Show i Ger l Records I 4 elite ole en ent ete t Mississippi at al a SI St Louis Lojis LO I Than it ii Ever va J Was Vas as Except in ii 1844 That Thai it if Will Continue to 10 I iise sc Co 2 Communication With ViI Madison Nine Persons aso s Reported Jq 1 in il ii Great Grea fail Peril 4 St I Juna Jun 8 The entire group croup of dr r cst side titles lying just north of 01 Hast iu ast St Louis Lula und and nd Including Venice VonIce Wet Vet MidIon Newport nOd and Oily City lre under from 10 to 18 IS feet tet of or water voter which In I still tIU sll lining und Ind dath sum drowning are variously estimated at ut from Crom live se to 0 O J thousand wore were driven from their homes Very Vcr little tion ton ot of tile the reports of 01 cnn Can to Lo Imil an cc n these places aro nil 11 cut ort off from railroad and ali telephone communication li Ii I uncertain nt It best hest k Slut h bureau promises relief otter oter the ilver clint o rl el to about f c I 3 s toot feet u It I la is ISlow now within a few Inches j or of Hint tiia murk Iluk but lut slowly slow I The rhe bout boat Murk Mirk Twain Twan end Int private yacht Annie Unwell In el wih with sev Hev several eral tugs have none gone to w Madison Ln und end 1111 City LI the tie Hood have hae a u number numer of 01 deaths thu where i ut 01 if cut CUl oil ot from rum o tire ure lr at nt the mercy norcy o of the rising water 11 to 1 D 1 1 trains of ot the tho asso elation connecting with Ik lt com vein this the lie work ork of the tha thI river 1101 more inure tuna 11 who Iho spent Sunday Sund III on the tops 1013 tOIl or houses and at other points of ot j above the StoOd Hood In Madison on Venice and Newport wi wis WHo reported by 1 the refugees but it none knew knol the this names named ul oC the vI tin S One III sni that a n mother and child had tiati been een drowned while trying to reach n a I point ot of safety and ind told of ot the tho death of ot a 1 man tinder snider like Ik In Hast East St Louis on In proclamation of ot Mayor Cook business bushness hu It is suspended the arc uro closet cloned closet and alt everybody IB La I ut lt work vork on the th levees lenes In u a I desperate effort to we le the time city cl which Is U from one Oll to tour four feet the time level of ot the timo water that up till against the time embank embankments ments A hastily constructed levee leee of 01 and Ind mud mini mul la is nil eli that the tw city and arul an almost ollo t complete submersion If It I the levee lee gives way IIa ail 11 ht hs h main macin part art of ot the city cly will wil be Ii quickly Hooded and not miot n It street In the business will 11 be lie 11 left lef out of ot water KNOWN CASUALTIES So o far Cur as us known loWI the casualties arc ale as follow H HJohn John aged agel 10 drowned near ner the Merchants bridge le In la Venice onIC A woman QIn mid amid children n from Irol u a fence by b u a I l od In 1 eight sight of the terminal operator nt at lt Madison on who was 11 to 10 saVo thorn them themA thor A 4 woman lr v i In Madison near the time Car Clr work 1 A woman and anil 01 baby b seen sten clinging to toa toa toa a t hole ole In lu Madison The l Pole Ille 1 turned the tho water Inter and ani both Manager Shipley of or the time Car ork reports report seven sHen of or this the th American Car Cam foundry com corn comI I ny drown 1101 Henry Henr I mund farmer near ar Granite City Ills Is wife ifo was as res roe rescued cued tue Others are reported to 10 the timo local weather er bureau burel In sight for tor the tire Hooded districts In the vicinity of ot St St lul This morning th the Mage recorded by hy II the time government IH Is b feet a i rise rIs during the time past 24 21 4 hours of ot 13 1 feet this fl breaks nil 11 I rs but lut that of If ISH It I Is expect expected ed l lit river will wil il 11 mise from ruin now nol on until tomorrow night and that the Ih predicted S feet tat It If nt at lt till nIl will wi be b barely brel at ut attained tRilled Then Therm utter after remaining station staton ar uiT lor for n t t short time the illicit Is say the miter sator will wi begin eln fall falling lug ing Tuesday lc IY evening or Wednesday mourning morning moring reports rOI from St on the Missouri river to the north of ot St Louis luls are to 10 the effect that the river Is II rising very Iery little It If I any airy NIB NING LIVES LVIS LOST Inability to In we ure communication with Madison and In Granite City III m lying a n few te north of or St HI Louis where a n number of ot people were late hate last night II ht reported hi In danger of ot losing their lives los from Crom the lie encroaching Hood lood cut l great anxiety here At tt hul son soil