Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1903 — MANY FLOOD VICTIMS. [ARTICLE]

MANY FLOOD VICTIMS.

Fifteen Persons Reported Drowned at Madison, Illinois. Fifteen employes of the American Car and Foundry Works at Madison, 111., aerotts the river from St. Louis, were drowned at 1 o’clock Monday morning while trying to save the company’s property. One hundred and fifty other em-. ployes are reported in great danger. Word was sent to the St. Louis side to rush the private yacht Annie Russell to the rescue. The Annie Russell started to Black Walnut and could not force its way against the current. All the whistles in Madison were blown to arou-e citizens for rescue work as soon as the fact became known that a colony of persons were at the mercy of the flood. Madison is about four mi les north of St. Louis. —Conservative estimates of the damage from Hoods to towns in Kansas are as follows: Kansas Clty.?B,ooo,ootj Solomon ... 50,000 Argentina .. 2,ooo,ooo!Abilene ... 250,000 N. Topeka.. 500,000;Ellsworth . 20,000 Lawrence .. 230,000; Lludahorg . 100,000 Salina 200,0001 Hutchinson. . 100,000 Manhattan . 150,000:.Minneapolis 100,000 Waiucgo ... 10,000| Emporia .. 05,000 St. Marys... 40,000|Florence .. 50,000 Blue Itnplds. 20,000 Lineolft Cen 50,000 Clay Center. 30,000;Atchison .. 100,000 Enterprise . 80,0001 Burlington. 20,000 Concordia .. 33,000 Hill City... 30,000 Junct’n City. 100,000;Beloit 30,000 No account is taken of the smaller towns, although nearly 200 of these were affected by the floods. The lowest estimate that can be made of the loss done to crops is $5,000,000. The extent of the damage to the railroads include loss to freight' in cars and buildings washed out track and destroyed bridges, which may go into millions.