Show UNDER WATER the mississippi overflows and many drowned railroad tracks washed away and many trains delayed for two days rescuers at work st loois jan early ibis morning the steamboat pike landed here sixty choppers that had been picked up from tree tops and bouse roofs in the low lands north of louisiana mo yesterday two hundred wood choppers employed by local lumber concerns were at worn on the prairie ands bordering on the mississippi lying directly north of louisiana the place has studded with tents the men and their families have camped there for the past month the mississippi sippi has been rising and rapidly but no immediate danger was expected earby tuesday salt river directly north ercse three feet breaking over its banks and flooded the low lands jos lowler of st louis a section foreman foresaw the danger but arrived at the wood choppers camp too late for them to escape he was astride a horse came the of the waters there was a rush for the bagh est point and those fortunate enough to escaped safety on the ridge the narrow f tripe of bih land were covered with shivering humanity the night was well advanced bon fires on ahe high lands kept the woodchoppers rom freezing antil daylight when they were rescued with skiffs and aft the pike picked up many of them I 1 at heading switch four miles north otibe mouth of salt the whole iana i r miles around is under water the stlouis keokuk and northwestern railroad tracks were submerged there is danger af the railroad bridge salt river being swept away this two expeditions left louisiana one north and one south of the break on a search for flood victims mayor hart leads in aba movement and has started a fund to defray expenses three st louis and ban franciaco Fran cinco passenger trains are held near st mo by a faeh out one of the traine was due in st louis yesterday morning another last night and the third this morning even the frisco officials are unable to tell when they will be able to bring their trains into st louis bat they expect to do eo bome time tonight more than feet of track has been washed away by the rie of the berame river A large force of men has been at wo k clay and night since the washout repairing the break much alon is prevailing among the passengers who are eager to reach st louia hie washout is fifty miles from st louis the missouri river and its tributaries tributa ries the osage and the gasconade are falling aa B also the mississippi above grafton the illinois and mississippi below grafton are still rising |