nine persons persona per are ure lre reported dro drowned and nth rs either on en a crumbling levee levo or 01 In unsafe buildings are lre In II peril Noth ipg Ili than that hat can bo he learned however From Krom l rom Ferdinand Ferd Cole president president dent of dl the loveo lovee commissioners living at Venice comets comeR n a 1 report of ot lives lost through the of a brick hotel at ot North orth Venice or New Newport port Communication cation between City and Ven Venice en enIc ice Ic Is Two 0 men are aro ar said paid to have braved Inci the by y from ruin Venice onice to Madison being forced Coreed by the water from the tue roof rot of ot the time house they were living In Six fe tet feet t of or water Is II tm reported r sweeping through the tho of ol hotel with wih gueste In the tire upper stories IN N lIU of ot Granite City are Ire In great grent peril from breaks In the leleR town that manufacturing mann I Persons living 1111 About the tue manufacturing ing law plants In which they tIlt are employed ale aro reported fleeing from the tire that thit comes voices from the time north and ani a fresh freeli break In the abutment to 10 the tue west wul Adjacent farm land are being beng Hooded and the residents resident of ot the lowlands lowland are nr seeking safety with those thos of or the city Efforts Erfort I era are being belo made mado In various ways wn to reach rech these thue by ly water and ard ad land Inne and ond afford help but lut It may be he several hours learned hur before Leore an thing definite can be e John who vho 10 lives on Island 12 1 miles mie north of 01 St Louis re me meI I urte that IS 18 people on the tho Island Inland l can cannot In Innot not hot get et awny awn awa lie Il wanted assistance o but was wa unable unatie to steina aid as ns all al the boats boat tire arc at ut present busy bugy Lus and ald cannot reach the Island l 1 AST ST LOUIS LOtS SA At 3 Monday morning the combined d forces forres of ot the tue Missouri river arid Creek e ek broke the barriers at nl the ho relay rell de Ie ot ol East Kait St Louts Louis Lula The relay depot det was WI with water but th the embankment of ot clay cia and Ind sand sandbags bags prado by b time the workers worker Sunday sated stEd the city cl from morn the lie tle rush nun of ot water Wit Train continued to on the tracks around the depot leol but bul at 84 the Matt l r bund bound luni Southern train was WI on oil 01 the bridge br S Incline The water r lied had risen f 4 po so P high that thet time the engine could not riot iau through without dying C An army anny rUi f I men m n l I Is working along the thea trucks that reach a from r to the northern U ex extremity o oW e of the tho city clY to the tho south and In andL W L 1 now nol from the extern easler hank bank ot or tho time MU dis ls East Knat St Louis city authorities expect to 10 hold their U embankment until to tonight tonight night hoping that limit by h that time time the crest cre l of 01 time the Hood lod will wi have IHlo paused In in order to do so time the different nt plants o Host St Ht 10 Louis have fent nt their th lr mon men to 10 work cork for tor the city Elliotts frog shops have been heen converted Into a paty al Kant East St SI uIn under time the direction of ot Dr J 1 L 14 I Wiggins have lae worked O ked In the time e night and Ind day giving food coil toot to 10 the tho workers on time the levee IOle Sufi Sool water has his entered time the cellar cal I Il until und ald basements In time the Ihl central peril rn In InoC n not ot oC time the town ton and not nt at work ork on 01 time tho levees aro ac removing goods 1 to 10 high higher er cc places pin cel After daylight this wale to break hl uk through at lt fohn sta sla lion iou In tho time 1111 west vest Icel of ot Summit avenue The Tho ho several breaks brenk were plopped before wiler lily iny great headway IN JUt Just back huck of ot Elliots 1101 froU IOU shops three blocks south of ot Hio the lime Is hi three feet teet higher th n Main the cast of lt the tracks It I Is 18 kept k pt brick back by hy an nn embankment of ot clay rIl topped wih with It I through con can but lut does not break time the bank ball It I has Immis little lite current und mind Is us not lot beaten lon ten by imy tho time wind vind Hush City und anti the portion of oC time the town tOWI rest east St of or the tho South Southern ern 01 trucks tru kl nail and 11 south of 01 are under water rater Residents of that part of town have left leU their und gone Hone billie northern part parlor of the time city Owner of 01 different tills nails 11 and large buildings In Haul East l lt of St LouIs hlo them for tor time the use Ise of time the Hood