The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-06

less persons from the Drainage Dis
trict, which Wednesday was flooded
when the levee broke, yesterday was
| autographed by Mayor Parsons to
Governor Deneon The request was
made after about so families had
campad on the Illinois Central en-
bankment q nights a day
Governor Deneen Immediately
wired the mayor that the request
would be complied with and 100
army tents are now on the way here
The families are mostly from Flu
ture City, which is from ten to
twenty feet Of water They refused
to leave before the flood came and
lost a large part of their belongings
Some managed to save a, little OF
their property,
Among the things saved are a few
pigs, chickens land dogs. Several
hogs were drowned.
Within the district yesterday
morning could barely be seen the
tops Of houses and OF a few lumber
piles that withstood the rush of
waters. All over the place are float
| ing planks from all of the yards in
the district
Floating Lumber a Loss.
Lumbcrmen figure they Will lose
a great deal from the lumber that is
boating about and which will become
50 mixed that no one can tell just
who it belongs to.
The Cairo Country Club is sub
merged to the gables All that can
be seen Of it is the top of the roof
and the attic windows,
The Sears Roebuck company is
probably the heaviest loser of any
one This company started only a
few months ago and it is estimated,
had nearly 20,0OO,000 feet of lum-
Der in storage. The piles were over
turned and much of the lumber float
ID away The main building was
wrenchcd loose from its foundations
and hurled partially around.
Failure to stop drain pipes prop
e"ly, yesterday, chased the Francis
Grill, in the Frances Apartment out
The water started rising in the
restaurant during the morning and
at night had covered the floor SO
badly that the dining room was
moved to the Farrow Apartments
next door.
Janitor is Faithful.
An illustration Of faithfulness
that is hard to beat was exhibited by
Chambers, the negro janitor of the
Bruce school He was told to remain
until relieved and yesterday after
1oon word was received that he was
in the second story and alone and
was getting hungry He was taken
off.
The Illinois Central is working
hard and fast in an effort to get
shcir track repaired and to get trains
running into Cairo again They
have a pile driver working In four
feet of water driving piles on which
to build trestles
An immense flight of steps is be-
ing built from Sycamore street to
the top of the bridge approach and
the road will resume traffic to Padu-
cab by way Of Fulton and Mayfeld,
Ky. Train No 81, which runs to
Paducah, will start from the bridge
approach at 4;15 o'clock in the
afternoon. No. &c will leave Padu-
cab at the usual time, for Cairo, get
ting to Sycamore street about 1890
o'clock in the morning.
Two Are Marooned.
Arthur Deyore and Martin Bolar
of Mound City went to the Big -Four
leyee yesterday afternoon to see the
big break They grounded their
sklH and were forced to abandon 1t
by climbing onto the roof of house.
They remained there all night and
were rescued Friday morning by al
party Of Mound City men.
A saloonkceper named Powell and
man. from Mounds Thursday
went to Mound City to lay in sup
ply OF wet goods They Ioaded the
barrels into skiff and got part way
home, when the boat overturned.