Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-30

Pes Moihes, and 1000 in North pea
Molhes are practically cut of from
| communication with the main section
! OF the Guy. Absolutely no attempt IS
pelhg made 70 transact business. The
| street railway company does not expect
10 De able TO start cars for week.
six thousand persons are homeless, 30
per cent Of whom are practically with
OUT shelter and have been unfed for
tWehty-four hours, during which time
lhey nave been exposed TO the lnclem-
emf weather Women and children
shiYered all night long in rain-goaked
garments, unable to find a dry place
on winch 10 lie, Box cars were placed
Wlthln reach Of the refugees this morn
ing IN which they could find shelter
from the rain. Inestimabe suffering
prevails. The suddenness OF the food
gave no time for preparation or Or
Gahlzatlon OF defense. This morning
the Des Moines river Is two miles wide.
The damage cannot be computed be-
cause OF the fact that close 10 1000
buildings are submerged and II can
not be told whether they Will be carried
away Great damage was done by the
breaking OF the leyee along the Chica-
30, burlington & Quincy track, which
inundated the principal factory dis
trlcts Several hundred thousand dol
lars worth Of machinery is under wa.
ter. A dozen icehouses have been
washed away resulting in an approx
mate loss Of hundred thousand doll
lars The plant Of the Daily Capital
Is Hooded, and boats are plying through
the business district in that vicinity. To
get TO the Northwestern hotel at 3
o'clock this morning It was necessary
to use boat The water works and
electric light and power plant, by he.
rolc effort We're Kept In operation this
morning, although the water was en-.
terlng them as fast as the engines
could pump II out II they should
cease the city would be without light
or water and many big plants using
electric power would shut down. OF the
seven bridges In the city only one Is
open for traffic. Railway service is
practically suspended Water Is over
the Northwestern, Wabash Burlington,
and Rock Island tracks In many places
In the city limits. From Fort Dodge,
above here, the Des MOines river IL re-
ported to be two feet higher and still
rising. The weather forecast is for
continued rains The Raccodn river
above here Is az a standstill.
At 1890 four men engaged In an at.
tempt to rescue household goods from
house near the East Ninth street bridge,
were thrown out into the current and
quickly drowned. The name Of but one,
j. Il, Kingman, was known to the wit.
nesses Of the accident. In South Des
Mones from 4 until o'clock, upwards
Of score Of stranded flood victims sat
on the roofs of their houses and plteous-
ly begged for boats. When rescued they
were half dead from exposure 10 cold
and rain From Marshalltown II II
learned that the Iowa river IL spread
out over a vast territory and the Iowa
Central railroad has been practically
abandoned.
Communication with the north side
is almost impossible at noon owing TO
the swift current A pontoon bridge Of
telephone poles and lumber Is being
constructed from the Rock Island depor
to the Mellen bridge, a distance Of two
blocks, by which It is hoped to estab-
fish a communication between the two
portions Of the city.
Battery b and Company A OF the Ma
tional Guard, were ordered out Today TO
assist the sufferers and 10 aid In QUIET
ing any disturbances that may arise
from the crush TO the riverside Of fran
tic persons who have relatives on the
North side. Mayor Burgenthal and the
chief Of police are at the formers home
camped on the roof awaiting rescue.
Congressman Charles Curtis escaped
with his family In the night Henry
Jordan was drowned today while trying
to rescue a man from u tree, and the
latter, whose name Is unknown. was
swept away. Decoration day exercises
have been abandoned and the c. A. r.
hail has been thrown open for the home
less. Hundreds Of refugees are being
cared for in passenger coaches and box
cars, A string Of box cars on the I'm
ion Pacific caught fire at IL O'Clock and
were destroyed. No one was hurt.
UNCHANGED AT ABILENE.
Abilene, Kansas, May SO:--The food
In this section is practically
unchanged. Business is suspended and
the people are engaged pumping out
Easements and removing goods from
store buildings In danger Of collapsing.
on the bottom lands all families have
been rescued but hundreds Of cattle and
horses persisted.
Two men spent all last night in a tree
above the water. A cold rain fell stead
ily most OF the night. The Smoky Hin
west OF here is higher than yesterday.
Crops OF the entire valley are ruined.
Throughout the county corn has been
so washed that nearly all must be re-
planted. There is no prospect OF rail-
way train here for days. In places the
tracks are half mile from the road
bed Woodbne. Chapman, Solomon and
have been Hooded by the
highest waters ever known but are now
In better condition
AT LAWRENCE.
Lawrence, Kansas, May 30.-The river
here rose several feet during the night
and practically the whole Of North
Lawrence Is under water The Bower
sock mill collapsed carly today and the
mill. with It's valuable machinery was
carried down the river, causing a loss
of $4,000. Houses and livestock are
going down the stream In large num-
bers The water extends miles in every
direction and many small houses. barns
and outbu,ldings have already been
swept away The Union Pacific freight
and passenger depots are surrounded
and there is practically no train SER
vice out Of here.
BAD FLOOD AT ATCHIsON.
Atchison Kansas, May 30.-One Of the
worst floods in the history OF Atchison
occurred here early today. The water
followed a steady and very heavy rain
which began az midnight and continued
'or thre hours White Clay creek.
which runs through the center Of
Atchison. Is out OF It's banks flooding
many cellars In the business part OF
own and damaging stock 20 the
mount OF thousands OF dollars. The
silroad bridges OF the Santa Re and
he Missouri Pacific az the western lin
Is Of Atchison were carried out as were
many wagon bridges and no trains ara