The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-09

current OF the mississippi, and all who were
landed at the east approach Of the bridge
| last night were able to cross to this side.
Among the women who walked across yes
| terday was Mrs. George Kaufman. the wife
| of Venice merchant, and Mrs. Sophia How
| and daughter. They were accompanied by
William Bertram. who escaped from the
| flood by climbing to the garnet Of his home
and waiting for rescusrs
MOTHER BRINGS DYING
CHILD THROUGH FLOOD.
Besides having lost her home all Of her
property and narrowly escaping with her
| own life. Mrs. Mary Robinson is at the
Sixth District Police Station with a dying
baby and two children.
In the midst of the wretched crowd of
refugees. from which a man afflicted with
| smallpox was taken, the unfortunate mother
last night kept vigil over the little child
| whose life was expected to flicker out ev-
cry moment.
Doctor R. E. Owens vacclnated fifty or
more Of the refugees and ascertained that
the others had been previously vaccinated.
The East Side pesthouse was swept away
by the flood. and the patients were COM
PEELED to seek protection from the water
wherever they could.
trict Police Station, at Ninth and Angelica
streets. provided food for the refugees,
wagon loads of bread. canned meat. etc.
being brought to the station. and coffee sent
in buckets by the neighbors.
Many Of the women and children did not
save sufficient clothing from the flood to
provide for their comfort. and such as they
have is wet.
Mary Reardon ard two children. boy
and a girl 5 and years old. alighted from
the Henry c. Haarstick last evening at
! o'clock. at the foot of Franklin avenue. The
family was entirely without means and
were clothed in thin calico and sunbonnets.
The mother of the family was in tears,
and those who had gathered around the
gang plank questioned her as to her condi-
| ton. There was no one there who could
guide her to a piece of shelter. and she
| was at last compelled to seek the Fourth
| District Police Station.
THE flood came upon us while We were
in our little home in North Venice" she
| explained. My husband, David Reardon,
| is a mechanic in one of the shops Crowd
| ing us from our beds. we were compelled
| to climb through the windows of the house
| to the roof
THAT was Monday morning. when the
! levee broke. We We're afterwards compelled
/ TO climb through the branches of a tree that
appeared to offer more shelter than the roof.
Soon n small boat that was well filed came
| to our aid. but the boat was so full that the
man in charge would not let my husband
| get aboard.
! The children and myself were compelled
| to leave my husband in the tree, and as he
| was nearly exhausted for want of food and
exposure. am convinced that he has since
! been drowned"
LITTLE GIRL LOST
FROM HER PARENTS.
| Sadie Walters. years old, was an
other passenger on the Henry c. HAIRS
tick The child had been lost from her
father and mother. being washed away
from them while they were trying to trans
| fer her from the top of the house to an
improvised raft put together by one of the
! neighbors
The father. so the child explains. was
letting her down to the man on the raft
when the fastening of the raft gave way
and she was dropped into the water. A
| small rowboat was in the vicinity at the
| time and managed to pick her up. but the
last she saw of her father and mother they
| were on the roof of the house.
The rowboat took the child to one of the
larger boats that were transferring refu-
gees to the tugs and steamboats, Fortu-
nately for the little one she found among
those who were loaded upon the Haarstick
| the family Of a neighbor, who took her in
charge.
The crowds who were landed upon the
st. Louis shores yesterday were mostly
those who were entirely unable to take
care of themselves. They carried very little
baggage and were at loss to know where
| TO go or what to do.
! QUARTERS ARE PREPARED
FOR THE UNFNORTUNATES.
President of the City Council ]. S. Horns
by Acting Mayor, together with Private
Secretary McConkey. laid plans for the ar
rival Of the Mark Twain last night and pre-
pared sleeping quarters fol-. the refugees
should they be brought to the downtown
section of the city.
CAPTAIN Brolaski of the Fill City gave
Acting Mayor Hornsby the use of 100 cots.
which were put on the wharfboat of the
Lee Line steamers at the foot of Olive
street There 1t was arranged that the men
who came on the Mark Twain would sleep
for the night.
7. NJ. Ballard. president Of the Merchants
Exchange: H. f. Langenberg. chairman of
the Merchants Exchange Relief Committee,
together with his secretary. George H. Nor
gan. were also at the foot of Olive street
awaiting the arrival OF the harbor boat.
Captain Stephen Marshall of the Saliva
ton Army. with a corps OF his helpers. was
on hand to offer accommodations to $50 OF
those who would be brought in. Tho United
Jewish Charities. represented by Mounte.
fore Bienenstok. was prepared to offer shell
ter to 100 persons.
They waited at the foot of Olive street
last night until the arrival OF the Mark
Twain at the foot OF North Market street
was announced.
The Health Department was called upon
yesterday by the city authorities to estab-
lish quarantine over those who were
brought to the city from the flooded dis
| tricts.
Acting Dispensary Physician Oatman at
once assigned men to the different police
stations and placed n squad at the landing
places. The order was given that all those