Show FLOOD CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE br dge washed out tra n wrecked and towns flooded st louis louls A thunderstorm of un usual severity accompanied by aleigh wind of almost tornado velocity swept over this vicinity early tues day doing much damage to property and indirectly causing loss of life A bridge on the louisville nashville road near belleville III was washed out and wrecked a freight train en gincer ward conductor smith and a trainman were caught under the engine and drowned the train was piled up in a mass in creek which was swollen into a tor rent the village of edgemont III was flooded and many persons were forced to take refuge oa a improvised rafts the whole area of lowlands known as the american bottoms east of east st louis III and comprising thirty five square mil s of territory N under water |