Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-28
At Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Town Under
From Two to Ten Feet
OF Water.
RIVER IS SIX MILES WIDE.
RescuerS Work at Personal Risk in
Grand Rapids-Hcayy Floods
In Indiana,

Poplar Bluff, Mo-. March 2S,-Owng
10 a rapid rise in the Black river part
OF this town OF 5000 population is under
from two TO ten feet Of water. and
many persons have been forced TO aban-
don their homes. At Williamsville.
north Of here. most Of the 500 inhabi-
tants have been compelled to leave their
homes. The river is six miles wide,
Thousands Of acres Of bottom lands
used for pasturing stock are under wa
ter and the loss to stock and other in
terests will be heavy.
AT GRAND RAPIDS.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March 2S.--Al-
though the water IN the Grand river
above this city has receded somewhat
II remains stationary here and resi-
dents are still suffering great privations.
The city was in total darkness last
night, but the work Of rescue was con-
tinued all night and hundreds Of per-
sons, hungry and shiverlng with cold,
were taken 10 places Of refuge. The
work of taking people from submerged
residences was undertaken often at
great personal risk 10 the rescuers. Two
persons are missing. and probably have
lost their lives in trying to reach places
OF safety, Schoohouses and churches
have been transformed into relief sta
lions and every charitable organization
In the city is busy caring for the home-
less. The relief fund Is sufficient only
to cover the bare necessities. II Is esti-
mated today that $500 houses are now
surrounded by water In some places IL
feet deep. The loss In the business Sec
ton will reach several millions.
TRACKS UNDER WATER.
Detroit March 2S.-Traliic on the
Grand Trunk railroad between Wind
sor and London IL practically suspend
ed as the result OF a washout caused
by the Thames river overlooking. The
tracks for several miles are under
water and no trains have been able to
get through since Saturday evening
WATER INvADEs HOUSES.
Indianapolis, March 2S.-White river
which last night overlooked west In
dianapolls and covered the first floors
OF 900 house, receded rapidly today,
The crest of the Wabash river flood
has passed Terre Haute and is above
Sullivan where the waters are still
rising. There are $1,000 acres of farm
land under water and Westport has
been totally abandoned.
At Nincennes. on the lower Wabash,
the levees have given way and all
bridges across the river are closed. The
crest Of the flood Is expected to reach
there tomorrow when all records, 1t is
believed, will be broken.
LoWLANps DEPoPuLATED,
Princeton, Ind, March 2S--Whlte
and Wabash rivers continue to rise an
inch an hour, Both rivers are now
near the high mark Of 1899. An low
lands are depopulated, Much suffering
Is reported,
WORSE AT SAGINAW.
Saginaw, Mich, March 2S.--Flood
conditions In Saginaw and vicinity are
worse than ever today, The water has
gone far beyond any previous flood
record, Nearly all the business houses
are closed and the big dry goods firms
are working today to save their valu-
able stocks.
ICE GORGES AT PLATTSBURG,
Plattsburg, n, ". March 2S,--The ice
gorges and floods are causing consid-
cradle damage in this county At
Champlan the Chazy river rose 10 feet
In as many minutes, flooding all the
stores. hotels and many residences,
Merchants had no time to remove
goods from their cellars, The water has
reached the highest mark In rs years,
At Cadyville an iron bridge was car
riod away by the fee. Dynamite was
used IN an attempt to break the ice
Jams In this city but with very little
success
IN MOHAWK VALLEY.
Utica, N, Y. March &-Although
food conditions are very much better
In the Mohawk valley high water is
stll causing the railroads much trou-
Bile. At 81. townsville and Fort Plain,
where great piles Of Ice cover the
tracks, dynamite IL being used,
The Detroit Leaves Colon.