.
At the Davis elevator Mrs. Conroc
was delivered of q child In the cold
aud bare surroundings.
to"nE woman Driven insane.
The horrors OF a night on the roof
caused the temporary arrangement
of Miss Laura Irons.
DIR. Miner and his son.in.law, A. C..
Heating, missing since Sunday. were
found Monday IN the roof Of u house
where they had lodged after an at
tempt 10 float To safety on u poorly
constructed raft.
". G. Parsons went TO Chief GoN's
house, and. taking Mrs. Con and child
with him. started hack To IN, Nelnn
bridge, which was then the rescue
point. The boat struck a tree and all
were thrown into IN. wnt.r. Par.
sons cnupb, bo,b the bon, and IN,
womon and child. and ~,o,ylny them.
SWAN Ia a tree. In ASSISTING Mr.
Con Ia climb IN. ire. M, yns cam.