Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Residents Of Michigan Towns
Suffer Privations.
FLOOD RECORD BEATEN
LOSSES IN BUSINESS SECTIONS
WILL REACH MILLIONS.
Traffic on Parts of Grand Trunk Prac-
ticaly suspended-Indiana Lowlands
Experimentation Elsewhere.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March 2S-Al-
though the water in the Grand river above
this city has receded somewhat 1t remains
stationary here. and the residents Of the
flooded west side are still suffering great
privations.
The city was In total darkness last night,
but the work Of rescue was continued all
night. and hundreds of persons who were
hungry and shivering with cold were taken
to places of refuge which have been provid-
ed. The relief had reached an amount sur
flcent to attend to the bare necessities.
It Is estimated today that 2. 800 houses are
now surrounded by water. in some places
twelve feet deep.
Rescuing People.
The work of taking people from sub
merged residences was undertaken often at
great personal risk to the rescuers. School
houses and churches have been transformed
into relief stations. and every charitable
organization in tho city is busy caring for
the homeless.
Two persons are missing. Lulu Peck, a
young woman left her home on Quarry
street and tried to wade to high ground
Saturday morning. and Edwin False
started to walk south on a railroad track.
Neither have been seen. They may have
been drowned and washed away by the
swift current which flows through the
streets.
The loss in the business section will reach
several millions.
Worse at Saginaw.
SAGINAW, Mich, March 2S-Flood con-
ditions in Saginaw and vicinity are worse
than ever today. The water has gone far
beyond any previous flood record, and near
ly all Of the larger business houses on
Do
streets are out of commission.
The biggest of the dry goods firms are
working today to save their valuable
stocks, and will succeed. The Savings
Bank of East Saginaw is trying to do BUSH
ness. but patrons have to be helped in and
out of the building.
Gas Is cut off from many parts of the
city. and but few street cars are running.
Railway Traffic Impeded.
DETROIT. Mich, March 2s-Traffic on
the Grand Trunk railway between Windsor
and London is practically suspended as the
result Of a washout thirty miles from
Windsor, caused by the Thames river over
flowing. The tracks for several miles are
under water. and no trains have been able
to get through since Saturday evening.
The Grand Trunk Is running local pas
senger trains out of Windsor as far as the
washout and back again. and it's through
trains are being sent by the Port Huron
tunnel The Wabash railway, which has
running powers over the Grand Trunk. IS
sending its passenger trains over the Mich
igan Central from Windsor and the freight
trains of both lines are running over the
Lake Erie division of the Pere Marquette
from Walkerville.
Rivers Near Mark Of 1899.
!. PRINCETON Ind, March 2S.-White and
Wabash rivers continue to rise an inch an
hour. Both rivers are now near the mark
OF 1899. All lowiands are depopulated
Much suffering is reported.
Ruin for Asparagus Growers
SAN FRANCISCO. March 2s.-Half the
asparagus crop of the state was destroyed
by the recent floods in the Sacramento val
ley The growers now face ruin.