Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-06

RAILROAD YARDS INUNDATED
The Situation in East ST. Louis is Al
ready Very Serious and Loss of Prop
erty is Heavy-That Part of st.
Louis Known as "The IsIand' is
submersed-The People Moving Out.

81 Louis, June o.-Ine river Iose
q foot and two-tenths of an inch dur
the past twenty-four hours and con-
All along the levee the water Is up to
the stores and houses, in some there be-
ing foot of water. The National
Stock Yards notified the railroads that
no more stock would be received until
the water recedes.
The break in the great Madison coun-
ty levee has widened and this morning
the water came rushing thru gap
100 yards wide. covering 10000 acres
of fertile farm land, and the villages
of Oldanburg. Mitchell and West Gran
ate About 5000 persons have been
driven from their homes and the roar
OF the water can be heard a mile and
q half away East st. Louis and
other Illinois towns are seriously
threatened, nothing but a mud en-
bankment, which is in great danger of
giving away. protects these cities and
towns from a disastrous flood.
The part Of st. Louis known as The
Island lying between Cahokia Creek
and tie Mississippi river, north of the
Fades bridge, is under water. with the
exception of fifty or more houses
around the Douglas school and Balti-
more & Ohio railroad embankmeHt,
and the entire city Is without gas.
Marks on the Missouri avenue bridge
for the flood of 1892. show the water
this morning stood but eighteen inches
below that mark.
Mayor Cook of East st. Louis, has
organized special flood patrol of city
council and business men. Two men
are stationed at each Of the different
danger points, which the mayor has
provided with special lines OF conmun-
fcation He regards the situation as eX
tremely serious. East on Broadway
from the river line of vehicles, farm
wagons and drays, anything on four
wheels, have been passing since Fri
day night carrying the household fur
niture Of residents of The Island
While the real suffering is at presen.
in the western part OF the city. even
residents Of the high northernly dis
tricts felt the effects of the river rise.
Cellars all over town have water in
them. Water is still flowing into the
city water pipes. but it is no longer
filtered. Residents Of Missouri aven-
ue. street running east and west thru
the heart of the city Of East st. Louis,
have been notified by the authorities
that the first stories of their buildings
are in danger from the flood. They
are now moving goods to second floors.
The East st. Louis freight yards under
water are the Chicago. Peoria and ST.
Louis; Glover Leaf Wabash, Burling-
ton, Chicago and Alton, Baltimore and
Ohio, and vandalia. The water is UP
to the tracks of the Chicago and Alton
at the bridge junction and men with
sacks Of earth have been sent there to
keep it out.
Two boys We're drowned today in
East st. Louis. Passenger traffic on
railroads entering st. Louis is seriously
crippled as a result Of the flood. From
all parts OF Missouri travellers bring
stories Of tremendous destruction of
crops by the high water.
The break In Sny levee opposite
Louisiana, is now three hundred yards
wide and growing steadily. Another
break in the levee north of there is re-
ported No trains are being run out
of Louisiana. All wires are down.