Ogden Sun | 1905-09-19 | Page 1 | St. Louis is Damaged

ST LOUIS IS DAMAGED I 1 st louis amo sept 18 heavy tributaries tributa ries have ri r i ins and caused arise of over ten feet in the mississippi river during the past twenty four hours resulting in damage long the st louis river front amounting to many thousands of dollars A amount of produce and other ship plug property along the levee is still in danger the river stage this afternoon readied 2307 feet a sudden rise of 1005 feet in 24 hours the dan yer line is 25 feet the water is gradually creeping up and it is pre that by nightfall the gauge will show a stage of 28 feet produce houses and grain and coton firms having consignments consign ments stored along the levee hastily organized anga of laborers and endeavored to asir property from being swept own but the suddenness of the f interfered to a considerable amt thousands of barrels of apples bales of bay sacks of grain bales of cotron and in one instance t et of lumber were swept away men worked breast deep in the flood in floating merchandise and a PC of skids manned by men with assisted in the work six city garbage boats moored lonk the river front are in danger of being swamped this marks the quickest rise in the i vcr sincee that eleven years ago when tie lose fourteen feet in one