Show I East ast St Louis Louisw p II teat i City Gip elmost cople Flee F c fo or Builder Who to 10 0 Pul Pull Dyke Killed Wanting Cl Out QI 01 When Brck Occurred O Hundreds of 0 f Famines Forsake Their TIl ss Suspended Bt St Io Lo ls Junu the tho river nun to 31 f t t this morning morinG tie the high highest highet highet est et et point reached during the present flood Hail St Louis Loul a I city of at having Urge luge Inter sti un tho Iho point pint tar for railroads from frum tho north and nn south Is 18 partly un r water and will wUi wi probably bo be to totally toJ J tally tahI by b noon p The southern halt half ot Kast Ke St Lou IB this morning Is 18 l eaves uvo deep In the Ihl Hood oo and the thit Ih levee leeo builders have I fallen Lack back on o 1 I our avenue In tho thu attempt to save av the tl remainder of ot the tie city menaced by awaiting waters from three sd Id s the central Nut cast writ wet thoroughfare hag hu hi been I abandoned to the loud lood le Leo Harper former fim er city Oly engineer says that tho thu wa wn water tar ter wi bo be 10 two to feet teet d deep P In front of ot ofte the te In Ins Ing City elt hll before betor C G this thia oven ovenIn 01 SEVEN SEIm JULES OP OF OF W ATEI Eoven oln of ot water from th the south and overcame the line lino of detente dele lt before 1 this thu and MOO persons verson homes Numer Numerous Were tyer wor driven train from their hUIs qua ous reports lort of have huo been re N received cel ed but the Kast I lt St Louis police have thus fur learned no rio names of ot vic victims 10 tims tima t So Ono One thousand man are ar on the part of th tM loveo which broke For I or several hours houra before betot the final break they the had the tIre active of hun bun hundreds hUl lids of women omen and The break came nt tt It tho the St St Luau Louis lul Valley of the tho Central embank embankment ment two We miles mi south of depot Wll us ai I many loon men mon women I I d children n M ii I could stand Mand Mandon standon on the embankment were heap heaping hep ing lag und Int between the rails 10 to o prevent lift ti menacing w utters rs from fromI I the top the 11 ht broke the UIO lower part of ot tho the thoi i I al of ot earth and Ind spurted In n rivulets In Iii Inthe the face fue of at those who were carrying f Mad and bags bogg bOis up the tho bank thrown 1 to the op by dozens of men J vore ore io toled iod by ty the waters like ten fea feathers bert Then ned lied fe from their taek I ami the alarm was WIS given Uy 1 Ii tire the ringing of ot balls bels and all blowing of I whistles In every part Jart of the city el A Afew Afew Afew few of the workers on the embankment remained at their th lr poite until the rush rushIng rushIng Ing hag waters water made It ii for them to swim wlm for their lives Ive Then they joined their companions In warning the I r hont of the settled of Ut their dancer dunger d C Awakened saw the water vater In Inthe Intoe inthe the toe streets When they were ready realy renty to tolvo with Wih their hurriedly collected t mock fok of ot the th flood nood was at nt their sills sis All 1 nod to the tho north OF SAFETY SA I TIre The Th Washington ah OI was WI the near nearest nen est cst point of at safety slety Many made for the tho ground grund near ner the Illinois Central C track Men den from tron Alta Ala Aim end ald iid who had ben been ben working on abandoned levees hastened to those localities to 10 tell teU their Ihl neighbors of their danger 1 very locomotive and und factory tie tory whistle In the th clamor of ot alarm alo ri The water wlter It la not expected l to reach Its It I level leel in II the flooded nood part of ot the tim city before noon roomi nol Engineer r Harper Harer predicts that when hel the level 1801 is Ii l leached the Iha water will 1 be b to 10 feet teet higher than at 7 1 this tb morning by the defeat of what has ae come In iii I their seven days da battle Itlo With Wih the Hood dood HOd the greater part of tho the levee have Iwo builders bullers buller tell fell tel back to Broadway where It wa was as at at lInt Ora decided to roust resist I the tho water tater ter A half hair houra work and sur survey surVey I vey Ve of the prospects convinced the men mon monIn In chule that It was useless to try lu tu Keep Jep the rhe water from and the time flood fighters flerl fell back upon Missouri avenue elu which runs trIfle out cast from tho the lie Ito Ie Iela lay la station Heie ler the scenes of the tho j nat week were vere repeated as lie 1 tho the street tret was as aa rapidly transformed Into Inlo a dike of 4 IB and clay An appeal from Mayor laor Cook to the governor of ot Illinois for tor state troops to tot t aid akl f I In guarding property opert was wa answered A by hy the promise that details of ot be bo rent tent to East lait lt St Louis at atU U onCe DYKE DESTROYER KILLED A hour houra before tho the break In the tho levee Ned Net Roberta a n negro employed os ns a n levee loee builder was killed by br mem members hors hers of the levee Iwo patrol for tor attempting to tear dC a it 1 portion of at the dyke lyke His file JI net act was Wan wa caused by b anger because be lie was not allowed to draw his pay py at once f boats bOts started from St Louis for East I lt St lull Louis early this morning IW y order of Park Commissioner Aull