Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1905-10-27 | Page 5 | Other Towns Suffered

other towns suffered st louis the storm that partly wrecked sorento deluged alton ills where there was vias a cloudburst st louis also suffer led from a terrific thunder storm near alton no loss ot of life occurred but the streets were turned into tern ten horary rivers rou iteen miles distant the village of gratton grafton was deluged and the main street was three feet un fler der water ten miles north ot of alton a chac chicago r peoria bt louis limits it eight freight train struck 11 n washout in the storm mid and plunged down don an embankment into nto branch crock cont containing anIng ala feet of water the cars cafa contained cattle and horses many of which were sere killed or drowned several tramps are a re be ba lieveld lieveld to have perished engineer frank drew fireman jr wilard find and pra brakeman lacman albeit pat pahoa ton were in the engine ihen i hen it plunged into the creek and all had to salm for or their lives patton was so braly be scalded aided that he be would have drowned had not his big comrades rescued him at st louis the IoNO lowlands ands ot of the river Despe deskeres De speres ree were flooded and pollee police were kept busy rescuing people from housetops one third ot of forest park outside the worlds world s fair inclosure iba was sub merged by water from three to fifteen feet beet deep