The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-04-01
TnE DAMAGE DONE.
Reports From. various S~csions of the
sfufe.


state.
The rise 81 the Saginaw river i do
| Ing extensive damage. The general
situation about the city Is similar to
| that OF Monday. Reports from Titta-
I hnwasse river are to the effect that
/ there l. mo- sign OF a breakup ns Yet,
aud that The icc l. several feet thick.
Brtwecu Saginaw aud BAY Cty the
/ lee l. over two feet deep ANA u mas
been found thar liberal Use Of dyna-
mite has ll,tl, effect I'm clearing the
channel Down river reports are full
of tales of suffering aud exposure from
water Tho river IL still RISING in III
wnukcc and Gurrulltuu From Prairie
Farm. large tract uf land containing
10000 acres owned hy the PitiShutg
Plate tilu~- and OWo~su sugar factory,
comes thu report that 10 has been
found necessary to abandon the farm
AMI remove 80 families tu thcsanin-.
The suffering col tie Hood victims IN
Grand Rapids VIII now hc aggravated
hy the failure uf The gas supply. Dur
ing Monday night All the gas mains
leading zee lie west slide ullrd with
lvutcr aud there l. uo possibility uf
the Hood completely rrccdcs. The r..
suit Will hc very serious rs gas was
being used extensively for heating ana
cooking. Tile Grand j. rccuding very
slowly.
The worst flood ever experienced Icy
BAY city Inundated the city, Hun
drcds of boats were husy Monday
evening rr~ruiug people from the mid
lie ground ana tie southern suburbs
and taking them from the upper stor-
les oi toitvring buildings Every fac-
tory ou the river front Is shut down.
thousands "f wurl,mcn are idle.
In kalamaznn thc factories are shut
indefinitely The work of relief 8,
well organized Many small towns
not directly affected 10y tile Hood are
ut IN from communicate by the
suspension 81 railroad traffic. Rich
land rrp"ris o." daily papers received
from Kalamazoo since Thursday. anal
other towns are similarly affected. The
railroad situation ~ltuNS little i'm
pruNriu'ut.
Apparently the ruol danger j. past
in Flint. Tie river il falling and thg
factories which were clu~vd hv tho
iluul lHNr a-aiu resumed. Water
flows UlUmp.ird Uudrr tho hrid-vs
and the iuNiuu'S are draining on
leaving -r"It masses uf i-p stranded
io show where IHr water hHd rcIrieu
NhuN" Do. cItt 4, q mass ct Ice almost
10 mites luu-, which threatens Go
move down. hut with the water low
"r.ug rapidly ihc danger of further
Hood dgiIugr b. practically over
Alhcrt Hvard'- min aud stock farm,
southeast of Fargo. IL was by great
labor thar hi~ 90 hur~vS and - head
of cattle were saved. M hiS hogs were
drowned and from live 10 six million
feet ~ logs hoairi down stream.
other farmers aluns The stream are re-.
ported as losing aIl their stock. tbr
water rising 90 tho night and drown
.ng them Dec lAr.r stalls.
Rattle creek Is making strenuous
efforts to recover from the worst blow
she ever received. Her flood experience
has been moro costly than any two eel
The largcs, lirrs thai have character.
izcd the citys past But &c she can
recover with mere property loss AMI
avoid thu sickness that threatens
among thc Hooded home, she will be-
satisfied That tue Door viii De- cared
FOR j. apparent - churches. factories.
iustiiul uus. and the city are hacking
relief committees. Tho extent of the
WRECK could scarcely Ac believed were
30 n"i ppssih'" o. >cn ii'r path CO.. ruin.