Aul the skiffs used for on thu the park lakes takes were collected to be bl sent on un ona ona a Wig ln ferryboat to 10 the tt th east cist side William A lisa has Issued Isue an appeal for tor aid all for the alt 81 t Louis Lull Hood flood foo sufferers Food boot he pays Is most moat urgently needed and 1111 nut means must be ho had hal for delivering It to 10 persons who are ar In Upper stories of their homes hollies or In box cars At 9 this morning morn In the Iho water vater was IOS ns threatening the north and east cast It Idu preserved fe temporarily I by the th Baltimore k a Ohio railroad embankment and nd had Nahe to the Iho viaduct Induct only ani reven feen blocks Wricks tait t of ot the city hall lII hal In Inthis Inthis this public building a toot foot and a n halt half of ge sep p water has hi already collected When the break warnings web eI first Ort sent through the Uc ter ad addition by bT who discharged whistles and horn herns and ont In loud tone tone of at the floods ar or rhul rhel gleamed In houses where wherein in lil the 01 had bad retired In confidence that the would hold Per Pir Pe sons gone JoM attired attre emerged from their homes hOlu anti and In a 1 few tew emerl moments the whole population of 0 the low at atta ta eto siX sir all square miles 01 mil In area aree a were wre n lin tWang mg to higher ground TIN TEN TI N THOUSAND Ht SI t lull June 10 Ten thousand refugees from the ian tU side aide district now noI ui merged end nd from threat l med nel ore are Ir fleeing toward to ad the bluffs to the I many mAn taking trolley cars cra lu tu toIl Il C hUe Ill I IllAn An order was IS limed issued closing the pub He lb II schoolS of 0 that city cly for or the day opening all 11 time the buildings for the refugees of the loud flood PEOPLE By Dr 9 t the work of ot rescuing m l tho the people of or East rast St Louis tolis vae wal w ll under tinder und r way with wih and ond Tenth street streets OB us the point of the tile On 0 all ni sides skies there Wore were Iero urgent calls cali for Cor moro At that hour hundreds of men wont to work rude rudo and Ilal Roan Boon many were knocked together The fhe po police o lice reet d into this service nil all ni anti and athera who WOn eru seen oen loitering In Tim thu Washington schoolhouse vers Ier n na were huddled together Short Shortly ly I aStor altor aler daylight It IL I be mao to reach the building Accept In boats A number of those thole Imprisoned In tile the expressed their willing to provided something sel to eat ent et could bo ho sent Int ti tl tb them Efforts were made mado to tu provide supplIes Iu Ilu for them thorn In the halt hall a grocery grocer store In ip 1 Irene Ireno street 7 72 12 per 11 took refuge They could be seen lel n ift R a tIme the windows window 8 sig signalling 1 for boats hoats to 10 take lake tko thorn thom away owa THE Tim FLOOD FLOODAs 1100 As tho thu th loll of ot the approaching Hood flood nB heard henr the Might flight fight nt at first a 1 rapid retreat Iola t with more mar semblance of ot order it re tuned a panic state All I lI efforts to toe e rt tho the Inhabitants that there was time to or escape capo e a 1 gap gp I washed through tho the embankment to to them and most ot of them led fled fed without any effort of tort to save savo properly MI were sent Kent Int to 10 the main mainhart part hart of the city telling of t f the danger from the now nov point of ot attack and the tho greatest excitement prevailed As tho the bottoms 1111 and the river gained a I largo laigo I go entrance entrance the terror In II the bud bUNI 11 n eg section eton of ut the tho city grow Intense It I was nit alt al the greater because of oti the tho darkness and an the fear t a that while guard gard was ns maintained In one direction the torrent torr nt would break through at nt another and eai ulf the tho luckless Inhabitants Inhabitants tants between two tuo floods foods NO THEIR HOMES HO mS They TheIr TW began hogan to 10 desert deer their homes aol run vainly up lP and Iowa down the streets socking n a place of ot Hundreds of IUles from tram tho th choicest residence portions of the trunks trunk gripe bundles of or clothing anti and valuables began to cross Ends bridge toward St it ft Lul Most of ot the time refugees were Mere scan scantily Bem thy tily clad cad Strong nun Hm carried aged age yemen n on their arms followed tol 0 wed by wo woo women men rilon nithi babes children were In the tho procession which continued 1 ovar the bridge Hundreds of at sought protection In hi the econ story slur of time the public building AD An AI Antime the time water encroached about It I many man the shallow overflow tu to find n R more secure refuge In terror of the tue rising tide of ot water refugees refuges in hundreds throng the streets crowd rowl tim th earn cars carl and beseech he ch public for all allIn In the time city elty luaU alone a one MO per persons person perSons sons son with such scant belongings as 18 they thoy had liari har been to seize on short notice notre we assembled Provisions for tor the thu living being were supplied them and they were ere made comfortable as n possible Io in iii inthe Inthe the auditorium on the third floor BUSINESS SUSPENDED Business Is ha totally suspended The directs ore are filled led with wih tIme the almost panic