The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-04
DARK HOURS N Topeka.
Agonizirg Cries Mingle With Hun
dreds Of Pistol Shot Signals
of Distress.
FIRE AID FLOOD CLAIM MANY LIVES.
spectn, Train Carrying "a stcamhoat
to the stricken CT, -itcEcuc work
Goer Ou--GniNcaton Respond. NO-
b. C;th Contributions for Sur
TiVor~-


BIZ ";th Contributions for Sur
yivor~.
Tn~"kn, Vas. June i..-Wi't me
hundred and y"'"rty.Gyc or tvr hun
ircd HIVES lpat: millions NJ dollars If
property destroyed; hundreds " pis.
'ul shots m signals Of tistrrss, blend
ID With the ngonizinR cries of unwiIl-
.ng inhabitants Of tree tops ana roofs
II houses. aud the waters creeping
upward and then slowly Rhsiding and
alternately changing HOPE tu despair,
The capital city of Kansas passed the
memorable sabbath dry nf ~ tx.
istcuco. Through all this discomfort
ing condition of affairs was nddrd the
presence II cold and dismal rain
The ardur Of heroic rcscucrs wns
not hhntcd IN the lcnst by the condi.
tons which confronted them. For
tong drary hours knec-decp In water
| and sometimes In water up Ia their
nccks, they worked with nigh; ard
main. To-day they cnn proudly point
10 three hundred or more rescued
ones who, otherwise, might have beer
swept away in the current.
Condition Briefly stated.
Briefly stated. the present condition
NJ he food is this:
One hundred and seventy 10 two
hundred people drowned
Eight thousand people without
homes.
Four million dollar loee of proper.
IS.
Identified dcnd. five.
People raissinE 200.
liousre burned. result II FIRE In
mmrcr from Stacking lime. probably
two hundred.
hanks collapsed twn.
Wholesale grocery stores Gonoded,
two.
Fig business Blacks nlm'st r'adY
10 crumblc. 50.
Wholesale commission hons"s i"-
serted, ak
Rock Island trains cuntsiuinE ijf
passengers held hcrr by high water.
| CITY wrtervorkS plant useless.
The known drowned.
Nnrl REpp.
UrvflIc Eupp.
1wu RnPp girls.
&. II CARROTS fnr. year old son.
Twcn'r unidentified bodies
Iz;Imstc or Number uf DEAD.
Lending men hs's made a careful
examination " tho houd and all it'
couiH1ns. and az result ~ th"ir
investigation they give 3" rs th'
probable rulrher II lives lost 4
more conservative estimntc places th'
numher ~ dead nj l7i.
Tho higher number Is rs apt to III
CORRECT uS tho lower. Ihe number %
icnd f. merely n matter ~ estimate
| twenty mombcrs NJ rrscuing partic
tell If how they saw people dr"l
| from hNuSrS only tn he swept nwH.
hy the flood md others tell Of mel
who terrified nj the approach Of tn
Grr, dropped into the water whcr
they znuk and did not rrappear.
III" nis-ing Nw Included.
This estimated number OF dead doe
not iucludr til" large number classc
q, missing who can not otherwise u
uccour'r" Tor Neither does II inClud
the uuufrcr If pcn?l" VINO are -uT
70 Cd ~ hn,e lost their lives IN ia
r-e In the latter class there is at
-ulutolN no means uf arriving AZ eve
~ approximate number uf victims.
Tho water Is SO high and the Wil
rent 80 strong that all that can h
done NOW is t. rescue those in tn
buildings surrounded by water.
launches Picking up Survivors.
1t will he IN least three days hcfor
the correct number of dead will Ii
decided upon. Work of rescuing IN
victims Of the lluude Is being pushc
forward with vigoT, Better result
have characterized the etforte Of III
organized forces since four o'ciuc
Sun iay afternoon than during all II
preceding ~ hours. Two little stcai
launches are now putting up and dow
The ri,cr picking up survivors.
larger steamboat Is expected here i
special train on the Rock Islam
within "a hours. II possible To ri
the train the boat will trr brought {
point two miles above the city an
there launched
a trCinload Of smnll boats ";
broueh; In Sunday, but they were us
less in battling against the might
current.
Cows Arrival saves Two Lives.
y cow swan To the Melan bridg
Sunday, and is now making its hon
there. 4 woman and little baby wei
brought TO the bridge hter by re
cuers. Both were almost starved
rsscucr got . bucket and MIXED II
COW and gave the milk to the womu
and baby,
Buildings in the submerged distri
continue to collapse, 1t Is report.
that two or three big store buidin;
on North Kansas avenue which c
capped the fire Saturday night are no
crumbling. Notwithstanding the
precarious condition, many of Il
sufferers held religious servicea
rko ososs;,o oasas in the FIGHT b,