The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
RESCUERS SAVE LIFE IN FLOODS
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reason Of bridges having gone out, and
it may be many days before anything
like normal traffic with the outside
world is established. The flood loss at
Ionia is estimated at 500 900. The
greater part of the north end of Niles
is flooded and sandbags are being
placed on the dam G-cross the ST Joseph
River there to keep it from going out.
Railway train service is demoralized.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 81. -
The city street railway and interurban
system are without power because OF
the flooding of the power house, near
White River. Communication with the
north and west of Indianapolis is cut
off by the flood, which has swept away
bridges. The city is still without wa
ter owing to the flooding of the water
works pumping station. Many houses
have been carried down White River
and shattered against the stone
bridges which connect the city proper
with the suburbs. Several plants are
closed down, the water flooding the
cellars.
Tonight n break was found In the
levee at River avenue and the Mayor
ordered sacks of sand and bales of hay
transported to the scene with which ITO
repair the rupture.
FLOOD ON FARM LANDS.
lake of water two and one-half
miles in length and stretching at one
point from the canal at Thirtieth
street across the raging White River
through Riverside Park and over
mile back from the river in the low
farm lands, is the condition northwest
of the city. Riverside Park. from
Thirtieth street bridge to it's northern
boundary, is under five feet of water
The overflow from White River has
backed in on the other side of the Big
-Four tracks at the park and stretches
north over the golf links and as far as
the eye can reach.
BLUFFTON, Ind, March q. - The
Wabash River has been rising steadily
since last night and tonight it is
higher than for twenty years Hun
dredS of acres of low lands are under
water and people here are fearful that
the reservoir at Celina may break,
causing great loss of life. At Prince
ton, .the Wabash. Patoka and White
rivers are rising rapidly tonight. The
property loss in Southwestern Indiana
has already reached 100000.
VINCENNES, Ind, March 27.-The
levee along the Wabash River near
OaktoWn broke to-day and the water
rushed through, covering thousands of
acres and driving the people from their
homes. Many left barely in time to
save Inelr nNeS, ana cOnS1QeraD BILE live
stock was destroyed. The water in the
Wabash is twenty-one feet and rising.
DROWNING OF STOCK.
BROWNSTOWN, Ind, March 27.-
The country for miles around Browns
town is now under several feet of water
and the White River is still rising rap
idly. The pumping station and the
power-house and nearly all of the fac
tories have been flooded and have sus-
pended operations. The railroads have
sustained immense damage. In many
places the river is ten miles wide, and
much stock has been drowned.
SAGINAW Mich, March 27.-There
is no indication tonight of any mitiga-
tion of the flood troubles, and more
serious times are expected with the
first thaw. The water here tonight is
several inches higher than ever known
A large portion of the business district
of Saginaw is flooded, and thousands of
dollars damage has been done. There
has been no communication with Zil-
waukee. four miles north, in two days,
and 1900 people there are reported to be
living in the upper part of buildings
and suffering from cold and lack of
food. At the mouth of the Flint River
the ice is piled sixty feet high.