The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-12
No RELIEF At ST. LOUIS:
Mississippi River at a .Standstill,
But Shows No Tendency to
Recede.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE IN PERIL.
Men. Women and Children ON the Illinois
Side Cannot Be Rescued from Trees and
Housetops and Starvation May Overtake
Them-Distributing Refugees In Towns
rs Ear North rs Litchfeld.


st. Louis, June 1e.-The official
guage of the Mississippi river regis
tiers 37.4 feet. The tendency of the
river Seems to be to rise, but the
great volume of water coming from
above is spreading out and does not
make itself apparent on the guage
by added inches. -
In the tri-cities, Madison, Venice
'a99 Granite City, it is estimated that
ct least 1000 men, women and chill
Sren are in precarious condition.
They dsre awaiting rescae, many in
the second stories and on tops of
houses and other points above the
food, less in danger of death than
starvation. Immediate steps are be-
lug taken TO romove these people
TO places of safety and comparative
comfort. In East ST. Louis, where
the RAILROAD yards and that part
along the FLYER on both sides of the
E%ds bridge is flooded the coodi.
lions are the same. All of last night
men were at work strengthening the
le4Tee that Is keeping the water back
from the business and residence sec
lions of She city. The railroad sit
uation shows NO Improvement.
-Four boys, messengers irQ the
freight offices of the. Big Four orail
rpa@ company, in East ST. Louis. were
drowned while amusing themselves
OF a raft, floating about the freight
yards, east of the depot, which are
flooded iis some places between tracks
to a depth of 80 feet.
There are 1000 refugees in Ed
$sardsville, ILL.,, from the tri-citiss and
. Newport. Because of the. congestion
1t was found necessary to distribute
the sufferers in the cities and vii
lagos along the Wabash as far north
at Litchfeld. Four-fifths of the, 5000.
inhabitants of Granite City remain
within the limits of the town.. One
half of them are homeless. The Off
Gals of Granite City and those who
have been most active in relief work
believe that no deaths have followed
the fsod there. Reports of drown
ings. have not been verified, and there
is sSid to be no sickness due to the
flood
No passenger trains areoocfossiBg
the Eads bridge or the Merchants
bridge and union station is tempo
rarily abandoned as terminal point,
for all eastern traffic, both incoming
arfel southbound. Passenger business
is Frustrated. Relief from present
conditions is not expected before
Thursday and it will be several days
before some of the lines can resume
fbo;r raoS,,1ar facilities II iS fbounhf
that all of the railroads combined
have thus far suffered total loss of
$4,000, O0&
: Water has weakened the piers and
the yiaduct leading to the approach
to the Eads bridge and was ordered
closed to all persons. The viaduct is
the only present connection between
East st. Louis and ST. Louis. The clos
ing of this viafuct means entire sepa-
rations except by wire, of East st.
Louis from this city, and the shut
ting off of supplies from this side.
The situation in East ST. Louis is
critical but Mayor Cook and his as
soeiates are confident that the flood
will be kept out. Two thousand five
hundred 0lnen are at work on a mile
and a half of levee behind which the
wafer is from IS inches to five feet
above the lesel of the city''s streets.
These workers are paid 80 cents an
hour and their food is furnished free.
A. report that has not been con-
firmed tellse of the drowning Of a
woman, her baby AND seven men on
Third street, near Che railroad station
in Madison.
Q J. r. Melahan. of Granite City,
wiredss to Edwardsville as follows:
'Knowne drownings in tricities, Is.
This is the most conservative state
ment." 60 %