St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 6, 1903

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THE ONLY ST. LOUIS NEWSPAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY DISPATCHES. TEN PAGES. ST. LOUIS. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1908. eect)? Seen = a J 3 ? § ir cor $ f “. 8: ae PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON AND NEW YORK ENVELOPED Danger Is Growing in the Adiron- dacks, Where the Destruction Is Great, and New Fires Start in Many Other Sections. a» i. ad LEVEE BREAK FLOODS a _ 20,000 ACRES; THREE TOWNS — L AREA OF FOREST FIRES. é Re cI RS Me : eae. ake eo Forests are ablaze from the New Jersey _ ; | tan vinac detre on Male te Minor Breaks in the Madison County Mud Wall 7 sarod Add to Great Damage—Rise That Would © Flood East’St. Louis Would Also Attack Granite City, Venice and Madison in the Rear. 4 All but the southern part of New England is burning, while the south coast of Long Island and stretches in North Jer- pey are in flames. East St. Louis, with its 82,000 persons and ee TS HAN its hundreds of millions of dollars in im- : SRN y ‘ provements, is today the pivotal point in ae he, the flood situation, and the Weather Bu- reau predicts a greater rise than during the disastrous flood of 1892. East St. Louls viewed from a 8t. Louis skyscraper spreads fan-shape from the Eads bridge, the base of the fan being a mile along the river. The famous Cahokia Creek bisects the city from northeast to southwest, emptying into the Mississippi at the south end of the fan's base. All between Cahokia Creek and the river is locally known as “‘the Island.” The Relay Station, a union station,is on the east bank of the creek, and in the central part of the city geographically. The principal busi- ness and residence sections are te the east, southeast and northeast of the statfon. All railroads from the Bad bridge cross Cahokia on trestles. This usually insignifi- cant stream is now literally “flowing up- stream,”’ and as a torrent at that #due to the higher surface of the Mississippi. The river and Cahokia have flooded “the Island” to a depth of six feet. F'rom the Relay Station the B. & O. and Vandalia roads on high embankment-all east side railroads form levees of them- selves—run east by north through the northern edge of the city. The €. & A., Wabash, Fig Four and other lines run due north from’the relay sta- tion, passing through Venice, Madison and FOOT OUT OF WATER. If Gr: ity. mie uy: These tracks average on¢ | sippi shall ris: one more foot—and mile from the river’s normal banks to the greater rise is predicted by the Merchants’ bridge, where they turn sharply to the northeast, minning in a straight line to Mitchell, 12 miles from the relay station. The “Cross Levee” crescent-shape bows to the west from these parallel railroad tracks with its points resting on the fa- mous levee four miles of the Merchants’ bridge approach and wpon Mitchell. The Madison, beginning at the Merchants’ bridge, /arallels the normal bank of the river a#nost due north, diverging from the taal Ps - aa . E, > >= 4 4y hans +f r be ad 4 = od oa ey i = o “ ‘?- ee ~ m ae ¥ e- bet al ~ ba togh a. oad ie e x ve OS % ~ - ‘ % ‘ — J “= . _ fe Madison and cross levees, meetin he point of the “r’” above Granite C fs . 3 The cross levee, three feet above , 4 t ' : 7S a + alk Se Padi wy a , - Say ; . ' he ; a * ty oa aes a eae *-* 9 PEPE TO #eee *Aetsetes teense still. protests Granite City but dangerous : breaks have occurred In the Madison levee == south of the cross levee. aig ‘, Granite City, Venice, Madison and lastly : East St. Louls look to the firm crogs leve@- =) for protection against the sea that as Oldenburg gap has let it. It seems 3 cross levee will do this. ys But here is the danger t Louis: The G & A. ef the parallel roads from Relay Station, ~~ = ae a S. ae > o> ie s a. at Pe ars - by ¢ . - ; ~ ia -e ; > _ e > AA ah ® > ws os + . Navigation on the Delaware was seri- ously hampered, and, while the pilots of Jerryboats and other harbor craft ex- perienced much difficulty, the movement of large vessels was virtually impossi- ble. The smoke began to settle more closely to the water about noon, and by 6 o'clock was so thick that the outlines of the Jersey shore were invisible. In fact, the ferryboats which left their slips on this side were lost to view before they had proceeded half way across the river. In the lower bay as a result of the at- mospheric conditions the British steamship Crathorne, inward bound from Garrucha - with a cargo of iron ore, went aground. The heavily-laden craft was in charge of a pilot when she ran into the cloud of smoke. Thinking it would blow away, the vessel was kept on her course until within , miles of Reedy Island, when she ewerved from the channel and poked her nose into the mud. For nearly five hours the vessel was held fast, when high-water, setting in. released her without damage, and she proceeded on her way up. The marine observer at the Marcus Hook Station of the Maritime Exchanged reported that the smoke was so thick that it was ¢ for him to distinguish vessels in the river. The pilots assigned to out- | nd vessels would not make a s but will wait until favorable winds from the west drives the smoke to the Jer- PENSIONED AFTER 37 YEARS ; Jndiana Man, ‘Who Fought on Both Bides in Civil War, Finally Se- cures Recognition. fipecial to the Post-Dispates. LAPORTE, Ind., June 6—Judge Paul J. Colby was advised today of the granting } him of @ pension after waging @ fight _ Hip case is paid to be without precedent. p enlisted in the Confederate army at the of the civil war, and won rapid tion. He changed his views in 1803, tala aside the gray to wear the blue, ms », ~ TALKS OF BOCDL -_—--—- —s—S-- eer Democrats, He Says, Havo Nothing to Fear From a Full, Impartial Ex- posure, Representative James H. Whitecotton of Monroe County, epeaker of the house of representatives at the recent Missour! gen- eral essembly, was in St. Louls Saturday. He has just arrived from Jefferson City, where he says there is considerable anxiety felt among the politicians as to the out- come of the beodle investigation. Mr. re 4 gn I replied that the Demo- rty would not lose a vote as a re- these pte ae Investigation ucted fe of thore whom with “en LS Meet we are wabee io pee | c 3 pat ‘ef the ounty, Hi & ee) ro , ae g =e % ‘ £ ~ a