stricken Inhabitant of ot the Invaded flis while with wih babes habes In arms men carryIng furniture horse tInge dogs and other remains of ot oner com COI domestic dome lo establishments e pa parade 1 rode rade tho the streets Time The he common direction lion tion lon of eli all al movement Is ii toward tour the bridge over which wh h the tho refugees are ar hut lying to tl St SI Louts Louis At sunrise the bridge was practically the tho only means INns of crowing creeping the time river on to the throng g All JI to East Rapt St from the time west welt side Ide won was WI sus sup suspended rend l and Ind policemen turned ture back all ni alls s ho attempted time Ile trip The fads l ds bridge e ears cars CAS go I to the west rost Iest al std of creek crek cek viaduct where passengers dismount walk over antI and toke take time the tie earn ClUB at nt end Time The 1 is In ha a 1 precarious condi condl tion lon arid Is not expected td tu bland long Insert St Louts LoUls MANY lAY LIVES LOST St 51 Loul Louis June 10 A telephone roes rocs meson roessKe n iet received from tram says POI 80 30 3 lives lel have already been ln lost In the Eat East St Louts Hood flood A brook break In the IJ 8 Ohio levee leree to time the north Is I reported menacing the city from tl ruin that Hint point REIGNS EIONS St S Louis The utmost con ron fusion fUllon i reigns clung In I East n t Si 51 Louis luls and It w is to confirm any reports tru of ot the tho drowning which aggregate W 50 Wand 5 and will wil probably be much less IMA lesl Congressman W W A who has hI charge of the patrol along Broad Broadway way VR R which cuts culs the town own In Itt two to Mst crust and west vest and leads heads to I time the Eadi lInde lel bridge gives It as I his hil imi estimate that tIme num her ber bel will wil be le about ab t M 3 3 Tho The only olly drown lags Ings coming under his InI personal yahoo wore Were worl those thO of two women and anil I a n man lan who ho lost their his hEs post host ni of duty Jut Numerous nrc reported among levee lee workers worker who were wro caught asleep asle liy 11 l the tho flood no but their number Is nut not known All Al railway and wagon agon with wl h Rust Hut St Louis tOLI has wen been cut tut off OtT ol Only a n limited number of r Is i allowed to 10 crose Cr tIme the Ia la duct tc ti I lt St Louis Louta from tram Hn 1 It t SI St 51 LuI are Mi allowed to use SP the viaduct and AM com coin COI mu Is s still sll Intact Although er entered tell 1 Ule Ome first hors floors lor of the bundles building occupied by the telegraph and arid nr companies the he Ih Instruments hae e leen I elevated out of at Its ls reach and ond the th In nger th thee y wilt will 11 maintain PrIN to the tho last hut Mir MAVY M y rA FAMILIES ImS LOST While general I elating alarms were wr r given gien ti by the tho pollee and Ind retreating levee work worker them thero ther wag riis fa not time to cull at It every PO l point nt in the Iho kl cl and er It I Is I believed ble that tha many lany Mile In 11 an one une story ItOI cottages a alok awoke only wh n It I wa was too to late isle to escape Levee Lem workers who lay IA down dawn to rest rOl on an embankments Jo worn worn out ut with mud hard r were caught I by b I h lod and drowned Ir It cugh may never flayer 0 tie learned learnd learn d how hour hoJ many Ian I died die n In tn this Is way IY Among how drowned but lait let nIght previous 1 to the he brink break In the lilt Illi Illinois 11 nois nots e levee Iee were D I H it I Sherwood and ond ol John and three children They hoy lout lost their leS Y the overturning of oC a 1 boat at In the north part rt of f the lime I hI city I A negro haro wee was Wi d nt at n I this morning In the waters at rl which are climbing up the time tide side 1110 of ot the lIme tle embank embankment ment supporting Broadway The man mn vu waa u trying tr to get ae his hl tenon team t to higher i ground rind nn remained In the wa waters waters tore until unU tho the swift Current upset am anti amI plunged him Into III to the tho th bottom HI 11 His team lentil was wn di owned obtainable Is la being usei u eutIn In tho the rescue of people o fron tho time second stories of ot dwellings pl In Iii tho the submerged district mire arc being eln built buil boats Improvised and wagons wagon even een are put 1111 Into Inlo use UBe the hor horse g o of at which Ir flounder Mound with wih only emily their thel heads above ator while In their cr er errands rands rends of mercy a MILITIA MILIJ ON DUTY The of ot St Louts anti AI Al AIton AIton Alton ton are on duty dUly Thu rho Alton Atton contingent In a cutter cute ore an rendering ser str service vice rescuing cu I men maca ten women and children aunt and 11 lS them to places of nf safe tafe ty dray Or Urn commanding the tho St StLouis StLouis Louis naval militia has hus hU his out along the embankments B guarding against levee rutting and depredation by b hordes of ot negroes and bums that ur urto are uro areto to 10 be he seen geen sen everywhere Arms nr are aru stacked It at headquarters where reputable citizens may obtain and ammunition to guard their proper property t ty A auge number of arrests have beet been b en allI made by ly IJ the tire police who are aru their thai Rero tho the bridge 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