sufferers Guards ate ama on duty dUl at the canal cna bridge on 01 the Illinois Central trucks nt At lt station elation eln mils south east st of 01 town from fromn the river lm has flooded farms to 10 the tho southeast nod the In tim that section of at tin tim country threaten to cut time the blocking the tho water vater lutor houd this thi Lo La Lodone Ie Ladone done the would bock back up Ui lp burs burg bur lake t present reaches up imp to the time city ell 01 East l Bt St Ht Louis luls and end iain another point of it t on the tho city The he Associated Press Ir sl receIved tile the following stockyards nt at E t St luis llis his imi morning No zu hsie helt today account high highwater highwater highwater water This Indicates that time the moat meat mell of ot St Louis Louia which cornea comes reS through these thoe yards will viii wi be cut cit It tt until the river falls ails tais With nit all ni cast enet 11 side terminal points between bet w on Alton Alon and anc St lIt Louis In time the embrace of ot tho the flood and the Merchants C nod anc bridges accessible only to 10 a n afew few lines St SI Louis LOli and ani freight traffic both Incoming Incoming and out outbound outbOund bound Is IR temporarily paralyzed No attempt bus bis b i been 1000 made to trans transport port Jort freight between this city and anti Jn t St Louis mid fwd relief from frol tills this critical situation Is not nol expected with lh In the next 24 hours It I Is In estimated o that the tue Hood disaster r haft baA already cost the time rail railroads rul railroads roads All Incoming eastern passenger trains ore Are lre marooned maroun d In St St I uh TIll rim Vanda Vandalie lie lid 11 was ivas the th only onI line lne which started n me 1 train trall to east today but bUl this was eves evesta two ta o hours homira late lole leaving Union statIon and Olt there Is no assurance that thai It will wi male maie anything like schedule time even If II It I In iii getting gelling through Hast St SI Louis The Titi Wabash the the theIl Il Your Four the Louisville Nashville Na hlo the tim Chicago Alton Alon and the Toledo St lit St Louis City Cl are nurturing All Al trains on 01 the tIme Clover Leaf have been teen annulled Time The lug ll Four and aim Chicago Alton Alon mire carrying passengers to Alton Alon by boat hoa t where connection Is II made lade for tor northern and stein points No 0 trains can be operated between bel St SI Louis und metal unc Cairo Cair The Illinois Cen Con Central Central the only Chicago train to make St Louis Iuie It I arrived at lt Union station three houts later leter Tb Southern rul held Its ls own pretty well el until Sunday Bunda night when It encountered at Kast St St louI where a I number of ot HH Il earn curie are arc nr row tied lied ted up Th Time western wester roads are aro experiencing 1111 hardships The Tho Wabash h Chicago Alton Aiton lon and ald Hurling l n have base t l operations bet n here and auth City I Time The Missouri and tIme the Frisco risco ore mire time tho tle only emily lines actively operating between the time two cities The Missouri Is 18 I handling westbound busl hn l lell S for tor Its IR crippled competitors Freight tonnage tonna has hos been reduced to tl a Q minimum and only anI the tue most macat shipments can cal bo be 10 made BULLETIN Washington June S The Missouri ls river r Is IR falling except over oer Its It extreme lower low r Portion and amid the MississippI MII is al also II alo so 8 o millIng falling north of or At St louls I time the tie stage stape this was 75 feet n ft I rise rlee riel e Sunday morning of 12 1 feet The stage nt at Cairo Callo woe wan Wil H t I n a rise rile of ot li U feet t t piece Ince Sunday 1011 The river at lt St Ht Louis Luis will wi come comae to during during Mon Ion Monday day In II tho tire of or S fuel feet but bul butwill will wil continue lo to below leto General flood warnings have halo also 1 for til the rivers of ot South Carolina Carlna und mind Uld time the th James river ricer rh of ot Virginia The Tho relay reIn station Is no now surrounded by 1 water l ter Train Trin In hi ever tet direction Is II laid haiti out by II i the high water arid no 10 freight business hU Is U being nil ell Done Cone one at nt on the east cast olde eid the Missouri al Pacific anti and Frisco are lre the only ones running trains between het n here and Nan Kan Kansas nn sail sas city and the tine most lot urgent freight lu Iness Is II nil nit that tho timo railroads will wiil wi handle wet vest It I U is I too early to lo estimate the tue damage damaI which will wi run Into the tho millions Mid end the tho tle loss I time due to the interference with 11 business |